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From Women's League for Conservative Judaism
WLCJ 2020 Virtual Convention
Sunday, July 12, 2020 
10:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT.  

Convention Schedule     
 
10:00am Convention Opening

10:30 - 10:40am Tefillin - Shehecheyanu Moment

10:40 - 11:30am Healing Service, Psalms Study, In Memoriam
Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro and Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
 
Featuring Zoomria - The WLCJ Choir:
Marilyn Cohen, International Northeast Region
Barbara Ezring, Seaboard and Southern
Toby Holtzman, Seaboard
Razel Kessler, MetroNorth Region
Debbie Lempert, Central Great Lakes Region
Lauren Rudin, Mid-Atlantic Region
Dana Sirkin, North by Northwest Region
Adele Weinstein, International Northeast Region
Gilda Zucker, Intracontinental Region
 
Conducted by: Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro and
Cantor Leon Sher, Congregation Beth El, Voorhees, NJ

11:30am - 12:00pm Chatting in Zoomburg Meeting Rooms

12:00 - 1:00pm Social Justice Panel
Social Justice: Torah, DNA or Both?
Rabbi Cheryl Peretz
Assoc. Dean, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies; Sara Bresnick Tennen
Exec Dir, DC Volunteer Lawyers Project;
Dr. Marc Swatez / Rebecca Joy Fletcher, The ARK, Chicago

1:00 - 1:30pm Chatting in Zoomburg Meeting Room

1:30 - 2:45pm WLCJ Plenary Session
Rules of Convention
Bylaws Vote
ELECTIONS
State of the League
Torah Fund: Rabbi Bradly Shavit Artson,
Chancellor Arnold Eisen, and
Chancellor-elect Shuly Rubin Schwartz
Jewels in the Crown Awards

2:30 - 3:00pm Zoom Meeting Room - Virtual Journal

3:00 - 4:00pm Sisterhood Workshops
Presidents: Toby Maser, Carol Simon, Meryl Balaban, and Cory Schneider
This day will be spent in such an inspiring, happy Convention. You will enjoy a smooth journey as a
Sisterhood President.
 
Torah Fund: Randy Schwartz, Barbara Ezring, Lisa Paule, Jeanette Brownstein, and
Donna Burkat
All you need to know to create a successful Torah Fund campaign in your Sisterhood.
 
Membership: Sandy Blumenthal, Sue Benegle, and Regina Newman
Membership Express: Journey with us on the road to what it is and what it can be.
 
Advocacy: Ardis Wexler, Marlene Oslick, and Karen Cuker
Advocating for Women’s League Resolutions.
 
Engagement/Programming: Grace Schessler and Karen Seltzer
Programming for today’s Sisterhoods: A look at relevant and accessible ideas.
 
Communications: Debi Bruce, Rachel Ferber, and Sheila Kaufman
Tools to engage and inform your community.

4:00 - 4:30pm Cocktails with Margie and Debbi

4:30 - 6:00pm Installation Ceremony and Celebratory Concert
  
Be a part of this historic moment in WLCJ's history and be sure to   REGISTER

and place your   VIRTUAL TRIBUTE JOURNAL

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Watch the   Convention Committee Promo   video.   
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