Torah Fund - December 2016

Which comes first, the ‘seed’ or the ‘fruit’? The Torah.

“It is a tree of life to those who grasp it, and all who uphold it are blessed.”

Proverbs (3:18).

This is a favorite prayer – the living, growing, nourishing torah . So too, the Torah Fund Campaign of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism has been living, growing and nourishing Conservative/Masorti Judaism for the past 75 years.

In 1942, W. L. established its first scholarship fund for the students of the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Since 1963, the Torah Fund Campaign has consisted of raising funds for our institutions of Conservative/Masorti Jewish education:  

 Jewish Theological Seminary, New York

 Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, Los Angeles

 Schechter Institutes of Judaic Studies, Jerusalem

 Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires

This year, as we celebrate “the fruit of her hands” we are extremely proud to extend our support to our newest ‘tree branch’ the Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam Germany, training a new generation of rabbis to address the spiritual needs of a growing European Jewry.

Please write your check to V. B. I. Sisterhood, Torah Fund to help plant a seed, nourish it, and enjoy it’s sweet and juicy fruit.

Again thank you for your continued support of Torah Fund.

Bobbie Cohen

Torah Fund V. P.