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Eternal Jewish Family Holding Seminar for Intermarried Couples Seeking a Universally Accepted Conversion Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 08:26 am
The Eternal Jewish Family is presenting a seminar to educate intermarried couples who are seriously contemplating or seeking a universally accepted conversion. The theme of the seminar is "When a Family Commits to Join the Jewish Family." It will be held at the Marriott Baltimore Hunt Valley Inn in Baltimore, Maryland, December 29-30th, 2008.
It is critical that when the commitment to become a full-fledged member of the Jewish people is made, the conversion meets all of the requirements of halacha. Then the union will be recognized by all rabbinic authorities across the globe. Couples, their children and their children's children will have the confidence to rely on this Universally Accepted Conversion.
The two-day seminar is similar to the successful seminars for intermarried couples held in Oxnard California, Phoenix, Arizona, and Montreal, Canada. Similar seminars were also held in Israel. Those who wish to attend should be currently seeking a universally accepted conversion, or have sought conversion which has been problematic.
Couples must be referred by the rabbi that they are working with and in most cases the rabbi himself joins the couple at the seminar. The seminar will educate couples on what it means to embark on such a serious and life-changing journey. Couples must be in the early stages of seeking a universally accepted conversion to attend.
The halachic conversion is vital for a family to be fully integrated into the Jewish lifestyle and community. Couples who do not obtain a universally accepted conversion may have problems being accepted into Jewish communities. This includes being unable to register their children in Jewish day schools.
EJF has helped many Jewish couples learn what's required to obtain a universally accepted conversion. The decision is not taken lightly - not only does it involve a serious commitment - but it can take a few years to complete.
Speakers at the seminar sessions are given by some of the world's most sought-after educators and lecturers and includes prominent Orthodox thinkers and lecturers. There will also be people who have gone through the experience of obtaining a universally accepted conversion to Judaism who will share their experiences of how they have sought to live an authentic Jewish life.
Eternal Jewish Family Holding Seminar for Intermarried Couples Seeking a Universally Accepted Conversion Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 08:26 am
The Eternal Jewish Family is presenting a seminar to educate intermarried couples who are seriously contemplating or seeking a universally accepted conversion. The theme of the seminar is "When a Family Commits to Join the Jewish Family." It will be held at the Marriott Baltimore Hunt Valley Inn in Baltimore, Maryland, December 29-30th, 2008.
It is critical that when the commitment to become a full-fledged member of the Jewish people is made, the conversion meets all of the requirements of halacha. Then the union will be recognized by all rabbinic authorities across the globe. Couples, their children and their children's children will have the confidence to rely on this Universally Accepted Conversion.
The two-day seminar is similar to the successful seminars for intermarried couples held in Oxnard California, Phoenix, Arizona, and Montreal, Canada. Similar seminars were also held in Israel. Those who wish to attend should be currently seeking a universally accepted conversion, or have sought conversion which has been problematic.
Couples must be referred by the rabbi that they are working with and in most cases the rabbi himself joins the couple at the seminar. The seminar will educate couples on what it means to embark on such a serious and life-changing journey. Couples must be in the early stages of seeking a universally accepted conversion to attend.
The halachic conversion is vital for a family to be fully integrated into the Jewish lifestyle and community. Couples who do not obtain a universally accepted conversion may have problems being accepted into Jewish communities. This includes being unable to register their children in Jewish day schools.
EJF has helped many Jewish couples learn what's required to obtain a universally accepted conversion. The decision is not taken lightly - not only does it involve a serious commitment - but it can take a few years to complete.
Speakers at the seminar sessions are given by some of the world's most sought-after educators and lecturers and includes prominent Orthodox thinkers and lecturers. There will also be people who have gone through the experience of obtaining a universally accepted conversion to Judaism who will share their experiences of how they have sought to live an authentic Jewish life.
Speakers include:
Rabbi Leib Tropper, Rosh Yeshiva Kol Yaakov/Horizons and Chairman of the EJF's Rabbinic Committee
Rabbi Mordechai Neugroschel - a leading lecturer for Arachim, an outreach organization that has set the bar for creative and innovative approaches to educating unaffiliated Jews
Rabbi Mayer Schiller, noted thinker and lecturer
Rabbi Doron Kornbluth, author of the best-selling Why Marry Jewish? Surprising Reasons for Jews to Marry Jews
Rabbi Daniel Assor, a former Protestant minister and leader of the Jews for Jesus movement.
The cost for couples approved for participation is only $99 per person ($198 per couple). Scholarships are available and babysitting services can be arranged upon request. Please inquire about an extra room for those that wish to comply with Jewish law that only those who are halachically married should stay in the same room.
To sign up, couples should contact the rabbi who has been working with them on a UAC or sign up online at http://www.eternaljewishfamily.org/site/programs/seminar_application.
Tropper appears to be suffering from delusions of having a "personality cult" following.
ReplyDeleteHe cannot mention the word conversion without his "universal" prefix - even if repeated 20 times in a row - which he assumes everyone agrees with him on, as Oh Great One Tropper is their Supreme Leader.
Is this the first time Tropper is charging money for an EJF conference?
ReplyDeleteIf so he must be sensitive to the criticism and wants to remove the appearance that he is trying to buy his way to legitimacy. Or maybe this is out of desperation since he can only tap Kaplan for funds now but no longer Guma.
http://admin.tcism.cn/xie/435116
ReplyDeleteIt's quite interesting that EJF's advertisement is placed on a Chinese domain (.cn). Are they trying to target the Hong Kong intermarried crowd?
