Masorti Olami News and Updates
Masorti Olami opens Chile Earthquake Relief Fund
UPDATED March 3rd, 2010
Dear Friends,
The response to our Chile Earthquake Relief Fund, which we began on Monday of this week, has been extremely moving. So many of our supporters have sent good wishes, and the volume and speed at which people have sent donations has been impressive.
"Playing is a serious business" at Purim - reflects Masorti Rabbi Luciana Pajecki Lederman of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rabbi Luciana Pajecki Lederman of Masorti kehillah Comunidade Shalom in Sao Paulo, Brazil reflects on why 'playing is such a serious business' at Purim. Read the article below in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
First Youth Convention for the Abayudaya in Uganda
Masorti Olami's Judy Gray recently visited the Abayudaya (People of Judah) - a tribe of practicing Masorti Jews - in Uganda. She participated in their First Youth Convention, and sent us the report and pictures below.
Masorti kehillot around the world celebrate Tu Bishvat
Masorti kehillot all around the world celebrated the festival of Tu Bishvat at the end of January 2010 (Shvat 5770).
Kehillot from all parts of the world sent us reports and stories from their Tu Bishvat celebrations, and below you can find a round-up of just some of the wonderful Tu Bishvat seders, tree plantings and other events.
Click here (or on any of the pictures below) for a full album of pictures from Tu Bishvat 5770 events in Masorti kehillot around the world.
Hazzanut in the Masorti Movement #1 : by Hazzan Oscar Fleischer - in English, Spanish & Portuguese
Hazzan Oscar Fleischer, Hazzan at Masorti Kehillah Benei Tikvah in Buenos Aires, Argentina writes about the changing role of the Hazzan. Read his article in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
Report on FJMC's recent Mission to Panama
Ernie Smolen, from Congregation North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park, Illinois sent us the following report on the FJMC's recent mission to Panama.
Holocaust commemorations at the United Nations - a report by Gloria Landy
Gloria Landy is the Masorti Olami/World Council of Synagogues representative to the United Nation's Forum of NGOs. She braved the snow in New York City at the end of January to take part in a week of activities connected to the International Day of commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust. She sent us this report.
January 27th, 2010 was the fifth anniversary of this International Commemoration Day, and this year’s theme was "Remembrance: the Legacy of Survival.
Professor Arnold Eisen visits Paris for Shabbat with Adath Shalom and conference
Arnold M. Eisen, one of the world's foremost experts on American Judaism, and seventh chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary, recently visited Paris, and spent Shabbat with Masorti kehillah Adath Shalom. Adath Shalom member, Héléna Fantl sent us this report.
Tu Bishvat 5770 - Rabbi Gustavo Surazki from Ashkelon explains his 'Deams of Transendence' - English, Spanish & Portuguese
Rabbi Gustavo Surazki is the Rabbi of Masorti kehillah Netzach Israel in Ashkelon, Israel.
Read below his commentary on Tu Bishvat 5770 (2010) in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
Community is the most essential condition for Jewish life - a speech by Masorti Olami President, Alan H. Silberman
Remarks of Alan H. Silberman, President, Masorti Olami at the 12th Convention of la Union Judia de Communidades de Latinoamerica y el Caribe
Panama City, Panama - January 27-31, 2010
Alan Silberman is pictured (far right) at the 12th Convention of the Union of Jewish Communities of Latin America and the Caribbean.
