Isaac Jacob Reines, 1839-1915

Isaac Jacob Reines, 1839-1915

A Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi born in Belarus, Reines was one of the earliest leaders of Religious Zionism, supported an unsuccessful effort to establish a settlement mixing Torah and labor in the early 1890s, and founded…

Biographies|August 11, 2022
John Ruskay, 1946-

John Ruskay, 1946-

Ruskay was the executive vice president and CEO of UJA-Federation of New York from 1999 to 2014, giving him influence over millions of dollars a year allocated within Israel. He remains a consultant to nonprofits…

Biographies|October 17, 2022