Masorti Programs: MAROM

MAROM is the Masorti movement’s organization for college-age students and young adults. Through its programming, MAROM opens the pluralistic, Zionist, welcoming and inclusive outlook and values of the Masorti movement to this constituency, reaching across the religious-secular divide and drawing in new immigrants.

MAROM provides a platform for a wide cross-section of Israelis with an open, traditional outlook to share experiences, network and develop their sense of belonging to the Jewish people. It also creates a framework for members to lobby for change in the religious structure of Israeli society that favors Orthodoxy to the exclusion of other streams. Participation in MAROM, in the spirit of traditional Judaism, Zionism and democracy on campuses, in Masorti kehillot and in other locations around the country, also serves as a foundation for future leaders, both within Masorti and in Israeli society.

MAROM is actively involved in the absorption of immigrants who are students, holding joint activities with organizations of student olim. MAROM provides a natural home for immigrants from North and Latin America, who are already well acquainted with Conservative Judaism.

MAROM complements Masorti in Israel by providing a bridge for young people, graduates of NOAM and other youth organizations who are not yet ready to join a kehilla. In effect, MAROM is the young community of the movement, from which springs its future leaders, including many who choose to pursue rabbinic ordination, eventually serving in Masorti pulpits and other key positions of spiritual leadership.

Goals and Objectives

1. To provide a community for students and young adults of the Masorti movement
2. To spread the Masorti message of pluralism, openness and equality among this peer cohort
3.  To promote volunteerism and the ethic of giving back to the community by organizing tikkun olam, social action, projects
4. To assist with immigrant absorption, especially of student olim
5. To provide monthly regional and national events on campuses and in other locations where young adults gather 

MAROM activities have included: informal get-togethers in cafes to discuss religious texts; weekend retreats for study, prayer and social activities; joint events, especially on campuses, with other organizations; celebrations of festivals; panel discussions and lectures on timely topics of interest; tikkun olam projects; endeavors to aid immigrant absorption.

MAROM was founded in 1995 by Israeli university students who felt the need for a pluralistic religious group within the context of the Masorti movement.

Contact Information
Director: Nir Pereg
Address: P.O. Box 7559, 91074 Jerusalem, ISRAEL
Telephone: +972 (2) 624 6510 ext 28
Fax: +972 (2) 624 6869
Email: marom@masorti.org

This program is supported by grants from the Jewish Agency for Israel.