VIDEOS: #AgudahLive from Ruach Country + Annual Camp Agudah Concert

All #AgudahLives episodes below —

Join Rabbi Avi Schnall and Rabbi Shai Markowitz from Ruach Country for a livestream of Agudah Live and the 8th Annual Music for the Soul Concert with Shmueli Ungar and Shloimy Daskal.

Starting tonight at 8:30 “city” time

Co-hosts Rabbi Schnall and Rabbi Markowitz are joined by Rabbi Haber member Machon Chayim Aruchim. Among other topics, they discuss why Chayim Aruchim was founded, when someone should call, and share stories of how they personally benefited from Chayim Aruchim.

Co-hosts Rabbi Avi Schnall and Rabbi Shai Markowitz meet with Avi Schick, lead attorney in the Yeshiva Education Crisis litigation. Mr. Schick brings them up to date on where the situation is now – after the three lawsuits against the New York State Education Department what are we hoping for from the courts? Is an injunction our goal? And Mr. Schick fills them in on the schools that have already been contacted by the state for upcoming inspections.

Co-hosts R’ Avi Schnall and R’ Shai Markowitz are joined by R’ Abba Cohen Agudah’s Vice President for Government Affairs and Director of the Washington D.C office. Topics covered include the history of the Washington D.C office, how R’ Cohen works with both ends of the political spectrum, and whether politicians actually read the emails you send to their office.

Co-hosts R’ Avi Schnall and R’ Shai Markowitz are joined by R’ Dovid Yosef Thaler to talk about how the Agudah helps people prepare for employment through COPE and PCS. Among other topics, they discuss how COPE and PCS were founded, the various services offered, educational courses available, and the Agudah’s impact on the finances of thousands of families in Klal Yisroel.

Cohosts Rabbi Shai Markowitz and Rabbi Avi Schnall discuss the Torah Projects Division of Agudas Yisroel with Rabbi Labish Becker, Executive Director of Agudath Israel of America. Topics covered: The fascinating origins of Rabbi Yisroel Reisman’s world famous Navi Shiur, the history of the Torah Projects Division including Rabbi Yaakov Bender’s role in its inception, how Torah Projects and advocacy go hand in hand, and the growth of the Yerushalayim Yarchei Kallah.

Update from Albany: Rabbi Yeruchim Silber, Agudah’s representative in Albany, updates the Agudah Live audience on the new legislative session that just started. Cohosts Rabbi Shai Markowitz and Rabbi Avi Schnall discuss with him Agudah’s activities in the state capital, and get an update on the status of the New York State Education Department’s Substantial Equivalency issue.

Substantial Equivalency: We’ve heard so much about it, and then we heard that maybe it isn’t a problem anymore. Is that true?

Watch this #AgudahLive session, where Rabbi Shai Markowitz and Rabbi Avi Schnall interview Mr. Richard Altabe, Lower Division Principal of Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB).

Spoiler alert: “These are very dangerous times for all Yeshivos in the State of New York, regardless of whether they’re Chassidish Yeshivos, Litvish Yeshivos, Modern Yeshivos, and even Yeshivos representing non-Frum populations.”

Watch the full video to hear Mr. Altabe’s perspective, in a perceptive interview from Rabbis Markowitz and Schnall, and you’ll have a better idea of what is really going on in the State of New York.

Agudath Israel Exec VP R Chaim Dovid Zwiebel joined R Avi Schnall and R Shai Markowitz for #AgudahLive to discuss the far reaching impact of the NYSED Guidelines for Yeshivos and nonpublic schools.

Agudah Live @ The Agudah Convention – Motzei Shabbos, Pre Keynote

Agudah Live @ The Agudah Convention – Thursday night, Post Keynote

Agudah Live @ The Agudah Convention – Thursday afternoon, Pre Keynote

Back at Camp Agudah #RuachCountry for another episode of Agudah Live.

Join us tonight as we LIVESTREAM from Camp Agudah to hear and see the latest sights and sounds from #RuachCountry… interviews with campers and staff + live singing of winning (and losing) Alma Mater from Color War 2017.

Tune in to find out why Ruach Country is Like No Other Place On Earth!

Watch us LIVE Thursday Night 7:50-9:00 #AgudahLive

As 100’s of parents send their kids off to camp across the country we took #AgudahLive to the bus stop for Ruach Country and had a chance to talk with a few campers and parents for the latest episode of #AgudahLive