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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
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Mrs. Miriam Lowenbraun a'h
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Community Initiatives for 3 Kidnapped Israeli Teens
On Thursday June 12, three Israeli teenagers disappeared in the Gush Etzion area. On their way home from yeshiva for shabbos, Eyal, Gilad and Naftali are still missing after 2 weeks of comprehensive searching by Israeli forces. In Jewish communities throughout the world, people have gathered to recite Tehillim, light extra shabbos candles and increase mitzvah observance in general. Below, please find links for related projects and articles. We hope and pray the 3 boys are found very soon.
Yaakov Naftali ben Rochel Devorah
Gilad Michael ben Bat Galim
Eyal ben Iris Teshurah
NY NCSY and Partners Launch Virtual Vigil for Missing Teens The Three Boys & the World
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The Shabbos Project is going international! This year it will take place on the 24-25 October, Parshat Noach. To bring The Shabbos Project to your city go to theshabbosproject.comClick Here to watch the official video
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On Wednesday and Thursday, February 19-20, AJOP, in conjunction with Ahavas Torah: The Scottsdale Torah Center hosted a 2 day conference for Shul Rabbanim of kiruv oriented shuls.
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 Inching Back Toward Tradition
An Article from The Jewish Week
Micah Goodman, 39, a rising star in Israel as a philosopher, author, television personality and catalyst for change, makes a strong case that the deep divide between religious and secular Jews in Israel is narrowing. Continue Reading
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AVI CHAI made available $150 million in interest-free loans for construction and renovation at day schools and summer camps by borrowing a great idea from another foundation. Continue Reading
Bingo! How Jewish Charities Are Gambling Away Our FutureAn Article from The ForwardFisher's groups have been hosting bingo games since 2002. They work with a San Antonio venue called Blanco Bingo, an establishment whose logo includes a bingo ball wearing a cowboy hat. Continue Reading
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 5,000 French Jews Preparing to Leave for Israel
An Article from The Associated Press
Increasing numbers of French Jews are leaving for Israel, citing dim economic prospects and a sense of being caught between an increasingly influential far right and militant Islam. Continue Reading
The Jewish History of Pick Salami, Hungary's Most Iconic Pork Product
An Article from Tablet
Pick salami is a Hungaricum, a uniquely Hungarian product-a counterpart to such nationally specific products as French Champagne, English Stilton, or Italian Gorgonzola. Continue Reading
Ukrainian Jewish Lawmaker Attacked on Streets of Kiev
An Article from The Forward
A Ukrainian Jewish lawmaker said he was threatened in central Kiev by uniformed men who hurled anti-Semitic insults at him.
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SS War Criminal Lived in Britain for 66 Years, Nazi Hunter Says An Article from JTA A Nazi soldier who helped murder Jews during the Holocaust lived undetected in London for 66 years until his recent death, a British Nazi hunter said. Continue Reading Jewish Sites in Central Europe Vandalized An Article from JTA A Jewish cemetery and Holocaust monument were damaged in Germany amid a string of unrelated acts of vandalism against Jewish heritage sites in central Europe. Continue Reading Norway Cancels PA Donor Conference An Article from Haaretz The Norwegian government has cancelled a conference of Palestinian Authority donor countries slated to take place in Oslo next week, Israeli and European diplomats have confirmed to Haaretz. Continue Reading 'Britain's Schindler' to Receive Czech Honor An Article from Tablet Between March and September 1939, British stockbroker Nicholas Winton saved more than 650 children, most of them Jewish, by arranging kindertransports from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovkia to the United Kingdom. Continue Reading Story of Moroccan Jewry Now Available Online An Article from Tablet When Oren Kosansky stumbled upon the Rabat Geniza in 2005, it was nothing but a collection of books and papers stashed in a synagogue in Rabat, Morocco. Continue Reading | |
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 Putting Religion on Resume a No-No--Unless You're Jewish
An Article from The Washington Post
It was a big deal on AMC's "Mad Men" when Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce hired Michael Ginsberg in season five.
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My Three Sons
An Article from Ner Le'Elef
When the news arrived, it was unclear as to the severity of the situation. The boys were teenagers; and teenagers sometimes disappear for a few hours.
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A Prediction Fulfilled--Sadly: Marriage: Not to be Taken for Granted
An Article from Jewish Media Resources
Predictions Fulfilled, Sadly.Exactly one year ago, in a piece entitled "Yair Lapid Sets Back the Clock," I predicted that Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid party would reverse a decade-long trend toward greater chareidi integration in the broader Israeli society.
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