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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
Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Michael J. Elman
Baltimore, MD
Rabbi David Felsenthal
New York, NY
Mr. Howard Tzvi Friedman
Mr. Joseph Friedman
Olney, MD
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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High Holiday Resources
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A world-wide registry of Sukkahs has been set up at www.localsukkah.org.
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Recent years have witnessed a degradation of public discourse in the Jewish world.
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Democrats May Be Preparing for an Alternate Candidate
An Article from Politico
A former Democratic National Committee chairman says President Barack Obama and the party's congressional leaders should immediately come up with a process to identify a potential successor candidate for Hillary Clinton for the off-chance a health emergency forces her out of the race.
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US Paying Out French Reparations to Holocaust Survivors
An Article from JP Updates
$11 million in reparations are being paid by France to Holocaust survivors living in the U.S., who were transported to Nazi death camps on French trains.
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Discovering the Jewish American Community's "Blue Ocean"
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
In their influential 2005 book, "Blue Ocean Strategy," W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne shared a new paradigm for businesses.
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An an Impasse?
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Over the past year, media headlines have reported a looming crisis between Israeli and Diaspora Jewry, but two new polls commissioned by
The Jerusalem Post and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) reveal that when it comes to issues of religion and state, the majority of the Israeli and American people are aligned.
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Rare, Gold Roman Coin Discovered in Jerusalem An Article from Fox News
A rare and remarkable Roman coin made of gold and featuring the image of Nero has been discovered in Jerusalem, archaeologists announced on Tuesday. Continue Reading
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Opponents of Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing leader of Britain's Labour Party, usually claim one of two things about him:
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This video was conceived as a tribute to Irving Bunim's contribution to the development of Torah in America and Israel. The 1956 Chinuch Atzmai dinner typifies his strength, his style and leadership.
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New Videos Show How Yale Betrayed Itself by Favoring Cry-Bullies An Article from Tablet
Around this time last year, a short video depicting an angry confrontation between a Yale professor and student came to symbolize the nationwide debate over campus political correctness.
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Yeshiva U. Search Committee to Propose Ex-NYC Pulpit Rabbi as President An Article from JTA
Rabbi Ari Berman has emerged as the search committee's top candidate to be the next president of Yeshiva University, a source familiar with the process told JTA. Continue Reading
Even a Taste of Torah is Powerful; Hail My Alma Mater An Article from Jewish Media Resources
More than two decades ago, I had a good friend who was then running an institution for teenage boys who were ill-suited to mainstream yeshivos ketanos and required a very different curriculum. Continue Reading
Rethinking the 'Shidduch Crisis' An Article from The Jewish Week
Concern about shidduchim - arranged marriages - is common in the Orthodox community, where there is a stigma to remaining unmarried well into adulthood.
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