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(May 20, 2024 / JNS)

For years, Jewish National Fund-USAs Rabbis for Israel has been crucial in engaging rabbinical leaders around the country to support the land and people of Israel. Now, as the organization aids Israels resilience efforts and the rebuilding of communities in the Israel Envelope region, Rabbis for Israel has launched a pluralistic advisory committee to deepen community engagement and further unite our people.

Chaired by the senior rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, Erez Sherman, the Rabbis for Israel Advisory Committee features educators and thought leaders from every end of the religious spectrum. And with members from Boston to Georgia to Los Angeles, the committee is primed to leverage its national reach and rally rabbis and faith leaders from around the country to increase pro-Israel activism in their congregations.

Jewish National Fund-USA has been a force of Zionism in the world that continues to impact young and old, in Israel and in the Diaspora, said Sherman. As chair of Rabbis for Israel, I am honored with the opportunity to give rabbis the resources to continue to bring positive Zionism to their congregations, schools and communities. From gathering at [Jewish National Fund-USAs] Global Conference in Dallas in November (jnf.org/gc), to literally working the land and rebuilding our Jewish home in Israel, Rabbis for Israel will stretch its wings to ensure that leaders of the past, present, and future will be prepared to stand up for Israel, and to unequivocally say Am Yisrael Chai!

A fast-growing affinity group, Rabbis for Israel has over 200 members spread out across 31 states. Since Oct. 7, over 50 religious leaders have joined, showing the clerical communitys support for Israel in the wake of such unimaginable loss.

For millennia, rabbis have been the leaders of the Jewish people, said Jewish National Fund-USA director of community engagement Dr. Marnie Nadolne. As Israel and Jews worldwide face increasing antisemitism, it has never been more important for the stewards of our wisdom and institutions to be united in support of our ancestral homeland. Our organizations diverse, yet united, advisory committee will continue the tradition of rabbis stepping up in times of crisis to spur Jews nationwide of every background to support the land and people of Israel.

Rabbis for Israel is Jewish National Fund-USAs affinity group for rabbis who have demonstrated a commitment to Israel and the organization. For more information, visit jnf.org/rfi or contact Dr. Marnie Nadolne, director of community engagement, atmnadolne@jnf.org.

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