Agudath Israel of America’s Government Affairs Staff Retreat took place last week in Baltimore/Washington DC. The two day event brought together regional directors and other senior staff members from around the country. Sessions ranged from school choice and the challenges facing private schools to the political landscape and implications for the Orthodox Jewish community.

Among those in attendance were: Rabbi Yeruchim Silber, Director, NY Government Relations; Rabbi Abba Cohen, Vice President for Federal Affairs and Washington Director and Counsel; Rabbi Labish Becker, Executive Director; Howard Tzvi Friedman; Rabbi Ariel Sadwin, Director, Mid-Atlantic Region; Rabbi A.D. Motzen, National Director of State Relations;

Mrs. Deborah Zachai, Director, Education Affairs; Mrs. Leah Steinberg, Director, Project LEARN; Mrs. Sandy Cohen; Leah Zagelbaum, Director of Communications; Rabbi Ami Bazov, Yeshiva Services Coordinator; Mr. Avrohom Weinstock, Yeshiva Services’ Director of Strategic Advancement; Rabbi Moshe Matz, Executive Director, Agudath Israel of Florida; Rabbi Avi Schnall, Director of Agudath Israel’s New Jersey Office; Rabbi Shlomo Soroka, Director of Government Affairs, Agudath Israel of Illinois; Rabbi Yisroel Gelb, Agudath Israel of California; Rabbi Naftali Miller, National Director of Development.