On Monday, September 30th and Wednesday, October 9th Jews of all denominations searching for a vanguard place to celebrate the High Holidays will be offered a jazz service with vocals led by…
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Rabbi Blane and Bet Din Oversee Conversion
Two new Jews by Choice joined the Jewish community on February 3rd at a conversion ceremony overseen by Sim Shalom’s Rabbi Steve Blane and an online Bet Din. Online conversion is a…
Sim Shalom High Holiday Services a Big Hit for a Sold Out Crowd
The Jewish High Holidays, the holiest time of the Jewish Year, begin with Rosh Hashana (New Year) and conclude with Yom Kippur (Day of Repentance). Rabbi Steven Blane and Sim Shalom online…
Shofar Blower, Evan Kremin Joins Rabbi Steve Blane and Sim Shalom at the Bitter End
Sim Shalom Online Synagogue will hold live High Holiday services at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village, New York featuring Rabbi Steve Blane and his quintet: Jack Glotman on Piano, Carol Sudhalter…
Shofar and Saxaphone Provide Awesome Sounds for the High Holidays 5779
On Monday, September 10th and Wednesday, September 19th Jews of all denominations searching for a vanguard place to celebrate the High Holidays will be offered a jazz service with vocals led by…
Sim Shalom Online Synagogue and Rabbi Steve Blane Celebrate Passover Freedom
On Friday night, March 30th Rabbi Steve Blane of Sim Shalom, the online synagogue, led a Passover seder to a sold out crowd at the Knickerbocker Bar and Grill in New York’s…
A Tree Grows in Florida as Sim Shalom Online Synagogue Plants the Seeds of Wisdom
Sim Shalom Online Synagogue and Rabbi Steve Blane held a virtual Tu B’Shevat seder in anticipation of the holiday that begins at sundown on Tuesday night, January 30th. And the tree planted…
Sim Shalom Broadcasts “Live from Winnipeg” at Installation of Two Newly Ordained JSLI Rabbis
On Saturday, November 4th Rabbi Steve Blane installed Rabbis Matthew Leibl and Anibal Mass at an installation ceremony at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Winnipeg Canada before a congregation of 500. Rabbi Alan…
What is Jewish Universalism and Why Does it Matter?
Rabbi Blane writes: To answer those questions, I need to revisit a bit of personal history. “When I first conceived of Jewish Universalism, it was during a transitional period when I declined…
Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute Ordains 6 New Rabbis Trained Untraditionally Online.,
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…