An Evening of Tribute 2013 - honoring Alan Silberman, Rabbi Jacob Herber & Cantor Steve Stoehr

4 ways to connect your Seder to Israel & The Jewish People
MERCAZ Olami and Masorti Olami once again bring you four interesting and relevant discussion pieces to add to your Seder that connect you with Israel and the Jewish People.
Click here to see last year's 4 ways to connect your Seder to Israel.
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Purim - A question of glasses and happy endings - in ENGLISH, SPANISH, RUSSIAN and FRENCH
"I shook the hand that blessed Barack Obama" writes Rabbi Tzvi Graetz in his Times of Israel blog
In the last few days, the Israeli news has been filled with nothing but conjectures about which parties will make up the new government in Israel and when the Prime Minister will be sworn in. But this week, I am in Los Angeles for the Masorti Olami and MAROM AMLAT Leadership Seminar and all the Americans can talk about is whether or not the singer Beyonce lip synched at the recent inauguration ceremony for President Obama.
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Tu Bishvat - New Year for the Trees - Learning to Take Care of Our Resources by Rabbi Mauricio Balter
Tu Bishvat 5773/2013
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New Year, New Flag: Conservative/Masorti movement puts a pluralistic spin on the Simchat Torah flag
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When Rabbi Tzvi Graetz was a little boy in the Israel of the 1970s, he would visit the shuk, or market, with his father every High Holiday season to buy flags to wave during Simchat Torah, when the giving of the Torah is celebrated.


Rabbi Marcelo Polakoff, Rabbi of Masorti synagogue Centro Union Israelita de Cordona in Argetina and President of the Latin American region of the Rabbinical Assembly created an educational guide for Purim available to dowload in 


