Wednesday, June 23, 2021
JHS: The Life & Leadership of Rav Eliezer Silver Part I
One of the architects or American Orthodoxy and perhaps the greatest Orthodox rabbinical leader in that country of the 20th century, Rav Eliezer Silver (1886-1968) had a decisive impact on Jewish life. Through his communal rabbinical leadership, his national leadership on the American scene, through the organizations which he spearheaded and ran for decades, and of course his myriad efforts on behalf of Eastern European Jewry.
Having studied under Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski in Vilna, Rav Yosef Rosen the Rogatchover in Dvinsk and Rav Chaim Brisker in Brisk, he then immigrated to the United States at the peak of the great immigration in 1907.
He'd later be president of the Agudas Harabbonim, founder of Ezras Torah, founder of Agudath Israel of America, founder and president of Vaad Hatzalah and a constant man of action for almost every Jewish, educational and rescue undertaking during his long career.
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UPCOMING ELUL ZMAN UPDATE
ReplyDeleteJUNE 20TH, 2021
Choshuve Roshei Yeshiva, Menahalim and Menahalos,
Shalom Aleichem!
In response to the many questions being directed to the offices of the Igud, and in response to many
unfounded rumors which have been circulating, we would like to clarify:
1. In terms of next zman, according to what has been agreed upon with the staff of the Ministry of the
Interior and the Ministry of Health at present, entering Israel for Elul will be approved only for
vaccinated individuals with a vaccination certificate and recovered individuals with documentation of
illness (certificate of a positive COVID test during their illness).
2. Due to the high level of caution which the Ministry of Health has adopted due to the concern over
allowing COVID variants into Israel, presently, there is no approval for recovered individuals who do
not have documentation of a positive COVID test (even if they do have a letter from a doctor or a
positive serology / antibody test).
3. There is a possibility that the Ministry of Health will approve entry for those with antibodies, but that
might not happen till Elul or later. We therefore advise all students who can vaccinate and wish to be
certain that they will be admitted to Israel, to vaccinate immediately.
4. Students who do not wish to vaccinate and do not have documentation of a positive COVID test but
have positive serology (antibodies) results, will need to wait to get a final answer about their ability
to enter the country. The Igud staff is working to broaden this approval to include also those with just
positive serology tests. If this advocacy is successful earlier, we will notify everyone immediately.
5. Students who do not have vaccinations and have not had COVID will not be allowed into the country.
6. As of now, anyone with a student visa will be able to come in/return.
7. Any news indicating that students will be able to enter under conditions other than those specified
here is mistaken. Such rumors are not being published by the Igud, and the Igud takes no
responsibility for them.
Sincerely,
The Igud