קול קורא
Important Announcement
We, the undersigned, affirm that any individual with firsthand knowledge or reasonable basis to suspect child abuse
has a religious obligation to promptly notify the secular law enforcement of that information. These individuals have
the experience, expertise and training to thoroughly and responsibly investigate the matter. Furthermore, those
deemed “mandated reporters” under secular law must obey their State’s reporting requirements.
Lives can be ruined or ended by unreported child abuse, as we are too often tragically reminded. The Torah’s
statement in Leviticus 19:16, “Do not stand by while your neighbor’s blood is shed," obligates every member of the
community to do all in one's power to prevent harm to others. In conclusion, every individual with firsthand
knowledge or reasonable cause for suspicion of child abuse has a Torah obligation to promptly notify the proper civil
authorities.
HaRav Kalman Epstein
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah
Queens, NY
HaRav Dov Aharon Brisman
Rosh Bais Din
B’datz Philadelphia
Mora D’Asra
Young Israel of Elkins Park
Elkins Park, PA
HaRav Gershon Tannenbaum
Director, Rabbinical Alliance of
America (Igud Horabbonim) Mara D'Asra B'nai Israel of Linden
Heights, Boro Park, NY
HaRav Yechiel Yitchok Perr
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshivah of Far Rockaway
Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary
Far Rockaway, NY
HaRav Shmuel Fuerst
Dayan, Agudas Yisroel
Chicago, IL
HaRav Noach Isaac Oelbaum
Mora D’Asra Nachlas Yitzchok
Kew Gardens Hills, NY
HaRav Elchonon Tauber
Dayan and Mora D’Asra
Bais Yehudah
Los Angeles, CA
HaRav Aryeh Ralbag
Av Beis Din, Agudas HaRabbonim
Mora D’Asra Young Israel of Avenue K
Brooklyn, NY
Chief Rabbi, Amsterdam, Holland
HaRav Pinchos Gruman
Mora D’Asra Kesher Torah
Los Angeles, CA
HaRav Peretz Steinberg
Mora D’Asra
Young Israel Queens Valley
Co-Chairman
Bais Din Agudath Yisroel
Kew Garden Hills, NY
HaRav Yitzchock Wasserman
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshivas Toras Chaim
Talmudic Seminary
Denver, CO
Harav Nota Greenblatt
Dayan, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva Gedola of Memphis
Memphis, TN
HaRav Ahron Shraga Lopiansky
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshiva Gedola
of Greater Washington
Silver Spring, MD
HaRav Yaakov Hopfer
Mora D’Asra Shearith Yisroel
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Yisroel Meir Kagan
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshiva Toras Chaim
Denver, CO
HaRav Yoel Schonfeld
Mora D’Asra Young Israel
of Kew Garden Hills
Flushing, NY
HaRav Avraham Nissanian
Mara D’Atra
Congregation Shaarei Tova
Kew Gardens, NY
HaRav Mordechai Jofen
Rosh HaYeshiva,
Yeshiva Bais Yosef-Novardok
Brooklyn, NY
Harav Moshe Yitzchok Fischer
Mora D’Asra
Bais Medrash Bais Yeshaya
Rosh HaYeshiva
Derech HaTalmud
Brooklyn, NY
HaRav Haim Benoliel
Mora D’Asra Bnai Yosef Synagogue
Rosh HaYeshiva, Mikdash Melech
Brooklyn, NY
HaRav Eli Kadi
Mora D’Asra Ohel Shalom
Brooklyn, NY
HaRav Elozor Yonah Ginsberg
Mora D’Asra
Agudath Yisroel Agudas Achim
Boro Park, NY
HaRav Yechiel Kaufman
Mora D’Asra Anshei Sfard
Boro Park, NY
HaRav Yair Fine
Mora D’Asra Beit Hillel of Flatlands
Brooklyn, NY
HaRav Benzion Schiffenbauer
Mora D’Asra Khal Bnei Torah
