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Jewish Agency Takes In OTZMA

The Jewish Federations of North America announced Friday that it will transfer ownership of its OTZMA Israel Experience, one of the first programs that enabled young adults to live and learn in Israel, to a subsidiary of the Jewish Agency for Israel, effective July 1. JFNA runs trips to Israel, but OTZMA is its only […]

Rabbi Abraham B. Hecht, Sephardic And Chabad Leader, Dies At 90

Rabbi Abraham B. Hecht, an Ashkenazi who led a Sephardic congregation and was also closely affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, died Saturday night at 90. He was a passionate advocate of traditional Torah values and strict interpretation of halacha. Rabbi Hecht was leader of Congregation Shaare Zion in Midwood, Brooklyn for over 50 years and […]

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Jewish Agency Takes In OTZMA

Rabbi Abraham B. Hecht, Sephardic And Chabad Leader, Dies At 90

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