AJOP Update: New Revelation: Jews Changed Their Own Names at Ellis Island

October 14, 2010 - 6 Cheshvan 5771

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12th Annual Aish HaTorah Partners Conference
Ohr Somayach Presents Legacy Learn Seminars

OUTREACH
JData: A Powerful New Tool for Educational Organizations

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING
JSU Receives $1.47 Million from Jim Joseph Foundation
PJ Library Project Expanding to Israel
Jewish New Media Innovation Fund Launches
The Evolution of Special Events as a Fundraising Opportunity

NORTH AMERICA
Generation of Change: How Leaders in Their 20's & 30's are
Reshaping American Jewish Life
Bombshell Revelation: Jews Changed Their Own Names at Ellis Island
US Colleges with Few Jews Building Facilities to Draw More
Helen Thomas to Radio Station: You Cannot Criticize Israel & Survive
Holy War Over Eruv Wires Flares Again

ISRAEL
US Man Suspected of Trying to Spy for Israel

INTERNATIONAL
The Last Shtetl Jews of Belarus
Two Million Dollar Baby

ARTICLES OF INTEREST
What Modern Orthodoxy Thinks of its Neighbors
Who Are the Jews?
Israeli Study: Milk Drinkers Lose More Weight
Englishing the Hebrew Bible

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Jerusalem, Israel

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Los Angeles, CA

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Northbrook, IL

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Lakewood, NJ

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National Director

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Baltimore, MD

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Passaic, NJ

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Baltimore, MD

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Milwaukee, WI

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Baltimore, MD

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Lawrence, NY

Mr. Jonathan Beren

Denver, CO

Dr. Robert Edelman

Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Avraham Edelstein

Jerusalem, Israel

Dr. Michael J Elman

Baltimore, MD

Mr. Howard Tzvi Friedman

Baltimore, MD

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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12th Annual Aish Partners Conference Nov. 4-7, 2010

This Way Up: Thriving through Judaism

Join over 600 people on November 4-7, 2010 at the Hilton East Bruswick, NJ for an inspiring, content-filled long weekend featuring some of the most dynamic speakers in the Jewish world, including Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rebbetzini Feige Twerski, Charles Harary, Yaakov Salomon, Motty Berger and many more!

For more information and registration, click here. Email us at questions@partnersconference.com or call at 973-597-1552 x. 6.

Ohr Somayach Presents Legacy Learn Seminars

Ohr Somayach will be offering several Legacy Learn Seminars in the next few months. The 7-10 day programs are designed for a Level 2 talmid who is interested in a primarily learning based experience. Hosted at our Monsey campus, the program offers a thorough, text-based, skills building introduction to the world of Torah learning The shiurim will be delivered by the Yeshiva's rabbanim and enrollment will be limited in order to meet each talmid's particular hashkafic/learning needs. A few trips and extra-curricular activities are built in to provide a balanced experience. The dates of the next few programs are Nov. 8-17, Dec. 19-28 and Jan. 3-10.

For more information please see the Legacy Learn link at www.os.edu

For further information, please call Yered Viders at 845-558-8971.

JData: A Powerful New Tool for Educational Organizations An Article from eJewish Philanthropy JData.com, a groundbreaking online database that promises to revolutionize data managment and sharing for Jewish Communities and their education organizations, today launches its 2010-2011 national outreach. Continue Reading

JSU Receives $1.47 Million from Jim Joseph Foundation
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Jack E. and Rachel Gindi Jewish Student Union (JSU) has received a grant of $1.476 million from the Jim Joseph Foundation to replicate a pilot project in Chicago public high schools. Continue Reading

PJ Library Project Expanding to Israel
An Article from JTA

The government of Israel and a North American foundation are partnering on a literacy program for Israeli preschoolers. Continue Reading

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Jewish New Media Innovation Fund Launches
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Jim Joseph, Righteous Persons and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family foundations have announced the launch of the Jewish New Media Innovation Fund. Continue Reading

The Evolution of Special Events as a Fundraising Opportunity
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

So often, sometimes too often, special events are a central focus and chosen method to engage involvement in a non-profit and to generate additional revenue. Continue Reading

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Generation of Change: How Leaders in their 20's and 30's are Reshaping American Jewish Life
An Article from The Avichai Foundation

Few informed observers of the American Jewish scene doubt that the present moment is one of rapid change. Continue Reading

Bombshell Revelation: Jews Changed Their Own Names at Ellis Island
An Article from Azure Online

Ask any Ashkenazi American Jew about his family's arrival in the United States, and you're likely to hear a certain story. With minor variations, it goes something like this: Continue Reading

US Colleges with Few Jews Building Facilities to Draw More
An Article from JTA

Last year, 19-year-old Max Chapnick ate plenty of vegetables. Chapnick, who comes from a kosher home in White Plains, N.Y., is a sophomore at Washington and Lee University. Continue Reading

Helen Thomas to Radio Station: You Cannot Criticize Israel & Survive
An Article from Newser

Thomas tells WMRN-AM in Marion, Ohio, that "you cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive." Continue Reading

Holy War Over Eruv Wires Flares Again
An Article from Vos Iz Neias

A renewed push for a symbolic Jewish boundary on the East End has sparked a bitter battle between supporters of the religious marker and opponents who brand it divisive. Continue Reading

US Man Suspected of Trying to Spy for Israel An Article from Ynet News An Akamai Technologies Inc employee was charged with trying to give confidential company information to an undercover FBI agent he thought worked for a foreign country, probably Israel, US prosecutors said on Wednesday. Continue Reading

The Last Shtetl Jews of Belarus An Article from The Jewish Forward three more varsity heads added their The interviews we see in Holocaust documentaries are but fragments of lives. Subjects talk about their horrendous concentration camp experiences, and the story ends. Continue Reading
Two Million Dollar Baby An Article from Ynet News Many Jewish charitable organizations enjoy the generosity of Jewish billionaire Gennady Bogolyubov, also known by his Jewish name Zvi Hirsch. Continue Reading

What Modern Orthodoxy Thinks of its Neighbors
An Article from The Jewish Forward

Like a picture, a title is occasionally worth a thousand words. Such is the case in the most recent publication of the Orthodox Forum, an intellectual think-tank of centrist Orthodox rabbis and scholars originally convened two decades ago by Rabbi Norman Lamm.

Who Are the Jews?
An Article from The American Thinker

Claims that contemporary Jews are imposters, not the descendants of biblical Jews, have been around for years and come in many flavors. Continue Reading

Israeli Study: Milk Drinkers Lose More Weight
An Article from Matzav.com

A new weight loss study conducted in Israel has revealed that dieters who consume milk or milk products lose more weight on average than those who consume little to no milk products. Continue Reading

Englishing the Hebrew Bible
An Article from Jewish Ideas Daily

All translators of the Hebrew Bible into English work in the shadow of the genius of the King James Version (KJV), done in the 17th century and still in wide use today despite its thee's and thou's. Continue Reading

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