Monday, November 22, 2021

Fwd: News From Agudas Yisroel 18 Kislev 5782/November 22, 2021


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From: Agudath Israel of America <news@agudah.org>
Date: Mon, Nov 22, 2021, 4:27 PM
Subject: News From Agudas Yisroel 18 Kislev 5782/November 22, 2021
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November 22, 2021 - 18 Kislev 5782
News from the Agudah:

  • Agudath Israel is heartbroken at the news of a terror attack, yesterday, in the heart of Jerusalem. See below to read full statement.

  • The Agudah Convention is this Thursday! See below for program details and how to join virtually.

  • In other convention news, for the first time there will be a legal track at the Convention exclusively for lawyers and law students. For more details about the track or if you are a lawyer or a law student and would like to sign up, please see below.

  • Yarchei Kallah will continue this week on the topic of Iyunim B'hilchos Shabbos. See below for this week's schedule and how to join.
Agudath Israel Statement on Terror Murder of Eliyahu Kay and Injury to Four Others
Agudath Israel is heartbroken at the news of a terror attack in the heart of Jerusalem, indeed, the heart of the Jewish nation, just minutes away from the Kosel Plaza. The attacker murdered Eliyahu Dovid Kay, and wounded four other civilians. 
 
It is hardly surprising, but nevertheless worth noting, that the terrorist attacker was a senior Hamas leader, according to reports on a Hamas-owned television channel, and that Hamas is celebrating this vicious outrage.
 
The entire Jewish people suffers when one of our brothers or sisters is attacked and here, too, we suffer along with the victims and their families, to whom we offer our condolences and pray for G-d׳s comfort. May Hashem avenge the blood of Eliyahu Kay, and may He grant the other victims a speedy recovery.
Agudah Convention Thursday Night Program
The Agudah's annual convention has long been the key venue for members of the Jewish community to convene together with Torah leaders and community askanim to discuss and address the critical issues facing the klal today. A direct descendent of the First Knessia Gedolah in 1923, 99 years later the Agudah Convention's content may have changed, but its mission has remained the same: To gather under the banner of our Gedolei Yisroel to advance the interests of the Jewish community.

Trials and travails are a reality of Galus. Over the past 18 months, Klal Yisroel and Reb Yisroel have faced challenges and through it all we survived and we thrived.

COVID-19, loss of our gedolim, shuls shuttered, families suffering through illness and tragedy, schools closed, challenges to the chinuch and self esteem of our children, financial woes, Meron, Stolin, Surfside… we faced an unending stream of tests.

Time and time again, we emerge from the kur habarzel stronger and clearly unbreakable. 
  
From where do we get this strength, how can we become stronger, and how can we pass it on to the next generation? All this will be discussed at the Agudah Convention as Gedolei Yisroel guide us along our unbreakable path.

The four keynote sessions – Thursday night, Friday, Motzai Shabbos, and Sunday morning – have traditionally been a venue for Rabbanim and community leaders to address some of the issues that are foremost in our minds.

This year, Thursday night's keynote speakers will include Rabbi Shmuel Yehuda Levin, Rosh HaYeshiva, Telshe Yeshiva Chicago, Rabbi Yehoshua Perlow, Novominsker Rebbe, and Rabbi Sholom Kamenetsky, Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Gedolah of Philadelphia. The session will be chaired by Nechemia Hoch, a member of the Agudah's executive board.

The pre-keynote sessions will be 'Making the Move Out of Town' with Rabbi Yitz Frank, Rabbi Baruch Levine, and Rabbi Sholomo Soroka; 'Fighting for Orthodoxy in an Unorthodox World' with Mr. Chaskel Bennet, Yossi Gestetner, and Rabbi Eli Steinberg; and 'Unbreakable Bonds of Marriage' with Rabbi Pinchas Noveseller, and Rabbi Yaakov Salomon.

The post-keynote sessions will be 'Q&A: "I am Asking for a Friend"' with Rabbi Yosef Elefant, Rabbi Aron Lopiansky, moderated by Rabbi Yisroel Besser; 'The Murder of Alta Fixsler' with Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz, Rabbi Ben Zion Lesser, and Rabbi Shloma Sperber; and 'Our Unorthodox Lives: Breaking the Stereotypes, Living or Values' with Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, Mrs. Rivky Feiner, and Mrs. Alexandra Fleksher, moderated by Mrs. Chanie Jacobwitz.

The Convention will be available to attend virtually by going to agudahconvention.org or call in at 718.298.2077. To view the full convention go to agudahconvention.org, as well as the complete convention program.
Agudah Convention Legal Track
to invite all attorneys and law students to the 1st exclusive conference for lawyers and law students at the Agudah Convention. The conference will be on Thursday, November 25th, beginning at 10:00AM, at the Parsippany Hilton Hotel. If you are an attorney or law student interested in attending please click here. Registration ends 12:00 PM EST, tomorrow, November 23.
Iyunim B'hilchos Shabbos
The shiurim will continue this week with the access information as follows:

The Zoom access link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83528677424 and the call in number is 1-646-558-8656, access code: 835-286-77424.
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