The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—applauds Gov. Kathy Hochul who vetoed on December 22 the Blooming Grove Community Preservation Bill (NY State Assembly Bill A5761). The bill, couched as a measure enabling the town of Blooming Grove to tax property sales and use the proceeds to buy land it wants to conserve or the development rights to those tracts, in actuality was a ploy to prevent the Hasidic population from developing legitimate housing for its communities needs. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Calls Upon the Incoming Adams Administration to Respect and Maintain the Independence of the Yeshiva Educational System
The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—congratulates Mayor Eric Adams on his historic election as the 110th Mayor of the City of New York. As rabbis, we bless Mayor Adams and pray that the Almighty grant the new mayor wisdom and help and guide him in leading the city during this crucial and challenging time. With the help of the Almighty, the residents of this great city will experience prosperity, security, and a better and brighter tomorrow during the Adams mayoralty. [...Click headline above for more...]
Sanctity of the Kotel and Support for the Israeli Chief Rabbinate Take Center Stage at Igud HaRabbonim Rosh Chodesh Teves Conference
On Sunday, December 5, 2021, Igud HaRabbonim — Rabbinical Alliance of America — convened its monthly Rosh Chodesh (Teves) conference and seudah at Brooklyn’s Congregation AAA Sfard, where the highly respected and venerable Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Serebyanski serves as Rav. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Opposes the Reopening of the Palestinian Consulate in Jerusalem
The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—opposes the reopening of the Palestinian Consulate in Jerusalem and calls on the Biden Administration not to take this drastic step. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Opposes the Dangerous United Nations Text Supporting a “Right of Return” (“Repatriation”) to Palestinian Arab Refugees
The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American Rabbis—opposes the one-sided, illegitimate and dangerous United Nations General Assembly resolution affirming the “right of return” (“repatriations”) for Palestinian refugees to sovereign Israel as part of a broad text in support of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Joins the White House in Helping Americans Access the Child Tax Credit
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, the Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 America Rabbis – joined with other Jewish organizations in partnering with the White House in its important presentation on the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The Rabbinical Alliance of America thanks President Joe Biden, his administration and in particular Mr. Chanan Weissman, the White House liaison to the Jewish Community, for arranging this important meeting to help families receive the financial assistance they need and deserve. [...Click headline above for more...]
Igud HaRabbonim and National Council of Young Israel Explore Collaboration to Enrich Klal Yisrael
On Tuesday, October 6, 2021, Igud HaRabbonim — Rabbinical Alliance of America — convened its monthly Rosh Chodesh (Cheshvan) conference at the Young Israel of Woodmere. The Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan conference was sponsored l’zecher nishmas HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Ben HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Noach Borenstein, Zt’l, father of Igud HaRabbonim members, Rabbi Mendy Borenstein and Rabbi Yitzchok Noach Borenstein, and father-in-law of the Igud HaRabbonim’s Administrative Director, Rabbi Moish Schmerler. Rabbi Shmuel Borenstein, Zt’l was a Rosh Mesivta at MTA YUSHB for close to half a century. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Joins Klal Yisrael in Mourning the Passing of Alta Fixsler
The Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 America Rabbis – joins Klal Yisrael in mourning the passing of two-year-old Alta Fixsler. Alta, a baby girl who suffered a serious brain injury at birth and whose parents heroically fought a legal battle to continue her medical treatment, died at a Manchester hospice after being taken off life support. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Condemns the Banning of Kosher Animal Slaughter as Anti-Religious
The Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 America Rabbis – condemns the banning of Shechita (kosher animal slaughter) as anti-religious. Recently, the Constitutional Court of Belgium upheld an earlier court ruling approving a ban on religious slaughter without pre-stunning that was enacted by the legislatures of the Wallonia and Flanders regions of Belgium. Effectively, this decision enacts a ban on kosher slaughter by Jews, depriving Torah observant Jews in Belgium of local meat and forcing them either to import from another region at great expense or move out of the regions where kosher slaughter is forbidden by law. [...Click headline above for more...]
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