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Agudath Israel of America
Founded1922
FounderRabbi Eliezer Silver
Headquarters
New York City
,
United States
Areas served
North America
Key people
Mike Tress

Rabbi Moshe Sherer Rabbi Yaakov Perlow (d. 2020)

Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel
Revenue11,422,304 United States dollar (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
345[1] (2016)
Websiteagudah.org

Agudath Israel of America (Hebrew: אגודת ישראל באמריקה) (also called the Agudah) is an American organization that represents Haredi Orthodox Jews.[2][3] It is loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel.[4][5] Agudah seeks to meet the needs of the Haredi community, advocates[6] for its religious[7] and civil rights, and services its constituents through charitable, educational, and social service projects across North America.

  1. ^ "Agudath Israel Didn't Need To Disclose Their Financial — But They Did Anyways". The Forward. 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Open Debate: Is N.Y.'s Abortion Law Halachic?". Jewish Journal. February 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Orthodox rabbis compare abortion to murder - and Orthodox women are angry about it". January 31, 2019.
  4. ^ "Agudath Israel of America is a communal organization in the United States loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel." "Agudath Israel of America, World Agudath Israel". Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  5. ^ "Agudath Israel of America is an Orthodox Jewish organization in the United States loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel.""Agudath Israel of America". C-SPAN.
  6. ^ "New York City’s health commissioner and Agudath Israel respond to an editorial" "Orthodox Jews and New York's Circumcision Rule". The New York Times. March 11, 2015.
  7. ^ Otterman, Sharon (February 19, 2015). "City Eases Pre-K Rules to Allow Prayer Breaks". The New York Times.

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