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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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  Kindle Your Judaism: Growing Jewish Literacy Through New Technology
An Article from The Jewish Week
Ask most rabbis what their number one recommendation is for "saving" the Jewish future and they will point to Jewish literacy.
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In the last couple of decades, a tectonic shift has altered the landscape of Jewish philanthropy.
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 The Orthodox Surge
An Article from The Jewish Week
In Midwood, Brooklyn, there's a luxury kosher grocery store called Pomegranate serving the modern Orthodox and Hasidic communities. An Article from The Forward There's a telling moment in David Brooks' New York Times column today about the growth, and attraction, of Orthodox Jewry. Continue Reading
When Unity Reigned in a Diverse Orthodox CommunityAn Article from The Jewish Press
In 2007 my parents decided it was time to downsize and sell their home of more than thirty years. To help them pack up and move into their new apartment, I returned to Cleveland to offer my assistance. Julio Acevedo, the ex-con wanted in the hit-and-run death of a New York City couple and their baby, surrendered to police in Pennsylvania today, four days after the fatal high-speed crash. An Article from The Jewish Week In April 1850, Peter Still, a slave, purchased his freedom from Joseph Friedman, a sympathetic Jewish businessman in Tuscumbia, Ala., for $500. Continue Reading Let's Discriminate Against All the Lawyers An Article from The Forward
No one, not even the mightiest of institutions, is immune to the changes wrought by globalization, digitalization and a weakened economy. Continue Reading |
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 Locusts Arrive in Tel Aviv, Northern Israel
An Article from Ynet News
Despite an additional round of insecticide spraying in the south, Saturday saw swarms of the reddish grasshoppers descend upon the country, with some successfully making their way out of the south and into the center, and even northern parts of Israel.
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 London Poultry Shortage Threatens as Passover Nears
An Article from JTA
London is experiencing a kosher poultry shortage as Passover approaches, with slaughtered kosher chickens declared unkosher in recent weeks. Continue Reading Being a Jew Under Chavez
An Article from Israel Hayom
Living in Venezuela, we had everything - a large family, a thriving business, a circle of friends both within the Jewish community and outside it, and a general feeling that we were at a good place in life.
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Bulgaria Admits Failing to Save Jews
An Article from Ynet News
Bulgaria's parliament for the first time admitted Friday failing to save over 11,000 Jews from territories under its control as it commemorated the start of deportations 70 years ago. Continue Reading
The Impossible Return to Germany
An Article from Ynet News
In 1933, when the Nazis came to power, more than half a million Jews lived in Germany. When World War II ended, only a small Jewish community had survived.
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Vienna University Offers Rare Melting Pot for European Jewry An Article from JTA
With more than 250 students living, studying or partying on its campus, quiet moments are rare at the Lauder Business School. Continue Reading
Venezuelan With Jewish Roots Planning Run Against Hugo Chavez's Successor An Article from The Forward
Venezuela has fired the starting gun in a highly charged election race likely to pit Hugo Chavez's preferred successor, acting President Nicolas Maduro, against centrist opposition leader Henrique Capriles.
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42% of Austrians Think Hitler Rule Wasn't All Bad
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
Forty two percent of Austrians think "not everything was bad under Hitler," while 57% think "there was nothing positive about the Hitler era," according to a poll conducted by newspaper Der Standard that was published on Friday. Continue Reading | |
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 Jewish Summer Camps Ditch Cell Phones But Embrace Technology
An Article from The Forward
At a Jewish summer camp in upstate New York, they're giving kids digital filmmaking classes and telling them to leave their Nintendo Game Boys at home.
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Lieutenant Mayer Birnbaum zt'l
An Article from Jewish Media Resources
Reb Meyer Birnbaum, universally known by the title of his 1993 memoir Lieutenant Birnbaum, passed away last Erev Shabbos. He was 94. Continue Reading
Yiddish Thrives Around the World
An Article from Ynet News
Along with Jerusalem and New York, Antwerp is one of the main places where Yiddish is still used and studied. Continue Reading
Bnai Mitzvah Growing Pains
An Article from The Jewish Week
Jessica Lahey, a middle school teacher who also blogs for The New York Times, wanted a rite of passage for her adolescent son to help him mark his transition to adulthood. Continue Reading
When Even the Disability World Disappoints
An Article from The Jewish Week
I'm an angry mother. I'm also a dedicated mother, and an all-or-nothing mother. Tiger mother? She's got nothing on me.
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The New Tanach App for Android has All the Bells and Whistles
An Article from The Jewish Week
As a self-identified non-iPhone user I find myself waiting for great apps to make their way to the Android platform. Continue Reading
One Proud Balebuste
An Article from The Forward Baboo is my grandmother. She's one of those tiny Polish women whom you can't picture without wrinkles, who dotes on her grandchildren with all her heart and spare cash, and who occasionally makes inappropriate jokes and then giggles at her own audacity. Continue Reading Data That Illuminates: A Case Study An Article from eJewish Philanthropy The famed Scottish poet and novelist Andrew Lang warned against using "statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination." Continue Reading |
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