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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…

By admin July 16, 2019 Off

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…

By admin March 17, 2019 Off

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…

By admin March 10, 2019 Off

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…

By admin October 14, 2018 Off