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Rabbi Steve Shaw z”l, one of the most creative and influential Jewish communal leaders of the last five decades passed away last week at the age of 76. Steve together with Elie Wiesel z”l and Rabbi Yitz Greenberg co-founded Clal in 1974.  Yitz, the first and long-time President of Clal offers a powerful memorial note about […]

From Rabbi Irwin Kula’s Wisdom Daily Piece in memory of September 11th, published September 11, 2014   As we observe the 13th anniversary of 9/11, we feel a range of emotions. We feel sad and heartbroken for those who lost loved ones. We are grateful, if not surprised that there have been no terrorist attacks on […]

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on CLEARCUT | With Michelle Makori | Thursday, May 23rd 2019

Rabbi Charles Arian led a group of rabbis and Jewish educators to assist Mexican immigrants at the border. ‘An assembly line’ at U.S.-Mexico border

Clal’s own Rabbi Brad Hirschfield reflects on our deepening and expanding relationship with Currents TV, the Catholic Cable Company, and their desire to use Jewish as a good for their public/audience!

Rabbi Steve Shaw z”l, one of the most creative and influential Jewish communal leaders of the last five decades passed away last week at the age of 76. Steve together with Elie Wiesel z”l and Rabbi Yitz Greenberg co-founded Clal in 1974.  Yitz, the first and long-time President of Clal offers a powerful memorial note about […]

From Rabbi Irwin Kula’s Wisdom Daily Piece in memory of September 11th, published September 11, 2014   As we observe the 13th anniversary of 9/11, we feel a range of emotions. We feel sad and heartbroken for those who lost loved ones. We are grateful, if not surprised that there have been no terrorist attacks on […]

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on CLEARCUT | With Michelle Makori | Thursday, May 23rd 2019

Rabbi Charles Arian led a group of rabbis and Jewish educators to assist Mexican immigrants at the border. ‘An assembly line’ at U.S.-Mexico border

Clal’s own Rabbi Brad Hirschfield reflects on our deepening and expanding relationship with Currents TV, the Catholic Cable Company, and their desire to use Jewish as a good for their public/audience!

  Clal’s Rabbi Brad Hirschfield speaks with i24 news about former President Bush’s legacy and his complicated relationship with Israel and the Jewish community.

We are excited to share with you Elan Babchuck’s recent TEDx talk in which Elan eloquently mixes data, story and wisdom informed by his powerful biography and his learnings and work on innovation and religion.

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal, joins i24NEWS English to discuss the tensions on the Gaza border with two other guests. Among the topics discussed: why hasn’t it received more attention, how has Israel responded, and more.

A note from Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, our co-President: Having just returned from a trip to Israel and Jordan with the most recent cohort in our Stand and See Fellowship, I had planned to share stories from the amazing journey shared with seminarians and recent ordainees in the Episcopal community around southern Ohio. And then, I […]

Recently, I served as a scholar in residence on a week- long mission to Morocco with the senior leadership of the Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. The mission met with leadership of the Moroccan Jewish community (including Jackie Kadosh the president of Marrakech’s 2,000 member, pictured above), visited Jewish schools and learned about the rich […]

Brad has, thank God, been able to spread his message of peace and plurality in a moment where it is is perhaps easier to rise to anger and frustration. He has been on FOX Business, and a few other outlets, but I found this recent episode of Bold TV to be incredibly powerful. From beginning […]

With broken hearts and open arms, we mourn with the Jewish community of Pittsburgh and with all the good people of our nation who mourn the brutal terror attack which took 11 lives and left 6 or more injured at Squirrel Hill’s Tree of Life Synagogue during yesterday’s Shabbat morning services. We have reached out […]

Irwin Kula, Clal’s president, reflects on a recent meeting with Clayton Christensen, the founder of the theory of disruptive innovation.

Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu of Rabbis Without Borders is moving onto Hadassah. A message from the presidents of Clal.

Brad announces that he will be the “intellectual architect for a retreat sponsored by Trinity Church and Trinity Publishing.”

As America’s polarization grows, Rabbi Irwin Kula reflects on how a recent trip to Aspen with Clal’s board became an opportunity to explore and understand this troubling situation and how to address it.

Clal is pleased to announce the second cohort of the SPARK Fellowship to Ignite Organizational Innovation, generously funded by UJA-Federation of New York. SPARK is an 8-month program, running from October through June, aimed at helping synagogues and other community organizations build strong cultures of innovation, with the goal of continually intensifying the participation of existing […]

Two weeks ago, Rabbi Elana Zelony, a Rabbis Without Borders member, visited an immigrant detention center in Texas as part of an interfaith delegation to bear witness to what has been happening at these centers. Here is her testimony.

Last week, Rabbis Without Borders, Clal’s pluralist rabbinic network, welcomed its new cohort this year at its yearly retreat for first-time members.

A rabbi in attendance at the recent Rabbis Without Borders retreat discusses a powerful moment when the rabbis were forced to face some uncomfortable and painful realities when discussing the #MeToo phenomenon.

On February 21st, a historic gathering of leaders of all of the denominations of Judaism was convened in the Clal offices to discuss gender issues in the rabbinate which have been brought to the fore from the #MeToo Movement. 

We at Clal are absolutely thrilled to welcome Alan Harlam as the Director of Spiritual Entrepreneurship, where he joins the “Glean Team” of Elan Babchuck, Irwin Kula, and Adele Anderson in building and supporting the Glean Incubator.

Rabbi Sirbu was honored to give the Benediction to the NJ State Senate on Jan 9th, 2018. She blessed the gathering with words of wisdom to encourage their dedication as civic leaders.

To enter this exciting network of rabbis, directed by Rabbi Rebecca W. Sirbu, we invite you to apply to be an RWB Fellow, with teachers and mentors from the CLAL Faculty. Each year we accept a diverse group of twenty rabbis to form a cohort group.

Welcome to Clal’s new website. But this isn’t just about our new site. It’s about an entirely new stage in our growth.