The Orthodox Caucus - Plenum Members

The Orthodox Caucus - Plenum Members

August 15, 2003

http://www.orthodoxcaucus.org/plenummember.html

Plenum Members

1. Mr. Steven Adelsberg
2. Rabbi Yosef Adler
3. Rabbi Marc Angel
4. Rabbi Kenneth Auman
5. Mr. Shael Bellows
6. Mr. Jack Bendheim
7. Dr. Giti Bendheim
8. Dr. David Berger
9. Dr. Elena Berkowitz
10. Rabbi Ari Berman
11. Rabbi Saul Berman
12. Rabbi Heshie Billet
13. Mr. David Birnaum
14. Ms. Evelyn Blachor
15. Rabbi Yosef Blau
16. Mr. Ludwig Bravmann
17. Rabbi Reuven Bulka
18. Mr. David Butler
19. Rabbi Zevulum Charlop
20. Chief Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen
21. Mr. Nathan Diament
22. Rabbi Mark Dratch
23. Rabbi Steven Dworken
24. Ms. Betty Ehrenberg
25. Mr. Fred Ehrman
26. Mr. Allen Fagin
27. Mrs. Judith Fagin
28. Mrs. Judith Feder
29. Mrs. Rella Feldman
30. Mrs. Sondra Fisch
31. Mr. Mandell Ganchrow
32. Rabbi Gershon Gewirtz
33. Mrs. Lili Goldberg
34. Mr. William Goldberg
35. Rabbi Shmuel Goldin
36. Mrs. Shulamith Goldstein
37. Mr. Mark Goldstein
38. Mr. Sidney Gottesman
39. Rabbi Raphael Grossman
40. Mr. Andrew Groveman
41. Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt
42. Mr. Charles Guttman
43. Rabbi Kenneth Hain
44. Rabbi Naftali Harkstark
45. Rabbi Nathaniel Helfogt
46. Rabbi Robert Hirt
47. Mrs. Norma Holzer
48. Mr. Mark Honigsfeld
49. Rabbi David Israel
50. Rabbi Howard Jachter
51. Rabbi David Jacobowitz
52. Mr. Kenneth Jacobson
53. Mrs. Michael Jessleson
54. Dr. Dov Kahane
55. Mr. Henry Katz
56. Mr. Ilan Kaufthal
57. Mrs. Ilana Kelman
58. Rabbi Jay Kelman
59. Dr. Jerry Kesenbaum
60. Mr. Lawrence A. Kobrin
61. Dr. Eugene Korn
62. Mr. Saul Koschitzky
63. Dr. Marion Getzler Kramer
64. Ms. Fran Kritz
65. Dr. Norman Lamm
66. Mr. Moron Landowne
67. Mr. Reuben Leibowitz
68. Mr. Nathan Lewin
69. Rabbi Aharon Lictenstein
70. Mr. Marcel Lindenbaum
71. Mr. Nathan Linden baum
72. Rabbi Haskel Loostein
73. Rabbi Chaim Marder
74. Mr. Matthew Maryles
75. Mr. Aaron Menche
76. Mr. Ezra Merkin
77. Rabbi Michael Miller
78. Rabbi Adam Mintz
79. Mrs. Sharon Mintz
80. Mr. Avery Neumark
81. Rabbi Joseph S. Ozrowski
82. Mr. Jeffrey Parker
83. Rabbi Dale Polakoff
84. Mr. Jay Pmrenze
85. Dr. Heschel Raskas
86. Dr. Rosalie Reich
87. Mr. Joel Rich
88. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
89. Mr. Philip Rosen
90. Rabbi Jonathan I. Rosenblatt
91. Mr. Gary Rosenblatt
92. Rabbi Michael Rosenweig
93. Rabbi Sol Roth 
94. Mrs. Gold Rothman
95. Mr. Daniel Rothner
96. Mr. Kurt Rothschild
97. Rabbi Jacob Rubenstein
98. RabbiEliezer Rubin
99. Mr. Sheldon Rudoff
100. Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
101. Mr. Steven Savitsky
102. Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter
103. Dr. Alvin Schiff
104. Mr. Ed Schlussel
105. Dr. Sylvia Schonfeld
106. Mrs. Jordana Schoor
107. Mr Robert Schwalbe
108. Mr. Carmi Schwartz
109. Rabbi Gedalia Schwartz
110. Rabbi Allen Schwartz
111. Ms. marilyn Selber
112. Mr. Joseph Septimus
113. Dr. David Shatz
114. Rabbi Michael Shmidman
115. Rabbi Moshe Shulman
116. Professor Daniel Sperber
117. Mr. Steve Spira
118. Dr. Helene Stark
119. Mr. Peter Steinlauf
120. Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz
121. Professor Richard Stone
122. Mr. Moshael Straus
123. Mrs. Malka Susswein
124. Rabbi Solomon Trau
125. Mrs. Ina Tropper
126. Dr. Daniel Tropper
127. Dr. Chaim Waxman
128. Mr. Marcel Weber
129. Rabbi Steven Wel
130. Dr. Lina Weiner
131. Rabbi Tzvi H. Weinreb
132. Mr. Morry Weiss
133. Mr. Jerry Williams
134. Rabbi Mordechai Willig
135. Mr. Michael Wimpfheimer
136. Rabbi Jeffrey Woolf
137. Rabbi Walter Wurzburger

