Jan 5, 2021 | Masorti Movement Blog
After fifteen years of waiting, a decision is due shortly from Israel’s Supreme Court regarding conversion. And as Rakefet Ginsberg, Masorti Israel’s new CEO asks in a powerful article for Ha’aretz, “Is the State of Israel capable of...
Oct 31, 2020 | Masorti Movement Blog
These are exciting times for the Masorti Movement. Dr. Yizhar Hess, who has served as the Director of the Masorti Movement for 13 years moves on to a new position at the World Zionist Organization. And the Movement warmly welcomes Rakefet Ginsberg who will be the...
Oct 29, 2020 | Masorti Movement Blog
An intense and emotional Opinion by Dr. Yizhar Hess published on October 22nd in Ha’aretz: The real drama these days: The Zionist movement almost split. October 22 marked the conclusion of the 38th Zionist Congress. Before you yawn, listen to what happened...Sep 15, 2020 | Jewish Pluralism Watch
A subcommittee for Israel-Diaspora relations will be launched in the Knesset. Headed by MK Cotler-Wunsh of the Blue and White Party, the committee is expected to convene at the Knesset on Monday, Sept. 21. “Just before the High Holy Days and while facing the...
Sep 10, 2020 | Jewish Pluralism Watch, Masorti Movement Blog
The fight for equal treatment of Masorti-Conservative and Reform rabbis in Israel — a core struggle of the Masorti Movement of Israel and its signature Jewish Pluralism Watch Program — continues with this update from the courts by Masorti activists. This...
Sep 4, 2020 | Masorti Movement Blog
Rabbi Andy Sacks, Director of the Israeli Rabbinical Assembly and the Masorti Movement’s Religious Affairs Bureau, shares the saga of the Jews of Iquitos, Peru. They, and other communities of Jews converted through the global Masorti-Conservative Movement,...