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"I shook the hand that blessed Barack Obama" writes Rabbi Tzvi Graetz in his Times of Israel blog

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"I shook the hand that blessed Barack Obama" writes Rabbi Tzvi Graetz in his Times of Israel blog

 
In the last few days, the Israeli news has been filled with nothing but conjectures about which parties will make up the new government in Israel and when the Prime Minister will be sworn in. But this week, I am in Los Angeles for the Masorti Olami and MAROM AMLAT Leadership Seminar and all the Americans can talk about is whether or not the singer Beyonce lip synched at the recent inauguration ceremony for President Obama.
 

Date: 
28 Jan 2013

Israel's Masorti movement waves a new Simhat Torah flag

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Haaretz Anglo File

 At dozens of Conservative (Masorti) synagogues around Israel, congregants celebrating Simhat Torah will be carrying the flag of egalitarianism and pluralism. Literally, that is to say.

Date: 
5 Oct 2012

New Year, New Flag: Conservative/Masorti movement puts a pluralistic spin on the Simchat Torah flag

Author (short): 
Helen Chernikoff

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When Rabbi Tzvi Graetz was a little boy in the Israel of the 1970s, he would visit the shuk, or market, with his father every High Holiday season to buy flags to wave during Simchat Torah, when the giving of the Torah is celebrated.

Date: 
25 Sep 2012

Israel Channel 2's Mussaf show : Judy & Steve Gray volunteer with Abayudaya Jews in Uganda

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An excerpt from the 'Sof Shavua' news magazine show called 'Mussaf' on Israel Channel 2 on Feb 18, 2012 talking about Israeli's travelling to places around the world to volunteer. In this clip, Judy and Steve Gray talk about their volunteer work with the Abayudaya community in Uganda.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Date: 
18 Feb 2012

JPost article Keep Dreaming: Jewish pirates of the Caribbean

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In his Jerusalem Post column, Masorti Olami International Vice-President David Breakstone speaks about how The communities of the Caribbean too often feel abandoned – or at least neglected – by the Jewish state to which they are so attached.

 

Date: 
17 Feb 2012

JPost article - Keep Dreaming: God comes in many flavors

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In his Jerusalem Post column, Masorti Olami International Vice-President David Breakstone talks about how Jews in Israel are becoming more religious, but the tradition they are embracing is increasingly open and flexible

 

Date: 
3 Feb 2012

Washington Jewish Week article: Bethesda woman thanked for her service to the nation

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Suzanner Pollak writes about Dr Marilyn Wind, awarded the Sherut L'Am - Service to the Nation - award at Masorti Olami's 2011 Evening of Tribute

 

Date: 
4 Jan 2012

JPost article: Jews and Roma talk alliance in Hungary at MAROM's Bankito festival

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Jeremy Sharon writes about Jews and Roma working together on the Bankito festival in Hungary, whose lead organizes are MAROM, the Masorti young adult organization.

 

Date: 
2 Aug 2011

JPost article - Keep Dreaming column - Identity theft: A national epidemic

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In his Jerusalem Post column, Masorti Olami International Vice-President David Breakstone, asks should a Jewish state deny our children the chance to build a Jewish home.

 

Date: 
8 Jul 2011

Talking To Conservative Rabbis: What’s In A ‘Movement’?

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In a Special to The Jewish Week, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld discusses what it takes to keep 'a movement' going.

 
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
 
Special To The Jewish Week
 
Since the beginning of January, I have been on a tour of North America and have seen over 400 Conservative rabbis face-to-face or conducted extensive phone interviews with them.
 
What am I looking for?
 

Date: 
22 Mar 2011
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