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 Ordination
JSLI – Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute, the Online Rabbinical and Cantorial School of Sim Shalom, celebrated freedom in diversity and flexibility on July 4th weekend at the 13th Class Ordination weekend. The six (6) new Rabbis, from a range of backgrounds, four (4) from the United States and two (2) from Canada shared a…
JSLI Announces NEW Pre Rabbinic Study Course
ANNOUNCES Our NEW Pre Rabbinic Study Course There is the desire among many with limited skills to serve the Jewish community as Rabbis and Cantors. We are pleased to introduce a “Mechina” (Preparatory) course of study for those who need to enhance their skill sets and meet the challenges of JSLI’s Rabbinical Program. JSLI is…
Mark Matousek
The Purpose of Sacredness presented by Mark Matousek Scientists now understand that the human brain evolved so-called ‘higher emotions’ — awe, elevation, altruism, for starters — as a balance to our more primitive feeling functions. What we call The Sacred is humankind’s perennial response to this built-in need for transcendent experience. Whether we find…
Rabbi Sandy Zisser
Rabbi Sandy Zisser has been a professional educator for the past twenty years, and involved in Jewish education for much of his life. Sandy received his B.A. from SUNY Albany with a dual major in American History and Judaic Studies. He then received a Masters in Special Education from the Bank Street College of Education.…