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."
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.
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
"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
Maintaining a Learner's Mindset
Lately, I’ve been playing a game of comparisons. My old place in Cincinnati had lilac bushes by the front door. Now my new block in Astoria smells of roses, owing to the talented gardeners who grow all varieties of colors and scents in their tiny patches of
The Past Few Months as a WRJ Legislative Assistant
Growing up in Los Angeles, I was privileged to never worry about accessing reproductive health care or an abortion. However, while attending college in Arizona, that all changed. In June 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which led to the state of
The Power of Jewish Women's Diversity
There is no better evidence for history’s power than the attempt to erase it. At a time when current initiatives attempt to erase women, trans people, and people of color from sites that celebrate their contributions to American history and society, Jewish
WRJ at HUC-JIR Ordination 2025
Women of Reform Judaism was honored to participate at all three state-side ordination ceremonies at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion recognizing our Movement's newest rabbis, cantors, educators, and other Jewish professionals.