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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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Aish Denver Seeking Experienced Director of Operations
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The research and statistics are in, and the message to Jewish legacy organizations - those longstanding community institutions that historically have held fast to the status quo - is loud and clear: To be viable into the 21st century, the template must change.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The Jewish Communal Fund (JCF), the largest Jewish donor advised fund in the country, distributed a record $397 million in grants to charities in all sectors during the 2017 fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, a 4 percent increase from 2016.
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Six years ago, the Israeli government released a series of controversial ads to show its expatriates that they would never feel at home in the United States.
It's Monday morning at the SAR Academy in Riverdale, NY. Live music is playing in the atrium as the children arrive.
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The Haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party has proposed a plan to deliver so-called "kosher" electricity to largely Orthodox areas on Shabbat.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has softened a bill that cuts U.S. funding to Palestinian areas as long as the Palestinian Authority pays subsidies to the families of Palestinians who attack Israelis.
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An Article from JTA
Al Jazeera threatened to take legal action to remain in its Jerusalem bureau following Israel's decision to close it down.
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Israeli Couples Embrace a Rabbinical Prenup
An Article from JTA
Recognizing Tu b'Av, the Jewish Day of Love, the Tzohar rabbinical organization said that public interest is increasing in its halachic prenuptial agreement. Continue Reading
Israeli Man Seriously Wounded in Supermarket Attack Regains Consciousness
An Article from JTA
An Israeli man who was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack by a Palestinian assailant at a supermarket in central Israel regained consciousness, days after the attack. Continue Reading |
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The Palestinian Authority's 2017 budget shows a "huge increase" in the funding of salaries for imprisoned terrorists and the families of "martyrs," an Israeli research institute revealed on Wednesday.
An Article from The Wall Street Journal
Late last month a Jewish community was established here in southern Italy-the first such founding since King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion or forced conversion of the Jews more than 500 years ago.
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An Article from Fox News
A British crew discovered a chest inside wreckage of a German cargo ship -- and the chest may hold $130 million worth of Nazi gold, The Sun reported this week.
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Don't you just hate how vile some people are on the Internet? How easy it's become to say horrible and hurtful things about other groups and individuals?
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An Article from JTA
The Democratic Socialists of America voted to endorse a BDS motion against Israel at their biannual convention in Chicago.
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An Article from JTA
Anti-Semitic messages and a swastika were spray-painted on the building and sign of a synagogue in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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An Article from Gentiuno
I walked down the streets in Barcelona and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz...
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An Article from The Washington Post
With a billionaire real estate tycoon occupying America's highest office, the effects of riches upon the soul are a reasonable concern for all of us little guys.
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Books Stolen During the Holocaust are Being Returned to Their Rightful Heirs
An Article from JTA
A new search in Germany for books stolen from Jews during the Third Reich is beginning to bear fruit. Continue Reading
An Article from The Forward
An Orthodox community is in the midst of a philosophical crisis that's pitting hard-line rationalists against New Age-leaning mystics - and the publication of a new book by a well-known rabbi has exposed and intensified the struggle.
An Article from Tablet
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg never intended to be the richest and most influential media mogul in world history, responsible for how nearly half of adult Americans-and two billion Facebook users throughout the world-get their news.
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