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Rabbi Steven Pruzansky (born in the Bronx, N.Y. April 28, 1958) is an American Orthodox rabbi, an author and leader in the Orthodox Jewish community. Pruzansky is best known for quarter century of spiritual leadership at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey . [ 1 ]
'Channel 7'), also known in English as Israel National News, is an Israeli media network identifying with religious Zionism. It offers online news articles in Hebrew , English , and Russian as well as live streaming radio, video and free podcasts. [ 1 ]
The students originally lived on a nearby army base, but today the yeshiva has its own premises, and over 250 students enrolled. The rosh yeshiva (dean) is Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed. Arutz Sheva - Israel National News was founded and is maintained by the Beit El Yeshiva. [1] The Beit El Yeshiva also founded Yeshiva.co, a large Jewish website. [2]
The Times of Israel described The Jewish Press as an influential publication in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community. [3] The paper attracted a devoted following in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods due to its "uncompromising advocacy of Orthodox issues" and strong support for Israel. [10]
Weiss has served as personal rabbi to Jonathan Pollard, [41] an American who spied for Israel sentenced to life in prison in 1987. [31] In 1992 Weiss was one of the signers of a full-page ad in The New York Times calling for the release of Pollard. [42] In 1989 Weiss conducted a "freedom Seder" in front of the prison where Pollard was ...
Some have argued that the elevation of Jewish intelligence based on both biology or sociology may feed into model minority myths that harm both Jewish and black peoples. [11] Matt Yglesias has written that the idea is used to legitimise scientific racism, including that the idea that Black people in particular are genetically inferior.
Shas (Hebrew: ש״ס) is a Haredi religious political party in Israel. [12] Founded in 1984 under the leadership of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until his death in October 2013, it primarily represents the interests of Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Jews.
This is a list of the winners of the National Jewish Book Award by category. The awards were established in 1950 to recognize outstanding Jewish Literature. [1] [2] They are awarded by the Jewish Book Council, a New-York based non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of Jewish literature since 1944.