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,...
Jul 30, 2020 | Masorti Movement Blog
On Tisha B’Av, we share this impassioned plea for justice for the Egalitarian Kotel, written by Masorti Movement in Israel CEO Yizhar Hess and published in the Jerusalem Post. “When a stone fell down from the Kotel, the day after Tisha Be’av”...
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...
Jun 24, 2020 | Masorti Movement Blog
“A Rabbi, a Minster and a Muslim Sheik Meet Up…”The Masorti Movement’s Vision of Inclusion for All Israel “I see our mission as a Masorti community to step out of our inner circle and be active and involved in the greater society around us.” Yes, I...
