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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
How much would you donate if you thought it would change your own life?
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Sonia Chajet Wides, 14, was on a break from co-instructing a fifth grade Hebrew school class at her local Brooklyn synagogue on Saturday morning when her iPhone buzzed persistently with a breaking-news update.
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The theme of the annual General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), meeting here for the first time, was a surprisingly blunt phrase: "We Need To Talk."
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The Palestinian Authority's Central News Agency (Wafa) reported Monday that the PLO Central Committee in Ramallah had decided to cancel recognition of Israel until it recognized a Palestinian state on the 1967 border with eastern Jerusalem as its capital.
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An Article from JTA
As our train hurtled through the tunnel - my ears popping on the descent - and then burst out into sunlight bathing a landscape of fields and rocky hills, I finally let myself feel impressed.
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Thousands of American Jews Join Mass Singing Event in Tel Aviv
An Article from Arutz 7
Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv's HaYarkon Park Monday evening for what organizers dubbed a "mass-singing event" to mark the opening of the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Israel. Continue Reading
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Will security at American Jewish institutions now mirror that of Europe, with its police protection, armed guards, panic rooms and sterile zones at synagogues?
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An Article from JNS
The Zionist Organization of America has called for academic and activist Marc Lamont Hill to be fired from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he teaches, and CNN, where he is a contributor, for his support of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
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An Article from Aish.com
Kristallnacht
marks the beginning of the end, leading to the destruction of European Jewry.
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An Article from The Times of Israel
US Vice President Mike Pence sparked outrage on Monday when the "rabbi" he invited onto the stage to say a prayer for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre turned out to be a Messianic Christian.
An Article from Aish.com
The stench of anti-Semitism is thick in the air. And it stinks. After the candle light vigils are over, the emotional speeches by politicians and community members given, the memorials and flowers left at the doors of devastation, we must ask ourselves, "Now what?"
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