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Masorti Matters Blog

News & Views from Gideon Aronoff, Executive Director, the Masorti Foundation

Noted Professor, Carmel Chiswick, Reflects on Economic Choices of Israeli and American Jews

Aug 6, 2019 | Masorti Matters Blog

Occasionally, we invite special guests to contribute to the Masorti Matters blog. We're happy to present the writings of an exceptional thinker: economist, and professor at George Washington University, Carmel Chiswick. Dr. Chiswick has written a deeply researched...

Masorti Movement Blog

The latest from the Masorti Movement in Israel on Kehillot, Programs, Activism & more…

Kehillat Moriah Appoints New Rabbi: David Arias Weil

Jul 30, 2019 | Masorti Movement Blog

Exciting news from Kehillat Moriah in Haifa: a new rabbi, David Arias Weil, was elected to lead the storied congregation. He replaces the wonderful Rabbi Dubi Haiyun who was appointed deputy mayor of Haifa seven months ago. Rabbi Arias Weil is the fifth rabbi of the...

Blogging from the Bimah

Rabbis debating & discussing crucial issues facing Masorti, Israel and the Diaspora at a time of extreme challenge

A Gift of Love for Incoming Class of Ziegler Students

Aug 19, 2019 | Blogging from the Bimah

Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University in Los Angeles, sent us a warm and wonderful story. "I wanted to share with you the happy photo of some of our incoming new Ziegler students...

Faces of Masorti Israel

Meet the people and see the places of Masorti Israel. See lifecycle ceremonies, Camp Ramah-NOAM, study groups, young and old, services at the Egalitarian Kotel and more.

Faces of Masorti Israel: August 9, 2019

Aug 9, 2019 | Faces of Masorti Israel

It's summer...time for camp...see lots of happy campers at the Jack Roth Netaim-Avivim Camp Ramah-NOAM, see NOAMniks, parents and kids, a beautiful bar mitzvah at the Kotel, Rabbi Nathalie Lastreger, Rabbi Dikla Druckman and even President Rivlin speaking. Click on...

Masorti Theater

Getting “Psyched” for Summer: NOAM & Camp Ramah-Noam

As Masorti gets ready for Camp Ramah-NOAM 2019, get a feel for the excitement, the joy and enthusiasm of young Israelis enjoying Camp Ramah-NOAM in prior years. Take yourself back your own great camp experiences…watch the sheer exuberance as these kids get ready for roughing it, for renewing old friendships, making new friends, for song, dance and color-war. Can’t read the Hebrew? Don’t worry. Just read the expressions on the faces of these kids, the language is universal.