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…
Three Alums Bring Their Passions to Presentations This Fall
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…
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…