Rabbinic Reflections

Conversations with God 

Posted on December 11, 2019

By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields  Executive Director, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism From a very young age, I began to regularly talk to God. I think it began when I was completing third grade, and my paternal grandfather was very sick, and I realized he was dying. I had seen my sister reading the classic Continue Reading »

Rabbinic Reflections: “It’s a Beautiful Day to Converse with God!”

Posted on May 7, 2019

By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Executive Director, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism My daughter, the future Dr. Fields, once told me that one reason she enjoys watching “Grey’s Anatomy” is because of the show’s slogan, “It’s a beautiful day to save lives.” On the first sunny Shabbat this spring, on the way to Services, my Continue Reading »