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Chabad organizations include individual organizations, central and umbrella organizations, and independent organizations. Chabad's central organization representing the movement at large, Agudas Chasidei Chabad, is headed by Rabbi Avraham Shemtov. The educational and outreach arm, Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, is headed by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky.
Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups [3] as well as one of the largest Jewish religious organizations in the world. Unlike most Haredi groups, which are self-segregating, Chabad mainly operates in the wider world and it caters to secularized Jews .
Chabad.org was the pioneer of “ Ask the rabbi ” sites. Kazen reached out to thousands of people on Fidonet, an online discussion network, as far back as 1988. [5] In 1994, Kazen launched the first version of Chabad's “Ask the Rabbi” website. Today's version, in which 40 rabbis and educators field questions via e-mail, answered more than ...
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), formerly the United Jewish Communities ( UJC ), [5] is an American Jewish umbrella organization for the Jewish Federations system, representing over 350 independent Jewish communities across North America that raise and distribute over $2 billion annually, including through planned giving and ...
Rabbi Mendy Katz. Website. aleph-institute .org. The Aleph Institute is an American non-profit organization affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement that provides support services to the approximately 85,000 Jews in the U.S. prison system [1] and Jewish members of the U.S. military located in the United States and deployed abroad. [2]
Chabad on Campus International is a division of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad Lubavitch movement. It is the umbrella organization for the Chabad on Campus network one of the largest Jewish organizations serving college campuses, with over 482 permanent branches on North American campuses, and an additional 468 globally.
The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations is the American Jewish community's unofficial umbrella organization. [2] Since the 1970s, the chairperson of the Conference of Presidents has assumed the role of de facto spokesperson for the American Jewish community on international affairs, especially on matters related to Israel.
4901 N Pennsylvania Ave, Oklahoma City, 73112. Reform. Active. Formed in May 1903, Temple B'nai Israel is the oldest active Jewish congregation in Oklahoma. In the beginning, the congregation was run by student rabbis from Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. Arthur Lewinsohn was elected as rabbi in 1904. [6]