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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

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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outreachOutreach
Outreach1Finding Religion at Sleepaway Camp
An Article from Tablet

It is Friday night; 1974. I am 11 years old. I sit with my counselors on a splintering, white-painted campfire ring a few yards from Camp Towanda's red clapboard dining hall, where the kitchen belches heavy clouds of vaporized beef fat through its commercial exhaust fan while a folk guitarist plays the opening minor chords for Shabbat services. Continue Reading 

Outreach2Intergenerational Bonds Bloom When Jewish Seniors, Students Share a Campus
An Article from The Connecticut Jewish Ledger

When Shirley H. Gould House resident Marilyn Herbst sees the kids from Katz Hillel Day School of Boca Raton, Fla., walk in the front door, her day significantly improves. Continue Reading 
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New York City's Jewish federation is pulling out of a fundraising pool run by the umbrella group for North American Jewish federations, in a move that highlights the struggles of the national bodies that serve local Jewish charities. Continue Reading

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If you want to understand just how special the U.S.-Israel relationship really is, look no further than the annual aid package. Israel is not only the greatest beneficiary of U.S. defense assistance, but also the only one allowed to spend a portion of that assistance on weapons and equipment from its own industry.
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Kissinger2Jadyn Larky, the 'Sweet' 11 Year Old Girl Killed When Tree Crushes Her Cabin at Jewish Summer Camp
An Article from The Forward

Jadyn Erin Larky, an 11-year-old girl from the Columbus, Ohio suburb of Bexley, had only just begun her summer at Camp Livingston, one of the country's oldest active Jewish summer camps. Continue Reading
  
Namart4A Florida Rabbi Protested Donald Trump and Lost His Job
An Article from JTA

A South Florida rabbi must leave his pulpit after his protest of Donald Trump's speech at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference riled congregants. Continue Reading

Namart5Deadlocked Supreme Court Deals Big Blow to Obama's Immigration Plan
An Article from CNN

In a crushing blow to the White House, the Supreme Court announced Thursday it was evenly divided in a case concerning President Barack Obama's controversial executive actions on immigration. Continue Reading

Namart6Obama Admin Battling Internal War Over Giving Iran Access to US Dollars
An Article from The Free Beacon

The Obama administration is at odds over whether to give Iran access to the U.S. financial system, a move that is opposed by parts of the administration, according to communications exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Continue Reading
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Israel1Why Millennials Dislike Israel
An Article from The Times of Israel 
 
Many have taken notice of the recent Pew poll that shows decreasing support for Israel among millennials. 
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Israel2Israel's Chief Rabbinate Agrees to Mikvah Immersion Without Attendant
An Article from The Jewish Week

The use of an attendant during mikvah immersion in Israel will be changed from mandatory to optional. Continue Reading  

Israel3It's Official: Aliyah Day to be National Holiday
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

There's going to be a new holiday on the calendar: Aliya Day.
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Israel4How Israel Stays a 'Well Regulated Militia with So Many Guns Around'
An Article from JTA

Dirty, hot and exhausted Israeli soldiers waiting for their bus home from the army base tend, understandably, to be in a hurry to get on board.
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Estate of American Couple Donates $400 Million to Israel's BGU
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

How does one overcome almost unimaginable horror and trauma? For Holocaust survivors Howard and Lottie Marcus, the healing came, in part, from the hope that they could help to provide refuge for other Jews who might find themselves at risk. Continue Reading 

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Intl1A Glimpse Into Azerbaijan's Hidden All Jewish Town
An Article from The Times of Israel 
 
"Not good," Rabbi Yona Yaakobi says in Hebrew, expressing his distaste while pointing to a grave featuring a statue of a man who died in 1988. 
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Internatioanl2How the World Came to an End 75 Years Ago
An Article from The Forward

It was seventy-five years ago this week that the Jewish world of Eastern Europe came to an end.Continue Reading

International3Indian State Grants Minority Status to Jewish Community
An Article from JTA

A second state in India has granted minority status to the country's Jewish community. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Times of Israel 
 
In 1938 Helga Fränkel carefully filled out a detailed questionnaire, requesting permission to marry the father of her children. Continue Reading 
 
as2Antisemitic Violence in New York Skyrockets in 2015
An Article from The Jewish Week

The Anti-Defamation League's yearly Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, which was released today, recorded a slight increase of 3% in total anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, but a dramatic 63% rise in anti-Semitic assaults. Continue Reading

as4Staten Island Teens Charged in Antisemitic Crimes
An Article from The Jewish Week

New York City police charged three youths with throwing a rock at a kipa-wearing Jewish man and threatening him on Staten Island on Sunday.
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as5SOAS Now Stands for School of Anti-Semitism
An Article from Spectator Life

As a teacher and lecturer, I've had a fair amount of indirect contact with Soas - the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University.
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Thousands of people have ventured from the Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) and Modern Orthodox worlds and constructed new identities in the larger society.  Continue Reading
  
Google Play has withdrawn from its store a mobile game that lets players "experience Auschwitz as a Jew" that has sparked anger in the Jewish community. Continue Reading

interest2David Beckham Says He Feels Jewish Thank to Granddad
An Article from JTA

Former British soccer star David Beckham told a JCC audience in London that although he was not raised Jewish, he feels like a member of the tribe.  Continue Reading

Interest3Two Step: A Traditional Dance at a Modern Jewish Wedding
An Article from Tablet

I'm standing in front of my closet trying to decide what to wear to today's wedding, and the only thing I'm sure of is that I want to wear the cute heels I bought at Nordstrom a few months ago. Continue Reading

Interest4Want to Raise Really Smart Kids? Science Says Do This
An Article from Inc

Parents are always trying to find the next big trend in parenting--and for good reason, too. Continue Reading

Interest7What Hitler's Jewish Neighbor Saw
An Article from CNN

"I knew only too well, even when I was 8 years old -- I knew it was a very bad business for us." Continue Reading

Interest8One Good Deed Leads to Another...and Sometimes a Wedding
An Article from Jewish Action

As we drove back to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from the wedding, my wife, Layala, and I felt giddy. On that November afternoon in 2015, we had attended the wedding of Margot and Josh in New York. Continue Reading
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