Rabbi Shlomo Braun of Aleh Foundation addresses Rabbinical Alliance of America Kislev Conference

NEW YORK - Nov. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- The Rosh Chodesh Kislev Conference of the Igud Horabbonim – Rabbinical Alliance of America, was held on Sunday, first day of Rosh Chodesh Kislev, November 3rd, 2013, in theChaim Albert Synagogue of the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, 585 Schenectady Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Rabbi Michoel Chazan serves there as Chaplain. Graced with the presence of Rabbi Shmaryahu Shulman, Igud Honorary President and author of Merish Bebirah, Rabbi Yehoshua Yonason Lustig, Conference Chairman, opened the Session with the recital of Tehillim 130. Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, Igud Director, introduced Rabbi Tzvi Mandel, Rav of B’nei Israel of Flatbush, who has been designated to respond to the proposed outreach effort of the Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy of the Rabbinical Alliance. Initially, 179 nursing homes in the New York tri-state metropolitan area will be contacted in order to provide religious services to Jewish patients.

Rabbi Shlomo Braun, Founder and Director of the Aleh Foundationwww.alehfoundationusa.org for Children and senior member of NYS State Senator Martin Golden’s staff, stressed the importance for members of the Jewish community to vote. Governmental services are directed to communities that vote, Rabbi Braun stressed see .http://www.jewocity.com/blog/tag/rabbi-shlomo-braun-of-aleh-foundation-meets-bill-de-blasio

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Rabbi Chanania Elbaz, Rav of Congreation Achi-Ezer and Igud Presidium Member, delivered a personal and an emotional remembrance of towering Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, zt”l (1920-2013), Rishon Letziyon and Chief Rabbi of Israel. Rabbi Shmaryahu Shulman noted that ordinarily no eulogies are to be delivered on Rosh Chodesh, however, eulogies that serve as Halachic reviews are permitted. Rabbi Tannenbaum cited the Gemara at Kesubos 17a directing that on the passing of a Torah scholar, the funeral should have at least 600,000 participants. In the case of a Torah leader, however, no minimum exists.

Rabbi Michoel Chazan discussed a gathering of hospital chaplains of all faiths that he hosted at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. Some wondered aloud of the necessity on including all religions. Rabbi Chazan stressed its importance in that a Chaplain called the very next day to report that a Jewish patient at the Catholic nursing home where he served had died and that instructions on handling and providing Jewish funeral services were requested. Rabbi Chazan underlined that the importance of the Commission’s outreach is inestimable. Rabbi Moshe Mandel, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Mordechai in Flatbush and author of S'meichim L'shomro, discussed forthcoming elections for Igud President

Several discussion followed regarding resolutions to be articulated relating to positions that the Igud is in the midst of preparing for public release.

Participating in the Conference were: Rabbi Moshe Abramov; Rabbi Noach Bernstein; Rabbi Shlomo Braun; Rabbi Michoel Chazan; Rabbi Yochanon Davis; Rabbi Chanania Elbaz; Rabbi Gershon Gutman; Rabbi Hanoch H. Hecht; Rabbi Naftali Aaron Levine; Rabbi Yoshua Yonason Lustig; Rabbi Moshe Mandel; Rabbi Tzvi Mandel; Rabbi Yehuda Leib Posner; Rabbi Harry Rabinowitz; Rabbi Joseph Salamon; Rabbi Shemaryahu Shulman; Rabbi Kalman Sodden; Rabbi Avraham Stone; and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum;

The Aleh Foundation opened its first office in the United States in 1989 and developed a network of more than 30,000 that became staunch throughout the USA supporters of our activities. It is only due to the energetic and successful public relations and fund raising affords of the Aleh Foundation in the USA, during the past 30 years, that Aleh is Israel was able to become Israel’s foremost provider of the care and treatment of the severely disabled children. Aleh’s spacious, ultra-modern dormitories, treatment centers, special education schools and occupational training schools of Aleh house and treat hundreds of special children in four cities in Israel. Today Aleh operates a system of spacious, modern facilities throughout Israel that house and care for more than 700 children with special needs. Because of dedicated friends and supporters throughout the states Aleh Foundation was able to forward more than a quarter million dollars ($275,000) this year to Aleh’s facilities in Israel.

The Aleh Foundation located at 5317 13th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219 is pleased to announce that the upcoming 2014 Awards Gala will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage- a living memorial to the Holocaust. Proceeds for the event will go to build our latest project,http://www.alehfoundationusa.org/PRG_school.html the Special Education School, which is presently in its final construction stage at Pardes Katz, a 10 minute-drive from Tel Aviv.