Women's League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) is the national representative body in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

for women within

Conservative Judaism Conservative Judaism, known as Masorti Judaism outside North America, is a Jewish religious movement which regards the authority of ''halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions as coming primarily from its people and community through the generatio ...

Overview

The WLCJ was founded by

Mathilde Schechter Mathilde Roth Schechter (also Matilda; December 16, 1859 – August 27, 1924) was the American founder of the U.S. National Women's League of Conservative Judaism in 1918. Biography Schechter was born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wrocław, Polan ...

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.

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