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...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Applauds the United States House of Representatives for Approving $1 Billion to Replenish the Iron Dome Missile Defense System for Israel
The Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 America Rabbis – applauds the United States House of Representatives for its landslide approval of a stand-alone bill to provide Israel with $1 billion for replenishing the Iron Dome missile-defense system. The House of Representatives approved the funding for Iron Dome by a landslide. This approval followed two days of contentious debate within the Democratic Party. The vote passed with an overwhelming 420-9 majority, with two Democrats – Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hank Johnson – effectively abstaining by voting “present.” Eight Democrats — Reps. Rashid Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Andre Carson, Marie Newman, Jesus Garcia, Raul Grivalva — and one Republican, Rep. Tom Massie, voted against. The bill is now headed to the Senate, which will need to approve it as well. On Tuesday, the Democratic leadership had to remove the $1 billion provision from a continuing resolution amid pushback from Progressives. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that he would bring a suspension bill, which requires support from two-third of members, to approve the provision with support of members from both parties. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Praises Arizona for Divesting State Funds from Ben & Jerry’s Due to Settlement Boycott
The Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 America Rabbis – applauds the state of Arizona for divesting state funds from Ben & Jerry’s due to their corporate decision to engage in BDS activities against Israel. [...Click headline above for more...]
“Fulfilling the Divine Will” – Rabbinic Guidance, Teshuva, Hate Crimes, Yeshiva Funding and More on the Front Burner at Igud HaRabbanim’s 33rd Annual Chai Elul Siyum HaShas
A new year is around the corner. Members of Klal Yisroel are pulling out all the stops to merit a Kesiva V’chasima Tova. Both at the individual and communal levels, there are so many berachos and yeshuos that are so badly needed. As always, Klal Yisroel looks towards its rabbanim for leadership, guidance, advocacy and chizuk. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Supports Withholding of Aid From Jordan to Force Extradition of the Terrorist Who Murdered the American 15-Year-Old Malkie Roth
The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis — calls on the Biden Administration to compel the Jordanian government to extradite Ahlam Ahmad al-Tamimi, the brutal mastermind of the August 9, 2001, Jerusalem Sbarro terror attack that took the life of 15-year-old American, Malkie Roth, together with 14 other innocent people that included 7 children and another 122 people injured. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Applauds the 50 CUNY Faculty Members who Resigned from Professional Staff Congress, the College Systems Union, Over its Anti-Semitic Statement on Israel
The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis — applauds the fifty CUNY faculty members who resigned or indicated that they will be resigning from the Professional Staff Congress (PFC), the College systems union, over its anti-Semitic statement on Israel. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Condemns Ben & Jerry’s Decision on Ending Sales to Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem
The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis — condemns Ben & Jerry’s decision to end sales to Judea and Samaria. Ben & Jerry’s announced on July 19, 2021, that it was going to stop selling its ice cream in Judea, Samaria and east Jerusalem, saying that sales in those parts of Israel are “inconsistent with [their] values.” This announcement discriminates against Jews living in their homeland. [...Click headline above for more...]
Rabbinical Alliance of America Hosts Rabbi Nissim Ze’ev, a Founder of the Shas Party and Longtime Member of Knesset
On Thursday, July 8, 2021, 28 Tammuz 5781, at Ahi Ezer Yeshiva Congregation, 60 rabbis from the Igud HaRabbonim/Rabbinical Alliance of America gathered together and convened its monthly Rosh Chodesh (Av) conference and dinner. The conference and dinner were sponsored by RAA/Igud Presidium member and rabbi of the Ahi Ezer Yeshiva Congregation, Rabbi Hanania Elbaz. The Rosh Chodesh Av conference was sponsored by Rabbi Elbaz in memory of his illustrious father, HaGaon HaChacham Shalom Ben HaGaon HaChacham Chayim Elbaz, ZT’l. Rabbi Elbaz delivered a scholarly Dvar Halacha in his father’s memory. [...Click headline above for more...]
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