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RABBINIC AUTHORITIES
HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky
HaRav Yaakov Perlow
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Rabbi Ilan Feldman
Atlanta, GA
Rabbi Yaacov Haber
Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Richard Horowitz
Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Yehoshua Karsh
Northbrook, IL
Dr. David Lieberman
Lakewood, NJ
Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun
National Director
Rabbi Shlomo Porter
Baltimore, MD
Mr. Jeff Schachter Esq.
Passaic, NJ
Mr. Frank Storch
Baltimore, MD
HaRav Michel Twerski
Milwaukee, WI
Mr. Jerry Wolasky
Baltimore, MD
ADVISORY BOARD
Mr. Mark Bane
Lawrence, NY
Mr. Jonathan Beren
Denver, CO
Dr. Robert Edelman
Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Michael J Elman
Mr. Howard Tzvi Friedman
Mr. Joseph Friedman
Olney, MD
Mr. Harvey Hecker
Toronto, ONT
Mr. Steven Rosedale
Cincinnatti, OH
Rabbi Simcha Scholar
Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Dovid Refson
Jerusalem, Israel
Mr Gary Torgow
Detroit, MI
Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD
Monsey, NY
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 Exclusive Book Offer from AJOP!
AJOP, in conjunction with the Afikim
Foundation is pleased to offer the The Educational Explanatory Rosh
Hashana and Yom Kippur Service Machzor. This machzor comes with insights
about the prayers from Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf and all of the Hebrew is
fully translated and transliterated.
AJOP is pleased to offer this critical tool at a discounted rate of $125 per order. Each order comes with 25 copies of the book which retail for $7.99.
For more information and to place your order, please email Edna at edna@afikimfoundation.org or 212-791-7450. |
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  NJOP Yamim Noraim Programs
NJOP's full length, High Holiday
Beginners Services is designed as a learner's service to elucidate the
meanings of prayer and to highlight the philosophy of Jewish prayer.
The
Abridged Beginners Service is a brief and dynamic program designed to
appeal to, and inspire those who may not have
attended a High Holiday service in some time.
NJOP's High Holiday
Prayer Workshop examines some of the basic High Holiday prayers in depth,
and is designed for those seeking meaning in a service that they find hard to
relate to and understand.
NJOP also offers its Priceless Appeal
Card to help gauge interest of attendees in follow-up programs.
Click Here for all four of the programs |
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An Article from Jewish Journal
I have spent the better part of the last four years convincing my parents that I don't need to marry a Jewish girl. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Forward
Imagine the scene: Four bearded rabbis sit for hours around a table,
swaying before their open volumes of the Talmud, debating whether a Jew
who owns a gate tower near the entrance to his mansion is required to
hang a mezuza on it. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Detroit News
One of the biggest dilemmas at Young Israel of Southfield these days is where to put all the baby strollers. But ask any member and they'll tell you it's a good problem. Continue Reading
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 40 Billionaires have Pledged Majority of their Wealth to Charity
An Article from The Wall Street Journal
Billionaire Oracle
Corp. founder Larry Ellison will join film director George Lucas and 38
other mega-wealthy people in following a call by Warren Buffett and
Bill and Melinda Gates to pledge to give the majority of their riches to
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 ADL: California had Most Anti-Semitic Incidents in '09
An Article from CBS News
California had the country's highest number of anti-Semitic assaults,
harassment and vandalism incidents last year, the Anti-Defamation League
said Tuesday. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Weekly Standard
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In describing its news-making $33 million grant to the Hebrew Union
College, the Jewish Theological Seminary and Yeshiva University to train
a cadre of more than 1,000 Jewish educators, the heads of The Jim
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teachers working. Continue Reading Conservative Judaism Looking for New Name
An Article from The Forward
What's in a name? Lately, that age-old question has become a burning issue for leaders of Conservative Judaism. Continue Reading
Weiss Moves Beyond 'Rabba'
An Article from The Jewish Week
This time, in the pitched battle between Rabbi Avi Weiss and the Orthodox establishment, the "rabba" was merely the undercard. Continue Reading
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 The Man Who Cleans the Kotel
An Article from COL Live
It was another dark day during the Second World War. A hungry Jewish boy named Binyamin Wertzberger was at work dragging heavy train tracks with his bare thin hands. Continue Reading
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 European Rabbis Lobby to Prevent Shechita Ban
An Article from Matzav
The president of Shechita UK has urged the community to lobby MPs to
prevent new EU regulations requiring kosher meat to be labelled "meat
from slaughter without stunning." Continue Reading
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An Article from The Jerusalem Post
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New Zealand Jews Mount Lawsuit Against Shechita Ban
An Article from JTA
New Zealand's Jewish community is mounting a legal case against the country's new law banning kosher slaughter. Continue Reading
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An Article from Vos Iz Neias
Polish historians have created an unusual 3D film that documents the
shocking sea of rubble that Warsaw was reduced to during World War II. Continue Reading
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 Chelsea Clinton & Marc Mezvinsky: Religion and Interfaith Marriage
An Article from The Washington Post
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An Article from CBS News
With every step toward the gate, Jerzy Bielecki was certain he would be shot.
The day was July 21, 1944. Bielecki was walking in broad daylight
down a pathway at Auschwitz, wearing a stolen SS uniform with his Jewish
sweetheart Cyla Cybulska by his side. Continue Reading
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is now attending the 17th National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of
America, an event that began Monday and ends next Wednesday at a
military base in Virginia. Continue ReadingOut on a Limb at a Jewish Genealogy ConferenceAn Article from JTAEven before my ketubah was signed my soon-to-be mother-in-law, Shirley,
calmly but proudly told me, "Edmon, my mother's family, the Sheinbeins,
are descendants of the Vilna Gaon." Continue ReadingDon't Write Off the Next GenerationAn Article from eJewish PhilanthropyIt comes as no surprise that in a world where many neglect the
importance of community, iPhones, iPods, iMacs and iPads constantly and
consistently appear as the trendiest gadgets. Continue ReadingRabbi Follows Marital Advice Success with Book for WomenAn Article from Jewish JournalDefying men's general resistance to relationship books, "The Garden of
Peace: A Marital Guide for Men Only," by Rabbi Shalom Arush, was a
surprise Jewish hit last year, selling more than a half-million copies
in English, Hebrew, French and Spanish worldwide. Continue ReadingRise of Independent Groups Influencing JudaismAn Article from Dallas NewsThey gather blocks from Harvard Square to greet the Sabbath with
communal prayer, their eyes winced closed, hands clapping as they sing
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