Rabbi Deborah Salomon (Class #4) Announces
A NEW HOME and NAME FOR THE SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY for HEBREW WIZARDS There are so many new and exciting things happening at Hebrew Wizards this coming year. Three exciting developments are: After 12 years, we are finally purchasing our own building which will allow Hebrew Wizards to have a permanent and awesome new home in…
Mazal Tov to Rabbi Walter Isaac!
On January 16th, 2016 the Jewish Spiritual Leadership Institute ordained its 100th rabbi, Walter R. Isaac. Isaac holds a doctorate in Religion from Temple University and a masters in Religion from Yale Divinity School. After serving as a graduate research fellow at the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies, he sought to obtain rabbinic ordination at the…
Op-Ed Jewish Denominationalism by Rabbi Deborah Reichmann
In light of today’s arguments regarding the ordination of women in the Orthodox movement, of Israeli rabbis not recognizing American Jewish decision-making, of changing policies and perspectives regarding the LGBT community, of these and many more, is Jewish denominationalism a destructive force? Is it a unifying force? Something else? Clearly, the modern world does not want…
Jewish Spiritual Leader’s Institute ordains 9th Class of Rabbis
The Jewish Spiritual Leader’s Institute (JSLI),the Online Rabbinical School of Sim Shalom, held its ordination ceremony on Saturday evening in Delray Beach, Florida. Ten new rabbis will now begin their respective missions and service as teachers and spiritual leaders- some advancing the tenets of Jewish Universalism. Each of the ten candidates were granted semicha by…
Rabbis and Sherwin and Ginsburgh Publish New Jewish Music Worship Book
Mazal Tov to our Rabbis Sherwin and Ginsburgh who are two of several authors who have published a new book on music and it’s importance in worship entitled “Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers.” Kol Hakavod! Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers, a Jewish music anthology. Music Mind & Body Spirituality…