The Lessons I Take from My Time at jGirls+ Magazine
“I was a timid girl on a trajectory toward becoming a timid woman until I joined the community of jGirls+ Magazine."
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
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 brunch around WRJ’s YES Fund.
Supporting the Thought Leadership of Women of Color
This year, with the support of a WRJ YES Fund grant, the Jewish Women’s Archive launched the Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color, a new model for Jewish thought leadership that centers the voices and vision of Jewish women and gender-expansive people of color as writers.
Finding Leadership in Sisterhood, Spirituality, and Social Justice
My WRJ Leadership journey can be summed up by the three pillars of WRJ: sisterhood, spirituality, and social justice.
Sisterhood:
My Jewish journey began when I said “yes” to membership in the Temple Beth El Sisterhood in South Bend, Indiana. My husband and I
My Experience as an American Jew in Israel
Being on a gap year program and living in Israel for a year has given me a different perspective on Jewish practice. As the heart of Jewish life, Israel is a place where Jewish identity is expressed in deeply diverse and sometimes conflicting ways.
Connecting Internationally with WRJ
There’s something uniquely powerful about international travel—the way it invites you to step outside your comfort zone, discover new perspectives, and find connections in unexpected places. And as is such in the small interconnected Jewish world, those
Ready to Change the World
My WRJ journey has been a natural progression of my overall Jewish journey, which began in Toledo, Ohio with a family deeply rooted in Reform Jewish tradition and history. My formative years were spent in a Zionist youth group, and in college I was an engaged
Movement Pay Gap: What You Can Do
As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Reform Pay Equity Initiative (RPEI), I am reflecting over the decade of work the Reform Movement has done together to close the gender equity pay gap.
At this point in the process, I wish I had better news to reflect
"You Have a Voice!"
“I’m not a cantor.”
Surrounded by more than 200 cantors at the American Conference of Cantors (ACC) Convention 2025 in Washington DC earlier this month, this was my mantra as I introduced myself throughout the gathering.
Thank you, thank you, thank you WRJ for