2nd Annual Online Retreat for Students and Alumni
Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute (JSLI) and Rabbi Steve Blane continues to make history with its innovative approach to a virtual school. On March 1st it held it’s second online reunion for alumni and students. JSLI classes are all online and alumni hail from North America, Europe, Australia, Israel and Japan making an in-face reunion costly…
JSLI Alumni and Students study Jewish Views of the Afterlife
This spring JSLI Alumni and Students will be studying JEWISH VIEWS OF THE AFTERLIFE: PHILOSOPHICAL BELIEF AND PASTORAL APPLICATIONS- A THREE-PART WEBINAR with Reb Simcha Raphael, Ph.D of D’aat Institute. This online three-session class will combine study of traditional afterlife texts with contemporary pastoral care. We shall synthesize Jewish afterlife teachings and traditional death rituals…
JSLI trained Rabbi Jordania Goldberg brings peace to the world
A graduate of Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute and member of the Union of Jewish Universalist Communities, Rabbi Jordania Goldberg spreads her vision of peace. From co officiating at High Holiday services in Greece to the publication of her new book she continues her efforts of repairing the world (Tikun Olam.) In January, Rabbi Jordania opened…
Rabbi Steve Blane sings Hanukah and Christmas songs in Central Park
Dozens popped on over to Sim Shalom Live and joined Rabbi Steve Blane and guest Pastor Robert Brashear for a Holiday singalong at Bethesda Terrace in Central Park on Sunday, December 22nd. Since Hanukah and Christmas coincided this year it only made sense to enjoy an interfaith celebration to welcome the season of lights. Hanukah is…
JSLI Class #18 Brian Serle makes the nightly news
Brian Serle of Class #18, to be ordained in June 2020, made the nightly news in La Crosse, WI over Hanukah. Watch! Here. The eight day celebration recognizes an ancient victory for the small nation of Israel at the time. “It had to do with the people who lived in Israel in that time, defending…
JSLI Alumni Offer Continuing Education
This fall several Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute alumni offered presentations to the school and alumni. These Lunch and Learn presentations are part of the curriculum of the rabbinic program overseen by Sim Shalom and Rabbi Steven Blane. Lunch and Learn topics are chosen that represent a particular passion or expertise of the student and examples…
JSLI Rabbi Jacob participates in Blessing of the Animals service
Blessing animals for the blessing they are to us By Rabbi Rose Lyn Jacob Rabbi Rose Jacob participates in a Blessing of the Animals recently in Middleburg, Virginia. It was a picture-perfect fall day for an Interfaith “Blessing of the Animals” at the National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg. After a brief service, roughly…
Sim Shalom Ordains Two Cantors at Spiritual Ordination and Shabbaton Weekend
Rabbi Steven Blane trains Cantors in Conservative liturgy with a pragmatic approach at Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute. Rabbi Steve Blane began Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute as a pragmatic response to the Jewish Rabbinate and to date JSLI has ordained 150+ Rabbis. Rabbi Blane’s background includes being a singer/songwriter and Cantor in several congregations. He brings…
Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute Ordains 17th Class of Rabbis and Cantors
Sim Shalom Online Synagogue grants ordination to eight students of its professional Rabbinic and Cantorial program, the Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute. As part of a deeply spiritual ordination and shabbaton weekend in Stony Point, New York Rabbi Steve Blane and the Bet Din welcomed the new Rabbis and Cantors from across the US and Canada…
