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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

When I met my husband, I still believed in G-d. I wasn't as committed in the demonstrations of my belief as he was in his, but it existed, surely. Continue Reading 

Outreach2Finding My Jewish Home-in Rome
An Article from Tablet

The first thing I noticed when my plane touched down in Rome, in the year 2000, my first real visit other than a barely recalled weekend in college 15 years earlier, was that the women swarming around baggage claim all looked like me. Continue Reading 
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In a direct challenge to the Jewish-American philanthropic establishment, the world's largest Christian-Zionist charity is setting its sights on an unlikely new group of donors: Jewish millionaires. Continue Reading

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Namart1Too Big to Jail; A Rare Ability to Reconsider
An Article from Jewish Media Resources
 
"There should be no bank too big to fail and no individual too big to jail," Hillary Clinton declared in one of the Democratic debates. Well, what about the Democratic candidate for president? Continue Reading

Kissinger2NY Times: Donald Trump Promised the Truth. We Checked the Facts
An Article from The New York Times

Donald J. Trump's acceptance speech here was filled with Trump-like hyperbole and the kind of vague political rhetoric that is hard to pin down.
  
Namart4Law-and-Order Pitch by GOP Seen Testing Jews
An Article from The Jewish Week

The "us" versus "them" campaign of Donald Trump moved into high gear here this week at the Republican National Convention as the party's presidential nominee highlighted his pledge to be a law-and-order president.  Continue Reading 

Namart5Interfaith Couple Weds Aboard Staten Island Ferry
An Article from The Jewish Week

While some interfaith couples squabble over whether to have the wedding in a church or synagogue, Bethany Hall and Keith Haskel found an innovative solution: aboard the Staten Island ferry.  Continue Reading

Namart6Jews for Trump: (Shh! Don't Tell)
An Article from The Jewish Week

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, as respected as any rabbi in America, was invited by Ivanka Trump, whose conversion he supervised, to give the invocation this week at the Republican National Convention.  Continue Reading

Namart9Lacking GMO Labels, Kosher Food Goes Missing in Vermont
An Article from JTA

A wide variety of kosher foods have disappeared from grocery shelves in Vermont after the state's strict GMO labeling law went into effect July 1.
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Namart10She's Back! Anti-Israel Activist Medea Benjamin Disrupts Donald Trump's Convention Speech
An Article from The Forward

A prominent peace activist interrupted Donald Trump's speech on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in protest of his immigration policy.  Continue Reading

Trump's Jews
An Article from Tablet

It's been decades since a major party presidential candidate had a harder case to make to American Jewish voters than Donald Trump. Continue Reading

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Following the fifth death in two months of an Israeli child who had been left in a parked car, the country's child welfare watchdog group called for regulations that would prevent the recurrence of such cases. Continue Reading

Israel2Knesset Passes Legislation Allowing for Expulsion in MKs
An Article from Ynet News

The Knesset passed a law late Tuesday night allowing a three-fourths majority to expel a sitting member of parliament who was found to be inciting to racism or supporting an armed struggle against the State of Israel. 
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The European Union, whose member nations are increasingly the targets of terrorism, is turning to Israel to detect terrorism and prevent attacks. Continue Reading

Internatioanl2US, Russia Criticize UN Chief Over Iran Nuclear Deal Report
An Article from Reuters

The United States and Russia both criticized United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday for overstepping his mandate in a report on the implementation of a Security Council resolution backing a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. Continue Reading 

International3Weimar Germany and Donald Trump
An Article from Tablet

"What a memorable day!" wrote a middle-class Hamburg housewife in her diary on Jan. 30, 1933. She had just watched the parade of torch-bearing storm troopers celebrate Adolf Hitler's assumption of power in Germany.
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International3The Mystery of the Missing Jewish Books of Rome
An Article from Tablet

"This book is entirely the work of my hands, for I copied it for my own use. I am Nachman, son of Rabbi Samuel Foa. I copied it in the year 5315, when I was 15 years of age, in the house of the generous person Samuel, son of Moses Kazis." Continue Reading
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An Article from The Front Page 
 
Last Friday, Peter Beinart and a few dozen Jewish anti-Zionists had a marvelous time in Hebron. Continue Reading 
 
as2'Merchant' in the Age of Rancor
An Article from The Jewish Week

One Shylock will be riding the subway from Washington Heights, and another just arrived from London, converging in New York City at a time when the issues of Shakespeare's Venice seem very much alive here and abroad. Continue Reading

as4Watch: Atlanta Mayor Nixes BLM Demand to Stop Police Cooperation With 'Apartheid Israel'
An Article from Breitbart

The #ALTisREADY group, who describe themselves as a "collective of student activists, community organizers and leaders working to amplify Black and other marginalized voices in Atlanta," gave a list of demands to Mayor Kasim Reed. Continue Reading

as5German Left Wing Radicals: 'Money Grabbing' Jews Have Too Much Influence
An Article from Breitbart

The survey, conducted by the Research Association on the SED [Socialist Unity Party] State at the Free University of Berlin, showed that 34% of leftwing radicals agreed with the anti-Semitic belief that Jews are "money-grabbing,"...Continue Reading
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Rav Eliezer Ginsburg recently gave a shiur at a Flatbush shul and related an amazing middah keneged middah story that reveals the incredible salvation that a father in Lakewood merited because of his special concern for the welfare of another boy. Continue Reading
  
Social scientists have been trying to identify the conditions most likely to promote satisfying human lives. Continue Reading

interest28 Traits That Point to Genius, According to Science
An Article from INC

Over on Quora, more than 100 people have answered the question "What are the common traits of highly intelligent people?" Continue Reading

Interest3How to Beat Jet Lag 
An Article from Consumer Reports

With the British pound plummeting and the U.S. dollar soaring, you might well be thinking of jetting off to London for a quick holiday. Good idea-except for one thing: jet lag. Continue Reading

Interest4Go East, Young Non-Jews!
An Article from Tablet

On July 20, Samantha Martin traveled with 19 other young people across an ocean to spend two weeks in the land of her ancestors. Continue Reading

Interest7Faith & Civilization
An Article from Ner Le'Elef

Another week, another tragic terrorist attack. Another disastrous outcome of a conflict between radical Islam and civilization. Continue Reading
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