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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 
 

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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

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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Outreach1Torah Start Up Nation
An Article from Hamodia

Long time kiruv professional Rabbi Chanan Kaufman, an innovator, entrepreneur and out of the box thinker, surveyed the business climate and had an epiphany. Continue Reading 

Outreach2CTeen 'Shabbat Across Europe' Draws 200-Plus Teens for Geneva Program
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

More than 200 teenagers from 20 cities and six countries gathered to spend a few meaningful, uplifting and very active days together as part of "Shabbat Across Europe," the fourth annual European Shabbaton sponsored by CTeen, the Chabad Teen Network. Continue Reading

Outreach3The Torah is Not in Heaven: Why Hillel Professionals Must Do Less to Achieve More
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

It one of the most famous Talmudic stories. An oven had been cut into two parts with sand replacing the middle. Continue Reading
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American charities are raising more than they did before the Great Recession, but Jewish federations across the country are floundering, according to a new study published June 14. Continue Reading

FundraisingTwoNominations Open for Annual Ruderman Prize in Inclusion Due by August 9
An Article from The Ruderman Foundation

The Ruderman Family Foundation has opened the nomination period for its international Ruderman Prize in Inclusion, which awards companies and organizations operating innovative programs and services that foster the full inclusion of people with disabilities. Continue Reading 
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Namart1How Healthy is the American Synagogue?
An Article from The Jewish Week
 
At the heart of American life lies the ongoing push and pull between the individual and the collective. Think jazz and baseball, for starters.  Continue Reading

Kissinger2After Orlando Shooting, an Expert Warns About Who's Guarding Jewish Sites
An Article from The Jewish Week

Jewish institutions must react to the flaws in the security industry exposed by the mass shooting in Orlando, the top Jewish community security official said. Continue Reading
  
Namart4JCC's Shabbat Decision Causes Concern
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times

The Rosenbloom Owings Mills Jewish Community Center's recent decision to open earlier on Saturdays has caused some concern for community members over respect for Shabbat. Continue Reading

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee said it was "deeply disappointed" in the Obama administration's opposition to increased missile defense funding for Israel, weighing in on an issue that is apparently obstructing U.S.-Israel talks on renewing defense assistance.    
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Israel2New US-Israel 10 Year Military Aid Deal Said to be 'Very Close'
An Article fro The Jerusalem Post

A new decade-long US defense package to Israel worth billions is "very close" to completion, a senior Israeli official in Washington told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. Continue Reading

Israel3J Street Now Key Player in BDS War
An Article from The Jewish Week

Since its founding in 2008, J Street, the "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobby, has been unabashedly critical of Israel's continuing occupation of the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and many in the mainstream Jewish community treated the group as a pariah. Continue Reading 

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French Jews voiced outrage over the killing of two police officers, a husband and wife, at their home near Paris by an avowed fighter for the Islamic State group.  
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Internatioanl2Diplomatic Corps, Experts Excoriate Obama's Syria Policy
An Article from The New Yorker

The Obama Administration has long been divided over what to do about Syria. Continue Reading

International3US Foreign Policy Implodes
An Article from The New York Times

The eight midlevel Foreign Service officers stepped into John Kerry's formal outer office at the State Department on Tuesday - a room that few of them had ever entered before - to tell him that he was pursuing a path in Syria that would never bring an end to a gruesome civil war. Continue Reading

International3Pathetic: US Registers 'Strong Concern' Over Russia's Bombing of US Allies
An Article from The New York Times

Senior American and Russian defense officials held what the Pentagon described as an "extraordinary" video conference on Saturday to discuss Russian airstrikes that days earlier hit a garrison manned by Syrian rebels backed by the United States. Continue Reading  
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An Article from Tablet 
 
The Italian conservative news outlet Il Giornale has been slammed by global media, Italy's Jewish community, and the general public following its distribution of Hitler's manifesto Mein Kampf, with the paper last Saturday. Continue Reading 
 
as2At Graduation Party, Dutch Teens Sing About Burning Jews
An Article from The Forward

Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs called on authorities to identify and punish high school pupils who during their graduation ceremony sang about burning Jews. Continue Reading
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A Chabad rabbi is one of four clergy members competing in an upcoming episode of the Food Network's "Chopped." Continue Reading
 
The middle of the road is for horses," the famous Rebbe of Kotzk once said.  Continue Reading

interest2A Dip in the Mikveh, Nearly Derailed by Fake Eyelashes, Was Vital to My Conversion
An Article from Tablet

After I decided to convert to Judaism, people started asking: "Are you going in the mikveh?" Continue Reading

Interest3No, Rabbi Riskin: Reform & Conservative Movements are a Danger
An Article from Matzav.com

It is sometimes hard to believe what we are reading, as things are turned upside down in an effort to be politically correct and gain popular appeal.
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