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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
The Jewish Venture Philanthropy Fund announces the opening of its 2019 grant cycle.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
(The Foundation) has launched its 2019 Next Stage Grants program.
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Whiplash was a distinct risk for anyone trying to follow the story - or, perhaps, non-story - of the faceoff the week before last between Kentuckian high schooler Nick Sandmann and a 64-year old Native American, Nathan Phillips, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Based on a 2012 study of voting characteristics found among minority voters, some of the same trends present among other ethnic groups apply to Jewish voters as well.
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An Article from The Algemeiner
Two American men were honored at a ceremony at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on Thursday for the aid they provided to a police officer during a May 2017 terrorist attack in Jerusalem.
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An Article from The Times of Israel
Obscured by the headlines generated Wednesday by poll figures suggesting Benny Gantz's candidacy now poses a genuine prime ministerial challenge to Benjamin Netanyahu was the same surveys' indication that the Labor party is edging toward extinction.
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Non-Profit Organization is Helping Couples Who Want an Orthodox Wedding Without the Authorization of the Rabbinate
An Article from Tablet
When it comes to getting married in Israel, you don't have much of a choice: If you're Jewish, it's the Chief Rabbinate's way or the highway.
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Lawmakers of Britain's Labour Party unanimously passed a motion Monday demanding that party leaders provide detailed data in writing on the handling of complaints about anti-Semitism, with some MPs accusing top officials in the party of covering up the number of complaints.
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An Article from The Times of Israel
Three men were charged with hate crimes for attacks on identifiably Jewish men in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn
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On January 30, 2019, Amnesty International published "The Tourism Industry and Israeli Settlements," a report alleging that "the Israeli government has political and ideological reasons for developing a tourism industry in occupied East Jerusalem and Area C of the West Bank."
An Article from The New York Times
As recently as the turn of this century, it was just about plausible to hope that anti-Semitism might soon go the way of fear of witches - not extinct, but too manifestly absurd for all but the dumbest of bigots to avow.
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An Article from Pew Research Center
People who are active in religious congregations tend to be happier and more civically engaged than either religiously unaffiliated adults or inactive members of religious groups, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
An Article from JTA
A rabbi in Toronto thought no one would show up in 13-degree weather for the funeral of a Holocaust survivor with virtually no family.
An Article from The Forward
Dachau. Treblinka. Chelmno. These words are startling in their power to recall the darkest period in Jewish history. But Auschwitz is different.
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