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The hard work involved in planning our Masorti Europe board meetings, held this year in Marseille, Brussels and London, in addition to the everyday job of running the communities, is a clear demonstration of our fervent desire to transmit our tradition. Activities around Europe are constantly happening. This year, we expanded our strategic plan for […]
The year 2013 started by gathering together the Latin American Masorti Movement leaders in Buenos Aires, together with leadership from Masorti Olami. Various organizations of the Movement participated; the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano “Marshall T Meyer”, Masortí AmLat, Noam and Marom AmLat and the Latin America Rabbinical Assembly (LARA) in order to continue building together a […]
‘Incoming President’ is an interesting title and I think now that I am coming to the end of my year in this role I am finally beginning to understand what it means – a total immersion in the life of Masorti Olami in an effort to begin to understand what the Masorti world really looks […]
Just before I began serving as President of Masorti Olami, some 8 years ago, I visited one of our kehillot around the world and was immediately embroiled in conflicts, local, regional and movement-wide. Just after that, I was privileged to meet with our founding president, Rabbi Benjamin Kreitman, z’l. He asked me how things were […]
Rosh Hashanah this year begins in the evening on September 4 on the Gregorian calendar. This is the earliest secular date for Rosh Hashanah since 1899. We all know, of course, that the first of Tishrei is the start of the Jewish New Year. And the first of Tishrei comes at the same time every […]
from left: Rabbi Reuven Hammer, Rabbi Chaim Weiner, Rabbi Jules Harlow, Juliana and Edgar On April 26 in Lisbon, Portugal, a historic Masorti Bet Din (Rabbinic Court) gathered in Lisbon to oversee the halachic conversation of two young adults. Juliana Fernandes da Silva and Edgard Pimentel studied for several years with Rabbi Jules and Navah […]
click here to view larger picture Click here to order your flags! Masorti Olami’s new modern Zionist Simchat Torah Flag features men, women and children celebrating together the gift of Torah. Orders are due by August 19th, 2013 For more information regarding shipping, payment or general information contact us: flags@masortiolami.org The Flag Kit contains educational materials as well […]
By Rabbi Alan Silverstein The ending of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI is a time for Jews to be “Hakarat Hatov,” to acknowledge and to praise acts of kindness bestowed upon us. In the words of ecumenical authority, Rabbi Israel Singer, the current pope, known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger during the papacy of his […]
This article orginally appeared in the New North London Synagogue Bulletin Think of Ukraine and one thinks of great names in Jewish history, Bialik, Jabotinsky, Sholem Aleichem, the Baal Shem Tov, Golda Meir to take but a few at random. Here were the roots of both Zionism and Chasidism. But, think of Ukraine and one […]
Rabbi Marcelo Polakoff, Rabbi of Masorti synagogue Centro Union Israelita de Cordona in Argetina and President of the Latin American region of the Rabbinical Assembly created an educational guide for Purim available to dowload in English, Spanish, French and Russian. Below are some extracts from the English edition : (Cartoon characters below by Yehudi Mercado, SuperMercado comics) When Noach started […]