From left: Rabbi Barry Schlesinger, Rabbi Michael Schwartz, Rabbi Michael Kovson, Rabbi Zvi Landau, Rabbi Baruch Yonin, Rabbi Elisha Wolfin, Rabbi Yeshaya Dalsace, Rabbi Yefet Alemu.

This year's rabbinical graduates represented a true "ingathering of the nations," with two immigrants from the FSU, three immigrants from the United States, a graduate from France, an Israeli, and Yefet Alemu, who arrived in Israel from Ethiopia before Operation Moses in 1983. All eight grads are involved with Masorti congregational work. Rabbi Barry Schlesinger is spiritual leader at Jerusalem's Kehilat Moreshet Avraham, Rabbi Zvi Landau leads Karmiel's Kehilat Hakerem, Rabbi Michael Kovsan serves Jerusalem's Kehilat Hayovel, Rabbi Michael Schwartz works as educational coordinator of Kehilat Hod V'Hadar in Kfar Saba, Rabbi Yeshaya Dalsace serves Kehilat Keren Or Masorti in Nice, France, Rabbi Baruch Yonin leads Chavurat Ma'ale Adumim in Ma'ale Adumim, Rabbi Elisha Wolfin is working with Chavurat Zichron in Zichron Ya'acov, and Rabbi Yefet Alemu, a veteran immigrant from Ethiopia, became the first Masorti rabbi to represent the Ethiopian community in Israel.

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