Moshe Sherer — Rabbi Moshe Sherer (June 18, 1921 May 17, 1998) was co Chairman of the Agudath Israel World Organization from 1980, and the Chairman of Agudath Israel of America from the 1960s, until his death in 1998.[1] He was an active presence in the United… … Wikipedia
Norman Lamm — Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm Rabbi Lamm, 2007 Position Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva RIETS Position … Wikipedia
Yeshivas Ner Yisroel — New emblem Ner Israel Rabbinical College or NIRC, is a prominent yeshiva in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1933 by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, a disciple of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, dean of the Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania. It is currently … Wikipedia
Agudath Israel of America — (or Agudas Yisroel of America or Agudat Yisrael of America or simply the Agudah [ agudah is Hebrew for gathering or union ), is a Haredi Jewish communal organization in the United States loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath… … Wikipedia
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Herman N. Neuberger — Hermann Naftali Neuberger (26 June, 1918, Hassfurt, Germany 21 October, 2005, Baltimore, United States) was an Orthodox rabbi and leader in the United States. Younger years He was the son of Meir and Bertha Neuberger. His parents hired a teacher … Wikipedia
The Jewish Observer — is an American Orthodox Jewish magazine published by the Agudath Israel of America.The magazine generally presents a Haredi viewpoint. Published since 1963, it is printed nine months a year; the January and February issues are combined, and there … Wikipedia
SCHINDLER, ALEXANDER M. — SCHINDLER, ALEXANDER M. (1925–2000), U.S. Reform rabbi, president of Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Alex Schindler was one of the best known and most admired Jewish leaders in America in the last quarter of the 20th Century. He was born… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
UNION OF REFORM JUDAISM — (formerly the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), association of the more than 900 Reform and Liberal congregations of the U.S. and Canada, representing some 1.5 million Jews, with headquarters in New York. Founded in 1873 as the first … Encyclopedia of Judaism