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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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Enhance Your Tisha B'Av With This Powerful New Film!
Pillar of Truth
is the dynamic new film on the life and legacy of Rav Yaakov Weinberg zt"l, who made Torah accessible to Jews from ALL backgrounds. Find out why his brother Rav Noach Weinberg zt"l viewed him as his rebbe and the rebbe of Klal Yisroel.
Click Here to watch the trailer, view the film, and listen to insightful audio shiurim on Tisha B'Av.
Email
TorahLegacy@gmail.com
to share this inspiring film with your community.
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher Presents New Torah Safari Tour!
Rabbi Becher's new Torah Safari is now available. He accompanies groups on a Torah tour of a zoo or aquarium, speaking about halachic, philosophical and historical aspects of the animals that are on exhibit, some general remarks about nature, ecology, zoos and animal trivia. He can do the tour at any zoo or aquarium for various size groups, for beginner or advanced crowds. Rabbi Becher is also available for regular scholar in residence, shabbatons and lectures. The tour is inspirational, educational and fun - and is not your classic classroom/lecture type of learning.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
(The Foundation) has announced $2 million in grants to seven innovative, local initiatives focused on transforming Jewish Los Angeles.
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An Article from JTA
William Daroff was named as CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
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An Article from JTA
The Jews of Detroit, which hosted this week's Democratic presidential debates, are proud of their role in the recovery of their city.
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An Article from JTA
George Soros has donated $5.1 million to a new super PAC ahead of the 2020 presidential election - over twice as much as he had spent at this point in the campaign leading up to the 2016 election,Politico reported Wednesday.
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An Article from WIN
The American Israel Education Foundation, a charity affiliated with AIPAC, is sponsoring two groups of U.S. legislators from the House of Representatives on visits to Israel.
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Immigration to Israel rose by more than a quarter in the first half of 2019, fueled almost entirely by a continued surge in aliyah from Russia, according to internal Jewish Agency figures.
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Israel's upcoming elections in September - just five months after the last ones in April - are essentially a do-over.
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Israeli Chess Prodigy Sits Out Championships Set on Yom Kippur, Tisha B'Av
An Article from Haaretz
A 14-year-old chess prodigy from Israel turned down free trips to India and Slovakia and compete in chess championships these because they are scheduled to take place on Jewish days of rest and mourning.
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An Article from The Times of Israel
Half of Israeli voters want to see a unity government between the Likud and Blue and White parties that does not include ultra-Orthodox factions after the upcoming elections, according to a television poll aired Thursday.
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An Article from JTA
A record number of nearly 900 anti-Semitic incidents have been recorded in the United Kingdom for the first six months of 2019.
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An Article from JTA
Anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on the door of a school in Minneapolis, the 17thincident reported by the Jewish community so far this year.
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An Article from Mishpacha
Don't move to Waterbury if you're expecting an assortment of 40 dips to choose from for Shabbos.
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An Article from JTA
A Jewish group in Glasgow, Scotland is criticizing the BBC for making a documentary about a YouTube celebrity who taught his girlfriend's dog to perform the Nazi salute.
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An Article from Tablet
In a world in which military power is heavily concentrated in Western states, there is a belief that the cries of the suffering can rise through the apparatus built on that consciousness.
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Ancestry has digitized millions of Holocaust records to make them searchable online for the first time ever.
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