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By: Sandy Eller Long a symbol of national expansion as the proverbial “Gateway to the West,” St. Louis lived up to its moniker last week, as the national

Agudath Israel announced today that Rabbi Avi Schnall, director of Agudath Israel of America’s New Jersey office since 2014, has decided that he will be

One yeshivah speeds ahead in Chicagos vaccine drive The catchphrases “flatten the curve” and “shelter in place” that buzzed throughout the Covid pandemic are giving way to “getting jabbed” and “shot in the arm.” And in Chicago, the Jewish community has taken the lead in getting the precious doses administered. Its program, the Community Vaccine Alliance, has become a model for the nation. Rabbi Shlomo Soroka, the director of government affairs for Agudath Israel of Illinois, tol...