Masorti

The dynamic worldview of the Masorti people can act as a remedy for our current societal ills. A worldview that seeks to unite, rather than divide.

Today there are nearly 80 Masorti congregations all across Israel, though a few meet only on festivals. None receive government funding.

The initiative, promoted by Rabbi David Stav, chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization, calls for a day of fasting ahead of Rosh Chodesh Nissan.

Heads of the Conservative movement said in their statement that they call upon Netanyahu with a request not to appoint Itamar Ben-Gvir to a ministerial position in the new government.

Jac and Diane Friedgut may share the names of Mellencamp’s fictitious lovers, but they’ve aggressively defied that fatalistic sentiment, proving that well into their 80s, life can still be a thrill.

‘My heart is in the East but I, I am at the edge of the West’

Masorti movement says two recent incidents part of a phenomenon due to lack of public toilets at the site.

Our goal is to create a space for liberal and centrist forms of Jewish expression that will enhance Israeli society and restore both religious and civic balance.

The bill would implement a resolution creating a state-recognized egalitarian prayer section at the southern end of the Western Wall.

A group of hardline religious-Zionist activists reportedly interrupted a Conservative payer service and megillah reading, and prevented some Conservative worshippers from entering the site.

A hardline group of religious-Zionists have staged prayer services and Torah lessons at the egalitarian section to undermine the association of it with Conservative and Reform movements.