Agudath Israel of America (Hebrew: אגודת ישראל באמריקה) (also called the Agudah) is an American organization that represents Haredi Orthodox Jews. It...
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United States as Agudath Israel of America, and in Israel. Agudath Israel is guided by its Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Sages) in Israel and the USA...
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Agudath Israel can refer to any of several related organizations, including: World Agudath Israel, an international movement Agudath Israel of America...
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Agudat Yisrael (redirect from Agudath Israel of Israel)
lit. 'Union of Israel', also transliterated Agudath Israel, or, in Yiddish, Agudas Yisroel) is a Haredi Jewish political party in Israel. It began as...
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Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (redirect from Council of Torah Sages)
a council of homeowners, and a council of rabbis, composed of leading rabbis from around the world. The Moetzes of Agudath Israel of America serve as religious...
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Yeshivas Ner Yisroel (redirect from Ner Israel)
Talmudic academy and is politically affiliated with Agudath Israel of America. The yeshiva is composed of three departments: The Mechina for high school students...
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Yaakov Perlow (category American people of Polish-Jewish descent)
American Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, and Rebbe of the Novominsk Hasidic dynasty. From 1998 until his death in 2020, he was president of Agudath Israel...
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ultra-Orthodox population of Israel Agudath Israel of America, a Haredi Jewish communal organization in the United States Agudas Israel Housing Association...
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Aaron Schechter (category 20th-century American rabbis)
served on the presidium of Agudath Israel of America and was a member of that organization's Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages). Aaron Moshe...
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Mike Tress (category 20th-century American Jews)
9, 1909 – July 9, 1967) was a Jewish American who served as the national president of Agudath Israel of America from the 1940s until his death. He was...
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an American Haredi rabbi. He serves as rosh yeshiva (dean) in the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn and is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel...
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Malkiel Kotler (category American Haredi rabbis)
Sages) of Agudath Israel of America. Aryeh Malkiel Kotler was born to Shneur Kotler and his wife, Rischel (née Friedman). He is the second of 9 children...
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Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (category 20th-century American rabbis)
played a role in American Jewish leadership with positions on Agudath Israel of America, the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and Holocaust rescue organizations...
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main Siyum HaShas in America, organized by the Agudath Israel of America, has increased dramatically, necessitating the booking of larger arenas and stadiums...
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Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem, transliterated from Hebrew to mean the Congregation of Israel Tree of Life, is a Conservative Jewish synagogue located at 3525...
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Moshe Feinstein (category American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent)
of Orthodox Rabbis, Chairman of the Council of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of the Agudath Israel of America, and head of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem in...
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of faith. However, the mainstream Orthodox community in America, including the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America and Agudath Israel of America,...
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Moshe Sherer (category American Haredi rabbis)
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...
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Chaim Dov Keller (category American Haredi rabbis)
was also a member of the "Nesius" (Presidium) of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America. Chaim Dov Keller was born in New York City in...
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Yeshiva World News (category American news websites)
and again in 2017. It has sections containing general news items and Israeli news, as well as religious news, and news tailored around Jewish life cycle...
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Chaim Dovid Zwiebel (category American Orthodox Jews)
Chaim Dovid Zwiebel is the Executive Vice President of Agudath Israel of America. He worked for a law firm for 4 and a half years before joining this organisation...
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Yisroel Belsky (category American Haredi rabbis)
Agudath Israel of America. Belsky served for more than 28 years as a senior kashrut advisor to the Orthodox Union (OU). Yisroel Belsky was the son of...
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Yisroel Dovid Weiss (category American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent)
of the Orthodox Union, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, has called the group "embarrassing", and Rabbi Avi Shafran, spokesman for Agudath Israel of America,...
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Yaakov Weinberg (category American Haredi rabbis)
such as Torah Umesorah, Agudath Israel of America and the Association for Jewish Outreach Programs. Weinberg was a scion of the Slonimer Hasidic dynasty...
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The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) is the major congregational organization of Conservative Judaism in North America, and the largest Conservative...
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goal of completing the entire Talmud, was first proposed in a World Agudath Israel publication in December 1920 (Kislev 5681) Digleinu, the voice of Zeirei...
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in the world, after Israel. As of 2020, the American Jewish population is estimated at 7.5 million people, accounting for 2.4% of the total US population...
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Joseph B. Soloveitchik (redirect from Dov Baer Soloveitchik of Boston)
career in America, Soloveitchik joined with the traditional movements such as Agudath Israel of America and the Agudat Harabanim - the Union of Orthodox...
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Shimon Schwab (category American Haredi rabbis)
ideologue of Agudath Israel of America, specifically defending the Torah im Derech Eretz approach to Jewish life. He wrote several popular works of Jewish...
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Haredi Judaism (redirect from Criticism of Haredi Judaism)
organizations World Agudath Israel and Agudath Israel of America) represents a moderate and pragmatic stance of cooperation with the State of Israel, and participation...
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