Fall 2007
Columns
From the President of United Synagogue
From the President of Women's League
Articles
HAZZANOT ERICA LIPPITZ, ALISA POMERANTZ-BORO, MARCEY WAGNER, and DEBORAH BLETSTEIN look back at the 20 years since women were invested as cantors by the Jewish Theological Seminary
RABBI MORRIS ALLEN and DR. RICHARD LEDERMAN say that as important as it is, kashrut must be combined with a sense of social justice
ILANA GOLDHABER-GORDON explains why she left the Orthodox world of her childhood
Conservative/Masorti Jews help Ethiopian olim find their way in their new country
Israel in the Women's League World
Connections weave a vital network among the women of the Masorti movement
SIMEON COHEN, just back from his year on Nativ, writes about his volunteer experiences in the Negev town of Yerucham
My Fifty Years at the Jewish Theological Seminary
RABBI NEIL GILLMAN reflects on a long and productive career
Gesa Ederberg, a German Lutheran-born woman, is the rabbi of a historic Berlin synagogue
Educational Programming Gets a Makeover at Women's League
As times change, so does programming at Women’s League, according to its director of education, LISA KOGEN
United Synagogue’s 2007 international biennial convention studies, networks, and celebrates in Orlando November 29 to December 3
DR. ROBERT BRAITMAN, Men’s Clubs’ honorary president, finds a place in the Jewish world for all sorts of voices
USYers are introduced to the Men’s Clubs’ Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program and From Darkness into Light Scholarships in an article by JOEL SHRATER
DR. ELLIOT SPIEGEL of Solomon Schechter of Westchester writes of a school trip with an unexpected twist
JEANETTE KUVIN OREN creates ritual objects from fabric, paper, and ink
PENINNAH SCHRAM tells stories to teach Jewish values
SUSAN F. LODISH represents a Jewish theater company at a conference in Vienna
Thousands of young Conservative Jews have been enriched by their summers at camp
MARGIE MILLER is the lead trainer for the Women’s League Leadership Institutes
The United Synagogue program teaches a chapter of Tanach every single day
Worldwide Wrap Binds Ties to Judaism
STANLEY SCHNITZER explains how the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs encourages the mitzvah of tefillin
