The Rabbi & People with Disabilities:
YCT's disabilities conference was held on January 22-25.

Audio is available for some of the classes that took place:

Congregation Ahavas Israel was about to close 10 years ago. Today, led by YCT musmakh Rabbi Maurice Appelbaum, the shul is drawing a diverse crowd, from unaffiliated Jews to Hasidim.

“Community Emerging In Unlikely Greenpoint”  in the Jewish Week

 A Personal Thank You to Rabbi David Hartman and Dr. Menachem Elon:

Giants of the Jewish World

By Avi Weiss

I am deeply, deeply saddened to hear of the death of my friend, Rabbi Dr.  David Hartman.  This comes on the heels of the loss of the great Jewish legal scholar, Dr. Menachem Elon.  While Dr. Elon and Rabbi Hartman made different contributions to Am Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael, for me, as part of the Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) and Yeshivat Maharat families, they had a common point - their unconditional support for our vision, our programs and our institutions.

YCT musmakh Rabbi Jason Weiner recently shared with Ami Magazine some of his experiences as Senior Rabbi and Manager of the Spiritual Care Department at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

You're Asking Me What?: The Challenges and Privileges of Being a Frum Hospital Chaplain