From Sisterhood Leader to Rabbi
by Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker On Sunday, June 2, I attended the wonderful WRJ Centennial Symposium in NYC. I was delighted to be with WRJ on this occasion because of my long and rewarding connection...
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The Spiritual Voices of Women
By Rabbi Marla Feldman Among WRJ’s most prominent accomplishments has been elevating the voice of women in the religious and spiritual realms. When NFTS was established in 1913, women could not serve...
View ArticleWRJ: The Place for Me to Be
By Alexis Rothschild My journey to Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) and the “Award Winning” Sisterhood of Temple Sholom in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is very recent, though my involvement with...
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The Uniongram and the Cookie
By Rabbi Carole Balin In partnership with the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, WRJ has engaged 15 scholars to research various aspects of WRJ’s history and its impact on the...
View ArticleSarah: Names and Responsibilities
By Cynthia Roosth Wolf During 2013, we celebrate the legacy of the first one hundred years of WRJ, and we arrive at another Lech L’cha moment… preparing to go forth into our next one hundred years! We...
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From Dream To Reality: The Hebrew Union College’s Dormitory
By Kevin Proffitt In May 1915, three years after the opening of the Clifton campus of Hebrew Union College (HUC), the students of HUC issued a public appeal for an on-campus dormitory. “It is a pity,”...
View ArticleWomen of Reform Judaism and the UN
By Janet Stovin WRJ has a long history of concern about international issues. The impact we feel from the global nature of our society affects our desire to support institutions that foster positive...
View ArticleBuilding a Movement: A Survey of 100 years of Sisterhood Support
By Rabbi Marla Feldman In 2008, Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) was honored by the World Union for Progressive Judaism with its International Humanitarian Award. In his introductory tribute remarks,...
View ArticleWRJ and LGBT Rights: A Brief History
By Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell From its founding in 1913, The National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods has served as a powerful and effective vehicle for Reform Jewish women to share their commitment to and...
View ArticleThe Shop Around the Corner…From Your Sanctuary: Sisterhood Gift Shops and the...
Joellyn Wallen Zollman In 1947, The Temple sisterhood in Augusta, Georgia earned a spot in the “Bright Ideas” section of the NFTS national newsletter, Topics and Trends, for organizing a “gift mart...
View ArticleVoices of WRJ: Sh’mot
by Andrea T. Cannon Parashat Sh’mot – otherwise known as the Book of Exodus – opens by introducing the story of the people of Israel as a nation. A new Pharaoh has come to power. He has forgotten...
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