Steven Blane

Sim Shalom Online Synagogue Soars into the Summer with continued nightly services

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sim Shalom Online Synagogue continues to grow and soars into Summer with ongoing nightly services. Sim Shalom offers Friday night Shabbat and weeknight services Monday through Thursday. These evening services are led by a cadre of unique Rabbis from across the country who were trained at the Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute.

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  • Sim Shalom Online Synagogue prides itself on offering nightly services to its community and the world.
  • NEW YORK, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sim Shalom Online Synagogue continues to grow and soars into Summer with ongoing nightly services.
  • Sim Shalom offers Friday night Shabbat and weeknight services Monday through Thursday.
  • Elias is also heading up Friday night services for Sim Shalom and brings his enthusiasm and joy to everything he does.

Sim Shalom Online Synagogue thrives and installs three new Rabbis

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Friday, May 19, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sim Shalom Online Synagogue continues to grow and on Friday, May 12th installed three new Rabbis who will be leading services. Sim Shalom was developed and dedicated to broadcast services online directly to congregants in 2010 long before covid. Attendees who joined Rabbi Blane from around the world could always chat with one another and him but the introduction of other platforms allows them to now see and talk directly to each other. They like to say they can attend services from home in their PJs What could be a warmer vibe? The addition and installation of three additional clergy who bring a refreshed take and vibrancy to the thriving Friday night Shabbat services.

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  • On Friday, May 12th, three associate Rabbis were installed to lead Shabbat and weeknight services for Sim Shalom Online Synagogue.
  • NEW YORK, May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sim Shalom Online Synagogue continues to grow and on Friday, May 12th installed three new Rabbis who will be leading services.
  • Sim Shalom was developed and dedicated to broadcast services online directly to congregants in 2010 long before covid.
  • Rabbis RuthE Levy of Georgia, Shoshana "Shush" Carson of Tennessee and Shari Berman of Hawaii and Japan were installed online before the Sim Shalom congregation.

Sim Shalom Online Synagogue Installs New Associate Rabbis

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sim Shalom, the uniquely created online synagogue, installed five (5) Associate Rabbis on Friday, September 9th. Sim Shalom Online Synagogue, established in 2009 has continued to grow its community.

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  • On Friday, September 9th Rabbi Steve Blane and Sim Shalom Online Synagogue installed 5 associate Rabbis at its virtual Friday night service.
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sim Shalom , the uniquely created online synagogue, installed five (5) Associate Rabbis on Friday, September 9th.
  • Sim Shalom Online Synagogue, established in 2009 has continued to grow its community.
  • Sim Shalom is an interactive online Jewish Universalist synagogue which is liberal in thought and traditional in liturgy.

Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute ordains 8 clergy as part of it's 22nd cohort

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute- JSLI - ordains its 22nd class of Rabbis. This past weekend the class of eight students met for a moving and intimate ordination/shabbaton experience. They shared dreams, hopes and concerns about the future and presented their research papers to one another and the Bet Din. Friends and family were able to attend and the online experience made it possible to gather together from all corners of the globe.

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  • Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute - JSLI - ordains 22nd class.
  • NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute - JSLI - ordains its 22nd class of Rabbis.
  • Most JSLI students are fulfilling a life long dream and JSLI prides itself on making study for Jewish clergy relevant and accessible.
  • Rabbi Blane is also the founder and director of the Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute, the online professional rabbinical program and of the Union of Jewish Universalist Communities, http://www.ujuc.org .

Rabbi Elias Zwang joins team who offer daily services for Sim Shalom Online Synagogue

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rabbi Elias Zwang of San Francisco joins the team of Rabbis leading nightly services for Sim Shalom. Throughout the pandemic and before Sim Shalom Online Synagogue has broadcast interactive virtual services. A cadre of Rabbis log on each evening at 7:00pm Monday to Thursday to bring services (called Ma'ariv services) to people needing to say the Mourner's Kaddish and wishing connect to Judaism.

