Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Meeting Held Yesterday At Agudath Israel Headquarters

Moetzes Gedolei hatorah of Agudath Yisrael

                                                                      BJL reports: 

Members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah met thursday October, 31 2013 at Agudath Israel Headquarters in New York. The meeting was held  ahead of the Agudah convention which will take place November 14-17. Among the topics discussed were the current situation and state of the Torah community in Eretz Yisroel, the attack against Bris Milah in Europe, the Agunah problem, and dangerous trends in the broader Orthodox community. 

Statement of Agudath Israel of America Regarding Yeshivat Chovevei Torah

The forthcoming installation of a new president at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah is scheduled to include a “Roundtable” entitled “Training New Rabbis for a New Generation,” featuring the newly installed YCT president alongside four representatives of the non-Orthodox rabbinate as presenters. This is a deeply troubling, and telling, development.

Throughout its history, our people have been afflicted with schismatic movements and sects at odds with the mesorah, or religious tradition, bequeathed to us at Har Sinai.

Sometimes such “new approaches” openly rejected the Jewish religious heritage, like the movement that introduced itself in the nineteenth century as “Reform.” On other occasions, the break with the Jewish past was more subtle, as in the case of the “Conservative” movement, whose name, though, was quickly belied by its actions.

Agudath Israel: Vote And Be Heard

Today, September 10, is Primary Day across New York City. Voters will be selecting the candidates who will become the city’s new political leaders. Agudath Israel continued its Get-Out-The-Vote campaign - with newspaper ads, emails, and letters home to parents of yeshiva students - urging all of its constituents and friends to vote.

As an organizational spokesman explained, every vote counts in what many pundits are predicting will be extremely close primary races. And votes in the primaries will surely help the victors decide what to do after the elections.

A must read From Chaskel Bennett

Dear Friends of Agudath Israel,

Today, September 10, is Primary Day across New York City.  I urge all my friends and neighbors to please go out and vote!

Your vote counts- And it will surely help the victors decide what to do after the elections.

We need to show our  elected officials that we vote. With the new Redistricting lines forced upon us, it is more important than ever to have a strong showing.

Snow removal, strong police protection, garbage pick up and assistance with our utility companies are some of the very relevant issues we have been dealing with on a very local level.