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NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (JTA) — Rabbi Avrohom Pam, one of the most respected voices in the fervently Orthodox Jewish community, died early last Friday morning of cancer. Pam, who was 88, was one of eight members of Agudath Israel of America’s Council of Torah Sages and longtime dean of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in Brooklyn. […]

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LONDON, Aug. 19 (JTA) — An Orthodox education center in Britain has withdrawn its invitation to a leading Jewish member of Austria’s xenophobic Freedom Party. The invitation to Peter Sichrovsky was canceled after sponsors of the Yakar center threatened to withdraw support for the institution, according to Rabbi Jeremy Rosen, Yakar’s director. But Rosen defended […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (JTA) — Faith-based and community organizations are at a disadvantage when trying to get federal support for their social service programs, according to a White House report. The charges from the Bush administration are not new, but the report, which details 15 barriers that faith- based groups face when trying to get […]

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