The International Federation of Rabbis was founded in 2000 and provides a much needed service to rabbis worldwide.

The vision of the IFR is to function as a practical resource for rabbis of all backgrounds who want and need a forum to examine and adapt to a changing Judaism in the 21st century. IFR members stay connected with their colleagues worldwide through a private list serve, private interactive website, private facebook group, and newsletter published four times a year. Every week  several IFR members stream or zoom  Kabbalat Shabbat services, schedules are posted weekly on the IFR's Facebook page and other social media platforms.

Conferences

Some topics covered at the IFR conferences are:

• Pre-marital counseling, end of life issues

and planning

• Innovative High Holiday worship and life cycles

services

• Biblical and rabbinic texts study

• Ethics in Medicine and Law.

• Holocaust Studies