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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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In light of recent events, there can no longer be any doubt that all parents must encourage and maximize safety in their children's school. The essential new guide, Keep Your School Safe (KYSS), is currently en route to all Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Community Day schools. The guide helps schools conduct a thorough security review to assist them to carefully evaluate and improve school safety. This guide is published in memory of the faculty and students of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, as well as the victims of the Boston Marathon terror attack. |
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 How Online Learning Enriches the Teaching and Learning Experience
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The upcoming summer semester will mark my fourth semester teaching online courses at Azrieli Graduate School. Continue Reading
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Needed: Adult Mentors, Models for Youth Participation and a Pipeline of Youth Professionals
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
As the Union for Reform Judaism's (URJ) Campaign for Youth Engagement delves into a strategic planning process to determine how best to engage a majority of Reform Jewish youth by 2020, we are thinking much about the content in the Jim Joseph Foundation's recently released report. Continue Reading
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The Internal Revenue Service unit under fire for its reviews of conservative organizations has a long history of targeting groups with extra scrutiny, including foreclosure-assistance charities, credit-counseling services and New York Jewish charities, interviews with current and former employees show.
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 State Department Reports Rise in Antisemitism
An Article from The US Department of State
Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Congress took a momentous step in support of religious freedom when it passed the International Religious Freedom Act, establishing within the Executive Branch the position of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. Continue Reading An Article from The Jewish Week
Jimmy Goldman, a business broker who lives near Houston, is recruiting a six-member team to travel to Moore, Olka., next week to volunteer their services under the auspices of Missouri-based Convoy of Hope (convoyofhope.org). Continue ReadingAgunah Cases in the Age of FacebookAn Article from The Jewish WeekUnited States Representative Dave Camp is a proud Roman Catholic. The Republican congressman represents Michigan's 4th District in Congress which includes places in Michigan's "Up North" region that Jews only visit for a few days each year. Continue Reading Orthodox World Provides Backdrop for Rama Burshtein's Universal StoryAn Article from The ForwardThe night before Rama Burshtein shot the last scene of "Fill the Void," she couldn't sleep. Continue ReadingHenry Kissinger at 90: An Elder Statesman, a Master of Politics, a Conflicted JewAn Article from Tablet MagazineHenry Kissinger, who turns 90 this Monday, May 27, is one of the most influential Jews in American history-and one of the most controversial. Continue ReadingUS Reform Jewish Seminary Reconsidering Policy Against Intermarried StudentsAn Article from HaaretzShould the Reform movement ordain intermarried rabbis? Hebrew Union College, which is the seminary of America's largest Jewish denomination, is considering altering its current policy, which does not allow admission to its rabbinical, cantorial or education schools of applicants who are married to or partnered with non-Jews. Continue Reading |
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 Germany Agrees to Pay $1B for Home Care for Holocaust Survivors
An Article from The Forward
The German government agreed to significantly expand its funding of home care for infirm Holocaust survivors and relax eligibility criteria for restitution programs to include Jews who spent time in so-called open ghettos. Continue Reading French Students Stage 'Grossly Anti-Semitic' Play
An Article from The Forward
A French university has defended a student theater production which has been labeled "grossly anti-Semitic.
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Baby Steps to Restoring Memory of Kosovo Jews
An Article from The Forward
There is no longer a Jewish community in Pristina, the capital of the newly independent country of Kosovo.
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 Forward's List of 36 Most Inspiring Rabbis
An Article from The Forward
If you are rabbi or Jewish educator using the Web to reach out to your community, you probably know of the many social networks that you could use.
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How Online Courses Are Changing Education
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
We are only beginning to understand the potential of online education. A 2010 U.S. Department of Education study concluded that "students who took all or part of their classes online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face instruction." Continue Reading
If We Can Do It, So Can You! One Small School's Journey to the Center of 21st Century Learning
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
On April 28, 2013 over 100 participants representing schools, agencies, foundations and universities from all over North America and Israel arrived at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School in Jacksonville, Florida to learn, reflect, share and co-create the future of Jewish day school education at edJEWcon 5773.1.Continue Reading
Free Classroom Supplies Available for Teachers An Article from Naeir The average teacher spends over $350 out of their own pocket each year
on classroom supplies. NAEIR's Teacher's Program now provides FREE
classroom supplies for teachers. Continue Reading Flex Time for Students. Parents
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Timon Malloy dropped out of Hebrew school before his bar mitzvah and wasn't planning on subjecting his 8-year-old twins to the same experience.
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Finally! Advice on Whether Jewish Boys are Dateable! An Article from The Jewish Week When my friend sent me a link with "date-jewish-boy" in the URL, I had hoped that Andrew Garfield had finally decided to ask me out. Continue Reading The Jewish Kingdom of Septimania An Article from The Jewish Magazine There are times in history when a new discovery creates a firestorm of interest, like the discovery of the lost tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Continue Reading The Creeping Jewish Fundamentalism in Our Midst An Article from The Forward American Jews are actively supporting a demographic trend that threatens the fabric of American Jewish life: the unchecked growth of Jewish fundamentalism. Continue Reading I Was Declared Dead An Article from Ami Magazine Tina felt herself "pop out of her body" and fly through a long tunnel. Continue Reading Bubbie and Zaydie in the Social Media Cloud An Article from The Jewish Week When I first logged on to Facebook in 2004 none of my real life friends had accounts yet. Continue Reading |
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