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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 Perfect Partner: Harvey Hecker zt'l
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An Article from The Jewish Week
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An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Whenever I hear nonprofit executives say they cannot build capacity or make investments necessary for long-term sustainability because they "just don't have the money," I know they are not really telling the truth, even though they think they are. Continue Reading
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When Marcia Grayson wanted to take her students from the Hatikvah Hebrew charter school in East Brunswick, N.J., on a field trip to see the Dead Sea Scrolls in Philadelphia last year, she first consulted a lawyer.
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An Article from JTA
School might be out for summer, but 5-year-old Eli Norden can't wait for the fall when he starts kindergarten at the Rashi School, a Reform Jewish day school in the Boston suburb of Dedham.
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