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| RABBINIC AUTHORITIES HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky HaRav Yaakov Perlow BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rabbi Ilan Feldman
Atlanta, GA
Rabbi Yaacov Haber
Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Richard Horowitz
Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Yehoshua Karsh
Northbrook, IL
Dr. David Lieberman
Lakewood, NJ
Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun
National Director
Rabbi Shlomo Porter
Baltimore, MD
Mr. Jeff Schachter Esq.
Passaic, NJ
Mr. Frank Storch
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Michel Twerski Milwaukee, WI
Mr. Jerry Wolasky
Baltimore, MD
ADVISORY BOARD Mr. Mark Bane
Lawrence, NY
Mr. Jonathan Beren
Denver, CO
Dr. Robert Edelman
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Michael J. Elman
Baltimore, MD
Rabbi David Felsenthal
New York, NY
Mr. Howard Tzvi Friedman
Mr. Harvey Hecker*
Toronto, ONT
Mr. Stephen Rosedale
Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Simcha Scholar
Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Dovid Refson
Jerusalem, Israel
Mr Gary Torgow
Detroit, MI
Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Americans in general find themselves living in distinctive political communities, and so do America's Jews.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Two Jewish Federations published demographic surveys in the last week. One analyzed trends in the D.C. area by The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
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An Article from The Forward
The Ruderman Family Foundation, an American Jewish philanthropic organization, launched a campaign urging the United States to suspend its ties with Poland over that country's law on rhetoric about the Holocaust.
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Jay Marshall Wolman, like a thousand other lawyers on Twitter, is wry, maybe a little coarse and, well, Jewish, peppering his tweets with Hebrew blessings and other Jewish references.
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Sam and Matthew Zeif are both students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Matthew's a freshman, Sam's a senior.
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According to figures released by the Council for Higher Education, there were 12,300 chareidi
students in Israel last year, comprising 4% of the student body in Israel.
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Two dozen rare manuscripts from the collections of the National Library of Israel are on display in New York.
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The complex and often acrimonious debates about the involvement of Lithuanians in the mass murder of the Jews during World War II are part of a much wider argument about the totalitarian experience of Europe in the 20th century.
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The row between Poland and Israel about the Holocaust reached new heights this week after Poland's prime minister said that the genocide had not only Polish, Ukrainian and German perpetrators, but Jewish ones as well.
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An Article from The Forward
Students at a high school in Arizona were investigated last week after some pupils shared on Snapchat an image of eight people lying on the ground in the shape of a swastika.
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An Article from The Forward
At a recent dinner party, a fervent argument broke out over the way one chooses romantic partners.
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An Article from The Forward
Polish President Andrzej Duda recently signed a law that would ban people from using terms like "Polish death camps"
or blaming the Polish nation for complicity in the Holocaust.
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8 Sure Habits of Exceptionally Happy People
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Chances are you landed here looking for practical, real-life advice to get you on track toward living a more positive and fulfilling life. Continue Reading
An Article from The Forward
If you've spent any time in Jerusalem, you've seen these young men before.
Sometimes, they appear in the Mamilla mall, ecstatic to be out on the town.
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