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...Feb 21, 2019 | Blogging from the Bimah
We want to bring articles from rabbis and lay leaders with passionate and sometimes controversial viewpoints. This article, from Rabbi Aryeh Meier, published recently in the Jewish Standard, fits the bill. It’s a cry from the heart about Israel, the Diaspora...
Jan 27, 2019 | Blogging from the Bimah
One of the most joyful part of rabbinic work is welcoming Jews by Choice into the community. The Religious Affairs Bureau of the Masorti Movement officiates at about one hundred such conversions each year. Each of these are a blessing to the Jewish people and to the...
