The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States,comprising 25 campuses:eleven senior colleges,seven community colleges,and seven professional institutions. While its constituent colleges date as far back as 1847,CUNY was established in 1961. The university enrolls more than 275,000 students and counts thirteen Nobel Prize winners and twenty-four MacArthur Fellows among its alumni.
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City. Located on the westernmost edge of Long Island,it is coextensive with Kings County in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York,and the second-most-densely-populated county in the United States,behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. If Brooklyn were an independent city,it would be the third most populous in the U.S. after the rest of New York City and Los Angeles,and ahead of Chicago.
Chosen People Ministries (CPM) is an evangelical Christian nonprofit organization which engages in proselytization of Jews. It is headquartered in New York City and currently led by Mitch Glaser,who was raised Jewish and converted to Christianity.
Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) is a public community college in Arnold,Maryland. The college was founded in 1961 and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The community college offers letters of recognition,46 associate degree programs,and 62 certificate programs through its five schools.
Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC) is a Jewish organisation dedicated to restoring Jewish life,culture and religion in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),the former Soviet Union. The FJC was founded on August 1,1997,with sponsorship of Ohr Avner Foundation.
Alliance University was a private Christian university affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Located in New York,New York,the university offered undergraduate and graduate programs;in addition,it included Alliance Theological Seminary.
The Autism Society of America (ASA) was founded in 1965 by Bernard Rimland together with Ruth C. Sullivan and a small group of other parents of children with autism. Its original name was the National Society for Autistic Children;the name was changed to emphasize that autistic children grow up. The ASA's stated goal is to increase public awareness about autism and the day-to-day issues faced by autistic people as well as their families and the professionals with whom they interact. Although the group has promoted the pseudoscientific belief that vaccines cause autism in the past,it now affirms that there is no link between vaccination and autism. In 2021,the ASA launched a new brand including a logo consisting of multicolor lines forming a fabric with a new slogan,"The Connection Is You".
Amotz Asa-El is a bestselling Israeli author,The Jerusalem Post's senior commentator and former executive editor,and a fellow at the Hartman Institute.
The King's College is a private non-denominational Christian liberal arts college in New York City.
Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar,better known as Berel Lazar,is an Orthodox,Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin,since 2000,he has been a Chief Rabbi of Russia,and chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia and Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. In September 2005 Lazar became a member of the Public Chamber of Russia. Because of his connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin he is sometimes called "Putin's rabbi."
The New York Community Trust is the community foundation for New York City,with divisions in Westchester and Long Island. It is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the United States and one of the largest funders of New York City's nonprofits.
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is a voluntary,peer-based,non-profit membership organization that performs peer evaluation and accreditation of public and private universities and colleges in the United States and foreign higher education institutions. Until federal regulations changed on July 1,2020,it was considered one of the seven regional accreditation organizations dating back 130 years. MSCHE,which is now an institutional accreditor,is recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
The New York Association for New Americans (NYANA) was a UJC agency for refugee assistance located on the Battery in New York City.
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) is a private medical school associated with the Geisinger Health System in northeastern and north central Pennsylvania. GCSOM offers a community-based model of medical education with six regional campuses - North,South,Central,West,Atlanticare,and Guthrie. It offers a Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program and a Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) Program.
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit international development and human rights organization that supports community-based organizations in 19 countries in the developing world and works to educate the American Jewish community about global justice. It is the first and only Jewish organization dedicated solely to ending poverty and promoting human rights in the developing world. Its headquarters are in New York City. AJWS has received a Four Star rating from Charity Navigator since 2002.
ASA College was a private for-profit college in New York City and Hialeah,Florida. The college had three campuses:Midtown Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn in New York,and Hialeah in Florida. It offered associate degrees,bachelor's degrees,and professional certificates in the divisions of business administration,health disciplines,legal studies,and computer technology. Although it was accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education,that accreditation was removed in 2023 as the college failed to meet several of the commission's standards. The institution closed on March 1,2023.
UJA-Federation of New York is the largest local philanthropy in the world. Headquartered in New York City,the organization raises and allocates funds annually to fulfill a mission to “care for Jews everywhere and New Yorkers of all backgrounds,respond to crises close to home and far away,and shape our Jewish future.”
Harold Milton Jacobs was a Jewish and civic leader who headed a number of American Jewish organizations and institutions,and also played a significant role in New York City educational affairs.
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center is a 303-bed full-service community teaching hospital with an estimated 2,100 full-time employees,located in the neighborhood of East Flatbush in Brooklyn,New York. The hospital is made up of a complex of eight conjoined buildings which are dispersed over a 366,000 square foot city block.
