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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 newspaper includes Israel and local community news, commentaries on the weekly Torah portion, columns, and personal ads. [10] The Jewish Press describes itself as having a politically conservative viewpoint and editorial policy, [11] and "politically incorrect long before the phrase was coined."
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 ...
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]
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik played an important role in the RCA until his death in 1993. For many years, the RCA was led by Rabbi Steven Dworkin, who served as executive vice-president until his death in January 2003. The RCA was then headed by Rabbi Basil Herring, who previously served as director of the Orthodox Forum.
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.