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…
Rabbi Steven Blane trains Cantors in Conservative liturgy
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…
17th Class Ordained
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…
Two Alumni Return to JSLI to offer Presentations
This spring two alumni will join members of the Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute 17th class in making a Lunch and Learn presentation. Rabbi Judy Ginsburgh of Louisiana will speak online about her “Jewish Heritage Tour of India.” Ginsburgh, ordained by JSLI in January 2014, is best known for her music and is an accomplished Cantor…
JSLI Hosts Alumni Reunion
Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute (JSLI) and Rabbi Steve Blane made history with its first 5-hour online reunion. JSLI classes are all online and alumni hail from North America, Europe, Australia, Israel and Japan making an in-face reunion costly and challenging for folks to attend. Rabbi Steve Blane, Founder and Dean, noted, “Why not an online…
Mazal Tov to our Five Newest Rabbis! We are now 149 Rabbis Strong!
Our Rabbis serve Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist and non-Affiliated Jewish Communities around the World. Mazal Tov to our newest Rabbis, Ordained January 6, 2019.
Rabbi Dario Hunter
Is in his second year of service as rabbi at Congregation Ohev Tzedek – Shaarei Torah in Youngstown, OH. And he’s just started as a Coordinator for Jewish Life and Intersectional Programming at the College of Wooster. Dario Hunter was ordained as a rabbi in 2012 by Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute (JSLI). He has been…
Ordination of 139th Rabbi
Sim Shalom Online Synagogue grants smicha to nine JSLI-trained Rabbis on July 1, 2018. As part of a deeply spiritual ordination and shabbaton weekend in Stony Point, New York Rabbi Steve Blane and the Bet Din welcome new Rabbis from across the US and Canada to the family of Rabbis trained by the Jewish Spiritual…
Rabbi Reuven is guest rabbi at Temple Beth-El
Guest rabbi coming to Temple Beth-El, Alpena, Michigan AUG 15, 2018 For the first time in decades, Sabbath services at Temple Beth-El Alpena will be led by a rabbi. Temple Beth-El is pleased to announce that on Saturday, Rabbi Ronald N. Silverman will lead the Sabbath service, and on Sunday, he will lead a “Music…
Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute trained Rabbis lead services and make music for the High Holidays 5778
Rabbi Blane spreads the love as JSLI ordained Rabbis and Cantors are making an impact and serving Jews across the country and globe. Sim Shalom, the online synagogue is the mainliner offering “in person” Jazz High Holiday services at the iconic Bitter End Club in New York. Rabbi Steve Blane, JSLi Founder and Dean, and…