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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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 Educational Explanatory Rosh Hashanah-Yom Kippur Machzor Special 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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 Teaching Curriculum Available from Ner Le'Elef
Morasha International has developed a comprehensive 118 class curriculum to introduce Jewish students to the most fundamental aspects of Judaism and Jewish life. Seventy shiurim are now available in English, with many of the classes translated into French, Hebrew, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Morasha Syllabus is reaching thousands of Jewish students throughout the former Soviet Union, Europe, Israel, North America, and South America.
Click Here for more information.
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  The Kotel Siddur-Prayer Book for Friday Night & Festivals
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation's new
publication, The Kotel Siddur, is now available for English-speaking groups who
visit the Kotel on Friday nights. Easy-to-use, this beautiful siddur is meant
to enhance your participants' Friday night experience and allow them to bring
it home with them.
The Kotel Siddur is complete with translations to English,
transliteration, clear explanations, thought provoking insights and songs.
Soft cover copies of The Kotel Siddur are being offered at the highly
subsidized rate of $2 per siddur, including delivery in Jerusalem and your group's personalized
message and logo.
For more information and to place your order, please email Liat Mahler
at siddur@thekotel.org or click here to visit us on
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 Read Hebrew America & Canada
Be a part of Read Hebrew America and Canada, the National Jewish Outreach
Program's annual Fall Hebrew literacy campaign.
Over 200,000 have already participated in this highly successful program
learning to read Hebrew in only five one and one half hour lessons. Join
hundreds of locations reaching out to Jews in their community to help them
learn to read Hebrew. And, this year, NJOP will be introducing "Twebrew
School" YouTube videos, a great review tool for class participants, as
well as inviting them at the conclusion of the Level I program to attend a
"bonus class" where they will learn over 100 Hebrew words and
phrases that every Jew must know.
Register by Monday August 16th
to be included on NJOP's Location Poster.
Click Here for more information
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 Project Inspire's Rosh Hashanah Easy Outreach Campaign
We all know someone unaffiliated we
can reach out to. Sweeten their Rosh Hashanah this
year by sending them a thoughtful and meaningful holiday gift. For many, this will be the only
reminder they have that the ימים נוראים are approaching.
Send this beautiful honey and
marzipan challah and apple gift to an unaffiliated Jew you know- a co-worker, neighbor
or friend. Includes an inspirational and educational card you can personalize.
Hechsher Rabbi Aron Weinman and
the OU
Only $3.50 (plus shipping and
handling $2.00)
Order online and we'll even mail
it out for you!
Visit
www.kiruv.com to order today! For more information, please call 646-461-3339. |
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 Birthright Israel NEXT & Moishe House Enter National Shabbat Partnership
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Moishe House and Birthright Israel NEXT, leading organizations in Jewish
young adult engagement, are joining forces to bring the successful
Birthright Israel NEXT Shabbat program to the 20 U.S.-based Moishe
Houses. Continue Reading
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 Do Big Jewish Donors Give to Jewish Causes?
An Article from JTA
This is what we know so far about the Jewish giving of the Jews who have
accepted the Giving Pledge, according to searches of their foundations'
990 tax forms and media reports: Continue Reading
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 Jewish Schools Shop for Retailer's Cash
An Article from The Jewish Week
For Charlotte Jewish Day School, $500,000 could mean complete overhaul
of school-wide technology, construction of a brand-new playground, or
redevelopment of its individualized curriculum for 110 students. Continue Reading
New Conservative Israeli Siddur Aimed at all Israelis
An Article from JTA
When Israel's new Masorti prayer book hit No. 4 on the country's
best-seller list for non-fiction last January, no one was more surprised
than members of the country's still-tiny Conservative movement. Continue Reading
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 Fight Against EU Kosher Meat Plan
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle
Manchester Beth Din and Kashrus Authority is joining Shechitah UK to
fight a European Union proposal that shechitah items be labelled "meat
from slaughter without stunning". Continue Reading
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An Article from Word Press
It has taken nearly 70 years, but tomorrow, as the sun sets over Athens, a monument to honour Greece's Holocaust victims will finally be unveiled. Continue Reading
Russia Refuses to Hand Over Chabad Library
An Article from The New York Times
Russia has rejected a U.S. court ruling to turn over a Jewish library to a Hasidic group in New York. Continue Reading
Anti-Semitism Feared Ahead of Euro 2012
An Article from Ynet News
The stands surrounding the soccer field of
the Resovia sports club in the Polish city of Rzeszów were quite full.
The two local soccer teams, Resovia and Stal, which play in the Polish
Second League, met for a local derby. Continue Reading
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 How to Pick a Hebrew Name
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle
The story is told of a boy traveling with his mother on a bus in
Israel. He escaped from his mother's grasp and ran off down the bus. Continue Reading | Hebrew U Professor: Anti-Semitism Worse in 2010 Than in 1910
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
Times are dire,
anti-Semitism is on the rise and the world is becoming a more perilous
place for the Jews to live in by the day, if you ask Prof. Robert S.
Wistrich, the head of the Hebrew University's Vidal Sassoon
International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism. Continue Reading
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Please note: The views expressed in the articles featured in this
newsletter reflect the views of their authors and do not
necessarily reflect the thinking of the Association for Jewish Outreach
Professionals. AJOP serves to disseminate pertinent news to its subscribers.
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