Ayelet HaShachar – Jewish Community Outreach, Education and Support – was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Raanan in 1997, and has been engaged since then in “reaching out from within.” Among its activities are sponsoring religious families who live in irreligious kibbutzim and villages, organizing thousands of telephone study-pairs (chavrutot) between religious and secular Jews, building synagogues in secular communities, sponsoring Torah programming and classes, and much more."
Sunday, September 12, 2010
(NEWS) Rosh HaShanah In Secular Kibbutzim
"The Ayelet HaShachar (Morning Star) outreach organization ran special Rosh HaShanah prayer services over the three-day holiday in 12 secular communities, some of which have not seen traditional services in decades.
Ayelet HaShachar – Jewish Community Outreach, Education and Support – was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Raanan in 1997, and has been engaged since then in “reaching out from within.” Among its activities are sponsoring religious families who live in irreligious kibbutzim and villages, organizing thousands of telephone study-pairs (chavrutot) between religious and secular Jews, building synagogues in secular communities, sponsoring Torah programming and classes, and much more."
Ayelet HaShachar – Jewish Community Outreach, Education and Support – was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Raanan in 1997, and has been engaged since then in “reaching out from within.” Among its activities are sponsoring religious families who live in irreligious kibbutzim and villages, organizing thousands of telephone study-pairs (chavrutot) between religious and secular Jews, building synagogues in secular communities, sponsoring Torah programming and classes, and much more."
