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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
Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Michael J Elman
Baltimore, MD
Rabbi David Felsenthal
New York, NY
Mr. Howard Tzvi Friedman
Mr. Joseph Friedman
Olney, MD
Mr. Harvey Hecker
Toronto, ONT
Mr. Stephen Rosedale
Cincinnatti, OH
Rabbi Simcha Scholar
Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Dovid Refson
Jerusalem, Israel
Mr Gary Torgow
Detroit, MI
Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD
Teaneck, NJ
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  New DVD From Torah Live + Free Videos
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 Heritage Retreats
Join Heritage Retreats this summer for an unforgettable adventure. The men's program will be in Yosemite National Park to Explore Judaism in the Great Outdoors from Aug. 14-21. Each day will combine Torah learning, group challenge based initiatives, day hikes and exploration.
Click Here to view more information and to contact us. |
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 Summer Learning Series with Rabbi Tzadok Cable
Invest in your personal growth. Tap into the summer learning series with Rabbi Tzadok Cable from Israel:
Mondays @ 10:15 PM (Israel Time)
This month's topic is Exploring Sefer Nefesh HaChaim.
Head phones and web cam needed for 30 minute shiur.
Join us every Monday for a dynamic live video class from the comfort of your own home.
You can email us directly at binyanhaolam@gmail.com for log in information. |
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 Torah Needed for Community Shul
The Bellaire Jewish Center in Houston, Texas is in need of a Torah for 6-12 months. They currently do not have one and would like to borrow one until they can raise the funds to write their own. If you have any information about an available Torah, please contact Rabbi Gavriel Jacknin at 832-971-3781.
Tizku L'Mitzvos! |
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Youth/Teen Director
Young Israel of Great Neck
Events Coordinator
Aish Connections
New York, NY
Events Director
Aish Connections
New York, NY
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 Creating a Torah Oasis in a Spiritual Desert: Kiruv in Afula
An Article from Hamodia
American-born Rabbi Menachem
Gold immigrated with his parents to
Eretz Yisrael in 1984. Three years later,
he was married and had settled into
kollel life in the English-speaking
religious community of Beitar. Continue Reading
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An Article from JTA
At least a portion of my hometown of Omaha, Neb., may well be under water in the coming days. Pumps are in place at various locations, including at a nuclear power plant located not far from town. Continue Reading
Hillel Descends on St. Louis
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Officials of Birthright Israel are said to be worried about the impact of an in-depth, highly critical piece, written by a recent participant and published in the July 4-11 issue of The Nation. Continue Reading
A Message for Parents of Co-ed College Bound Children
An Article Written By Rabbi Meir Goldberg, Director Rutgers Jewish Xperience, Rutgers University
The Stories: Josh is a 20 year old college student who was given a Yeshiva education from kindergarten through 12th grade. No doubt well over $100,000 was spent by his parents ensuring that he was given a solid Jewish education.Continue Reading
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 An Ethical Guide for Jewish Charities
An Article from JABE
Every Jewish person has an obligation to give charity-even a person themselves dependent on charity must contribute. Continue Reading |
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 What's It Like to be a Boy in Borough Park?
An Article from The Forward
For a blue-eyed 13-year-old named Yochanan, the lure of sleep-away camp this year is a religious ceremony at summer's end. Yochanan will have a small bar mitzvah there in August, reading from the Torah in front of his bunkmates for the first time.
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US Pays Salaries to Palestinian Terrorists
An Article from Commentary
U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority has become an increasingly controversial matter in the wake of the group's decision to bypass peace negotiations and go to the United Nations for recognition of an independent state. Continue Reading
West Hempstead Boundary Blues
An Article from The Jewish Week
The Jewish Community Center of West Hempstead is a Conservative synagogue located on tree-lined Dogwood Avenue in southwest Nassau County. Even the street's name suggests a kind of leafy suburban bliss. Continue Reading
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 Child Poverty Rates Increase Among Immigrants
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
Poverty rates among children of immigrants increased slightly in 2009, while the number of those committing crimes dropped, a report released Tuesday by the Immigrant Absorption Ministry and the National Council for the Child revealed.
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Elazar Stern: Some People Think Army is Yeshiva
An Article from Ynet News
As IDF officials continue to grapple over the subject of religious coercion in the army, the former head of Personnel Directorate said Wednesday that "there is indeed a problem with some people who don't realize they have joined the army and not a yeshiva". Continue Reading
Bnei Brak: A Wealth of Spirit Amidst Poverty An Article from Mishpacha Magazine
This past October, I found myself elected to drive some out-of-town guests to the Newark airport, and once I'd deposited my charges, I fished around the car for an interesting CD to keep me company on
the ride back to Brooklyn.
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Israelis Must Stop Hating Each Other An Article from Haaretz The era of "the tribes of Israel are together" has ended. We will no longer sing "Brothers Sitting Together." We will no longer dance "Let us toast this nation, and how good it is that it is like this" - not even at weddings. Continue ReadingHaredi Families Live in Warehouses, Garages An Article from Ynet NewsRumor has it that Israel's ultra-Orthodox residents don't suffer from a housing crisis thanks to their representatives in the Knesset, but a short tour of Jerusalem - or underground Jerusalem, to be more exact - reveals a completely different reality. Continue Reading
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 The Leopard Within Us: A Conversation with Kivi Bernhard
An Article from Ami Magazine
Sixty global executives from 35
different countries are sitting
in the audience, dressed in power suits and sipping their lattes. These movers and
shakers at Merck, a Fortune 500 international drug corporation, have traveled to Barcelona, Spain, from around the world. Continue Reading
| Has Tech Reached a Tipping Point?
An Article from The JewishWeek
No one standing outside Yeshivas Ohev Shalom would peg it as an educational technology trendsetter. This tiny, fervently Orthodox high school is housed in a rundown synagogue in Los Angeles' Fairfax District.
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