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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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 Memorial Day Kiruv Seminar
Priority-1, in partnership with Arachim, will be coordinating a
kiruv
seminar
May 25th - 28th
at the Crown Plaza in Stamford, CT. Arachim has developed an incredible
seminar
program that has been extremely successful in bringing our unaffiliated brothers and sisters to a life of Torah and Mitzvos.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Blackbaud, Inc. has released findings from its
Next Generation of American Giving
study that explores charitable habits and multichannel preferences of Millennials, Generation X, Baby Boomers, Matures, and includes a first look at the charitable perspective of up-and-coming Generation Z.
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In an interview with The Algemeiner on Thursday, a former top US intelligence official hailed the recent Mossad operation near Tehran that obtained thousands of documents related to the Iranian nuclear program, saying it showed "the incredible potency, imagination, and heroism of Israel's intelligence services."
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The top challenger to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein in her upcoming re-election campaign is a candidate who has repeatedly espoused anti-Semitism and has been endorsed by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, a poll found last week.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 30 provided a twenty-minute PowerPoint presentation of secret Iranian nuclear documents, acquired by Israeli intelligence.
In recent months, several Arab writers have published articles in the Arab press discussing why Israel is superior to the weaker Arab states.
An Article from The Times of Israel
At a meeting with Jewish leaders in New York last month, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman castigated the Palestinian leadership for rejecting opportunities for peace with Israel for decades, and said they should either start accepting peace proposals or "shut up."
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Committee Approves Bill That Would Allow Knesset to Override Supreme Court Decisions
An Article from JTA
A Knesset committee approved controversial legislation that would allow the Israeli parliament to override rulings of the Supreme Court.
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Discovery of Bar Kochba Coin Declared at Lag B'Omer
An Article from The Algemeiner
As Jews across Israel and around the world celebrated Lag B'Omer, a holiday commemorating the life of anti-Roman Torah sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, Israeli authorities announced that they had found a symbol of the revolt by Shimon bar Kochba against the Romans in the form of a small bronze coin.
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Israel Seems to be Preparing for War With Iran, US Officials Say
An Article from NBC News
An Israeli airstrike on the western Syrian city of Hama on Sunday
killed two dozen Iranian soldiers
and targeted arms recently delivered from Iran, said three U.S. officials, and is the latest sign that Israel and Iran are moving closer to open warfare.
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Some 30 Jews were wounded Wednesday night in the northeastern London neighborhood of Stamford Hill after an explosion occurred during a Lag B'Omer bonfire celebration.
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Like hundreds of Jewish institutions in the Diaspora, the King David School celebrated Israel's 70th Independence Day with blue-and-white flags and group singing of the "Hatikvah" national anthem.
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An Article from JTA
Two members of the historically Jewish Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity at Towson University were victims of a possible anti-Semitic attack.
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On April 12, just now, Robert Faurisson suffered one more minor legal defeat in a French court, which is good news, in a small way, for the world, and, in a bigger way, for the newspaper Le Monde.
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An Article from The Jewish Chronicle
A series of "appalling" antisemitic comments have been posted by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn onto the Labour leader's Facebook page, it has been revealed.
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An Article from NPR
Before dawn on March 21, 1995, someone broke into a synagogue in the Palestinian city of Nablus.
An Article from Jewish Clarity
There was once a Chassidic Rebbe who was the leader of a large community. He had three sons, each one of them posing an important quality.
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