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Yom HaShoah 5782: The Jerry Wartski Story
— Originally published by Fox News on January 27, 2020, original link: https://www.foxnews.com/us/holocaust-survivor-jerry-wartski-auschwitz-liberation — In the nearly 75 years since the end of World War II, Jerry Wartski never uttered a word about what he endured after the Nazis invaded his native Poland. Those around him knew him as a Holocaust survivor who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau, but the Manhattan…
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Chairman Weiss: anti-Zionist Congregation’s Perverted “Justice”
At the end of the upcoming Passover seder, Jews around the world will say, “Next year in Jerusalem.” Apparently, this thousand-year-old tradition will be changed by the Tzedek Congregation in Chicago, which has officially adopted anti-Zionism as a “core value.” Jews around the world face Jerusalem in their prayers, but this may now be changed…
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From The Organization: Rav Chaim Kanievsky Zt”l
We are in shock at the loss of a “giant.” Hashem, the almighty created a world with people that strive to work on themselves to become righteous in three important pillars of life. As our sages teach us, the pillars that hold the world are Torah, prayer, & graciousness. One who lives his years on…
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Chairman Weiss: New Iran Deal Is A Disaster & Everyone Knows It
The United States and Iran are reportedly on the cusp of a new nuclear agreement. One of the last remaining issues is said to be whether or not the Biden administration removes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization list. The administration is purportedly offering to do so on the condition…
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PRESS RELEASE: IHF Honors Secretary Mike Pompeo
We have a moral obligation to protect Israel. Former Secretary of State and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo upheld this duty to the “nth degree.” “I knew that the deeper the ties between the United States and Israel, the more likely I would be at protecting America, American prosperity, and American…
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Chairman Weiss: Orthodoxy and the State of Israel
The Orthodox Jews are by far the biggest and strongest group of Jews who support the State of Israel. Within Orthodoxy, however, there is a theological difference of opinion as to whether the State of Israel is the beginning of the redemption—and whether one supports this state, or, as they describe it, that they support…
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From The Organization: On Ukraine
The hope of Jewish people through out all the years is that the almighty Hashem listens to our prayers. In a time of war and uncertainty in the world, we need to strengthen our prayers for the entire world & especially for our brothers & sisters in Ukraine & Russia. We believe הנה לא ינום…
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Chairman Weiss: The Shloshim of Esther Polard A”h
This is being written in memory of Esther Pollard, who passed away on Jan. 31. Esther was the wife of Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. intelligence analyst who in 1987 pleaded guilty to spying for and providing top-secret classified information to Israel. He was sentenced to life in prison for violations of the Espionage Act,…
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Chairman Weiss: American Jews Do Care About Israel!
In an interview that aired last month with Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, former President Donald Trump said that “the Jewish people in the United States either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel.” His comment indicated a mistaken interpretation of the low support (30 percent) for him among American Jews in the 2020 election.…
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Chairman Weiss: Connecting Jews w/ Judaism
The key may lie in the ancient text Pirkei Avot/“Ethics of the Fathers,” which says, “Those whose wisdom exceeds their deeds, their wisdom will not endure; but those whose deeds exceed their wisdom, their wisdom will endure.” The Pew Research Center study on “Jewish Americans in 2020,” which was released in May this year, shows…