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We invite you to spend some time getting to know us. We are a community organization in Houston, TX. We strive to connect Jews and Judaism through love, friendship and unity. We hope that you will come away from this site encouraged to join us at one of our programs.
TORCH was founded in 1998 and has since served thousands of Houstonians as a resource for learning and connection through its unique non-judgmental approach to Jewish education.
Whether you're Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, unaffiliated or somewhere in between, the Torah Outreach Resource Center of Houston (TORCH) is your most vibrant source for Jewish learning in Houston. Through study opportunities in various formats and locations, TORCH brings a new dimension to everyday Jewish life.
Our team of dynamic rabbis share the tools that connect timeless Jewish traditions with modern life. You can learn in a nurturing environment as the rabbis open their minds to impart wisdom. In addition, the rabbis open their homes to share Shabbat, and their lives for personal family celebrations.
By uniting fellow Jews through shared joy in religious education and Judaic tradition, and by extending a friendly, upbeat, non-judgmental invitation to all Jews, TORCH is building bridges in our community.
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It is not just the Wolbe, Freifeld and Kaminetsky families, among others that are being attacked by these frivolous lawsuits, but well-known devoted communal workers and utterly sincere askonim, such as "defendant" Zvi Gluck a businessman and a major leader of Hatzolah in New York.
ReplyDeleteFrom his LinkedIn bio: "...Education * Yeshiva Madregas Ha'adom * New York Methodist Hospital...Zvi Gluck’s Education * Yeshiva Madregas Ha'adom Rabbinical Ordination , Religious , 2001 — 2005 * New York Methodist Hospital Paramedic , Pre Hospital Care , 2002 — 2003...Zvi Gluck’s Groups: Volunteer Paramedic for Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance. Clergy Liaison for the New York City Police Dept."
Zvi Gluck is mentioned in many news reports for his communal work on a broad front,such as in a June 3, 2010 report in VIN, Pre-Summer Meeting: Dozens Of New Jersey Law Enforcement Agencies Meet Prominent Jewish Community Leaders From NY: "Community leaders in attendance were from all over NY and NJ including Hatzalah Volunteer coordinators, Misaskim Leadership Rabbi Yanky Meir, Rabbi Bernard Freilich, Special Assistant to the Superintendent of the NYSP, NJ State Police Chaplain Rabbi Yosef Carlebach, Rabbi Zvi Gluck community advocate, Other Sheriff Chaplains, and prominent Jewish leaders."; July 16, 2010 report in Crown Heights Info, Kidnapped Kids Reunited with Mother: "After almost a month long of searching, the boys were found in Tunisia. With the help of Rabbi Tzvi Gluck, the local Shliach and the State Department, Yochanan was extradited to the United States. Three FBI agents escorted him on a direct flight from Tunisia, landing Thursday in JFK."; and here's a nice 7 minute video on YouTube of Zvi Gluck talking at a Chesed Shel Emes organization event: Chesed Shel Emes 25th Anniversary Dinner - Zvi Gluck...hear and see this man talk and decide for yourself what type of person this "defendant" really is!
who dhell cares who these people are and certainley who there step parents are or who there real parents are obviously it is a chillul hashem to their parents that they raised such animals who would do anything for there own kovod in return to destroy a choshove yid and his family. kudos to mr. hersh for standing up to his family and shame on all thos defendants who have such heilige zeides but don't live up to their names
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ReplyDeletewho dhell cares who these people are and certainley who there step parents are or who there real parents are obviously it is a chillul hashem to their parents that they raised such animals who would do anything for there own kovod in return to destroy a choshove yid and his family. kudos to mr. hersh for standing up to his family and shame on all thos defendants who have such heilige zeides but don't live up to their names
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aside from simply bad mouthing the defendants - you haven't stated Mr. Hersh's position. The language of the lawsuit is a joke - I am suprised that it hasn't been laughed out of court already. Mr. Hersh's own parents and brother are against him as are his wife's parents. It is very hard to accept that Mrs. Cohen was able to orchestrate all these intelligent and accomplished individuals out of "jealously" for her sister. It is not clear why Mr. Hersh was not able to deal with his twins - despite the fact that others have said that they are wonderful people.
It is this tremendous gap between Mr. Hersh's claims and the reality that everyone else sees that is the problem.
How do you explain that Rav Shmuel Kaminetsky, Rabbi Dr. Twersky and Dr. Pelcovitz saw fit to rescue Isaac from the hell hole that his father had him incarcerated for 9 months. They were also "betwitched" by Mrs. Cohen?! How could he send a Jewish boy to a facility in Jamiaca where he was the only Jew - and obviously lacked a beis medrash.It didn't even have a toilet. This is obiviously something that any normal tzadik would do for his son - right?
Mr. Hersh can't simple let his few loyal followers repeat the mantra -"he is a tzadik and the others are wicked" and expect the supporters and donors of Yeshiva Chaim Berlin to say "Amen".
You need to explain to the parents of Chaim Berlin students why the yeshiva is claiming desperate financial difficulties and yet they have found unlimited funding for an unwinable lawsuit whose only purpose seems to be revenge against those who helped his sons.
to RAP,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the info on Tzvi Gluck, I was trying to figure out who he was.