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 proudly...
Jul 21, 2019 | Blogging from the Bimah
Rabbi Alan Silverstein, a prominent New Jersey Conservative rabbi, former member of the Masorti Foundation Board and current president of Mercaz Olami, analyzes the recent JPPI study, Rising Streams, and does a masterful job de-bunking the myths about Masorti Judaism...
Jun 7, 2019 | Blogging from the Bimah
To celebrate Shavuot, we share this deeply thoughtful teaching from Rabbi Mikie Goldstein, President of the Rabbinical Assembly and rabbi of Adat Shalom-Emanuel in Rehovot. The Time of Giving of Our Torah Wishing you and your family a happy and meaningful Shavuot. ...
Apr 18, 2019 | Blogging from the Bimah
Last Pesach, we published a profound and learned teaching by Rabbi Gordon Tucker. We don’t normally re-publish. So why now? Because it’s all about the “why?” “it is for this very reason that our ancestors were freed, and why people...
Mar 27, 2019 | Blogging from the Bimah
On March 26th, in an affirmation of Masorti values of inclusion, pluralism and Jewish tradition, three Israeli couples, unable or unwilling to wed in Israel, were married in a service jointly officiated by Adas Israel in Washington D.C, and Washington Hebrew...
Feb 25, 2019 | Blogging from the Bimah
February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month. To honor that, we want to bring stories this month about how Masorti lives its values with respect to individuals with special needs and challenges. Read this powerful sermon delivered to...
