June 24, 2010   -   12 Tammuz 5770

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Only 7 Days Left to Help Lancaster Yeshiva Win $50,000 by June 30


OUTREACH
Majority of Jewish College Freshman Whose Parents are Intermarried
do not Consider Themselves Jewish

New Online Effort Launched to Reignite Global Jewish Learning

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING
What I've Learned About Raising Money from Jews
Jewish Couple to Give Away 75% of Their Wealth

NORTH AMERICA

One of the World's Oldest Stories Playing Out Before Our Eyes: The Jews as Scapegoats
Obama & Israel: American Jews Face Unprecedented Political Challenge
Presbyterians Push to Demonize Jews

ISRAEL
IDF Proposes New Model for Enlisting Ultra-Orthodox Students
Gaza Sermon on Hamas TV: "Battle with Jews & Crusaders Continues"
Upper Galilee Stunned by Rare Summer Storm
Israel's Chief Rabbi to Mark Imported Beef Unkosher if Slaughtering Process Unchanged
Cultic Vessels Exposed in Yokneam
Poll Shows Gaza Blockade is Working
Revealing the Truth of Emmanuel Affair: It's About Religiosity, Not Ethnic Segregation
The Lost Jews

INTERNATIONAL
Former Spanish PM: If Israel Goes Down, We All Go Down
Mumbai Chabad House to Receive New Directors
In Venice, A Jewish Disconnect Between Locals & Visitors
Calls for NDP MP to Resign After Israel Comments
Montreal: Attempt to Impose Secular Focus on Teaching Compared to Spanish Inquisition

ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Cemeteries are Becoming New Challenge for Interfaith Families
It's Camp Time!
Study: Jewish Boomers Reinvent Retirement
Ready, Set, Go! A New Paradigm for Shidduch Dating

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LancasterLancaster Yeshiva in Bid for $50,000 Pepsi Grant

The Lancaster Yeshiva Center has submitted a grant proposal accepted by THE PEPSI REFRESH PROGRAM.  We are now seeking online votes to satisfy requirements to be awarded the $50,000 grant.  The grant will help our Vocational Training Program renovate uninhabitable city homes while training vocational students.

Use this link and cast your vote! You can cast your vote on a daily basis!!

For more information about the Lancaster Yeshiva Center visit our web site.
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college campusMichaelMajority of Jewish College Freshman Whose Parents are Intermarried do not Consider Themselves Jewish
An Article from JTA

As the pro-Israel community addresses blockade-running Gaza flotillas, the vast majority of U.S. campuses already are on summer break.  Continue Reading

outreacharticle2New Online Effort Launched to Reignite Global Jewish Learning
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

To celebrate the culmination of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's audacious 45-year quest to translate the Talmud and unlock its wisdom for modern Jews, today the Aleph Society launched a new online campaign to spark a love for Jewish learning.    Continue Reading
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givingfundraisingarticle1What I've Learned About Raising Money from Jews
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

In 1975, a failed art student, I began working at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation as a clerk typist. One day my boss, Mel Zaret, asked me to attend a fundraising meeting.

Continue Reading

Fundraisingarticle2Jewish Couple to Give Away 75% of their Wealth
An Article from JTA

Los Angeles philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad have pledged to distribute 75 percent of their total wealth, currently standing at $5.7 billion, "during and/or after our lifetimes." Continue Reading

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NAmericaNorth America
blood libel Northamericaarticle1One of the World's Oldest Stories Playing Out Before Our Eyes: The Jews as Scapegoats
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

The most interesting voice in all the fallout surrounding the Gaza flotilla incident is that sanctimonious and meddling voice known as "world opinion."  Continue Reading

northamericaarticle2Obama, Israel & Jews Face Unprecedented Political Challenge
An Article from Commentary Magazine

The open conflict between the Obama administration and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has created tensions between the United States and Israel of a kind not seen since the days of the administration of the first President Bush.  Continue Reading

 Namericaarticle3Presbyterians Push to Demonize Israel
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

You probably don't remember but before June 1967 there was peace in the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan. There were no fedayeen, no terror attacks, no PLO.  Continue Reading
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IsraelIsrael
idf logoisrael1IDF Proposes New Model for Enlisting Ultra-Orthodox Students
An Article from Haaretz