Flatbush, NY
HaRav Dovid Goldwasser
Mora D’Asra Bnei Yitzchok
Brooklyn, NY
HaRav Daniel Mechanic
Director, Project Chazon
Brooklyn, NY
HaRav Zechariah Wallerstein
Founder and Director, Ohr Naava
Brooklyn, NY
HaRav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg
Mora D’Asra
Chofetz Chaim Torah Center
Cedarhurst, NY
HaRav Uri Orlian
Mora D’Asra Shaarey Tefila
Lawrence, NY
HaRav Tzvi Flaum
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion
Five Towns, NY
HaRav Eytan Feiner
Mora D'Asra, Kneseth Israel
(The White Shul)
Far Rockaway, NY
HaRav Pinchas Chatzinoff
Mora D’Asra, Tifereth Zvi
Cedarhurst, NY
HaRav Heshy Blumstein
Mora D’Asra Young Israel of Hewlett
Hewlett, NY
HaRav Yaacov Lerner
Mora D’Asra
Young Israel of Great Neck
Great Neck, NY
HaRav Matis Blum
Mora D’Asra Torah Lodaas
Flushing, NY
HaRav Moshe Faskowitz
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshiva Madreigas HaAdam
Torah Center of Hillcrest
Hillcrest, NY
HaRav Shlomo Goldberg
Mora D’Asra
Agudas Yisroel of Upper Manhattan
Washington Heights, NY
HaRav Elyakim Rosenblatt
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshiva Kesser Torah
Flushing, NY
HaRav Michoel Cohen
Mora D’Asra
Young Israel of Oak Park
Detroit, MI
HaRav Shaiall Zachariash
Mora D’Asra Shomrey Emunah
Southfield, MI
HaRav Shimon Sliver
Mora D’Asra
Young Israel of Greater Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
HaRav Yaakov Mendelson
Mora D'Asra
Congregation Bikur Cholim
Bridgeport, CT
HaRav Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Mora D’Asra
Congregation Ahavas Yisroel
Passaic, NJ
HaRav Chaim Davis
Mora D’Asra
Bais Medrash L’Torah
Passaic, NJ
HaRav Yaakov Luban
Mora D’Asra Congregation Ohr Torah
Edison, NJ
HaRav Ephraim Epstein
Mora D’Asra, Congregation
Sons of Israel
Cherry Hill, NJ
HaRav Boruch Ber Yoffe
Mora D’Asra Congregation Sons of
Israel Park Ave
Lakewood, NJ
HaRav Yehuda Kelemer
Mora D’Asra
Young Israel of West Hempstead
West Hempstead, NY
HaRav Yechiel Morris
Mora D’Asra Young Israel of Southfield
Southfield, MI
HaRav Yisroel Teichman
Mora D’Asra
Kehillas Zichron Yitzchok
New Hempstead, NY
HaRav Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Ba'al Mechaber Sefer Bigdei Shesh
Monsey, NY
HaRav Chaim Schabes
Mora D’Asra Knesses Yisroel
Monsey, NY
HaRav Leibie Sternberg
Mora D’Asra, Kehillas Prozdor
New Hempstead, NY
Haram Noson Hirschberg
Mora D’Asra
Beis Hamedrash Zichron Moshe
Lakewood, NJ
. N. Hirschberg .
HaRav Asher Bush
Mora D’Asra
Congregation Ahavas Yisrael
Wesley Hills, NY
HaRav Mordecai Terebelo
Mora D’Asra Ahavas Torah
Philadelphia, PA
HaRav Avraham Steinberg
Mora D'Asra
Young Israel of the Main Line
Rosh Mesivta, Mesivta High School
of Greater Philadelphia
Bala Cynwyd, PA
HaRav Mordechai Becher
Senior Lecturer, Gateways Organization
Passaic, NJ
HaRav Henoch Plotnik
Mora D’Asra Bais Tefila
Chicago, IL
HaRav Reuven Gross
Mora D’Asra
Shaarei Tzedek Mishkan Yair
Chicago, IL
HaRav Yehoshua Karsh
Executive Director
Torah Learning Center
of Northbrook
Northbrook, IL
HaRav Elisha Prero
Mora D’Asra Young Israel
of West Rogers Park
Chicago, IL
HaRav Chaim Sher
Program Director
Merkaz Torah V’Chessed
Denver, CO
HaRav Naphtali Burnstein
Mora D’Asra Young Israel
of Greater Cleveland
Beechwood, OH
HaRav Yosef Zvi Weiss
Mora D’Asra
Bais Haknesses Ohr Hachaim
