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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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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.com Click Here to watch the official video
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If you're like most nonprofit communicators, you have a list of specific quarterly or yearly goals. Continue Reading
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 AMCHA to Students: Be Wary of Anti-Israel Professors
An Article from San Diego Jewish World
As students head back to college and begin to pick their classes, AMCHA Initiative on Wednesday, Sept 3, posted on its website a list of 218 professors identifying themselves as Middle East scholars, who recently called for the academic boycott of Israel. Continue Reading
Anti-Semitic Grafitti Found at San Diego State U.An Article from San Diego Jewish World
A person who was held by campus police after authorities found a San Diego State building marred by graffiti, including swastikas, was described by an SDSU spokeswoman on Wednesday, Sept. 3, as a "54-year-old man from Santee who has known mental issues and was off his medication." Continue Reading
Cornell's Ties to Qatar Getting Fresh ScrutinyAn Article from The Jewish WeekCornell University is being called upon to close its medical campus in Qatar, an Arab country in the Persian Gulf that is the chief financier of Hamas, which just waged a 50-day war against Israel. Continue ReadingWhy the US and Israel Are Not Getting AlongAn Article from JTAAll is not well in the U.S.-Israel relationship. Somehow, the 50 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas frayed ties between Washington and Jerusalem. Continue Reading
Cong. Rodeph Shalom is Set to Become a Beacon on North BroadAn Article from Plan PhillyThe slow but certain rebirth of North Broad Street has seen some surprising transformations and inspired proposals. Continue Reading Manhattan's Ramaz School Clarifies Advice on Concealing KippahsAn Article from JTAWhen Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the principal of Ramaz, an Orthodox day school on Manhattan's Upper East Side, first heard about last week's attack in the neighborhood on a Jewish couple by a mob bearing Palestinian flags, he had an instinctual response. Continue Reading |
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 Why I'm Unsubscribing to The New York Times
An Article from Tablet
I am a lifelong Democrat, a political liberal, a Reform rabbi, and for four decades, until last week, a New York Times subscriber. Continue Reading
Ethics in an Age of Evil-A Deeper Reflection on Recent Events
An Article from Ner Le'Elef
So much of the darkest evil has descended upon this earth all at once - ISIS, Hamas, the Syrian government, Boko Haram... It is clear that some of our assumptions about man have to be questioned. Continue Reading
Hate Crime in the Classroom
An Article from Kveller
In the middle of an exhausting, first year of teaching in a public high school in southern Massachusetts, I, like most teachers who come in contact with hundreds of students every day, contracted a virus, and took my first sick day. Continue Reading
WWII Drama of Muslim Woman Who Fought Nazi Oppression Gets PBS Premiere An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times Academy Award-nominated and three-time Emmy Award-winning director Robert Gardner releases his latest masterpiece, "Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story" to the silver screen next week on PBS. Continue Reading Memories of Jewish Murdered Journalist, Steven Sotloff
An Article from The Jewish Journal
I paused the video in panic when I saw his face: I know that face, I thought. Continue Reading
Jewish Patriots in the War of 1812 An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times As Baltimore and Maryland commemorate the American victory over the British in the War of 1812 and honor Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner", local institutions are shedding light on the contributions of Jewish patriots that helped secure the nation's freedom. Continue Reading
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