MasortiOlamiAnnual Review

2009

World Council of Conservative / Masorti Synagogues – מסורתי עולמיConsejo Mundial de Sinagogas Conservadoras

Conseil Mondial de Synagogues Massorti

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Welcome messages Page2&3Regional News: AMLAT Page4&5Regional News: Europe Page6&7Monthly highlights Page8&9Around the world Page10In the press Page11

MERCAZ Highlights Page12MAROM Highlights Page13NOAM Highlights Page14Chaggim Page15Staff team update Page15

Reviewing 2009 – Rabbi Tzvi Graetz, Executive Director

Masorti and MERCAZ Olami

ReviewingthepastyearislikeaCheshbonNefeshforourownmovement.Havewedonewell?Arewereachingourgoals?ArewegettingmoreJewstoconnect,toobserve,tostudyandtodo?IbelievethatthephenomenaofJewishcommunitiesaroundthe world is a true miracle.For 2,000 years, Jews havepracticedtheirJudaisminsomany different languages,cultures and costumes that itishardtobelievewearestillone people. So, what is thegluethatholdsustoourJudaism?IbelievethatkeepingourtraditionsalivethroughthespecialapproachofMasortiJudaismisthesecrettoJewishcontinuityandprosperitythroughouttheDiaspora.

InthisAnnualReview,wepresentyouwithatasteofwhathasbeendonebyindividuals,by communities, by national movements,by our regions and by our movement’sheadquarters. Our rabbis, cantors andlaypeoplearetheonesmakingithappen-theyarethesecretgluethatbindsallofthisintowhat’scalledamovement.

Asyoureadthroughthisreview,Ihopeyouwillenjoytheinterestingand inspiring local stories fromour kehillot, and appreciate thepowerful transmission of ourtradition.IwanttothankallthededicatedstaffandlaypeopleofMasorti Olami, MERCAZ Olami andMAROM Olamiwhohavewho

done a phenomenal job throughout theyear. May we continue to grow andinfluence more and more.

Kol Tuv, Tzvi

Inthepastyear,Ihavehad the pleasure ofvisiting many Masortikehillot around theworld,andhavebeen

struckbytheinspiringwayinwhichMasortikehillotrosetotheeconomicchallengesofthepastyear.Eveninthesehardertimes,MasortiOlami succeeded inmaintainingallofourcoreprogramsaroundtheworld.Weachievedthisbyfocusingourefforts,more than ever before, on funding andfundraising,andarealreadyseeingpositivesignsofimprovement.Inthecomingyearourprioritieswillcontinuetobetheeconomic,practical and spiritual support that weprovide for our youth, our kehillot andregionseverywhere.I am very proud that in May we finally launchedour newwebsite,which is nowthe premier resource for finding Masorti/conservative kehillot around the globe,aswell as having regular news updatesaboutourMasortiworld.Todatewehavehadmorethan55,000pageviewsfrommorethan13,000visitorsin139countries,showingrealinterestinourwork.B’shalom,Alan H. SilbermanPresident, Masorti Olami

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DearFriends,As a partner withMasorti Olami in thework of the WorldZionist Organization,

the Jewish Agency for Israel and KerenKayemeth LeYisrael, MERCAZ Olamiworks on behalf of Conservative/Masorti Jews throughout the world. We partnertogether to create a Zionist agenda forourMovementandtoassistMasortiJewstocreatesynagogues,schools,youthgroupsand adult education opportunities whichhave significant impact upon their lives and thewell-beingoftheircommunity.AswepreparefortheZionistCongressinJerusalem(June15-17,2010),IurgeustobeinvolvedinourlocalZionistFederationsandsupporttheworkofourMERCAZchaptersinthecountriesinwhichwelive.OnlythroughastrongrepresentationattheCongresscanweachieveourgoalsinJewisheducation,increatingatolerantformofJudaismandinensuringastrongZionistcomponent toourlives.Maywegofromstrengthtostrength,andmaytheworkofourhandsbeblessed.Rabbi Vernon KurtzPresident, MERCAZ Olami

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 : Masorti Olami Annual Evening of Tribute,atParkAvenueSynagogue,Manhattan,NY.Thisyear,wewillbehonoringRabbi Jules & Navah Harlow withtheRabbi Mordecai WaxmanMemorialRabbinicandCommunityLeadershipAward;Cantor Nancy Abramson with the HiddurMitzvahAward;andMr. Michael Abadi withSherutL'AmService

to the Nation Award. Go towww.masortievent.orgtoseethevirtualjournalfortheevent.Friday, March 5th to Sunday, March 7th, 2010 : Masorti Europe Conference in London, UK–“HayeenuKeCholmim–wewillbeasdreamers-ThestrengthsofMasortiJudaisminEuropeanJewish Communities and visionofthefuture.

