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  TERROR IN ISRAEL: American Killed in Shooting Attack At Beit Ha’arava Junction On Route 90 February 27, 2023 11:02 am  all credit goes to The Yeshiva World News Website. Elan Ganeles, h'yd. A 26-year-old American man was killed in a shooting attack on Route 90 near the Beit Ha’arava Junction on Monday evening. Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah Volunteers were on the scene and doing CPR on the victim who was rushed to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, where he tragically succumbed to his wounds. The IDF continues to search for the terrorist who carried out the attack, and has set up roadblocks and checkpoints in the area as they hunt for the murderer. The victim was later identified as Elan Ganales, h’yd. Ganeles grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut and attended Modern Orthodox schools. His family belonged to the Young Israel of West Hartford shul, where Ganeles served as a ba’al koreh as a teenager. Ganales spent a year in Israel after high school and ended up extendi...

  February 18, 2023 11:30 pm 0 It is with great sadness that  Matzav.com  reports the petirah of Rav Abba Bronspigel  zt”l, rosh yeshiva  at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon and Beis Medrash L’Talmud. Rav Bronspiegel studied under Rav Yeruchum Gorelick and Rav Yosheh Ber Soloveitchik, learning under the latter for ten years. Later, as  rosh yeshiva  at REITS and Bais Medrash L’Torah of Lander College, he guided, inspired and educated thousands of  talmidim  with compassion, warmth and insight. Rav Bronspiegel possessed great  amkus  in his learning, couple with wide-ranging  yedios haTorah. Rav Bronspiegel always spoke about how he had “two  rebbes ,” Rav Soloveitchik and Rav Gorelick. His wife was a daughter of the venerable Rav Elie Munk. Rav Bronspiegel lived for many years in Boro Park, where he led a  shul. Rav Bronspiegel was  zocheh  to raise an outstanding family,  bnei Torah  impacting ...

  February 12, 2023 | כ״א בִּשְׁבָט תשפ״ג Loyalty to Hashem The greatness of the Jewish people stood on the foundation of their loyalty to Hashem. That foundation was laid at the giving of the Torah when they gained fear of Heaven. — Truth of the Torah Copyright © 2023 all credit goes to Simchas Hachaim Publishing 4 Solond Rd Monsey, NY 10952

  Chalkboard  Image by iStock By  Irene Katz Connelly November 17, 2019 Maimonides wrote his “Guide to the Perplexed” about ancient philosophy, but one of the most perplexing questions facing young Jewish scholars today is how to get through graduate school without going into debt. For our readers mulling careers in Judaic Studies, we’ve rounded up ten generous sources of funding and fellowships – so you can worry about your Yiddishkeit, not your utilities. Center for Jewish History Fellowship Each year, New York’s Center for Jewish History invites four doctoral candidates to spend a year doing research in its archives and those of its partners, which include the American Sephardi Federation, the American Jewish Historical Society, and the Leo Baeck Institute. Applicants must have completed all aspects of their graduate programs except for the dissertation. The Fellowship provides a $22,500 stipend. Columbia University Fellowships Bustling research university Columbia off...