The leadership and the members of the IRF, along with all of Klal Yisrael, and people of conscience world-wide, mourn and grieve over the violent, tragic murder of our three young brothers Naftali Frankel, age 16, Gilad Saar, age 16, and Eyal Yifrach, age 19.

The International Rabbinic Fellowship joins with the rest of the Jewish community and all people of conscience in mourning the passing of Yaakov Birnbaum, zt"l one of the fathers of the movement to free Soviet Jewry. A refugee from Hitler's Germany, Yaakov spent the immediate post -war years helping survivors of the Shoah as well as refugees from North Africa rebuild their lives.

The International Rabbinic Fellowship notes with profound sadness the passing of Rivka Haut, zt"l this past week.

The International Rabbinic Fellowship, (IRF), a fellowship of Orthodox rabbis, clergy and communal scholars, mourns the passing of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

The International Rabbinic Fellowship expresses its shock and anger over the Israeli Chief Rabbinate‘s casting aspersions upon Rabbi Avi Weiss’ fidelity to Halacha.

In the wake of the conclusion of the trial of Rabbi Motti Elon in the Israeli court system, and the explicit findings of the respected Takanah Forum, the International Rabbinic Fellowship today reaffirms its support for the victims of sexual harassment and abuse.