Upcoming events

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Regional meeting in Bogota, Columbia

In May, 2009 representatives of Masorti kehillot from around Central and SouthAmericacametogetherinBogota,ColumbiaforthesecondregionalmeetingofMasorticommunitiesinCentral&SouthAmerica.InadditiontoBogota,participantscamefromCali(Colombia),Guadalajara(Mexico),Quito(Ecuador)andLima(Peru).Themeetingfocusedondilemmasoflay-leadership,managementmodelsandengagingvolunteersinthekehillot,aswellasissuesoftheregionalmovement.Ariel Blufstein,ExecutiveDirectorof

MasortiAMLATandYoel Schvartz,ContinentalMasortishaliach,ledsessions on strengthening theidentityandvisionoftheMasortimovementintheregion.Scholar-in-residence,Dr. Daniel Fainstein,Vice-Chancellor of the HebrewUniversity of Mexico, made apresentationabouttheoriginandevolutionofMasortiJudaism.

New Siddur for Or Israel, Buenos AiresMembersoftheOr Israel kehillahinBuenosAires,

undertheguidanceofSeminariostudentandShaliachTziburDiego Vovchuk,undertookthechallengeofcreatingtheirownsiddurinHebrew,Spanishandintransliteration.ThankstofundingfromtheWorldZionist

Organization, the kehillah, whichcelebrates its 100th anniversary in2010,wasabletoproducethesiddurwhich was introduced during theHighHolidays.KehillahmembersPatricia and Jorge Fojgiel sharedacopyofthesiddurwithMasortiOlamistaffduringatriptoIsraelinSeptember2009.

National Va’ad HaKehillot in ChileInAugust,2009theJewishcommunityofChileorganizedaCommunitiesoftheProvincesmeeting-anationalgatheringforrepresentativesofcommunalorganizationsfromallaroundChile.RepresentativescametoViñadelMarfrom Masorti kehillotin Santiago, Iquique,LaSerena,Valparaíso,Viña del Mar,Chillan, Los Angeles,Concepción, Temuco,Valdivia,OsornoandPuertoMontt.

Nofim Leadership Institute opens in ChileMaromandMasortiAMLAT(LatinAmerica)opened the Nofim Leadership Institute in Santiago, Chile in August 2009. Nofim is a community-wideleadershiptrainingprogramwhichwillfocusonteachingandtrainingfutureleaders of the Jewish community. Sessionswill be practical, theoretical and spiritual,givingparticipantsawideskill-setfortheircurrent and future leadership work in thecommunity.

Ma’akela vaKehila – 1st choral festival in Argentina

FEDECCinArgentinaorganizedMa’akela vaKehila, its first everChoral Festival,which tookplace inBuenosAiresonNovember5th,2009.Morethan200peopleattendedtheconcertattheAMIAbuildingtohearchoirsfromtheAchdut

Israel, Amichai, Beit Hillel, Beit Israel, Dr. HerzlandLehavat Chaim Masortikehillotinthecity.

Regional News: AMLAT (Latin America)

Community CampaignsThroughouttheyear,MasortiAMLAThasrunavarietyofrecruitmentandpublicity campaigns for events, festivalsand celebrations in the different countries around theregion.GraduaterabbisfromtheSeminario Rabinico Latinoamericano Marshall T. MeyerinBuenosAires

assisted inproducingcontentandmaterials for thesecampaigns, makingthem engaging andsuccessful.

Social Action Exchange – MAROM Budapest with Jerusalem and New York

MasortiMAROMmembersinBudapestareinvolvedina3cityexchangeprogramthataimstoeducateparticipantsinJewishvaluesofsocialjustice,whileatthesametimeinvolvingtheminpracticalvolunteerworkandculturaldialoguewithAmericanandIsraeliJewishstudents.ThistwoyearprogramstartedinBudapestinNovember2009,andincludesbi-weeklystudysessionsinBudapest,followedbyaweek-longvisittoJerusaleminJanuary2010,andNewYorkinJanuary2011.StudentsfromJerusalemandNewYorkwillvisitBudapestinMay2010.

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Regional News: Europe

Jewish tours of Portugal

MembersofKehillat Beit IsraelinLisbonhave participated in several tours ofJudiarias(Jewishneighborhoods)inLisbonand other nearby parts of Portugal tobecomemoreacquaintedwiththeirhistoryandheritageandinordertobeabletoleadgroupswhocometovisit.Theyhavevisited Jewish neighborhoods in Lisbon,and sites where historians believe thatsynagoguesexisteduntiltheendofthe15thCentury.TheyalsovisitedCabeçodeVide,avillageinSouthernPortugalwhichoncehadathrivingJewishcommunity,butsufferedbadlyduringthePortugueseInquisition.

Seven Masorti conversions in Ukraine

On August 9th a special sessionoftheMasortiEuropeBetDinwasconvenedinMunkatch,Ukrainetocomplete the conversion processof 7 candidates. Rabbis Reuven Resnick, Shlomo Zacharow andChaim Weiner (Director of theEuropean Masorti Bet Din) wereassisted by student rabbi andMasorti Olami Schorsch Fellow,

Reuven (Roma) Stamov.After studyinghardoverthepast2years,thecandidatesparticipatedinonefinal seminar, individual interviews, and immersion in themikvah,aclosingceremonyandcelebrations.

3rd Masorti wedding in Netherlands

Michael Zvi & Erna Poolman,activemembersoftheAlmere/Weespkehillah,marriedattheendofAugust2009,inthethirdMasortiweddingtohavetakenplaceintheNetherlands.

France & UK youth exchanges

Masorti kehillot in Parisand the London area areengagedinayouthexchangeprogramfor13to18yearolds.InNovember2009theBritish youngsters went toParis,withtheirnewFrenchfriends coming to the UKinDecember.Thisprogramwill further strengthenthe connections betweenMasorticommunitiesintheUKandFrance.

1 year volunteers to Germany from Ramah USA

In October 2009, Masorti Germany started its first cycle of a volunteer program in which graduates from Camp Ramah in the USA travel to Berlin, Germany for a year. The first

volunteers,Ruth Storch, Julie Edelman and Ben Sattin,willspendtheirtimeworkingintheMasortikindergarten,Jewishprimaryschool,Jewishhighschool,andattheMasortisynagogue inBerlin.Theywillalsoperiodicallytravel tosmallerMasorticommunitiesinotherpartsofthecountry.

European Masorti Beit Din rabbis and the graduates of the conversion course

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November 2008Picture on left: Masorti kehillah Adat Shalom in Paris celebrated 20 years. Founded by only 12 families, the kehillah now boasts nearly 500 families amongst its members.Picture on right: Masorti Olami’s annual Evening of Tribute took place on November 2nd with a concert and reception at the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. 2008 honorees were Dr. Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor Emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary; Rabbi David H. Lincoln, recently retired senior rabbi of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York; and Chazzan Alberto Mizrahi, cantor of Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago.

DecemberRecently formed, Masorti Spain held its first national activity on December 27th in Alicante. 75 members from Masorti kehillot in Madrid, Valencia and Alicante celebrated Chanukah together. Visiting JTS rabbinical student Juan Mejia helped lead celebrations.

January 2009Masorti European leadership seminar - 25 representatives from 9 different countries came together in Budapest. The program for the weekend included meeting MAROM activists at the Siraly café, and spending Shabbat with Dor Chadash, Hungary’s only Masorti kehillah.

FebruaryThe UK’s newest Masorti community, in Stoke Newington, London held their first shabbaton in early February. More than 40 people also attended a Megillah reading during Purim.

MarchOn March 29th, Kehilat Nitzan in Melbourne, Australia celebrated its 10th anniversary. The kehillah marked the occasion with a special celebration.

AprilYom HaShoah veHaGvu’rah was marked in Argentina by Masorti members who participated in the community-wide memorial service attended by over 1,300 people. MAROM coordinator, Ezequiel Herszage spoke about the role of youth in remembering the Shoah.

JuneEAJL (the European Academy for Jewish Liturgy) launched by the Masorti movement visited Spain for Shabbat at Congregation Bet El in Madrid, and a seminar at Kehillat Aviv in Valencia.

MayThe Great Synagogue, Stockholm joined Masorti Europe. Completed in 1870, it is the largest synagogue in Sweden, and has fully egalitarian services in a Masorti style.

JulyMore than 90 people came to Masorti kehillah Bet El, Madrid for the first cross-communal conference for both Orthodox and Masorti members of the city’s Jewish community.

AugustFor 5 days in early August, almost 80 people from all over the Ukraine attended the 5th Masorti Family Camp in Kiev.

SeptemberThe European Masorti Beit Din, directed by Rabbi Chaim Weiner, was convened for the first time in Paris, France.

OctoberMasorti Olami sponsored the visits of rabbis to Masorti communities throughout Europe for the High Holidays. Rabbi Carlos Tapiero lead services at Congregation Beth Shalom in Alicante, Spain. Other communities with visiting rabbis or cantors included Valencia, Spain; Aix en Provence, France; Almere, Netherlands; and Kiev, Ukraine.

November22 representatives from kehillot acrossEurope came together in Berlin for aweekendseminar.TheyspentShabbatattheOranienburgerstrasse Synagogue inBerlinleadbyRabbi Gesa Ederberg.Theseminarincludedsessionsonbattlinganti-Semitism,engaging volunteers and building futuregrowthwithinthekehillotandtheregion.

3rd annual Masorti AMLAT Conference tookplace in Lima, Peru. Masorti rabbis, lay-leaders and community activists from allover the regiongathered todebateanddiscussthechallengesofMasortiJudaisminthe21stcentury.

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Read all these articles in full, and see many others in our

In The Press section at : www.masortiworld.org/

molami/inthepress

Masorti Olami helps kehillot in India after Mumbai terror attacksWhencoordinatedterroristattackskilledtheChabadrabbi,hiswife,and186othersinMumbai,IndiainNovember2008,India’sJewish community was understandablyconcerned.The shockof theattacksonlyfurtherhighlightedtheneedforimprovedsecurityatthe6MasortikehillotinMumbai,New Delhi, Alibaug andAhemadabad.MasortiOlamistartedaMasortiIndiafund,andwasabletohelpprovidesomeoftherequiredequipmenttosecureandmonitorthesebuildings.

Architect’s 3D model for the sanctuary

JTApublishedastoryabouttheAbayudayaJewsofUgandaandtheirreliefworkwithlocalvictimsof famine.TheAbayudaya,under the leadership of ConservativeRabbi Gershom Sizomu, are affiliated withMasortiOlami.

Israel-basedwebsiteforSpanishspeakingJews, Aurora, covered the campaign byFEDECC (The Federation of Masorticommunities)inArgentinatobringattentiontokidnappedsolider,Gilad Shalit.

US National Public Radio (NPR) broadcasted a story about revivalof kibbutz life in Israel, including atMasorti kibbutz Hannaton.Readthescriptorlistentotheirstoryonline.

JTA’swanderingJew,Ben Harris,visitedMAROM Budapest’s Siraly Café,andpublisheda5minutevideoarticleabouthis visit, and how much he enjoyedBudapest’sJewishhangout.

The Australian Jewish Newshighlighted the Masorti kehillah inMelbourneandthechavurah in Sydneyinafeaturelengtharticle.

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Gloria Landy & Judy Horowitz protest against Ahmadinejad’s speech to the UN

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Family Club, MoscowMAROM-Moscowhasseengreatsuccess

this year inits Family Clubproject,p rov i d i n gsocial andc u l t u r a lactivities for

Jewish families of all ages in Moscow.Activitiesincludealectureseries,festivalandholidayprograms,picnicswitheducationalprogramming and outings to museums,exhibitionsandtheatreevents.

New building for Kehillat Nitzan, Melbourne

Kehillat Nitzan is constructing a multi-purpose synagogue building on landdonated to them. The synagogue willaccommodateupto700congregants,andwillbereadyfornextRoshHashanah.

First Masorti Shaliach to Beijing, ChinaAda SchwarzapelandherhusbandElad,spentayearinBeijingChina,workingfortheJewishcommunity.This is the first time a Masorti shaliach hasbeensenttoKehillat Beijing. Ada, whogrew up in Ramahcamps and has ledUSY programs, studied Chinese at theHebrewUniversityinJerusalem.

Gloria & Judy are true UN AdvocatesThroughout thepastyear,Gloria Landyand Judy Horowitz have representedMasortiOlami in theNGOforumof theUnited Nation’s Department of Public

Information.Theyworkhardinthebattleagainstintolerance,racismandprejudice.They were involved inthe Durban II Counter-conferenceinNewYorkinApril.

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MERCAZ OlamiandMasorti Olamiwiththehelpof Keren Kayemeth LeYisrael and World ZionistOrganization sponsored an educational CD aboutJudaism and the Environment.ThediscpresentstheMasortipositionontheimportanceofenvironmentalconservationandcontainsusefulactivity ideasandresources, especially focusingon theenvironmentalworkoftheKKLinIsrael.Pleasegotohttp://more.masortiworld.org/environment/index.htmltoseethefullCDonline.

Masorti reps at the Israeli Embassy Yom Ha’atzma’ut partyNOAM, MAROM, Masorti AMLAT and FEDECCrepresentatives were invited to the annual YomHa’atzma’utcocktailhostedbytheIsraeliEmbassyinBuenosAires,Argentina.TheMasortidelegationwasamongstthelargestfromallofthedifferentcommunalorganizationsandmovements.

Va’ad HaPoel, June 2009MERCAZandMasorti OlamirepresentativesfromaroundtheworldtookpartinmeetingsoftheZionist

General Council (Va’adHaPoel)oftheWorldZionistOrganization. Masortidelegates also met withKadima and Oppositionleader,Tzipi Livni.

New MERCAZ chapter! TheMasortiKehilat NitzaninMelbournetogetherwiththe Masorti chavurah inSydney joined forces tostartaMERCAZAustraliachapter in December2008.

MAROM AMLAT Seminar in Chile

MAROMAMLAT(LatinAmerica)representativesfromArgentina,Brazil,ChileandUruguaymetinChileinthemiddleofNovember,2009foranintense3daysleadershipseminar.

MAROM Long-Term programs in Israel

2009hasbeenaverysuccessfulyearforMAROMlong-term programs in Israel, with a total of 50participants arriving on programs from Argentina,Brazil,ChileandUruguayat the startof theyear.The program included leadership training at theMachon LeMadrichim, Jewish study, volunteering indevelopmenttownsandforsomeaHolocaustthemedtriptoPoland.MasortikehillahBet El inMexicowasextremelysuccessfulinrecruiting26participantsfortheLech LechaprogramwhichstartedinSeptember2009, and NOAM in the UK sent five people to its Drachimprogram.MAROMisexpectingmorethan75 participants from AMLAT on long-term Israelprogramsin2010.

MAROM Europe moves forward

MAROMEuroperecentlyappointedEszter Susanastheregionalcoordinatorfortherapidlyexpandingregionalnetwork.Anactivist inMAROMBudapest,Eszterwilltakeontheroleofincreasingcooperationandjointactivitieswithintheregion,whichincludesalocalMAROMcoordinatorsseminar,whichwilltakeplaceinParisinDecember.

For more information about all of MAROM’s

programs in Israel, please go to:

www.masortiworld.org/marom/israel_programs

MAROM highlights

MERCAZ highlights

MERCAZ and Masorti OlamiDelegates at the Va’ad HaPoel. Andres Kan and Daniel Kohnfrom Argentina; Gloria Cohenand Janet Tobin from the USA

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MAROM AMLAT seminarin Chile

Some of the 2009 SHnat MAROM particiants from

AMLAT

Eszter Susan at MAROM Budapest's Siraly Cafe

The 36th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem,Israel will be Sunday,June 13th to Thursday,June 17th, 2010.Congress delegateswillcomefromallovertheworldto5daysofintense dialogue anddebate about issuespertinent to the futureofZionisminIsraelandtheDiaspora.

NOAM-Ramah Camp around the world

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This past year, over 3,000 children andteenagersattendedtheworld-widenetworkofRamahNOAMstylesummercamps inUruguay, Chile, Brazil, Argentina (Camp Elise system),UKandUkraine,manyofwhichweresupportedbyMasortiOlami.

InNOAM Argentina,over1,500youngpeopleandmorethan300volunteerstaffwereinvolvedin10differentsummercampsin December 2008 and January 2009.Allcampsfocusedoneducationalthemesmaking Masorti Judaism relevant to thelivesoftheyoungpeoplewhoattended.Inthenextsummersession(December2009andJanuary2010)NOAMwillcelebrateits 10th anniversary, and expects strongparticipationfromacross its16branchesinArgentina.

NOAM in the UKsentmorethan120youngpeopletoIsraelinsummer2009onaone-

monthprogramthatincludedmeetingIsraeliNOAM members. Close to 700 NOAMmembersaged11to15attendedthetwootherNOAMcampsthispastsummer,whichtookplaceinWalesandFrance.

TheCamp Ramah Yachadsummercampwasheldat theendofJuly inMunkatchinWesternUkraine.Thisyearalmost180childrenparticipatedinthe12daycamp,witha staff teamof12 localmadrichim(counselors) who grew up in the MasortiMovementinUkraine.

The Darkei NOAM leadership trainingprogramstartedits7thyearofactivitiesinArgentina,inearly2009.Thisyear,morethan150studentsfrom12differentMasortiKehillot will take part in the two yearprogramwhichtrainsmadrichim(counselors)fortheNOAMyouthmovement.

The Masorti Jewishcommunity of Alicante, Spain celebrated Tu BiShvatby planting 6 trees in thePalmgardenpark,followedbyaTuBiShvat sederandmealinthesynagogue.

Chagim highlights

InMarch,Ariel Blufstein tookupthepositionof ExecutiveDirector ofMasortiAMLAT.

ArieljoinstheMasortiAMLATteamwith agreat deal ofexperience as ExecutiveDirector of FEDECC (TheFederation of Masorti

In September, Rabbi Yeshaya Dalsace finished 9 years of service to theMa’ayane Orcongregationin Nice, France. RabbiDalsaceisnowtherabbiofnewlyformedkehillah,Dor Vador, inEastParis.RabbiDalsacewillcontinueworkingwith theMasortikehillah inMarseille,France,andtakinghispositioninNice,issoon-to-be-ordainedDavid Touboul.A native of Nice, Davidstudied at the SchechterInstituteofRabbinicalStudiesintheMasortiOlamiSchorschFellowshipprogram.

Masorti Kehillah NCI in Montevideo, Uruguayhelditssecond"Succot Urbano"(CitySuccot)Succotcarnivalforallages.Theevent,whichwasattendedbymorethan800peoplefromtheentireJewishcommunity,endedwitharockconcert,andwentonintotheearlyhours.

Ma’ayane Or in Nice, France celebrated Purimwithamasqueradecostumeparty, treasure hunt forNOAMyouth,dinnerandofcourseMegillahreading.

communities in Argentina).Wewishhimthebestofluckinthesechallengingroles.

InAugust,Judy Gray retiredafter 8 yearsof service toMasortiOlami,and was an integral partofbuildingthestrengthandvibrancyof theworld-widemovement. Marcus Frieze is the new Projects andCommunications Manager.Also new to the JerusalemteamisGalit Wittman,whojoins as Office Manager.

The next team of threeMasorti shlichim to go toBialik College, Melbournewill be Neva Karni fromRehovot,Leetal VakninfromAshkelonandOri YavorfromHertzliya.NevaandLeetalwillarriveinFebruary2010,andOriwilljoininthemiddleofnextyear.TheshlichimwillworkatandalsovolunteeratKehillat Nitzan.

David Touboul’s installation ceremony at Ma’ayane Or, Nice

News from our team of professionals

NOAM Argentina Summer camp

Camp Ramah Yachad, Ukraine

NOAM UK Israel Tour

NOAM UK Summer camp

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