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HaRav Yaakov Perlow
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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
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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
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 The (Chabad) Rebbe's Army
An Article from The Forward
So far as I know, there are two major roll calls each year in the Jewish world.
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Initiation by Fire
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times
For Rabbi Ari and Shira Neuman, new Torah educators for the University of Maryland's Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus,the past couple of months have been a whirlwind.
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The Religion You Don't Believe In, I Don't Believe In Either
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The Pew study has seemingly found that Jews are becoming more secular and less religious. Continue Reading Share Birthright Data With All
An Article from The Forward
Taglit-Birthright Israel is considered by many to be the most successful Big Idea in the American Jewish community in recent years, sending hundreds of thousands of young people to Israel on a free, 10-day trip of connection and discovery. Continue Reading
Birthright Reshuffles Follow-Up Effort
An Article from the Forward
Birthright Israel NEXT is ceding its follow-up role in connecting young Jews to their Jewish identity after the free trips they take to Israel via the Taglit Birthright Israel program. Continue Reading
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Most would agree that there is power in collaboration. Helen Keller is often quoted as saying: "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
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 Jewish Attrition, and the Final Frontier of Jewish Communal Acceptance
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
It happens every few years. There is a survey of American Jewry, the results are released, and the American Jewish community (at least, those who are interested in reading and analyzing these sorts of things) gets its knickers in a bunch over the findings. Continue Reading
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 Solution to Antwerp Mystery Leads to Yet Another Mystery
An Article from The Forward
I have a Hebrew Bible published in Antwerp by Christopher Plantin, a Christian who printed a good many Hebrew texts. Continue Reading
Police Find $1B in Art Taken By Nazis
An Article from CNN
A cache of 1,500 works of art -- including masterpieces by Picasso, Matisse and Chagall -- confiscated by the Nazis and missing for more than 70 years has been found in Germany, according to German media reports.
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Members of Neo-Nazi Group Gunned Down in Greece
An Article from THonline.com
Police investigating the slaying of two members of the far-right Golden Dawn party and the serious wounding of a third person said Saturday the assailant finished off his victims at point-blank range before escaping on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice. Continue Reading
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 Space to Spare, Reform and Conservative Congregations Turn to Orthodox
An Article from The Forward
Marla Topp of Temple Judea Mizpah in Skokie, Ill., doesn't need survey data to tell her that Reform Judaism is in decline and Orthodox Judaism is growing.
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Jew in the City's Top 10 Orthodox Jews
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times
Baltimore's Anne Neuberger was recently selected as one of the Top 10 Orthodox Jews in 2013 by the New York-based organization Jew in the City (JITC).
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Judaism is Not a Smorgasbord; We Are All Losers
An Article from Jewish Media Resources
Last week's Mishpacha feature on South Africa's Shabbos Project attributed part of its success to the lack of heterodox movements in South Africa. Well, it turns out that those movements may be miniscule, but they are not non-existent. Continue Reading
Poll: 26% of Americans Believe Jews Killed "J" An Article from JTA Twelve percent of Americans harbor deeply anti-Semitic attitudes, according to a new poll conducted by the Anti-Defamation League. Continue Reading Hitler's Gestapo Chief Lies in Jewish Cemetery, Scholar Says
An Article from NPR
The fate of Nazi war criminal Heinrich Mueller, who led Adolf Hitler's Gestapo, has long been a mystery. Continue Reading
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