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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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 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. |
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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. |
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New! The Non-Orthodox Jew's Guide to Orthodox Jews 
The Non-Orthodox Jew's Guide to Orthodox Jews offers a view of Orthodox Jews' beliefs and actions and explains the issues that non-Orthodox Jews often find puzzling or exasperating.
Readers will encounter refreshing discussions of topics such as happiness, good and evil, personal integrity, suffering and much more. They will also discover that Orthodox Jews are modern, 21st Century men and women who embrace the benefits of modern society while affirming and perpetuating an all-important chain that stretches back more than three millenia.
The book can be purchased directly from the author, David Baum at jewsguide.com Enter promo code "kiruv" at checkout and enjoy the reduced price of $18.00 per book. |
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New Outreach Tool for Israelis! 
The Art of Amazement (the handbook to hashkafa, spirituality and prayer) is now available in Hebrew. 1,000 copies were sent out before Yom Kippur to kiruv centers around Israel and the Far East. We want to make it available at cost to anyone working with Israelis anywhere. Even Israelis in the US who are fluent in English tend not to enjoy reading books in English. There are Jews who are shomrei shabbos today because of this book. It behooves anyone doing serious outreach to have various books on hand to or sell their participants and we hope that this will be on their bookshelf. For bulk copies, or for Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld's handout from the AJOP 2010 Convention, "How to Use a Book as an Outreach Tool", please email seinfeld@jsli.org.
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 Jewish Community Heroes Semi-Finalists
An Article from The Jewish Federations of North America
Thanks to everyone who voted in the Second Annual Jewish Community Heroes Campaign. The results were overwhleming. We received over 300,000 votes for more than 200 nominees! Continue Reading |
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 For the Perplexed, A Guide for Giving
An Article from The Jewish Week
A middle-aged professional in the Jewish communal world, Ari H. deals with the dilemma of Jewish life every time he returns from his Manhattan office to his home in Bergen County. Continue Reading
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 Without Protest or Funding, Columbia Opens Center for Palestine Studies
An Article from Arutz Sheva
New York City's Columbia University, which last year hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the name of its "academic freedom," now has decided that "Palestine" is a country and has opened the first U.S. Center for Palestine Studies. Continue Reading
76% of American Jews Think Arabs Want to Destroy Israel
An Article from Haaretz
An overwhelming majority of American Jews believe that the goal of the Arabs "is not the return of occupied territories but rather the destruction of Israel". Continue Reading
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 Israel's Newest Identity Crisis
An Article from The Jewish Week
That simple yet multilayered question reverberated throughout Israel this week in the wake of the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet to require non-Jewish candidates for citizenship to pledge allegiance to the country as a Jewish state. Continue Reading
Warren Buffet: Israel Has Disproportionate Amount of Brains
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
The Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry held its first annual socioeconomic conference at the Avenue Convention Center near Ben-Gurion Airport yesterday. Continue Reading
Israel on Way to Kashrut Overhaul?An Article from Ynet NewsThe Chief Rabbinate on Thursday removed its objection to the establishment of a national authority operating kosher supervisors, instead of the supervisors currently employed by the local rabbinates.Continue Reading | |
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 Small Jewish Communities in Europe in Grave Danger After Wave of Anti-Semitism
An Article from European Jewish Press
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"If these small Jewish communities can't receive protection or respite from mainstream officials then we are entering a very dark period for the Jews in Europe," the European Jewish group's president, Moshe Kantor, stressed. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Jewish Week
In Jewish lore, Hadrian, a Roman emperor 20 centuries ago, was bad news. He built a large temple to the goddess Venus in Jerusalem, and another one dedicated to the worship of Jupiter on the ruins of the destroyed Second Temple. Continue Reading
17% of Germans Say Jews Have Too Much Influence
An Article from Ynet News
A new poll conducted by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for Political Education, a foundation with close ties to the German Social Democratic party, has found that one in 10 Germans wants "a new Fuehrer to lead the country with an iron fist". Continue Reading
German Chancellor Merkel: Multi-Cultural Society Has Utterly Failed
An Article from The Sun
Mrs Merkel called on immigrants to learn German and abandon practices such as forced marriages. She said: "This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other, has utterly failed.
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