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OUTREACH

Empowering Young Leaders in a 2.0 World
Chabad on Campus Reaches Tipping Point

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING
Tell Donors What They Want to Know. Not What You Want to Tell Them
Wealthy are Making Bigger Gifts to Charitable Causes

NORTH AMERICA
Intermarriage in America: Changing Expectations
Extreme Commuters: Living in Israel, Working in the US
Obama Nominates Orthodox Jew for White House Budget Chief Post

ISRAEL
Should Birthright Visit Hebron? Israeli, US Leaders Disagree
An 8 Minute Video on the New Strategy of the Jewish Agency
University Fires Professor for Opposing Homosexuality
Hebrew U Scientists Develop Battery Made From Boiled Potato
Oldest Written Document Ever Found in Jerusalem
Sharp Rise in Bar Mitzvah Tourism
Alienating the Diaspora

INTERNATIONAL
For Jews, Swedish City is a Place to Move Away From

ARTICLES OF INTEREST
The Cost of Being Jewish: How the Recession Affects Religion
Women Granted Leadership Roles by New Group of Orthodox Rabbis
Study Confirms We Are Different People in Different Languages

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empowermentMichaelEmpowering Young Leaders in a 2.0 World
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Do you know Yitzy? In an old Jewish joke, he meets Monday nights with a group of elderly Jewish men. Usually, they talk about world affairs, and the tone is often negative.  Continue Reading

outreacharticle2Chabad on Campus Reaches Tipping Point
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

When Chabad on Campus representatives convened for their annual conference in June, they had some impressive numbers powering their conviction that Chabad's programming resonates with Jewish students.  Continue Reading
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givingfundraisingarticle1Tell Donors What They Want to Know. Not What You Want to Tell Them
An Article from Frogloop.com

What are the new guiding principles to fundraising? According to Mal Warwick, a respected fundraising consultant and thought leader in the nonprofit world, nonprofits need to stop thinking in terms of fundraising silos.

Continue Reading

Fundraisingarticle2Wealthy Are Making Bigger Gifts to Charitable Causes
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

America's wealthiest donors are making far bigger gifts to charitable organizations in 2010 than they did a year ago. Continue Reading
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wedding rings Northamericaarticle1Intermarriage in America: Changing Expectations
An Article from The Forward

Since at least the 1990s, one of the chief concerns of the American Jewish community has been the problem of intermarriage.   Continue Reading

northamericaarticle2Extreme Commuters: Living in Israel, Working in the US
An Article from Tablet Magazine

On late Saturday nights at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport, a handful of regulars on the El Al flight to New York gather and wave to each other in recognition.  Continue Reading
Namericaarticle3Obama Nominates Orthodox Jew for White House Budget Chief Post
An Article from Haaretz

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday picked Jacob Lew, an Orthodox Jew, as the new White House budget chief.   Continue Reading
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mearat hamachpelaisrael1Should Birthright Visit Hebron? US, Israeli Leaders Disagree
An Article from The Forward

A Taglit-Birthright tour visiting Israel in early July made a stop in a city that most of these groups have studiously avoided: Hebron. Continue Reading

israel2An 8 Minute Video on the Jewish Agency's New Strategic Plan
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Securing the Future: A Video Presentation Continue ReadingAn Article from Arutz Sheva

Ben Gurion University has fired a professor for stating his opinion that the development of children raised by homosexual parents could be harmed, and that sexual inclinations can be restrained and chosen.  Continue Reading

israel4Hebrew U Scientists Develop Battery Made From Boiled Potato
An Article from The Washington Post

It's a classic kid's science project: Make a battery out of a potato.   Continue Reading

Israel5 Oldest Written Document Ever Found in Jerusalem
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Hebrew University excavations recently unearthed a clay fragment dating back to the 14th century BCE, said to be the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem.    Continue Reading

Israel6 Sharp Rise in Bar Mitzvah Tourism
An Article from Ynet News

The bar mitzvah celebrated by the son and nephew of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in Jerusalem in May shines a light on a trend that has been going on for quite a few years now.  Continue Reading

Israelarticle6 Alienating the Diaspora
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky called it "betrayal." The executive vice president of the Conservative Movement's Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbi Julie Schoenfeld, referred to it as "destructive." Reform Movement head Rabbi Eric Yoffie said it was "astonishing, foolish, disruptive."  Continue Reading
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Malmo, Swedeninternationalarticle1For Jews, Swedish City is a Place to Move Away From
An Article from The Forward

At some point, the shouts of "Heil Hitler" that often greeted Marcus Eilenberg as he walked to the 107-year-old Moorish-style synagogue in this port city forced the 32-year-old attorney to make a difficult, life-changing decision.  Continue Reading
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jewish starInterestarticle1The Cost of Being Jewish: How the Recession Affects Religion
An Article from Newsweek

It sounds like a Catskills-era joke with a Jewish lawyer in the punchline, but among Jewish leaders it's deadly serious. Why does it cost so much to be Jewish?  Continue Reading

interest2Women Granted Leadership Roles by New Group of Orthodox Rabbis
An Article from The Forward

A small Modern Orthodox rabbinic organization has thrust itself into the ongoing debate over women's religious leadership by passing a resolution that goes further than the major Modern Orthodox rabbinic association in defining roles for female spiritual leaders.   Continue Reading
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Interest6Study Confirms: We Are Different People in Different Languages
An Article from Health News Digest

The language a person speaks may influence their thoughts, according to a new study on Israeli Arabs who speak both Arabic and Hebrew fluently.  Continue Reading
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