Rav Avrohom Yosef Leizerson, ZTL: An American Agudist
For some four decades, Rav Leizerson was a constant presence at the national convention of Agudath Israel of America. He came on behalf of Chinuch [...]
New Jersey Office of Agudath Israel Commends Senators Booker, Menendez for Proposal to Significantly Boost Federal Security Funding
Photo: Rabbi Avi Schnall, Director, NJ office of Agudath Israel and Senator Menendez The New Jersey Office of Agudath Israel applauds New Jersey Senators Cory [...]
A River Apart, Barclays and MetLife A Joint Celebration of The Siyum
by Sandy Eller For all intents and purposes, it was as if the eleven miles that separated Barclays Center from MetLife Stadium had simply disappeared, [...]
K’ish Echad B’Leiv Echad, MetLife Stadium Erupts in Celebration of Torah
by Sandy Eller If you closed your eyes and let the waves of kedushah wash over you, you could imagine that you were standing at [...]
Hundreds of Thousands Celebrate 13th Siyum HaShas
The 13th Global Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi was held on Wednesday, January 1, with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people. The Siyum [...]
Agudath Israel Commends Senator Schumer for Proposal to Significantly Boost Federal Security Funding
Agudath Israel of America applauds Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his call to significantly boost security funding in the federal budget. At a [...]
Agudath Israel of America Statement on Shooting at a Church Near Fort Worth, Texas
Once again, there has been an attack on a place of worship, this one a church near Fort Worth, Texas. A gunman shot and killed [...]
Agudath Israel of America Statement on the Chanukah Attack in Monsey
A man brandishing a machete indiscriminately stabbed 5 innocent Hasidic worshippers celebrating Chanukah in the home of a Rockland County, New York rabbi last night, [...]
Cries of Mazel Tov! Ring Out as Mexico City Celebrates its Siyum HaShas
by Sandy Eller Only days before The Siyum at MetLife Stadium and Barclays Center this January 1st, the words of the final Hadran filled the [...]
The Siyum is Only the Beginning!
The incredible growth of the number of mesaymim at each Siyum HaShas – estimated to double each time – shows the importance of Daf Yomi to the [...]