378:, Blane actively courts students from Jewish and non-Jewish backgrounds. "I don't believe that Jewish people were uniquely chosen for a relationship with God – God doesn't choose a favorite child", he is quoted as saying. He believes that converts in particular are able to establish an affinity with the estimated 50% of Jews who are unaffiliated or intermarried. One-third of his rabbinical school students are
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In addition to his work as a rabbi and cantor, Blane is a recording artist singer-songwriter. He writes and performs in the
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rabbi and cantor, conducts his teaching and pastoral work online. He is the founder and dean of the Jewish
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Rabbi Blane is the founder of the new Jewish movement Jewish
Universalism, launched in 2015 to foster Jewish worship and rituals without restrictions. It embraces the diversity of the Jewish world and all its Jewish denominations.
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