Dec 2, 2021 | Masorti Matters Blog
(Seated at head of table are Rakefet Ginsberg, WZO Vice Chair Yizhar Hess, third from the left President Herzog, far right MK Alon Tal next to MK Gilad Kariv) Masorti Matters Blog Gideon Aronoff, Executive Director, Masorti Foundation In an important and encouraging...
Oct 29, 2021 | Masorti Matters Blog
(Pictured from left, Sophie Fellman Rafalovitz, Mauricio Balter, Yizhar Hess, Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur) Great news on Jewish pluralism in Israel…at last! Yesterday I was so pleased to read a piece by our friend and former Masorti CEO, Yizhar Hess, which was...
Oct 20, 2021 | Masorti Matters Blog
Masorti Matters Blog Gideon Aronoff, Executive Director, Masorti Foundation All of us at Masorti were watching the new government in Israel with great anticipation and high hopes for how it might fulfill the promise of change. We celebrated with our partners in the...
Jul 22, 2021 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Masorti Matters Blog
A week ago I had the honor and pleasure to attend early morning prayers at the egalitarian Family Kotel, a section also known as Ezrat Yisrael, that is coordinated by the Masorti Movement of Israel. Here we gathered –men and women, rabbis and lay people,...
Jul 19, 2021 | Masorti Matters Blog
The Masorti Foundation and Mercaz USA condemn the shameful modern-day desecration on Tisha B’Av of the egalitarian, Family Kotel by Orthodox extremists. These activists — seeking to block a return to a 2016 compromise agreement for egalitarian prayer at...
Jul 18, 2021 | Masorti Matters Blog
This week the Masorti Foundation participated in a brief but intense mission to Israel of senior lay and professional leaders of Masorti-Conservative Judaism. The delegation was honored to meet with President Isaac Herzog; a wide array of government ministers and...
