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Rabbi Michal Woll is the spiritual leader of Congregation Shir Hadash located in Milwaukee’s East Side. She is a 2007 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Raised in a Reform synagogue in Chicago with a dynamic music program, she has been singing in shul since she was eight years old. Prior to joining Shir Hadash in 2017, she served congregations Read more...

We are a new kind of group – creating progressive Jewish spirituality in the desert. Our Rabbi, David Lazar, meets all seekers —Jewish or not, believer or skeptic, student or scholar, just trying it out or tried and true —wherever we are in our spiritual journey. His deep grounding in Jewish scholarship and learning, practice, and social engagement foster the open Read more...

Born in Los Angeles in 1957, Rabbi Lazar has lived and practiced across the spectrum of Jewish observance, from his liberal Conservative familial roots to Orthodoxy in his teens, followed by his move to Israel, where he began his rabbinical studies while serving in the IDF Armor Corps. In 1981, while  farming in the Gaza Strip, he met and married Read more...

Rabbi Matt has officiated at numerous funerals, weddings, and other lifecycle events through his various roles in congregations and in the community. A California native, Rabbi Matt is a graduate of the University of California at Davis, where he earned his undergraduate degree in geography. Matt spent many years volunteering and working in the field of disaster relief for organizations Read more...

Sim Shalom is an interactive Online Jewish Universalist Synagogue- liberal in thought and traditional in liturgy. We are an unaffiliated and pluralistic Jewish community, evolving and organically growing. We welcome members of our community from throughout the world! We offer daily online synagogue services. Here are a few other things you should know about us: * We are Jewish Universalist Read more...

Rabbi Steven Blane is founder and Spiritual Leader of Congregation Sim Shalom, one of the world’s first  International ONLINE communities of Liberal Jews. He is also the founder and Dean of JSLI- The Jewish Spiritual Leader’s Institute, an online Rabbinical and Cantorial School. He writes, “my calling as a Rabbi is deeply rooted in the progression of every aspect of Read more...

What is Secular Synagogue? Digital Judaism, online community, engaged and meaningful learning and practice. The goal of this community is two-directional: Explore how Judaism can be an enriching force in your life and, in turn, make you a more kind, just, and effective force for good in the world. Who is Secular Synagogue for? Jewish, Jew-ish, Intermarried, In-married, Unmarried, Secular, Cultural, Read more...

Judaism Unbound, a project of the Institute for the Next Jewish Future, is a project that catalyzes and supports grassroots efforts by “disaffected but hopeful” American Jews to re-imagine and re-design Jewish life in America for the 21st Century. Judaism Unbound produces a once-a-week podcast, runs an active facebook page, and features blog posts by fellows of the Institute for the Next Read more...