The community of Ra’anana Masorti is a successful mixture of English-speakers, South Americans, and Israelis that enjoy having the community run in both English and Hebrew. Ra'anana Masorti members come from a broad spectrum of religious observance and to accommodate this, the Synagogue is divided into 3 sections: family seating, as well as more traditional separate seating for men and women. This approach allows us to accommodate the differences between the different worlds.

We at Ra'anana Masorti celebrate full Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies, and currently celebrate both “Conservadox” (in which women are not called to Torah) and Egalitarian minyans on alternate Shabbats. Our community is strictly kosher and practices in the synagogue are totally ‘shomer Shabbat’ in order to allow everyone and anyone to participate.

Our membership is currently about 90 families and although we can accommodate those who attend throughout the year, during the High Holy Days we rent a large hall, with, at peak times, over 400 people attending.

The Synagogue is run by a voluntary committee working in close cooperation with the Rabbi as well as additional volunteers who put their hearts and souls into making things happen. We are funded solely from dues and contributions of members and friends.

We have continuous activities throughout the year. Alongside our three regular weekly services (Shabbat Eve, Shabbat Morning and Thursday morning), we celebrate all the chaggim, memorial days and in summer, Oneg Shabbat meals after the Friday service. We have lectures, parties, communal meals, quizzes, children’s services, fund-raising activities and celebrations for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and births. Of course we are also there to support our members in times of need, in illness or in mourning.

Throughout the year, community members play an active role and take turns at running services and giving drashot. This allows everyone a chance to have their say and we hear a wonderful variety of opinions and interpretations.

We have a regular newsletter, remind our members of ‘yahrzeit’ dates, and try to stay in constant touch. All our members may not attend services every week, but they can rest assured that they are welcome, whenever they choose to come.

Many members describe our synagogue as being the closest thing to what they were used to ‘back home’.

Should you wish to know more about our congregation or reserving seats for you and your family at the Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur services, please email our President, Sam Turetsky.   We will be happy to help.