It was placed by Joshua Haller, a talmid of Berel Wein's yeshiva who is currently working for Menachem Lubinsky.
The only place he has spoken besides EJF is at the Yeshiva of Los Angeles that is run by the RCC's Rabbi Sauer.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Daniel Assor who is CEO of the British media concern "Totally Jewish".
http://www.doronkornbluth.com/FAQ.asp
ReplyDeleteHOSTS PLEASE NOTE: Any cancellation within three months of the scheduled talk is on your responsibility to fully pay for or find an appropriate replacement.
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Who is this guy anyway? On his official bio he tells you nothing about himself. It seems that most of his speaking engagements as per his website are to completely secular audiences like the Jewish Federation of Greenwich, CT. I don't know that these kinds of people would pay to bring a speaker that is pushing Torahdik hashkafa. Since his coaching services include the sub-specialty of "interfaith marriages", is he just telling each crowd what they want to hear?
Has Tropper accused Guma yet of a Watergate style break in?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.doronkornbluth.com/
BAD NEWS: On Oct 24th Doron's home was burglarized and among other things his computer was stolen. Not all backup info is complete. If you have booked dates don't worry all is set. But if you have been in contact with Doron about dates this coming year, all contact info has been lost AND I don't remember exactly which dates and days were requested, etc. In either case please contact Doron to re-confirm. Thanks for your understanding. DK
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/173879
ReplyDeleteStar-K is certifying a product line from the world famous treif steakhouse Smith & Wollensky. These are marinated asparagus where the florets are completely intact and unshaved.
ReplyDeleteAny generally accepted hashgocho holds that the florets on top must be removed and the OK Labs came up with their questionable chiddush that they can be shaved somewhat, but no one is allowing them fully intact.
And I hope these are being made offsite - not anywhere the treif steak kitchen.
http://www.tnr.com/article/buying-time
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Has Barack Obama sparked a real estate boom in the West Bank?
http://www.youngisrael.org/content/synagogue_speaker.cfm
ReplyDeleteHe is also employed by National Council of Young Israel's "National Speakers Bureau".
http://www.youngisrael.org/content/documents/Speakers/Doron%20Kornbluth.doc
His Young Israel profile also tells you nothing about the guy. Is it a secret?
NCYI is the personal agenda vehicle for Pesach Lerner and Steve Mostofsky. And these are often corrupt agendas. When he is not busy taking communal money and attracting State Attorney General investigations (docummentation available), Pesach Lerner takes his marching orders from his rebbeim at Ner Yisroel and his former yeshiva chaver Avi Shafran of the Agudah.
Pesach Lerner worked hand in hand with the Agudah to cover up the Rubashkin scandal and kashrus violations.
Steve Mostofsky has been under investigation by the State Senate for witness tampering after he tried to intimidate several frum sex abuse victims.
NCYI counsel Marty Samson is the biggest expert in the country on internet related law. It is no coincidence that companies hosting websites hostile to NCYI are threatened with legal action.
http://www.eternallyjewish.com/ejf-seminars/eternal-jewish-family-seminar-outreach-jewish-conversion/
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“All Jews count. Klal Yisroel is obligated to utilize all of its resources to be mekareiv baalei teshuva and ensure the proper lineage of every Jew,” said Rav Feinstein. He noted that Eternal Jewish Family has filled a need in the world of kiruv, which regularly confronts issues regarding the yichus of baalei teshuva. Harav Feinstein and others mentioned the psak that permits one to be mekarev the non-Jew in intermarriage for the sake of simultaneously being mekarev the Jewish spouse.
"'All Jews count. Klal Yisroel is obligated to utilize all of its resources to be mekareiv baalei teshuva and ensure the proper lineage of every Jew,' said Rav Feinstein. He noted that Eternal Jewish Family has filled a need in the world of kiruv, which regularly confronts issues regarding the yichus of baalei teshuva."
ReplyDeleteSo now it's official, according to this, EJF is now just another innocent "kiruv organization" and no longer an outright missionary evangelical-type proselytization multi-million drive to lure gentiles hitched to Jews and entice them with free seminars and luxurious weekends to become EJF-style ultra-haredi converts. Just on Rav Reuven Feinstein's supposed say-so when it was just revealed on this blog that Rav Reuven himself was opposed to EJF's proselytization agenda.
That is why in the last couple of months, facing closer scrutiny and criticism and embroiled in dinei Toirah and being summoned to US courts, Rabbi Tropper is now taking cover by camouflaging EJF's internal hot waters with the cover of the more "innocent" appeal of reaching out to baalei teshuva, when in truth EJF has never worked from that starting point as it has gone to pitch its words to gentiles first that is the cause of the accusations that EJF is a controversial proselytization outfit which it is now trying hard to cover up by sly posturing and falsely posing as a "kiruv organization" which it most ceratinly is NOT.
In fact, kiruv organizations and rabbis are forbidden to involve themselves in the issues relating to their students' issues of conversions due to an obvious CONFLICT OF INTEREST which is now being broken and ignored as Rabbi Tropper makes up the rules as he goes along, as usual.
Doron Kornbluth is a great guy, very sincere. I have no idea why he is getting mixed up with Tropper. He probably has no idea what the situation is.
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