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Orthodox Caucus to be Hosted by Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future

YU News - August 1, 2005

Aug 1, 2005 — The Orthodox Caucus, a leadership group whose mission is to address challenges facing the Orthodox community and the Jewish community at large, will relocate to Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus and be hosted by the Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) of Yeshiva University (YU).

The Orthodox Caucus brings together prominent rabbis, roshei yeshiva (professors of Talmud), educators, and lay leaders in common cause. “Bringing the Orthodox Caucus into the YU sphere of influence will allow top-tier Jewish leaders to draw upon the intellectual, spiritual, and educational resources of YU and strengthen their contribution to the Jewish community,” President Richard M. Joel said.

The Orthodox Caucus offers programs in approximately 10 communities in the New York metropolitan area and beyond, as well as initiatives that serve the community at large.

Fred Ehrman, chairman of the Orthodox Caucus, viewed the move to YU as an important opportunity for the organization and the Jewish community. “Our goal is to catalyze the Jewish community and its organizations in practical and meaningful ways,” he said. “Over the past 13 years, we have succeeded in spurring communities to action by raising awareness and finding creative solutions to sensitive and pressing issues. By partnering with YU, we hope to broaden the scope of our efforts to strengthen Jewish life.”

The issues the Caucus has focused on include assisting parents with developmentally disabled children; formulating policies for schools regarding substance abuse; development of prenuptial agreements in cooperation with the Beth Din of America and the Rabbinical Council of America easing the plight of agunot (chained women); educating communities about issues concerning the singles phenomenon; and guiding parents and students in selecting yeshivot and seminaries in Israel for post-high school studies.

The Orthodox Caucus has always challenged the Jewish community to improve itself; creating initiatives that have helped strengthen our moral constitution and commitment to the values articulated in our mesorah (tradition),” said Rabbi Kenneth Brander, inaugural dean of the Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). “The synergy created between the Caucus and YU through CJF will enable us to deliver a more effective message of leadership to our student community and at the same time enhance the Center’s ability to serve the Jewish people.”

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Orthodox Caucus

Ethical and Religious Guidelines for Orthodoxy Task Force

Just Tzedakah

http://www.just-tzedakah.org/Taskforce.html

Rabbi Saul Berman Mr. Fred Ehrman Rabbi Daniel Feldman Rabbi Kenneth Hain Rabbi Robert Hirt Dr. Ira Kaminow Mr. Lawrence Kobrin Dr. Norman Lamm Mr. Morton Landowne

Mr. Marcel Lindenbaum                 Mr. Matthew Maryles                 Mr. Sheldon Rudoff                 Mr. Bruce Shoulson                 Mr. William Spier                 Professor Suzanne Last Stone                 Mr. Moshael Straus                 Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Weinreb                 Rabbi Walter Wurzburger

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