Behind the Bima

Morton A. "Mort" Klein (born 1947) is a German-born American economist, statistician, and pro-Israeli activist. He is the president of the Zionist Organization of America. In 2004, he was named one of the top five Jewish leaders in the United States by The Forward. Klein is a published academic, having served as a lecturer at Temple University and as a biostatistician at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the Linus Pauling Institute. 

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). 
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

For over twenty years, Israel has leveraged his gift for building relationships to precipitate exponential growth for corporations, charities, and careers. As a master of connecting people with mission-driven business ventures and purposeful nonprofit organizations, he has guided thousands of clients through uniquely creative fundraising, marketing, and social media campaigns.

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). 
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

Born into a family that was fragmented by the Holocaust, Yehuda Kohn, head of the Bet Elazraki Children’s Home in Netanya, has dedicated his life to repairing the lives of hundreds of at-risk children by providing them with warmth, love and a welcoming environment. For more, see here: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/a-true-parent-621579. 

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Stay up to date with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg at https://rabbiefremgoldberg.org/whatsapp. 

Notes:
Check out this inspiring wedding: https://youtu.be/ANpuFjl5c_0. 
Learn more about the orphange: https://elazraki.org/.

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). 
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

Rav Moshe Meiselman is an American-born Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Moshe in Jerusalem, which he established in 1982. He also founded and served as principal of Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) from 1977 to 1982. He is a descendant of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty and nephew of the Rav, R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik who he considers to be his Rebbe par excellence. 

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Stay up to date with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg at https://rabbiefremgoldberg.org/whatsapp.

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS).
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

Abie Rotenberg is a prolific Orthodox Jewish musician, composer and entertainer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been producing music since the mid-1970s with a style which has been described as "soft and sweet" with a strong folk influence. Rotenberg has cited the musicians Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach as strong influences. 

While his folk-inspired sound and inspirational lyrics are strongly reminiscent of Carlebach, Rotenberg's soft and sometimes melancholic voice, however, contrasts with Carlebach's ecstatic style. Rotenberg has collaborated with other Jewish musicians including Mordechai ben David, Avraham Fried, Yehuda Schechter, Yaakov Shwekey, Baruch Levine, Moshe Yess and Shlomo Simcha with whom he co-starred in Israel National Radio's Miracles 18 concert. 

In September 2015, Rotenberg published his first novel, The Season of Pepsi Meyers, a book about an 18-year old Jewish boy playing for the New York Yankees, set in the future (Feldheim Publishers). 

In November 2016, Rotenberg released Eliyahu Hanavi, under his full name Avraham Yom Tov Rotenberg, an in-depth analysis of the life of Elijah the Prophet (Mesorah Publishers). 

Notes: 🎶Did you know that Abie Rotenberg has an underrated song that he wishes more people knew about. 

Min Hametzar in D'veykus, Vol. 6 
https://open.spotify.com/track/3hAlI1....

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11:54 - Interview 
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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). 
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

Veronica Bocelli is the wife of Andrea Bocelli and vice-chair of the Bocelli Foundation. 

The Andrea Bocelli Foundation, Ente Filantropico, was established in July 2011 inspired by the desire of Maestro Bocelli and his family to give back a measure of the love and support that they had received over the course of his career spent traveling around the world. 

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). 
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

YESHIVA OF SOUTH FLORIDA is designed to continue the path of growth in Avodas Hashem and Talmud Torah that Talmidim cultivated while learning in Eretz Yisrael. Our goal is to create a Makom Torah where Talmidim can thrive and develop into Talmidei Chachamim, Bnei Aliyah and Bnei Torah for life. 

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). 
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon is an internationally acclaimed “posek” of Halacha, author, educator, and lecturer. Individuals and communities from around the globe turn to him regarding complex questions in Halacha, the responses of which have been pivotal in helping shape the contemporary Jewish world. 

Rav Rimon is the Chief Rabbi of Gush Etzion and is the Rosh Yeshiva of Lev Academic Center (JCT), as well as the community rabbi of Alon Shvut South. For Rav Rimon, innovation in Torah and Chessed come hand in hand. 

He is Founder and Chairman of Sulamot, which develops cutting-edge educational technologies, experiential Jewish programming, and innovative curricula for Judaic studies, taught in five languages in hundreds of schools around the world. 

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). 
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

David Melech Friedman (born August 8, 1958) is an American bankruptcy lawyer and the former United States Ambassador to Israel. He joined the law firm Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman (then known as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres) in 1994, where he met and represented Donald Trump, then chairman and president of The Trump Organization. 

He was an advisor to Trump during his successful presidential campaign. In December 2016, President-elect Trump's transition team announced that Friedman was Trump's nominee for ambassador. He was narrowly confirmed by the Senate, officially sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on March 29 and presented his credentials on May 15. 

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). 
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. 
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.