Nov 7, 2016 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch)
Since Slichot, the Masorti Foundation has been hosting the Conservative/Masorti Movement’s campaign: Make Your Voice Heard, Equality at the Kotel. The campaign has been generating emails to the Prime Minister of Israel and other government officials, demanding that...Nov 6, 2016 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch)
Protest for Egalitarian Prayer Space On November 2, rabbis from the Masorti and Reform movements in Israel, together with a contingent from Women of the Wall, marched to protest the lack of progress in implementing the promised egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel....
Sep 28, 2016 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch)
What would make this New Year particularly sweet? If we were able to, finally, bring about Equality at the Kotel! We can make it happen, but all of us need to be involved in the campaign, and to Raise Masorti Voices to such a level that no government would dare to...
Sep 13, 2016 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Knesset
Thoughts on Religious Freedom and Egalitarian Prayer in Israel A few weeks ago, I was honored to be asked to give the D’var Torah at my synagogue, MJCBY. The Parsha was V’Etchanan (I Pleaded.) I found this Parsha particularly meaningful on many levels. But the one I...
Sep 7, 2016 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Knesset
I may quibble over some of the facts in this op-ed (for example, most studies put the liberal streams in Israel at closer to 10% and Orthodoxy at a much lower number than the one Mr. Sharansky uses), his main points are right on. To quote Sharansky: “Israel and...