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Moshe Hauer
Mora D’Asra, Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Binyomin Y. Marwick
Mora D’Asra, Shomrei Emunah
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Chaim Schwartz
Mora D’Asra
Shomrei Mishmeres Hakodesh
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Tzvi Goode
Rosh HaYeshiva
Yeshiva Yesodei HaTorah
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Shmuel Silber
Mora D’Asra, Suburban Orthodox
Congregation Toras Chaim
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Asher Suissa
Rabbi, Dayan & Chaver Beit HaDin
Machon Or Yacov
Miami, FL
HaRav Binyamin Blau
Mora D’Asra Green Road Synagogue
Cleveland, OH
HaRav Yehuda Cahan
Mora D’Asra Congregation Kehillas
Bnai Torah
Beachwood, OH
HaRav Dovid Spetner
Rosh Kollel Cincinnati
Community Kollel
Cincinnati, OH
HaRav Yaakov Meyer
Founder and Director, Aish Denver
Denver, CO
HaRav Don Bacharach
Rosh Kollel Phoenix Community Kollel
Phoenix, AZ
HaRav Yekusiel Brodkin
Mora D’Asra
Congregation Kesser Israel
Portland, OR
HaRav Yaakov Rich
Mora D’Asra
Congregation Toras Chaim
Dallas, TX
HaRav Yehoshua Wender
Mora D’Asra Young Israel of Houston
Houston, TX
HaRav Gidon Moskovitz
Mora D’Asra, Meyerland Minyan
Houston, TX
HaRav Avigdor Slatus
Mora D’Asra Bnai Brith Jacob
Savannah, GA
HaRav Reuven Mann
Mora D’Asra Toras Emes
Phoenix, AZ
HaRav Yitzchok Aharon Korff
Admor m’Zvhil-Mezbuz, Boston
Zvhil-Mezbuz Beis Medrash
Chaplain of the City of Boston
Boston, MA
HaRav Michel Twerski
Mora D’Asra Bais Yehudah
Milwaukee, WI
HaRav Ilan D. Feldman
Mora D’Asra Congregation Beth Jacob
Atlanta, GA
HaRav Meir Minster
Rosh Kollel Cincinnati
Community Kollel
Cincinnati, OH
HaRav Eliezer Y. Gibber
Rosh HaYeshiva/Dean
Yeshiva Gedolah of Providence, RI
Providence, RI
HaRav Avraham Bogopulsky
Mora D’Asra Beth Jacob Congregation
San Diego, CA
HaRav Menachem Levine Mora D’Asra
Congregation Am Echad San Jose, CA
HaRav David Akhamzadeh
Founder and Director, Ohr Haemet
Institute for Girls
Mora D’Asra Ohr Haemet
Los Angeles, CA
HaRav Moshe Cohen
Mora D’Asra
Kehillas Aish HaTorah LA
Los Angeles, CA
HaRav Gavriel Munk
Principal, Block Yeshiva High School
St. Louis, MO
HaRav Yitzchock Feldman
Mora D’Asra
Congregation Emek Beracha
Palo Alto, CA
HaRav Yakov Vann
Director of Kashrut Services
Rabbinical Council of California
Mora D’Asra, Calabasas Shul
Calabasas, CA
HaRav Yonason Rosenberg Mora D’Asra
Shaarey Zedek Congregation Valley Village, CA
Harav Nachi Klein
Mora D’Asra
Young Israel of Northridge
Northridge, CA
HaRav Avrohom Stulberger
Rosh HaYeshiva,
Valley Torah High School
Los Angeles, CA
HaRav David Hekmatjah
Mora D’Asra Maor HaTorah
Santa Monica, CA
HaRav Moshe Kesselman
Mora D’Asra Shaarei Tefila
Los Angeles, CA
HaRav Avraham Maimon
Mora D’Asra Bar Yohai Sephardic Minyan
Sunnyvale, CA
HaRav Shmuel Ohana
Av Bet Din Beit Din Tzedek
DeCalifornia
Mara D’Atra Beit Medrash Mishkan
Israel
Rosh Machon Rabbinical School of
Greater Los Angeles
Sherman Oaks, CA
HaRav Gavriel Cohen
Av Beis Din, West Coast Rabbinical
Court of Beverly Hills
Mora D’Asra Tiferes Eliezer and Bet
Midrash Rashby
Beverly Hills, CA
HaRav Nissim Davidi Member of Beth Din Rabbinical Council of CA Los Angeles, CA
HaRav Yitzchok Breitowitz
Mora D’Asra
Kehillos Ohr Somayach
Yerushalayim