How to Apply:
Applications will be accepted until Sunday June 14, 2020 (Sivan 22) at 12:00 noon and should be sent to office@israelrabbis.org. In the topic line of the email please indicate the category.
Each application should include the name of the candidate or the community, a detailed description of why the candidate is worthy for the prize based on the criteria below, the names of 2 references including contact information and the name of contact person.
Rabbinic Achievement Award:
- Has served as a synagogue community rabbi for at least 5 years
- Ordained as a rabbi by the Chief Rabbinate of the State of Israel
- Is regularly available to and in contact with his congregants
- Teaches shiurim to a wide array of audiences
- Works to make the synagogue accessible to all populations including the secular
- Works to make the synagogue accessible to people with disabilities
- Counsels and is available to congregants for personal issues and in times of crisis
- A beloved person who inspires his community
- A figure who unifies and instills peace in the community
Community Excellence Award:
- Community has been in existence for a minimum of years
- Synagogue employs a rabbi
- Synagogue conducts Tefilla and Shiurim on Shabbat and during the week
- Synagogue community engages in acts of chesed internally (births, mourning etc.)
- Synagogue community engages in wider chesed activities
- Synagogue actively opens its doors to all segments of the community and attempts to be inclusive in all its activities
- Synagogue works to be accessible and inclusive of people with disabilities
- Synagogue works to improve the larger community in which it is located
Distinguished Synagogue President/Gabbai Award
- Has worked on behalf of the synagogue community for at least 5 years
- Has developed synagogue community financially
- Is beloved by his community and works in an inclusive and participatory manner
- Has a unique story
- Dedicates time to the synagogue on a weekly basis