Nov 30, 2018 | Masorti Movement Blog
Meet Four New Masorti Rabbis: A Generation of Passion & Purpose Exciting and inspiring news! The Masorti Movement is thrilled to welcome four new rabbis, just ordained by our partner, the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary. These four passionate Israelis from...
Nov 11, 2018 | Masorti Movement Blog
It’s a relief to have good news to report on the status of the Masorti and Reform movements in Israel. After a spate of disappointments (the breaching the agreement for an egalitarian section at the Kotel, the detention of an Israeli rabbi for officiating at a...
Nov 6, 2018 | Masorti Movement Blog
Remarks from Hayyim Kehillat Torat, Herzliya, By Rabbi Rav Barry Schlesinger The week we experienced tragedy. Last Shabbat began with the murder of 11 Jews in Pittsburgh, and was followed by a traffic accident in the area of the Dead Sea that took the lives of an...
Oct 29, 2018 | Jewish Pluralism Watch
Here is this week’s update from Masorti’s Jewish Pluralism Watch. Our regular JPW Update keeps us informed on what’s happening in the Knesset on issues of importance to Masorti–inclusiveness, pluralism and democracy consistent with Jewish...
Sep 17, 2018 | Masorti Movement Blog
Just published; The JPW Summer 2018 Report on the Knesset. It’s a deep dive into the activities of Knesset on all the issues of importance to Masorti. The Knesset may well be in denial. But Masorti values cannot be denied for long. The report confirms what we...
Aug 20, 2018 | Masorti Movement Blog
On 5th August 2018, publicist Motti Karpel published an article in Makor Rishon asking where “progressive Judaism” in Israel is headed. Whilst insisting that Orthodoxy is the authentic continuation of “historical Judaism,” he also makes the preposterous claim that the...
