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Holocaust Remembrance at United Nations

Posted on January 29, 2024

UN Photo/Manuel Elías | Prayers and a moment of silence at the United Nations observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. On January 26th a Women’s League group attended the Holocaust Remembrance ceremony at the United Nations. This is an observance that has been mandated by the Continue Reading »

Tu Bishvat from the Masorti Foundation

Posted on January 22, 2024

Invitation to the Seder Tu Bishvat in Hostage Square on the eve of Tu Bishvat. May the verse on the invitation speedily come to pass: “… every family shall sit under its own vine and fig tree, with no one to disturb them…” (Micah 4:4) The Masorti Movement in Israel cordially invites you to join us Continue Reading »

Tu Bishvat

Posted on January 22, 2024

The new year for trees One of the four new years in the Jewish calendar. Tu Bishvat is one of the four moments throughout the year that we use to measure a “new year.” In this case, the new year for Trees, marking their “birthday,” was established as part of our responsibilities to bring tithes to Continue Reading »

WLCJ Statement on Marking 100 Days since the Hamas Attack

Posted on January 14, 2024

Today, we solemnly mark the 100th day since the reprehensible Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023. This tragic event not only claimed so many innocent lives, but also left an indelible mark on our hearts and communities. As we remember those we lost, our thoughts and prayers go out to the kidnapped victims and Continue Reading »

Congressional Action Alert for Israel – Keep Calling!

Posted on December 11, 2023

December 11, 2023 Dear Friend, Last week, The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations joined our member organizations and Jewish federations in leading the American Jewish community’s National Mobilization Week. The effort was hugely successful with tens of thousands of calls made into Congress, and we cannot stop now. With Congress deliberating over an Continue Reading »

The Blue Dove Foundation: The Mental Health Hanukkah Journal

Posted on December 5, 2023

BRAND NEW: The Mental Health Hanukkah Journal | 2023 The Talmud discusses the obligation of pirsumei nisah, literally, publicizing the miracle, on Hanukkah. This is in reference to our task of publicizing the miracle of Hanukkah by lighting our menorahs by windows or our front doors. In doing so, we remind the world there is Continue Reading »

Schechter’s Israel Emergency Campaign

Posted on October 30, 2023

Helping the City of Ofakim: Dr. Yael Racov Drory, an active member of the Schechter Institute Executive Committee, has been volunteering in the Development Town of Ofakim for over 14 years in various positions assisting the city’s development. Ofakim was targeted by terrorists on October 7th, where they murdered 51 people, mostly in one specific Continue Reading »

Reflections on the current situation in Israel from Rabbi Chaya Rowen Baker, Dean of the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary

Posted on October 30, 2023

October 2023 Shalom, Thank you so much for reaching out … The last 12 days have been overwhelming on every level. We are so deeply sad, and angry, and worried, and scared. The entire country is wounded. Everyone is mourning. Days are filled with funerals and shivas. Everyone is in a frenzy to help in Continue Reading »

Masorti Solidarity Shabbat — Update and Thank You!

Posted on October 26, 2023

Dear Friends: Today we launch our weekend of events around Solidarity Shabbat of the Conservative/Masorti movement with unwavering solidarity with our family and friends in Israel. Thank you all for your support of this initiative and for the robust representation and projects. Our movement organizations offer distinct ways our communities can show support and stand Continue Reading »

Israel Help Needed – Five Wartime Proposals from The Schechter Institutes, Inc.

Posted on October 24, 2023

Dear Friend, Hoping this message finds you & the family OK given the circumstances. We in Israel are as OK as we can possibly be right now.  Rachel, our middle kid, is in a pre-army program right now but thankfully she drafts in one year and will not be on the frontlines. Two Fridays ago, we attended two Continue Reading »