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It is our duty to denounce those who invoke the name of the Almighty in vain. It is our holy obligation and our moral responsibility to call on them: Stop using these falsehoods and heresies to justify yourselves and your misdeeds. The Jewish faith, as transmitted by the Almighty to our forefathers,
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The executive director of the entire organization was Rabbi Yitzchok Glick a/k/a Rabbi Bela Gluck, who served in this position for over 50 years, assisted by the first Beth Din secretary Rabbi Shabse Mordche Berkowitz, replaced in 1979 by Rabbi Yishay Buchinger as secretary until his death, then by
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Throughout the years, the organization grew exponentially, and quickly turned into one of the most recognized rabbinical organizations, currently having over 300 communal rabbis as members, representing a reported collective constituency of over 250,000 people throughout the US and Canada.
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In 2018, this division expanded and modernized the laboratory with new machinery and equipment, employing workers in the field of chemical research, analyzing various ingredients to ascertain their Kashrus viability, and analyzing the various plants and seeds for bug infestation.
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has not and will never countenance the Zionist and nationalistic doctrines of the state of Israel. These false doctrines are compounded of atheism and anti-religious Zionism, ideologies alien to Judaism. Let them not be misrepresented to the world as Jewish.
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The organization also maintains, in a separate office, a full-time Beis Hora'ah, with rabbis taking shifts from early morning until midnight to answer questions from the public on Jewish law. This division was led for many years by Rabbi Shalom Kraus of
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The kashrus division was founded in 1975 by Rabbi Rotenberg, the Voideslove Rav. In 1980 Rabbi Yidel Gruber was appointed for the general development of the kashrus department. Rabbi Gruber resigned in about 1998.
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who travel across the world supervising and certifying the plants and food production facilities, physically monitoring and ensuring that all requirements are met.
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The first Beth Din secretary was Rabbi Shabse Mordche Berkowitz, who was succeeded after his death by Rabbi Yishay Buchinger.
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information. Throughout the year, the division publishes a magazine with articles about topics of interest in the field of
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Middle East Policy Council, Journal, Winter 1990-91, Number 35: JEWISH CRITICISM OF ZIONISM, Edward C. Corrigan
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The organization established a special panel to maintain and enforce traditional Jewish law, called
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and began the process of rebuilding the dozens of communities which were decimated in the
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This division, currently the biggest of the organization, consists of a large team of
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communities, and to provide said communities with all of their religious needs.
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Rabbi Mattes Berkowitz as secretary and Chaim Shlomo Ilowitz as co-ordinator.
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Prohibition against slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the same day
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standards differed from those generally accepted in America, the need for a
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was felt, and the organization established a division to supervise
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plants, producing thousands of kosher products, as well as many
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Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Rodney Street, Brooklyn)
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Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Hooper Street, Brooklyn)
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In 1986, the CRC publicized the following declaration:
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JTA August 21, 1979, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum Dead at 93
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Central Rabbinical Congress of the United States and Canada

Hebrew
romanized
rabbinical
Haredi Jewish
Brooklyn, New York
World War II
United States
Holocaust
Haredi
rebbe
Satmar
Joel Teitelbaum
Levi Yitzchok Greenwald
Tzehlim
Yosef Greenwald
Pupa
Shopron
Yonasan Steif
Vien
Moshe Teitelbaum
Siget
Kashau (Hasidic dynasty)
Krasna
Mezhbizh
Sharmash
Kashrus
Beth Din
Kashrut

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