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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
13 years ago, I decided not to go down the traditional route of a 9-5 job. I'd just returned from teaching English in Japan and desperately wanted to pay off my student loans.
An Article from The Forward
Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has given $30 million to the House GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, a large sum that top Republicans hope will boost the party's electoral outlook in November, Politico reported
on Thursday.
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The recent riots in Gaza again brought to the fore the problem of human shields, with Hamas now using not a handful of civilians as cover for its murderous attacks on Israel but tens of thousands of unarmed people, there to confound the Israeli soldiers as the terror group's operatives conduct their assaults.
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Brooklyn Orthodox leaders backed Sen. Simcha Felder in his increasingly nasty feud with Democratic leaders, branding party bosses "wild animals" after they moved Wednesday to back his primary opponent and kick him out of the party.
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A proposal to overhaul the conversion system in Israel would remove its control from the haredi Orthodox-dominated Chief Rabbinate.
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An Article from The Times of Israel
Three extremely rare Jewish-minted coins dating from the 4th century BCE were recently discovered by the Temple Mount Sifting Project, doubling the number unearthed in ancient Jerusalem to date.
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An Article from JTA
The head of the Conservative movement's rabbinical organization sharply criticized Israel for reportedly deciding not to recognize Uganda's Jewish community, whose members converted under Conservative auspices.
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Israel's Conversion Laws are About to Get Stricter An Article from JTA
Jewish converts in America may have a much harder time being accepted in Israel because of a new set of regulations proposed by Israel's Chief Rabbinate.
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Jewish Population of Judea/Samaria Growing Fast An Article from JNS
According to a "West Bank Jewish Population Stats" report compiled by Yaakov "Ketzaleh" Katz," former chairman of the National Union Party of Israel, the total number of Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) is seeing a growth in all regions and towns. Continue Reading
'Out of the Blue,' Regal Biblical Color 'Tekhelet' Returns to Modern Israel An Article from JNS
A new exhibit exploring the mysterious color tekhelet, a vibrant blue dye mentioned 49 times in the Torah and later chosen as the central color of Israel's national flag, opened this week at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. Continue Reading
Are Israeli Jews Becoming More Secular? An Article from The Taub Center
What will the religious makeup of the Israeli population look like in the coming decades? Continue Reading |
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Growing up, Robert Sajtlava remembers playing near what used to be his native city's Orthodox Synagogue.
London's East End has been home to a vibrant community of Jews since the 1880s.
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An Article from The Forward
Zionism is a Jewish conspiracy meant to manipulate Western societies to benefit Jews.
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A black woman who was filmed berating a Jewish man on a New York subway said she regrets telling him "f*** you" - and nothing else.
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An Article from JTA
A high school in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, stopped distributing yearbooks after finding that they contained an anti-Semitic quote by one of the seniors.
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An Article from Aish.com
How would you cope if your father were an infamous Nazi? Would you disown the man or accept him? Would you respect him as a father but not a person?
An Article from Aish.com
It's the season. I've just finished marking papers and submitting grades. I gave them all A's for the semester. You're thinking, "Easy grader."
An Article from Aish.com
I was drawn to the master's program in nonprofit management at Hebrew Union College because I thought it could be a springboard to pursue my passion for deep, thoughtful Israel advocacy."
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Did you see a viral video last month on Yom Hazikaron of a yeshivah teacher leading an inspirational discussion about modern Israel with haredi high school students? So did everyone else in the Jewish Facebook world.
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