Strengthening Torah Life. Advocating for the Community. Serving Each Individual. | | June 17, 2022 - 18 Sivan 5782 News from the Agudah:
- This Sunday, June 19th, join PCS for an open house about their Master's in Accounting program for women. The classes are in Lakewood, or remote around the world. See below for more details.
- School choice is something that is very important to many of us. See below about a proposed bill at the federal level that would promote a federal tax credit for monies contributed towards an SGO scholarship fund.
- The Daf Yomi Commission of Agudas Yisroel is proud to present a series of shiurim, 'Chalitza: Bringing the Sugya to Life.' Next week's schedule includes multiple shiurim in Edison, Baltimore, and Lakewood. See below for times and places.
- Women and Bnos advisors: Join us this Sunday, at 10 am EDT, for a morning of inspiration. See below for the call-in info.
- Selective Service registration for women has the potential to infringe on the freedoms of women who have religious objections to military service. See below for the Agudah's statement regarding pending legislation on this matter.
- Bnos and Pirchei Newsletters: Download this week's Pirchei weekly by clicking here. Download the Bnos newsletter for this Shabbos here.
- Please note the schedule for this week's virtual Yarchei Kallah on Iyunim B'Hilchos Shabbos - see below for more details.
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Open House: Sunday, June 19, 11:30 AM. PCS, 1771 Madison Ave. Suite 10, Lakewood Virtual Open Houses: -Sunday, June 19 7:30 PM -Wednesday June 22 7:30 Pm | | Agudath Israel Applauds Introduction of Educational Choice for Children Act | | Agudath Israel of America applauds Senator Bill Cassidy (R- LA) and Representative Jackie Walorski (R-IN) for leading the effort to increase school choice across the country. The Educational Choice for Children Act the legislators unveiled today will provide ten billion dollars' worth of tax credits to individual and corporate taxpayers to support educational opportunities in all fifty states. Providing dollar for dollar tax credits will encourage both businesses and individuals to invest in education. Currently, twenty one states have scholarship tax credit programs which have helped hundreds of thousands of students attend the school of their choice, public or private. Jewish day school families, among many others, have been beneficiaries of such programs. A federal tax credit would enhance existing programs and open up more educational opportunities in states where no program exists currently. The proposed bill, which Agudath Israel worked on with the sponsors, would allow a dollar for dollar federal tax credit up to ten percent of an individual taxpayer's adjusted gross income (AGI) or $2,000 (whichever is higher) and five percent of a corporation's taxable income for contributions made to a Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). The SGO would then provide scholarships to children of eligible families for educational expenses, which include tuition at private schools. Agudath Israel has been at the forefront of promoting similar legislation on the state level and continues to advocate for educational choice bills on the federal level. Rabbi Abba Cohen, Agudath Israel's Vice President for Government Affairs and Washington Director commended Senator Cassidy and Representative Walorski, and called for the proposed bill's favorable consideration. "We encourage lawmakers, Republican and Democratic, to put a bipartisan stamp on the common-sense policy that is at the heart of this bill: assisting parents to access the learning environment and the educational benefits that are best suited for their children, and that will enhance educational achievement for all of America's students." "Agudath Israel has played a key role in advancing school choice across the nation, yet half of the states in this country have not yet enacted any such program," noted Rabbi Yosef Herz, Agudath Israel's Director of Federal Education Affairs. "Offering a federal incentive and allowing scholarships to be used for a broad range of educational expenses is exactly what is needed to allow families, regardless in which state they reside, to benefit from this major investment in education." | | Bnos advisors and ladies: Join us this Sunday, June 19th, at 10:00 am EDT. Hear words of inspiration from Mrs. Sara Isaacson and Mrs. Shifra Rabenstein on how Giving is Gaining and the beauty of being part of a whole.
Call in at 425-436-6277 using code: 244274# | | Chalitza: Bringing the Sugya to Life | | The Daf Yomi Commission of Agudas Yisroel is proud to present a series of shiurim, 'Chalitza: Bringing the Sugya to Life', presented by Rabbi Avrohom Reit, author, Sefer Chalutz Hana'al: A Concise Overview of the Mitzvah of Chalitza. See above for a full list of this coming week's shiurim in Edison, Baltimore, and Lakewood. | | Agudath Israel Statement on Proposed Mandate for Women to Register with the Selective Service System | | Agudath Israel of America is a national Orthodox Jewish organization. We offer this statement to express concern regarding the provision within the proposed FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that has emerged from the Senate markup, which will require all Americans, including women, to register with the Selective Service System. The registration framework will be utilized in the event that the draft is reinstated and there is need to mobilize the armed forces for military conflict or national emergency. Over the years, many issues have been raised in regard to manpower, management and morale of the military in the event that women would be required to serve alongside men in service to their country. Those concerns are real. However, the concern we wish to highlight in this statement relates to how the draft registration requirement will infringe upon the religious liberty of women who have religious objection to such military service. While an in-depth survey of religious traditions relating to women's participation in warfare and defense is beyond the scope of this statement, it is clear that a generalized requirement for women to register for the draft for the purpose of serving in some unknown military capacity in the future would be highly objectionable to many religiously observant women. Indeed, it is likely that large numbers of these women will not so register. Agudath Israel respectfully requests that this issue, and these consequences, be considered carefully. There is much at stake here and fundamental freedoms may be lost. That should be cause for concern among all who cherish religious liberty. (Senate Committee of Armed Forces Press Release may be found here and Summary may be found here.) | | Please note the schedule for this coming week. The shiurim will continue with the access information as follows:
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