Women's League for Conservative Judaism

American Jewish women's organization

Women's League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) is the national representative body in the United States for women within Conservative Judaism.

Overview

The WLCJ was founded by Mathilde Schechter in 1918, originally named the National Women’s League of the United Synagogue. The vision of the organization was to serve as the coordinating body for Conservative synagogue sisterhoods.

References

"Women's League for Conservative Judaism", Jewish Women's Archive.
Rugh, S. S. (1997). "Not Just White and Protestant: Midwestern Jewish Women" (PDF). Resources for Gender and Women's Studies. 18 (4): 3.

Women in Judaism

General topics

History	Jewish Women's Congress (1893) 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott 1904 New York City Rent Strike 1906 Tonsil Riots 1907 New York City Rent Strike 1909 Shirtwaist Strike World Congress of Jewish Women (1923, 1929) Women's Torah Project (2003–2010) Women's Siyum HaShas (2020)

Feminism	Jewish feminism Orthodox Israeli Mizrahi

Life cycle events

Marriage	Marriage Matchmaking Marriage contract Marital harmony Head covering Homemaker Ritual purity Ritual immersion Divorce Agunah

Practices and concepts

Gender separation
- Tzniut
- Negiah
- Yichud
Abortion
- In Israel
Birth control
Sexuality
- Homosexuality

Prayer and study	Tkhine Tseno Ureno Partnership minyan Tefillin Barbie Midrasha Mechitza Court of the Women

Religious roles	Rebbetzin Rabbis and Torah scholars Timeline Yoetzet halacha Toanot Rabniyot Scribe Cantor Timeline Firzogerin

Organizations

Historic / defunct	Clara de Hirsch Home Di Vilde Chayes League of Jewish Women (Germany) Jewish League for Woman Suffrage (UK) Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

Publications	Binah Hadassah Magazine Lilith The American Jewess

Schools	Orthodox Jewish schools for women

Places

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