MERCAZ Newsletter — Spring 2008

Masorti Celebrates 30th Anniversary

The Masorti Movement in Israel celebrated its 30th anniversary this past December with a two-day public conference, capped by a gala dinner. Among the honorees at the festive event was Hershel Blumberg of Chevy Chase, MD, the founder and past Chair of the Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel and a former Vice-President of MERCAZ USA.

Since its founding, the Masorti Movement has grown to include some fifty centers throughout the country, from traditional synagogues to innovative projects, such as Rabbi Uri Ayalon's "Yotzer Or", the Masorti kehilla in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Talpiot which last Fall received a "Synagogue 3000" innovation grant funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation.