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Winters 2013-2014A “WOMEN in ZIONISM: PAST and PRESENT” Biennial MERCAZ/Women’S League Contest Launched The Zionist Organization of the Conservative Movement www.mercazusa.org zfrn Ms’’ga, ;rujercazjna ohrut dj UWinterS 2013-2014A “WOMEN IN ZIONISM: PAST AND PRESENT” Biennial MERCAZ/Women’s League Contest Launched Attention all teens! The biennial MERCAZ/Women’s League New Jersey. Those winners applying for programs scheduled dur- Essay Contest has begun. A joint effort of MERCAZ USA, ing the summer of 2014 will be notified privately by May 12. MERCAZ-Canada and Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, For more information, contact the MERCAZ office at 212-533- the competition provides teenagers, ages 14-19, whose families are 2061 or [email protected]. members of Conservative congregations, the opportunity to win While discussions regarding the ordination of women took scholarships for use on any Conservative Movement-approved pro- place informally during the 1960’s and 70’s, it was in 1977 that gram to Israel. the Rabbinical Assembly and the Jewish Theological Seminary This year’s contest, which opened in the fall and runs through jointly created “the Commission for the Study of the Ordination of early 2014, focuses on the theme “Women in Zionism: Past & Women as Rabbis” which announced that “there is no direct hal- Present,” in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the 1983 historic akhic objection to the acts of training and ordaining a woman to decision by the Jewish Theological Seminary to admit women to be a rabbi, preacher, and teacher.” These findings were presented to rabbinical school. the Rabbinical Assembly, but the issue was shelved, and the debate Two of the essay options have been developed to enable the par- continued. ticipants to discuss the important role of women in the history of Finally, in 1983, the Seminary faculty voted to admit women to the Zionist Movement and the current State of Israel and to exam- the Rabbinical School. A year later, Amy Eilberg was admitted and ine the path (and the obstacles therein) they face towards assuming became the first woman to be ordained by JTS in May, 1985. Two leadership positions. months later, Beverly Magidson and Jan Kaufman, both gradu- A third option, reflecting the current struggle of the Women of ates of Hebrew Union College, were admitted as rabbis to the the Wall for full access to prayer at the Kotel in Jerusalem, deals Rabbinical Assembly. with the issue of women and religion in Israel. Go to By 2004, the twentieth anniversary of the historic decision, the www.mercazusa.org/pdf/2014-Essay-Womens-Ordination.pdf for number of ordained female Conservative rabbis had reached 177, the complete essay questionnaire. about 11% of the total membership of the Rabbinical Assembly, The deadline for the 500-word essays is March 7, 2014, with the and this figure continues to increase every year not only by women announcement of the five winners, who will receive awards rang- in North America but also in Israel, Europe and South America. In ing from $250 to $1000, scheduled to take place during the upcom- recent years, women rabbis have headed the Rabbinical Assembly ing Women’s League Convention, July 17 – 20, 2014, in Whippany, as president (Gilah Dror) and executive director (Julie Schonfeld) and the Schechter Rabbinical School as deans (Einat Ramon and President Janet Tamar Elad-Appelbaum) Tobin, with MERCAZ Board As Janet Tobin, President of MERCAZ USA, noted, “In focusing members Eric attention on the place of women in Zionism and Israel, women like Weis (left) and Henrietta Szold and Golda Meir, we salute the brave women and Irwin Tobin their supporters who courageously broke down the doors to JTS (right) at FJMC and changed the face of Conservative/Masorti Judaism.” n convention. 136 East 39th Street • 4th Floor • New York • NY 10016-0914 • (212) 533-2061 • Fax (212) 533-2601 • [email protected] MercazUSA Mazal Tov To Gloria Cohen a MERCAZ USA vice-president and for- mer president of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, CONSERVATIVE June 9 – 20, 2014 who was one of the honorees at this year’s MERCAZ Olami MOVEMENT B’nai Torah Cong., Boca Raton, FL Price per person: $3,365 (land only) Award dinner. MERCAZ thanks the following for their gen- Israel Trips Contact: Rabbi David Englander erous contributions in Gloria’ honor: (561) 392-8566 ext. 341 Eric & Adele Browner Fred Cohen Michael & Melanie Cohen 2014 [email protected] Sheila Eckstein Gail Goldfarb Larry & Naomi Kirsch March 9 – 20, 2014 June 25 – July 7, 2014 Ron & June Kolber Jerry & Rhoda Rosenberg Evelyn Seelig HAZAK Journey to Israel Pride of Israel Cong., Toronto CA Stephen Steckler Rita Wertlieb Price per person: $3,500 Price per person: $2,995 (land only) Contact: Jo-Anne Tucker-Zemlak Contact: Rabbi Jen Gorman To MAROM Olami the international organization of (240) 988-1545 (416) 667-1717 Masorti college students and young adults, which has [email protected] [email protected] launched its own Aliyah Support Center to assist new Conservative/Masorti olim. To contact the MAROM Support March 20 - 27, 2014 June 29 – July 10, 2014 Center, call +972-52-409-2244. FJMC Mission to Provence & Cotè de Azur USCJ Family Trip to Israel Price per person: $1,995 (land only) Price per person: $2,450 (land only) To the Masorti Movement which has published the first Contact: Richard Gray Contact: Rabbi Charles Savenor Masorti prayerbook for Yom Kippur. The “Machzor Pote’ach (617) 323-7070 (646) 519-9210 Sha’ar,” which means “Opening the Gate,” has been designed [email protected] [email protected] to “open the gates of prayer” by revealing the deeper mean- April 20 – May 9, 2014 June 29 – July 14, 2014 ing of the Yom Kippur service. The new prayerbook fol- Jewish Growth Tour of Eastern Europe Temple Israel, Sharon MA lows the innovative design and commentary of the Masorti Price per person: $3,199 Price per person: $5,250 “Siddur Va’ani Tefillati,” the movement’s official weekday and Contact: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins Contact: Hazzan Steven W. Dress Shabbat prayerbook. For more information, go to (609) 497-7375 (781) 784-3986 X 20 http://www.masorti.org/publications/yom-kippur.html. [email protected] [email protected] To the Conservative Yeshiva which introduced this past May 11 - 23, 2014 August 10 – 21, 2014 Sukkot a new project of Torah learning: “Daf Shevui.” The Temple Beth Or, Brick, NJ Beth Sholom, Manchester, CT new study program delivers the Talmudic “daf” in six daily Price per person: $2,895 (land only) Price per person: $2,995 (land only) bite-size study selections per week for use in synagogue Contact: Rabbi Robert Rubin Contact: Rabbi Richard Plavin (732) 458-7800 (860) 643-9563 study groups and other such shared learning experiences. [email protected] [email protected] For more information and registration, go to www.conservativeyeshiva.org. ✁ Please complete this form and return to: Join MERCAZ Today. 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