Thank you Gov. Greg Abbott Lt Gov.Dan Patrick Speaker Dustin Burrows Chairman Brad Buckley Chairman Brandon Creighton the Orthodox Jewish communities of Texas thank you for never giving up on educational freedom! Thanks to your leadership a dream has become a reality!

Thank you Ami Magazine for publishing my op-ed about the looooong road to this historic Texas moment. Be sure to pick up your copy for this Shabbos!

Harvard Should Have Combated Antisemitism as Vehemently as It Now Wars With the Feds agudah.org/agudath-israel…

“Rabbi Yosef Weisenfeld’s “Derech Ha’Ir” presents a rigorous halachic analysis that challenges the established practice of American Jews facing east during prayer.” Appreciate R’Yair Hoffman reviewing my brothers new Sefer! vinnews.com/2025/05/12/is-…

By prioritizing scholarships among the many competing tax policies vying for inclusion, the House leadership demonstrated why school choice is spreading across the nation. Agudah Applauds National Scholarship Tax Credit Inclusion in Federal Tax Bill

Nothing I could possibly accomplish in my personal or professional life could compare to being in an Awkward Bochur post!

Awkward Bachur Anachnu ma'aminim Fishy Swishy

yasw.org/donate Make sure to put fishy swishy in the notes

School choice is in the Big Beautiful Bill! Vice President JD Vance just cast the deciding vote on a bill that includes a historic federal tax credit that willl help children across the country receive K-12 scholarships.

Unbelievable news!! חסדי ה׳!

Thank you to all of the key players to ensuring School Choice got into the bill and stayed in the bill! Rep. Burgess Owens U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. Ted Cruz Senator Ted Cruz Senator Tim Scott Sen. James Lankford Rep. Adrian Smith Speaker Mike Johnson

A victory for parents and students that took decades of work. When you’re advocating for children students and parents, giving up is not an option.

And thank you to my Agudath Israel of America colleagues Yossie Charner- Agudath Israel of America Abba Cohen Avi Schnall A. D. Motzen alongside all other coalition partners! Generations of families and students will forever be indebted to you!

Congressman Randy Fine at the Agudath Israel Federal Affairs Congressional Reception, on the significance of the yarmulke he recently started wearing in Congress

When folks shrug at the new federal tax credit program for students, they should listen to the passion describing what it took to get to this point. This is a David vs Goliath story & I’m thankful for the work done and the new forward path. Tommy Schultz 🇺🇸 Michael Petrilli Brian Jodice

Awkward Bachur David/Dovid Bashevkin As if the most popular song in any yeshiva in the 90's wasn't Crazy Train. Of course now it's Fishy Fishy Yum Yum.

And we're back! open.spotify.com/episode/4ekqNq…

Any podcast that includes Rabonim being put in Cheirim and the Wuki Juki plant from the Marvelous Midos Machine stories is worth a listen! 👇

Boruch Hashem matir assurim. Thank you to the One who releases captives! It has been 738 days since the terrorist massacre carried out by Hamas on the holiday of Shmini Atzeres / Simchas Torah. Ever since that day, the families of the hostages along with Jews and others

Agudath Israel of America mourns the shocking, tragic passing of Rabbi Moshe Hauer zt'l, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union.  With Rabbi Hauer's petirah, Klal Yisroel has lost a leader who was universally respected as a talmid chochom of stature, a man of integrity,