High Holiday Campaign

For nearly fifteen years, Rabbi Chaya Rowen Baker served Kehillat Ramot Zion in Jerusalem. One afternoon in the kehillah's kindergarten, she mentioned a rabbi who happened to be a man. A child looked up, surprised: “Can a man be a rabbi?” That question captures something real happening across Israel. Nearly 100 Masorti kehillot now offer a different way to be Jewish, rooted in halakhah, open to everyone, unafraid of change. These communities receive almost no support from the Israeli government, even as Orthodox institutions do. Most of their funding already comes from within Israel. Reaching the families still searching for a spiritual home depends on partners here, too. This High Holiday season, as we ask who we want to be in 5787, we wanted you to know their story.