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Jerusalem, Israel

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Los Angeles, CA

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Northbrook, IL

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Lakewood, NJ

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National Director

Rabbi Shlomo Porter

Baltimore, MD

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Passaic, NJ

Mr. Frank Storch

Baltimore, MD

HaRav Michel Twerski

Milwaukee, WI 

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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

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Rabbi David Felsenthal
New York, NY

Mr. Howard Tzvi Friedman

Baltimore, MD

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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Yeshiva University's Shavuot To Go

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Shavuos Resources from Aish.com

outreachOutreach
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The American Jewish community is undergoing a major demographic transformation, driven by the imprint of the millennial generation and influenced by a collection of economic and cultural forces. Continue Reading 

Outreach2How I Chose My Hebrew Name
An Article from Aish.com

When I was born, I was named after Kylie Minogue. It was 1988 and her hit cover of "Locomotion" had just topped the charts. Continue Reading 
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Fifty years ago, an Akron business couple made the decision to start a small foundation to carry out their commitment to and passion for tzedakah.  Continue Reading

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Namart1Why Obama Won't Label Islamic Extremism
An Article from Council on Foreign Relations
 
The Department of State and USAID have just issued a report entitled the "Joint Strategy on Countering Violent Extremism." Continue Reading

Kissinger2One Third of Americans Support Boycotting Israel, Poll Shows
An Article from United with Israel

psos is one of the world's leading market research firms for hire, managed and controlled by research professionals, offering comprehensive global research programs in 87 countries. Continue Reading
  
Alex Law is not your typical Jewish 25-year-old Bernie Sanders supporter. Instead of simply posting tweets with the hashtag #feelthebern or attending campaign rallies, the Collingswood, NJ resident is running to be Sanders' colleague in Congress.  Continue Reading 

Namart5Liberal Jews Plan a Summer of Opposing Donald Trump
An Article from JTA

Boycott Trump? Mock Trump? Trump, the musical? Continue Reading

Namart6New York City's War on the Orthodox
An Article from The Weekly Standard

On Wednesday, the New York Times published a scathing editorial:
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Namart9Vandalism at 3 New England Synagogues Aims to Intimidate Community, ADL Regional Leader Says
An Article from The Jewish Week

Recent vandalism targeting three New England synagogues is aimed at intimidating the Jewish community, the director of the New England office of the Anti-Defamation League said.  Continue Reading

Namart10Hamptons Town Nears Deal on Eruv
An Article from The New York Times

There are almost as many territorial disputes in the Hamptons as there are fish in the Peconic Bay: Continue Reading


IsraelIsrael
An Article from The Huffington Post

Mention history and it can trigger a roll of the eyes. Add the Middle East to the equation and folks might start running for the hills, unwilling to get caught up in the seemingly bottomless pit of details and disputes.
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israel2In Israel, JFNA Participants Push Hot Button Issues, Stand with Country's Gay Community
An Article from The Jewish Week

Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial and museum, is a mandatory stop for every mission organized by the Jewish Federations of North America, but Nazi persecution of the Jews, not persecution of gays and lesbians, is the central focus of the center.Continue Reading
 
The U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem issued a security message to American citizens warning them to avoid visiting the city on Sunday, marked in Israel as Jerusalem Day. Continue Reading

Israel4Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade Draws 200,000 Revelers
An Article from JTA

Approximately 200,000 people, including many tourists, gathered in central Tel Aviv for the city's 23rd gay pride event. Continue Reading

israel5Record Setting Walk with Israel
An Article from United with Israel

Organized by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, the event raised approximately $1.1 million for Israeli charities, including, for example, the establishment of educational opportunities for at-risk youth, the Canadian Jewish News reported. Continue Reading
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A small town in Poland is building a wooden synagogue - more than 70 years after the Nazis burned all the country's wooden Jewish temples to the ground. Continue Reading 
 
Article from JTA
 
A Swedish nun who saved Jewish families from the Nazis during the Holocaust was made a saint. Continue Reading

International3Antisemitic British Labour Party Leader Secretly Demanded Sanctions on Israel
An Article from Jewish News

The government tonight published a series of letters Jeremy Corbyn sent to ministers before he was leader of the Labour Party, in which he describes Israel's politicians as "criminals," calls for them to be banned from Britain and for trade sanctions to be imposed on the state. Continue Reading

International3Who Needs Paris?
An Article from Commentary

As of tomorrow 28 foreign ministers will gather in Paris to start deciding how to solve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue Reading

International4Kosher Food Booms in Panama City
An Article from Tablet

In January, my family and I flew to Panama City for a little winter respite. I had heard that there was a Jewish community in Panama's capital city, but wondered how much there could really be, beyond a few old timers and maybe a Chabad house. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Jerusalem Post 
 
French Jews are experiencing the most difficult situation they have encountered since the end of World War II, the newly-elected president of France's umbrella of Jewish communities said. Continue Reading 
 
as2Universities, Academics in Italy, Scotland, Canada and US Pushing Back Against BDS Movement
An Article from The Algemeiner

In response to widespread efforts to isolate Israel spearheaded by the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a number of universities around the world have taken a stand this past week in support of the Jewish state. Continue Reading

as4French Jews Flee Paris Suburbs Over Rising Antisemitism
An Article from The Times of Israel

When Alain Benhamou walked into his apartment near Paris in July 2015 and saw the words "dirty Jew" scrawled on the wall, he knew it was time to leave.  Continue Reading

as5Muslims Yes, Jews No: The Hypocrisy of The New York Times
An Article from Aish.com

This time the New York Times really outdid itself. If there were an award for hypocrisy, the hands-down winner should clearly be the paper which has long regarded itself as "the newspaper of record." Continue Reading

as6Google Removes Antisemitic App Used to Target Jews Online
An Article JTA

Google has removed an app that allowed users to surreptitiously identify Jews online after a tech website brought the tool to widespread media attention and spurred a backlash. Continue Reading

as7Jewish Congressional Candidate Targeted with Antisemitic Abuse
An Article from JTA

A young Jewish candidate for Congress in California has been targeted with anti-Semitic abuse in the days before the state's primary election.
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Interest1Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
An Article from The New York Times
  
It's one of the things we are most afraid might happen to us. We go to great lengths to avoid it. And yet we do it all the same: We marry the wrong person. Continue Reading
 
"I don't plan to leave any money to my children," the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman recently announced. Continue Reading

interest2 Where are Day Schools on Accelerated Kindergarten?
An Article from The Jewish Week

In January, a University of Virginia study came out confirming what parents and teachers had been noticing for years: that kindergarten today is more about reading and writing than about dress-up and pretend play. 
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Interest3 Mohammed Ali's Roller Coaster Relationship with the Jewish World
An Article from The Forward

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at 74, railed against Jewish promoters and slammed Zionist control of the world. Continue Reading

Interest4The Presidential Race: A Culture on Display
An Article from Ner Le'Elef

A few weeks ago, a question was raised by a fellow mechanech on how to respond to a student who asks his rebbe for his thoughts about the presidential candidate Donald Trump. Continue Reading
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