The Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel each applauded Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that rejected the exclusion of houses from worship from a government grants program.
The 7-2 ruling …
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The Jewish Star
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6/28/17
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Rabbi Yitzchok Frankel, rav of Agudath Israel of the Five Towns in Cedarhurst, called it “a fabulous four days.” “It’s hard to explain till you do it. It’s very exhilarating.”
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By Malka Eisenberg
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1/29/14
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In a groundbreaking victory upholding the constitutional right to freedom of religion, a New Jersey judge dismissed a slander and defamation lawsuit against a rabbi who told congregants to avoid all …
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Agudath Israel of America
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6/28/17
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Yeshivas unapologetically emphasize religious and ethical instruction. A small number of such schools have been accused …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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9/6/19
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Included in the New York State budget for the coming fiscal year, finalized on Friday in Albany, were allocations of $72.5 million in additional funding for nonpublic schools across the …
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Agudath Israel of America
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4/1/16
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Q: What do righteous, learned Torah scholars and newly observant Jews, or baalei teshuva, have in common?
A: The way they recite blessings.
No, it's not …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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8/13/08
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Within hours of his mother’s funeral, Rabbi Abba Cohen was driving from Baltimore to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. That night Cohen, together with his brother and sister, sat on a …
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By Josefin Dolsten, JTA
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6/12/19
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Add sweeping school reforms — and with them, funding for private schools that Orthodox groups embrace and secular Jewish groups fear — to the campaign promises that Donald Trump plans to fulfill. …
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JTA
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11/30/16
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Leading rabbis in Agudath Israel of America moved Monday to further distance what has been referred to as Open Orthodoxy from normative Orthodox Judaism.
The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America …
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The Jewish Star
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11/6/15
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Although it hasn’t yet been determined whether the brutal stabbing of a young father on his way to morning prayers in upstate Ramapo was an anti-Jewish hate crime, it was described by the …
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by Rabbi Avi Shafran
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11/27/19
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