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  • Rabbi Elias Zwang of San Francisco joins the team of Rabbis leading nightly services for Sim Shalom.
  • NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rabbi Elias Zwang of San Francisco joins the team of Rabbis leading nightly services for Sim Shalom.
  • Throughout the pandemic and before Sim Shalom Online Synagogue has broadcast interactive virtual services.
  • He joins the team of Rabbis from around the country who provide nightly opportunities to the Sim Shalom Online Community.

Rabbi Cantor Singer Songwriter Steve Blane releases a new album in time for the High Holidays

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
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It features ten original songs by Blane who's musical style is greatly influenced by Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Roy Orbison.

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  • It features ten original songs by Blane who's musical style is greatly influenced by Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Roy Orbison.
  • Add for the first time, join the Rabbi Blane Trio for "Dinner & Kol Nidre" at Silvanna in Harlem.
  • Created in 2010 by Rabbi Steven Blane on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Sim Shalom offers a means of connecting the unconnected.
  • Rabbi Blane is also the founder and director of the Jewish Spiritual Leader's Institute, http://www.jsli.net , the online professional rabbinical program.

We're Back! Sim Shalom Online Synagogue will be back live for the High Holidays this year!

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021
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Sim Shalom will have a zoom option again this year for those who cannot be in New York or are not able to attend in person.

Key Points: 
  • Sim Shalom will have a zoom option again this year for those who cannot be in New York or are not able to attend in person.
  • Clearly ahead of his time, ten years prior to covid, Rabbi Steven Blane founded Congregation Sim Shalom which was the world's only fully online synagogue and offered worship services.
  • ABOUT JEWISH SPIRITUAL LEADERS INSTITUTE, SIM SHALOM AND RABBI STEVE BLANE
    Sim Shalom is an interactive online Jewish Universalist synagogue which is liberal in thought and traditional in liturgy.
  • Created in 2010 by Rabbi Steven Blane on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Sim Shalom offers a means of connecting the unconnected.

Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute 20th Class Ordained This Past Week

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
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NEW YORK, June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This past weekend the Jewish Spiritual Leader's Institute (JSLI) ordained its 20th class.

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  • NEW YORK, June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This past weekend the Jewish Spiritual Leader's Institute (JSLI) ordained its 20th class.
  • On June 19th a cohort of five Rabbis joined the 165+ clergy - Rabbis and Cantors - ordained by the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute (JSLI).
  • ABOUT JEWISH SPIRITUAL LEADERS INSTITUTE, SIM SHALOM AND RABBI STEVE BLANE
    Sim Shalom is an interactive online Jewish Universalist synagogue which is liberal in thought and traditional in liturgy.
  • Rabbi Blane is also the founder and director of the Jewish Spiritual Leader's Institute, http://www.jsli.net , the online professional rabbinical program and founder of the Union of Jewish Universalist Communities at http://www.ujuc.org .

Newest Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute Class Ordained on December 19 and the 21st class begins this week

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
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The group gelled over the course of the year's study and joined the 162 Rabbis and Cantors who studied with Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute from the US, Canada, Great Britain, Japan and Israel.

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  • The group gelled over the course of the year's study and joined the 162 Rabbis and Cantors who studied with Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute from the US, Canada, Great Britain, Japan and Israel.
  • Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute begins its 21st Class on January 6th.
  • Rabbi Dario Hunter
    Sim Shalom is an interactive online Jewish Universalist synagogue which is liberal in thought and traditional in liturgy.
  • Rabbi Blane is also the founder and director of the Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute, http://www.jsli.net , the online professional rabbinical program and of the Union of Jewish Universalist Communities, http://www.ujuc.org .

Sim Shalom Online Synagogue Celebrates Hanukkah with Jelly Donuts and Cantorial Concert

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On Friday, December 11, Sim Shalom the virtual Synagogue celebrates the second night of Hanukkah with five guest cantors.

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  • NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On Friday, December 11, Sim Shalom the virtual Synagogue celebrates the second night of Hanukkah with five guest cantors.
  • Rabbi Steve Blane and Sim Shalom have offered services online since 2009.
  • The Sim Shalom Online Hanukkah concert and celebration will be a rich presentation of varied selections of Hanukkah classics as well as Shabbat melodies that feature each of their unique voices.
  • Sim Shalom is an interactive online Jewish Universalist synagogue which is liberal in thought and traditional in liturgy.