12 Students Will Receive Their Certificate of Ordination at This Event JSLI class # 3 at their ordination ceremony in NYC! “Traditional denominations of Judaism exclude more than 50 percent of Jews who are unaffiliated or in interfaith marriages.”   New York, NY (PRWEB) June 10, 2013 – The Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute (JSLI), led by Rabbi Steven Blane, will ordain its 5th rabbinical class at the Duncan Conference Center in Delray Beach, Florida on July 13th 2013. Students from around the country will attend Continue reading →

Rabbi Steven Blane, Founder and Rabbi of Sim Shalom will be accompanied by a jazz quartet during concert-style High Holiday Services. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 30, 2013 Rabbi Blane blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashana 2012 “Rabbi Steve, My only regret was not being in NY for Yom Kippur. The service was not only by far the most interesting and fun, but to me the most meaningful too.”   Sim Shalom’s High Holiday services will be held on Thursday September 5th (Rosh Hashanna) and Continue reading →

Sim Shalom, the Online Jewish Universalist Synagogue now offers an online Minyan for the Jewish and Interfaith world. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 26, 2013 – For those mourning a loss or who know someone ill,Ma’ariv services offer a chance to pray for healing. Upon discovering that no other synagogue offers weeknight online worship services (known in Hebrew as “Ma’ariv Services”), Sim Shalom assembled volunteers- Rabbis, Rabbinical students and Laypeople to help make the project possible.   Members of the Jewish and Interfaith Community who Continue reading →

Join Rabbi Blane on Friday May 17th at 6PM New York Time.   He will be in Paris, France and subject to finding a good internet connection (G-d willing), will lead a sweet Parisian Kabbalat Shabbat!