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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
Cincinnati, 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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|  The Hidden Story of Queen Esther: A Video Series
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Unlike most other Jewish Holidays, the story of Queen Esther is about God's hand in what seems like coincidence. But is that the whole story? Continue Reading
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| Fasting Before Feasting
 An Article from Ohr.edu by HaRav Mendel Weinbach zt'l
Why do we fast on Ta'anit Esther before feasting on Purim? Let us go back thousands of years to find the answer. Picture the scene.
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 Russian-Speaking Participants Gathered in
Tel Aviv to Celebrate Taglit's Bar-Mitzvah
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Just 10 days ago I made Aliyah and received Israeli citizenship. Just two weeks ago I finished a semester-long MASA program in Haifa. And only a year ago I completed my Taglit-Birthright journey. Continue Reading
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InReach Conference: Tasting the Sweetness Inside Our Soul
An Article from Yated
One of the perks of writing a weekly column is the opportunity to meet so many fascinating people, literally from all over the world. Continue Reading
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In the secular world, January is a month of new beginnings, reflections and goal setting for the coming year. Continue Reading
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 How Many American Jews Are There?
An Article from The Forward
Anyone wishing to understand the shifting realities of American Jewish life has reason to celebrate this month. After a four-year hiatus, the American Jewish Year Book is back in print.
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Pluralistic Seminary Dedicates New Building
An Article from The Jewish Week
The Academy of Jewish Religion, a pluralistic seminary, dedicated a new, 8,500-square foot teaching, library and administrative building on Jan. 27. Continue Reading
Top Democrats Reportedly Shocked That Obama has Gone
to the Mat for Hagel
An Article from Politico
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have fiercely defended the nomination of Chuck Hagel, despite advisers and Hill Democrats who questioned the move and predicted a firestorm, according to Democratic sources. Continue Reading
US Jewish Groups to Hagel: Explain Israel RemarksAn Article from The Jerusalem PostTwo centrist Jewish groups called for further review of Chuck Hagel's record in light of an account of a 2007 speech in which he allegedly said the State Department acted as an "adjunct" of Israel's foreign ministry. Continue ReadingAmerican Jews and Dual Loyalty in 1868An Article from Tablet MagazineOn Dec. 17, 1862, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, concerned about smuggling and enraged by the discovery that his own father was conspiring with Jewish clothing manufacturers to move southern cotton northward, issued General Orders No. 11, which expelled "Jews as a class" from the territory under his command. Continue ReadingUltra-Orthodox Jews Spread Into Once-Black Brooklyn NeighborhoodsAn Article from The ForwardIf you're looking to move to an apartment on or near Park Avenue, be prepared to break open the piggy bank. Prices are higher than ever and developers are squabbling over construction rights. |
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 Israel Fears for Tunisian Jews
An Article from Ynet News
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has instructed Israel's representatives abroad to ask the international community to pressure Tunisian government officials to safeguard the North African country's Jewish community, heritage and property. Continue Reading
Birthright for Reporters: American Jewish Press in Israel
An Article from The Jewish Week
One of the pleasures of an occasional press junket to Israel is the opportunity to get to know staff and/or editors of other Jewish community publications. Continue Reading Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), an emerging leader in the Republican Party
who is considered one of the likely candidates for the 2016 US
presidential race, is scheduled to meet on Wednesday in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Peres Gives Obama Medal of DistinctionAn Article from The Times of IsraelIt is doubtful US President Barack Obama will rack up many tangible policy achievements during his upcoming Middle East trip.
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 Just How Orthodox Are They?
An Article from The Forward
For old-time readers of this newspaper, Seth Lipsky needs no introduction: Lipsky was the English Forward's founder and first publisher back in 1990, and continued to direct it for most of the decade.
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Access Bible with Modern Technology
An Article from Ynet News
The Bible, the best-selling book in history, is making its transition into the 21st century. An online project intends to produce the first grassroots Internet Bible, "Tanach b'Mirshetet" (The Bible Online). Continue Reading
All in the Family At New Filmmakers Series
An Article from The Jewish Week
It is billed, accurately, as a showcase for Jewish and Israeli films and directors, but the all-consuming power of family could just as easily be the theme of this month's NewFilmmakers program at Anthology Film Archives. Continue Reading
Seymour Levine, 90, Owned Famed Bookstore
An Article from The Jewish Week
Seymour J. Levine, an aeronautical engineer who supported Jewish literacy both in his family's Manhattan Judaica business and as a private donor of Jewish books, died Oct. 23 in his home in Jerusalem, where he moved 18 years ago. Continue Reading
Program That Teaches Rabbis the How and Why of Inclusion
Poised to Grow
An Article from The Jewish Week
Many congregants are a bit intimidated by their rabbis - not Shelley Cohen, not when it came to fighting for her son Nate, who suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal genetic disease. Continue Reading
From Denver to Brooklyn, a Family Reconnects
An Article from JTA
It pained Don Jacobson to consider the relatives he's never met, whose names he didn't know and the family celebrations they could have been sharing all these years. Continue Reading
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