The week beginning February 6, Sim Shalom Online Synagogue and JU-tV will offer Tu BiShvat celebrations planting the seeds of Tikkun Olam to repair the world and preserve the planet. The offerings…
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Steven Blane, Rabbi Cantor Singer-Songwriter, Goes to Confession on New Album
On December 11th, Sim Shalom Rabbi Steven Blane, will release his Nashville recorded album “I Confess.” The original lyrics reflect Blane’s musings on relationships, love and fantasy. Blane explores the struggle between…
All Creatures Welcomed At Sim Shalom’s Online Blessing Of The Animals
On Friday, November 4, affiliated and unaffiliated congregants from around the globe can celebrate their beloved animal companions, small and large, with an interactive blessing service assembled by Sim Shalom, the world’s…
Sim Shalom to Provide Sustenance on Day of Fasting with Yom Kippur Jazz Service from the Bitter End
On Wednesday October 12th the Day of Atonement, Sim Shalom founder Rabbi Cantor Steven Blane who is also a recording singer-songwriter will lead a jazz quartet and individuals hungry for creative religious…
Sim Shalom and UJUC Rabbis to Offer Services of Awe for High Holidays
On October 3,Sim Shalom Online Synagogue founder Rabbi Blane, will offer a Rosh Hashanah Jazz service to an adventurous group of congregants looking for an innovative place to celebrate the Jewish New…
Fountain of Youth Springs with Sim Shalom Rabbi’s Jazz Concert at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh
On Friday, September 16, 2016 Rabbi Steve Blane, Founder of Sim Shalom online synagogue, and Dean of JSLI, Jewish Spiritual Leader’s Institute, brought his love of jazz and Judaism together at the…
JSLI Ordains the Future of the Rabbinate with 11th Class of Global Rabbis
On the weekend of July 9th, 2016 the online Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute Rabbinical School of Sim Shalom, celebrated the ordination of 12 new Rabbis, a total of 112 strong, in Delray…
Article mentioning Rabbi Blane’s 2016 Seder at Knickerbocker Bar and Grill in NYC
Here is a lovely article from Randee Mia Berman about her Passover journey. She includes a segment on the Seder she attended which I led at Knickerbocker Bar and Grill here in…
Jewish Chronicle- Jewish Denominations- On the Decline or Rise? Great Op-Ed by Rabbi Reichmann
In light of today’s arguments regarding the ordination of women in the Orthodox movement, of Israeli rabbis not recognizing American Jewish decision-making, of changing policies and perspectives regarding the LGBT community, of…