Aug 24, 2020 | Masorti Matters Blog
For years we have been covering the political and legal maneuvering of Interior Minister Aryeh Deri who is seeking to block converts to Judaism from Masorti-Conservative and Reform-affiliated emerging Jewish communities across the globe. Among these communities are...
Aug 18, 2020 | Masorti Matters Blog
Today’s news out of Israel reminds me of the stirring words of John Lewis, z”l, who declared at the 1963 March on Washington, “To those who have said,‘Be patient and wait,’ we have long said that we cannot be patient. We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want...
Jul 29, 2020 | Masorti Matters Blog
What Masorti/Conservative Jews Could Lose…If Shas Minister Arye Deri Gets His Way As we move into the somber days of reflection leading to Tisha B’av, we’re facing yet another attack on our Conservative Judaism. In a move designed to divide Jews from...
Jul 24, 2020 | Jewish Pluralism Watch, Masorti Matters Blog
Today’s edition of Ha’aretz includes a special feature on ground-breaking activity of the Masorti Movement of Israel’s Jewish Pluralism Watch (JPW) Program. JPW has traditionally focused on issues of religion and state, with a keen eye on Jewish...
Jul 22, 2020 | Masorti Matters Blog
Rabbi Andy Sacks — a leading Masorti-Conservative rabbi in Israel and Director of the Israel Rabbinical Assembly and the Masorti Religious Affairs Bureau — wrote yesterday about the latest chapter in the Movement’s struggle for equal treatment for...
Jul 13, 2020 | Masorti Matters Blog
Social justice and human rights are rightly in the news.In Israel, Masorti takes on new injustices posed by ultra-Orthodox Shas Party leaders who right now aim to nullify conversions overseen by Masorti rabbis. This discriminatory action, coupled with the ongoing...