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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

*Deceased
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 history is any guide, the outcome of this year's presidential election has already been decided. Continue Reading

Kissinger2Buried-in-Debt Millennials are Taking Their Problems to the Ballot Box
An Article from Linked In

Debt-burdened graduates are putting off some of life's big decisions like getting married, buying a home and starting a family. Continue Reading
  
Namart4Worrying Signs in Democratic Platform
An Article from Israel Hayom

As is the case every four years before U.S. presidential elections, Israelis try to figure out which candidate will be better for Israel. The answer is often: Whoever is elected. Continue Reading

Namart5I Hate Donald Trump, But He Might Get My Vote
An Article from The Washington Post

No Trump campaign buttons or bumper stickers for me. I'm part of the new silent majority: those who don't like Donald Trump but might vote for him anyway. Continue Reading
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Israel's minister of public security said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has some of the "blood" of recent Israeli terrorism victims on his hands for allowing Palestinian incitement and hate speech to appear on the social media site.
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Israel2Hallel Ariel's Despicable Murder
An Article from Aish.com

Hallel Ariel was a beautiful girl. Thirteen years old, with a vibrant smile, athletic and graceful, she was just starting summer break. Continue Reading   
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Paris, Brussels and now Istanbul: The horrific attack on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport on Tuesday evening, which killed at least 41 people and injured hundreds more, suggested that the Islamic State's capacity to mount major raids on strategic international targets remains robust in spite of its losses of territory and key operatives in Iraq and Syria.  Continue Reading

Internatioanl2Global Jewish Communities: Examining Contemporary Challenges, Predicting an Uncertain Future
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Smaller Jewish communities across the globe are experiencing an extraordinary set of organizational challenges. 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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Less than two weeks ago, the Orthodox community learned of a terrible scandal, a lowlight for rabbis around the world, as the promiscuous and abusive escapades of a popular teacher/scholar were called out.
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When it comes to folk wisdom on how to raise happy and successful kids, we all do the same thing. Continue Reading

interest2This is When You're Most Creative, According to Science
An Article from Brit & Co

One of the most common misconceptions about creativity is that it's a gift.  Continue Reading

Interest3My Extra Heart: Dedicated in Memory of Miriam Lowenbraun a'h
A New Music Album

Rabbi Yosi Lowenbraun presents a new album entitled 'My Extra Heart' dedicated in loving memory of Miriam Lowenbraun a'h. Continue Reading

Interest4Holocaust Escape Tunnel Found: Prisoners Dug with Spoons to Escape Nazis
An Article from Fox News

A tunnel in Lithuania that allowed Jewish prisoners to escape to freedom has been discovered at an infamous location called Ponar, decades after they used it to flee the Nazis one night in April 1944. Continue Reading

Interest7My Mother in Law: Jewish Heroine and Nazi Killer
An Article from Aish.com

It was a daunting assignment: speaking to 120 eighth grade girls about the Holocaust in the last hour of the last day of their school year.
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