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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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The Torah Legacy Foundation is committed to enriching our Jewish heritage through innovative books, media, and other exciting projects! Watch the trailer of our current project documenting the legacy of HaRav Yaakov Weinberg zt"l Rosh Yeshiva Yeshivas Ner Yisroel.
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Israeli website "929" - devoted to the study of all 929 chapters of Tanakh (Scripture) - just announced that it is launching an English-language website on Monday.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The Jewish philanthropic sphere, much like the wider world of American giving, is undergoing a far-reaching revolution.
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is Searching for innovative ideas from eligible 501(c)3 organizations with the goal to make Los Angeles a better place.
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The Jewish world is in an uproar over what are being called "Birthright walkouts".
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Eight Birthright participants who walked off their tours Sunday created a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to cover their canceled flights and forfeited deposits.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Globes is reporting
, "A 57-year-old male who lives in Tel Aviv and doesn't give to charity is the most common profile of the 400 highest income people in Israel in 2014.
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The United States has rejected an appeal from Britain, France and Germany to grant broad exemptions to European firms doing business in Iran, saying it would press ahead with sanctions intended to exert "unprecedented" economic pressure on the Tehran regime, U.S. and Western officials told NBC News.
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Members of the U.S. Congress are demanding the State Department make public a key report that includes precise figures on the number of people who became refugees in the 1948 War of Independence.
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An Article from JTA
Anti-Semitism has again become a problem in Poland because of the Holocaust law passed earlier this year and the subsequent controversy surrounding it, the former Roman Catholic primate there said.
Labour underestimated how strongly the Jewish community would oppose their new antisemitism code, a member of the party's ruling body has admitted.
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An Article from Israel Hayom
Saudi Arabia and Israel do not maintain official relations, but by the time Crown Prince Abdullah published the Arab Peace Initiative 2002, bilateral ties between the two countries were already being established behind the scenes.
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An Article from The Forward
Staci Segal is on a mission to get sheitels, the wigs worn by married Orthodox women
, into the hands and onto the heads of those that do not have the means to afford them.
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