Masorti on Campus

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Masorti On Campus
FoundedJuly 2013 (2013-07) at JTS/Columbia University [1]
FoundersEric Leiderman and Douglas Kandl
Region served
North America
Website masorticampus.org

Masorti on Campus (MoC) is a student organization for Conservative Judaism (also known as "Masorti") on North American college and university campuses, working with Hillel and other Jewish campus life organizations. [2]

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History

Masorti on Campus was launched in July 2013 by Eric Leiderman and Douglas Kandl in response to the closing of Koach by the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. [3] Gaining the support of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), MoC began its campaign to create a network for existing campus communities. In February 2014, the Seminary, along with Columbia University, hosted a student leadership conference. [4] In order to further connect students and build new communities, Masorti on Campus announced a second conference with an expanded reach; speakers included the President of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. [5] One of the first campus communities to join was Rutgers University. [6]

List of Shabbatonim

Masorti on Campus signature program is the Shabbatonim, an international student leadership conference. [7]

YearHost CampusLocationReference
2014 Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York City
2015 University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland [8]
2016 Hofstra University Hempstead, New York [9]
2017 Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey [10]
2018 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia [11]
2019 Columbia University New York City
2020 Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Jewish Theological Seminary - JTS to Host Masorti on Campus Student-Leadership Shabbaton". Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  2. ↑ Jewish Standard, "Resurrecting Koach?" http://jstandard.com/content/item/resurrecting_koach
  3. ↑ Jewish Standard, "Koach Closes" http://jstandard.com/content/item/27746
  4. ↑ Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), Press Release (January 28, 2014) "The Jewish Theological Seminary - JTS to Host Masorti on Campus Student-Leadership Shabbaton". Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  5. ↑ "Masorti campus Shabbaton has sign-ups." Cleveland Jewish News. December 1, 2014 http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/national_news/article_413014c4-799c-11e4-a909-ebee17d9dfe1.html
  6. ↑ "Masorti on Campus Shabbaton by Alex Hamilton '17 | Rutgers Hillel". 8 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Goldrich, Lois. "Leaving institutional egos behind". jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  8. ↑ "Masorti Shabbaton connects Jewish campus leaders". Mitzpeh. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  9. ↑ Palmer, Joanne. "Being a Conservative Jew on campus". jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  10. ↑ Goldrich, Lois. "Rutgers to host Masorti on Campus Shabbaton". jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  11. ↑ Kurl, Rachel (2018-02-21). "Shabbaton at Penn Draws National Participation". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 2020-07-02.


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