In the following episode of “Inside the Agudah,” Rabbi Shlomo Soroka, Director of Government Affairs at Agudath Israel of America, sits with Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger, Director of Torah Initiatives at Agudath Israel of America, to discuss his work on behalf of the frum community. Rabbi Soroka studied at Yeshivas Toras Moshe in Israel, Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn, Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, and Yeshivas Mir in Yerushalayim before moving to St. Louis in 2005. There, he served as associate rosh kollel and Executive Director of the St. Louis Kollel. In 2015, Rabbi Soroka relocated to Chicago and joined Agudath Israel of Illinois. As the Agudah’s Director of Government Affairs, Rabbi Soroka works closely with lawmakers to influence federal, state, and local legislation that will affect the Orthodox Jewish community. His primary focus is on the areas of education, public safety and security, and religious liberty. Rabbi Soroka played a key role in the creation, passage, and implementation of a tax credit scholarship program in 2018 that brought over $120 million in relief to Illinois’ yeshiva tuition-paying families. He has also secured numerous government grants for the Jewish community, totaling tens of millions of dollars. Watch and learn more about what Rabbi Soroka and the Agudah do each day.
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