Igud HaRabonim (''Rabbinical Alliance of America'') is a right-wing national rabbinical organization, with over 800 members across North America. Founded in 1942, it has for years received publicity from Rabbi Sholom Klass and

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. The organization has an active

beth din A beit din ( he, בית דין, Bet Din, house of judgment, , Ashkenazic: ''beis din'', plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Biblical Land of Israel. Today, it ...

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nical court) in the greater

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metropolitan area. Just like any other binding

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, its decisions are binding in civil courts if the litigants agree to appoint the beth din to arbitrate their dispute. The organization's first president and co-founder was Rabbi Dr. Samuel A. Turk. Rabbi

Gershon Tannenbaum Gershon Tannenbaum (19492016) was the director of the Rabbinical Alliance of America (''Iggud HaRabbonim'') and a longtime Jewish Press columnist (''Machberes''). His ''Machberes'' column, sometimes spanning more than one page, was subtitled "News ...

served as director. Rabbi

Abraham Hecht Abraham Hecht (Avraham Berl Hecht) (April 5, 1922 – January 5, 2013) was a Chabad-affiliated American Orthodox rabbi, and president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America – ''Igud HaRabanim''. Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and a scholar of Torah, ...

(1922-2013) served as President until his passing in 2013. Rabbi Yaakov Spivak served as a member of the Presidium until his passing in 2021.

Officers

Current officers are: * Rabbi Yehoshua S. Hecht, Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Hanania Elbaz - Presidium * Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik, Executive Vice President * Rabbi Moish Schmerler, Administrative Director * Rabbi Avraham Amar, Menahel of Igud Israel * Rabbi Aaron Glatt, MD, Director of Halacha and Medicine Commission * Rabbi

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, Director of Halacah Commission * Rabbi Joseph Frager, MD, Chairman, Israel Advocacy Commission * Rabbi Joseph Salamon, Senior Vice President Members of the Beis Din are: * Rabbi Hershel Kurzrock, ''Av Beis Din'' * Rabbi Peretz Steinberg, ''Sgan Av Beis Din'' * Rabbi Yaakov Shulman, ''Dayan'' * Rabbi Laibel Wulliger, ''Moreh Tzedek'' * Rabbi Yehoshua Grunwald, ''Dayan'' * Rabbi Yitzchock Meir Pesach, ''Dayan'' * Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Kirsch, ''Menahel Beis Din'' * Rabbi Moshe Brody, Dayan, ''Dayan''

References

External links

Official websiteBeit Din website
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