This Repro Shabbat, Our Tradition Demands Action
Hineni (Here I Am): Leadership for a Changing World
In August 2025, WRJ announced a new leadership development program called ”Hineni: Leadership for a Changing World.” WRJ sought applicants for the inaugural cohort to build on mission-driven talents rooted in our Jewish values. To participate, North American
Inheriting Miriam's Courage: A Prayer for Shabbat
“Then Miriam the prophet, took a timbrel in her hand,
and all the women followed her with timbrels and with dancing.” (Ex. 15:20)
As the waters of injustice rage in Minneapolis and across this country —
God, please, let the Sea of Reeds, the sea of injustice and
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI)
On January 13, 2026, the WRJ Online Program Committee presented a program about prioritizing mental health in the new year, guiding rich and supportive conversations to help us start the year grounded, informed, and empowered.
Pattie Schreiber, Carly Coons, and
Creating a Successful YES Tea Event
In 2000, when I was President of Beth Am Women in Los Altos Hills, California, our board was trying to decide what to do for our end-of-year event. One of our board members had previously belonged to a congregation in Massachusetts whose sisterhood had a
"Maybe It Is Just For This Moment"
Maybe it is just for this moment that you find yourself in a position of leadership. Maybe?
With the generous support of a microgrant from WRJ, in September 2024, Temple B’nai Israel’s Sisterhood in Hattiesburg, MS, presented a concert of works by composers
Supporting the Thought Leadership of Women of Color
This year, with the support of a Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) YES (Youth, Education, Special Projects) Fund grant, the Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA) launched the Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color, a new model for Jewish thought
"When Everything Looks Dark, You Are the Shard of Light"
The Jewish mystical tradition, Kabbalah, teaches us that when the world was created, God’s presence filled the Earth. When God’s divine beings came into the world, God made room for us by contracting the divine light into vessels, but the vessels were too
When the Universal Becomes Personal
I never imagined I would be mourning two communities that shaped my life in the same weekend. Spaces that I once valued as shelters of learning and sanctuary changed instantly into scenes of deadly gun violence.
At Brown University, my alma mater, students
WRJ Fights Erasure and Abuse
In 2022, WRJ launched “WRJ says STOP: An Initiative against Sexual Harassment and Assault.” The initiative’s goal was two-fold: (1) to help our sacred communities and congregations be proactive in reducing and even preventing the scourges of power dynamic