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Agudath Israel of America

“This Orthodox Jewish group was simply targeted for being visibly Jewish, and these protesters are simply being antisemitic,” the ADL said.
Voter turnout rate in the Orthodox Jewish community doubled from 2022, according to Rabbi A.D. Motzen, national director of government affairs at Agudath Israel of America.
The Florida Republican addressed Agudath Israel of America’s leadership mission to Washington on Wednesday.
Rabbi Eli Steinberg, a community activist, said it is “heartening” that James met with a delegation of Orthodox Jewry not after an extreme event, but at a time when the public isn’t noticing.
“When you go back to Israel, we in the Diaspora will face the potential consequences of even more antisemitism, powered by your words,” says the group Am Echad.
Following big wins in 2021 for school-choice proponents, 2023 may become “the year of universal school choice,” experts tell JNS.
“Get to really know us,” said Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president of Agudath Israel of America, in the new Fox News mini-documentary.
Agudath Israel begins a media campaign, including high-visibility billboards, to push back against the New York Times’ criticism of Haredi communities.
Agudath Israel of America believes vote would undermine the historical and moral “underpinnings” of traditional marriage.
Leaders of the Reform movement were quick to condemn the new law in a letter signed on Sept. 2 by multiple organizations, in which they noted the stringency of the new legislation.
The 5-4 decision was in response to two lawsuits: one by the Archdiocese of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and one from Agudath Israel of America and two of its affiliated congregations.
It has been one of several lawsuits against New York City and the state for coronavirus measures targeting Jewish neighborhoods, particularly in Brooklyn.