Rabbi Miri Gold: Miri made aliyah from Detroit, Michigan in 1977, directly to Kibbutz Gezer. In 1999, Miri was the 3rd woman to be ordained in Israel by Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. She obtained her BA from the University of Michigan, MA from Hebrew University in Contemporary Jewry, and her Masters of Hebrew Letters from HUC-JIR. She is currently studying Clinical Pastoral Education at HUC on a part-time basis.
Dafna Feldman, Community Coordinator, is a native of Israel and comes from a Jerusalem orthodox family originally from New York. She is an ulpana graduate and was a member of the Ratz youth movement "Oosh" garin to Kibbutz Gezer. She has a Bachelor of Education degree in theater and communication from the Cinema and Television School in Jerusalem. She is married to Hanan and has 4 children.
Committees: we welcome members of the congregation to become involved in our congregational activities and help us define and design the many doors through which people in our region can find their place at Birkat Shalom.
Cultural: creating meaningful activities answering the needs of our diverse population
New membership outreach: With the influx of many new families in our area, including over 300 families in the new neighborhood of Bet Hashmonai, we are looking for volunteers to help set up a “Welcome Wagon” to greet the newcomers.
New immigrants: In our area there is a growing population of South Americans living in Ramla, as well as a veteran community of Russian immigrants in the Ganei Aviv neighborhood.
Publicity: With ads in the local papers and the creation of a web site, we want to let people in our area know that we exist, and that we have a great deal to offer regarding creative, liberal and meaningful expression of our Jewish heritage.
