Editing Agudath Israel of America (section)

==Structure==
Agudah's policies and leadership are directed by its ''[[Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah]]'' (Council of Torah Sages), composed primarily of ''[[rosh yeshiva]]s'' (the chief spiritual and scholarly authority in a [[yeshiva]]) and Hasidic ''[[rebbe]]s'' (who head Hasidic dynasties and organizations). The ''Moetzes'' sets all major policies and guides the organization according to its precepts of [[Da'as Torah|''Da'as torah'']] ({{langx|he|דעת תורה}}), generally translated as Torah knowledge/direction.<ref name=Shafran>Avi Shafran, "What Da'at Torah really means", New York Jewish Week. Reprinted at {{cite web |url=http://www.tzemachdovid.org/amechad/daastorah.shtml |title=What Da'at Torah Really Means |access-date=2008-02-19 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516010531/http://www.tzemachdovid.org/amechad/daastorah.shtml |archive-date=2008-05-16 }}</ref> Rabbi [[Yaakov Perlow]] (deceased), who was the [[Novominsk (Hasidic dynasty)|Novominsker]] [[Rebbe]] and a member of the ''Moetzes'', was appointed as the ''Rosh Agudat Yisrael'' ("Head of Agudath Israel").<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1RQCgAAQBAJ&q=novominsker+appointed+rosh+agudas+yisroel&pg=PA136|title=Beyond Sectarianism: The Realignment of American Orthodox Judaism|last=Ferziger|first=Adam S.|date=2015-07-15|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=9780814339541|pages=136|language=en}}</ref>

The executive staff includes Rabbi Yitzchok Ehrman as COO,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rabbi Yitzchok Ehrman Appointed as National Agudah COO|work=Agudath Israel|url=https://agudah.org/rabbi-yitzchok-ehrman-appointed-as-national-agudah-coo/|access-date=2021-11-01}}</ref> Rabbi [[Chaim Dovid Zwiebel]] as the Executive Vice President, Rabbi Labish Becker as the Executive Director,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Service|first=Chris Lisee{{!}} Religion News|date=2012-08-01|title=Orthodox Jews use smartphones, websites to complete Talmud cycle|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/orthodox-jews-use-smartphones-websites-to-complete-talmud-cycle/2012/07/31/gJQAIQlQNX_story.html|access-date=2021-07-13|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Rabbi Naftali Miller as CDO, Rabbi Moshe Danzger as CFO, Rabbi A.D. Motzen as the National Director for State Relations, and Rabbi [[Abba Cohen]] as Vice President for Government Affairs.

There are close to one hundred Agudah-affiliated [[synagogue]]s across the United States and Canada.<ref name=Wis.NK/>