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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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 Destination Shanghai Gathers Asian Jewish Leaders for Learning and Innovation
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Nearly two hundred Jews from Asia and around the world will arrive here on April 4th for Destination Shanghai, a four-day gathering of Jewish learning, creativity, and history in Asia.
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Descendents of Portuguese Marranos Celebrate First Passover in Centuries
An Article from The Algemeiner
A Passover seder will be hosted on Madeira, a tiny isolated Portuguese archipelago located 300 miles from Africa, for the first time in centuries, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Continue Reading
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Do you want to significantly boost your fundraising revenue this year?Does your organization get most of its fundraising income from events and grant writing? Continue Reading
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 Majority of Americans: There Will Never Be Peace in Middle East
An Article from Ynet News
US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will try to use the Presidential visit to show the strong ties between the countries and end negotiation deadlock but according to a new poll, their efforts may be wasted. An Article from Haaretz
An Article from Haaretz
A solid majority of the American public would support a U.S. military action against Iran in order to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, according to a new poll published in Washington on Tuesday by the Pew Research Center Just a moment before President Barack Obama arrives for a visit to Israel, a Gallup poll shows that U.S. citizens are overwhelming supportive of Israel. Continue Reading An Article from The Jerusalem Post
It was April 24, 1864, at the height of the American Civil War, and in between his duties as an infantryman, young Isaac J. Levy sat down in camp on one of the intermediate days of Passover to write a short letter to his sister back home. Continue Reading An Article from The Jewish Week
It was supposed to be the Five Towns' answer to Yeshivat He'Atid, the popular low-tuition Orthodox day school that has taken Bergen County, N.J., by storm. Continue Reading |
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 Libyans Ban Jewish Intellectual Who Helped Liberate Them From Qaddafi
An Article from Ynet News
He was one of the first people to call for a military operation in Libya, standing by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy as the latter worked to free the Libyan people from Muammar Gaddafi, yet Libya has decided to ban Jewish philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy from entering the country. Continue Reading Qatar Proposes $1 Billion Palestinian Fund
An Article from UPI
Qatar Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, speaking at an Arab League summit, proposed a $1 billion fund to support Arabic and Islamic heritage in Jerusalem.
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Greek Jews Step Up Fight Against Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn-and Win Results
An Article from The Forward
Antonis Samaras stood in the pale morning light coming through the stained glass windows of the only Thessaloniki synagogue to survive World War II and vowed, "Never again."
Antisemitism 7 Times Higher for Belgian Muslim Students An Article from The Forward A major survey among Belgian teenagers indicated anti-Semitism was seven times more prevalent among Muslim youths than in non-Muslim teenagers. Continue Reading 'Jews of Egypt' Rides Bumpy Road to Premiere An Article from The Forward According to Ahram Online, the separately edited English language outlet of Egypt's semi-official newspaper Al Ahram, the first news of a problem with the film came just two days before its initial opening date, during a meeting between Al Khamissi and Egyptian censorship committee director Abd El-Satar Fathi. Continue Reading
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 Confessions of a Wicked Daughter
An Article from Tablet
I don't particularly like my family's Seders. They are long and boring, and (the year someone brought Ten Plagues finger puppets notwithstanding) each Seder is pretty much just like the last.
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Russia Will Move Disputed Chabad Schneerson Collection to Jewish Museum
An Article from The Forward
Russia plans to move Jewish texts claimed by the Chabad Lubavitch movement to Moscow's newly opened Jewish museum next month.
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Kubrick's Lost Holocaust Film
An Article from Tablet
The subject he most wanted to make a film about, Stanley Kubrick once said, was the Holocaust-"But good luck putting all of that into a 2-hour movie." Continue Reading Rabbi Who Liberated Buchenwald Dies at 95
An Article from The New York Times
The smoke was still rising as Rabbi Herschel Schacter rode through the gates of Buchenwald. Continue Reading
Can the Holocaust Happen Again? An Article from Tani Zarelli I have been asking this question for a couple years now and the responses vary, but most have to give their answer some thought. My answer is a definite YES it can! Continue Reading
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