The Israel Defense Forces has proposed a new model for the implementation of the Tal Law in an attempt to conscript several thousand more ultra-Orthodox into its ranks annually.  Continue Reading

israel2Gaza Sermon on Hamas TV: "Battle with Jews & Crusaders Continues"
An Article from MEMRI

Gaza Sermon on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV: Annihilation of the Jews will be Achieved by the Muslims; The Destruction of Their State Will Only be Achieved Through Islam, by Those Who Bow Before Allah. Continue ReadingAn Article from Haaretz

The Upper Galilee was stunned yesterday by an extremely rare summer storm, with rain, hail and thunderstorms pummeling the region for an hour in the middle of the heavy heat of June.  Continue Reading

israel4Israel's Chief Rabbi to Mark Imported Beef Unkosher if Slaughtering Process Unchanged
An Article from Haaretz

Israel's chief rabbi intends to label 80 percent of the meat currently imported into the country as not kosher unless "cruel" slaughter practices are ended, Anglo File has learned. The decision came after pressure from American-Israeli animal welfare activists. Continue Reading

Israel5 Cultic Vessels Exposed in Yokneam
An Article from Ynet News

For two weeks, archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority excavated the contents of the rock-hollow and removed from it more than 100 intact cultic vessels and other extraordinary items that are about 3,500 years old. Continue Reading

Israel6 Poll Shows Gaza Blockade is Working
An Article from Commentary Magazine

A new poll by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research shatters several myths about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Continue Reading

Israelarticle6 Revealing the Truth of Emmanuel Affair: It's About Religiosity, Not Ethnic Segregation
An Article from Matzav

The recent Israeli Supreme Court ruling against parents of students in the Jewish town of Emanuel and the ensuing massive charedi-Orthodox demonstrations on the parents' behalf present an opportunity either to jump to conclusions or objectively evaluate the facts.  Continue Reading

Israel7The Lost Jews
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

A collective abandonment of authentic Jewish values seems to have overtaken the haredi community. Nothing else can explain the phenomenon of tens of thousands of religious zealots, dressed in black hats and coats.   Continue Reading
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Spanish PMinternationalarticle1Former Spanish PM: If Israel Goes Down, We all Go Down
An Article from Haaretz

Former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar announced recently that he planned to promote a new initiative which would defend Israel's right to exist. Continue Reading

internationalarticle2Mumbai Chabad House to Receive New Directors
An Article from Arutz Sheva

The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has announced that it is sending new permanent emissaries to head the Mumbai Chabad House in India.
Continue Reading

International3In Venice, Jewish Disconnect Between Locals & Visitors
An Article from JTA

It was a Friday afternoon in the heart of the historic Venice Ghetto, and I was chatting with the city's chief rabbi, Elia Richetti, when his cellphone beeped. Continue Reading 

Internationarticle4Calls for NDP MP to Resign After Israel Comments
An Article from CBC News

Prime Minister Stephen Harper called on NDP MP Libby Davies to resign as her party's deputy leader after she suggested Israel has been occupying territory since the country came into existence. Continue Reading

 
Internationalarticle5Montreal: Attempt to Impose Secular Focus on Teaching Compared to Spanish Inquisition
An Article from The Montreal Gazette

A private Catholic school in west end Montreal has won a court ordered exemption from a provincial government order that it teach a controversial ethics and morality course within the boundaries established by Quebec's Education Dept. Continue Reading
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Jewish CemeteryInterestarticle1Cemeteries Becoming New Challenge for Interfaith Families
An Article from The Forward

Four amot. That's the distance that should separate plots for intermarried families from the rest of a Jewish cemetery, according to a new decision by Conservative Judaism's rabbinical association.  Continue Reading

interest2It's Camp Time!
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Despite the continuing financial struggles of many families, nonprofit Jewish overnight camps are filling up. As in 2009, camps are projecting a flat or increased enrollment over last year. Continue Reading

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Interest5Study: Jewish Boomers to Re-Invent Retirement
An Article from JTA

The Berman Jewish Policy Archive at New York University and the school's Wagner Research Center for Leadership in Action have released a report that starts to look into the potential effects of baby boomers' retirements on the Jewish community.   Continue Reading

Interest6Ready, Set, Go! A New Paradigm for Shidduch Dating
An Article from The Jewish Press

One Jew. One lonely Jew. Our brother. Our sister. Our neighbor. Our friend. Frustrated. Bewildered. Alone. One Jew. That is all. Continue Reading

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