Rabbinical Assembly

Save the Date: Selihot Night Live will be on Saturday, August 28th. Programming will run from approximately 8:30pm ET through 1:00am ET. Selihot Night Live is an opportunity to learn, sing, and connect as a community with programs and services throughout the night. Join our list of sponsoring synagogues and organizations: https://bit.ly/3h3ilem

Today marks the inaugural Holocaust Survivor Day. We honor and celebrate Holocaust Survivors' contributions to our society and to our flourishing Jewish communities.

Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai spoke with the heads of the international Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative movements (including our CEO, Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal) on behalf of Israel's new government. He said that he was committed to "Israel being open to all three streams, and recognizing them on an equal basis."

Rabbi Micah Buck-Yael, who serves as Keshet's Director of Education and Training, shared this important piece on celebrating Pride in a world that is far from whole: https://bit.ly/35wOjsQ "I can think of nothing more holy - or more Jewish - than celebrating Pride at a time like this. It is more important than ever to reaffirm to ourselves and to LGBTQ youth that our identities are beautiful and worthy of celebration."

A year filled with adapting and thriving. Watch this video in which Chancellor Schwartz reflects on the past year and looks ahead to the future of JTS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sggOPgtIZUU&t=3s

We sincerely thank our Rabbinical Assembly members who are answering the call to duty in the National Guard. Rabbi (Colonel) Larry Bazer (Army National Guard Senior Staff Chaplain) had the pleasure of checking up on two new rabbis in the National Guard at the Chaplain Basic Officer Introductory Course of the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson, SC. They were doing well and making our Conservative/Masorti Movement proud. Both of them exemplify the Citizen Soldier/Rabbi model of the National Guard, Always ready, Always There.