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 OUTREACH
 
Remembering Rabbi Noach Weinberg on His Second Yahrzeit
The Role of Jewish Federations Today

 
 
 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING
 
 Fundraisers Predict that Giving will Rise
 
The Top 10 Cities for Raising Money Online
 

Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund to Close

Defining a Conduit Organization

Michael Steinhardt Funds 'Jewish Optimism'


NORTH AMERICA 

Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis to Address Anti-Semitism at UN

NJ Man Gets Community Service for Birthright Beating

 

 ISRAEL
 
  61% of Haredim Prefer Separate Communities
 
  Archeologists Discover Ancient Pilgrim Road Through Jerusalem's Old City

Digging Completed on Tunnel Under Old City Walls in East Jerusalem

In Light of Shoah, Teens Feel Israel Should Aid Refugees
 

 

INTERNATIONAL
 
Taking Aim at Iranian Holocaust Denial
 
Montreal Jewish Leader: Vandalism Not Always Reported
Film on Jewish Kids' Rescue from 1939 Prague to Hit Cinemas
 

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST
 
 Are Chinese Parents Superior?
New Website Launched to Combat Online Anti-Semitism
 
An Introduction to Jewish Genetic Diseases
Talmud to be Translated into Italian

Newer DNA Tests Uncover Hidden Jewish Bloodlines


 
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Rav NoachMichaelRemembering Rabbi Noach Weinberg on His Second Yahrzeit
An Article from Aish.com

 
"It is hard to think of another Jew in the last 2,000 years who has had a direct impact on more Jews than Rabbi Noah Weinberg, zt"l," a prominent rabbi in Los Angeles, who had no personal relationship with Reb Noah, once told me. Continue Reading

outreacharticle2The Role Jewish Federations Today
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

In 1929, the Jewish Agency was created to pull together multiple Zionist movements that were working for the same cause but in ways that were often at odds with each other.  Continue Reading
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money treefundraisingarticle1Fundraisers Predict That Giving will Rise
An Article from
The Chronicle of Higher Education

College fund raisers estimate that private giving in 2010 was up almost 3 percent from 2009. Continue Reading
 

Fundraisingarticle2The Top 10 Cities for for Raising Money Online
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

For the second year in a row, Alexandria, Va.; Cambridge, Mass.; and Arlington, Va., topped a 2010 ranking of cities whose residents gave the most online. Continue Reading

Fundraising3Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund to Close
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, established in 1951, has announced that it will cease operations as of December 31, 2012. Richard Goldman intended that the Fund end after he passed away. Continue Reading

Fundraising4Defining a Conduit Organization
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

When grants or gifts cannot be made directly to a recipient (individual or organization) many times Fiscal Agents are used. Continue Reading

Fundraising5Michael Steinhardt Funds 'Jewish Optimism'
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Over the course of his long and illustrious dual careers - first as a wildly successful hedge fund manager, raking in hundreds of millions for investors as well as himself, and later as a full time philanthropist and Jewish activist - Michael Steinhardt has gained a reputation for his pull-no-punches attitude. Continue Reading
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Reb. JungreisNamart1Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis to Address Anti-Semitism at UN
An Article from Arutz 7

Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, founder and president of Hineni, the internationally renowned Torah outreach organization, will be addressing audiences at the United Nations in New York City on Thursday.  
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Kissinger2NJ Man Gets Community Service for Birthright Beating
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

A New Jersey man was convicted on Monday of aggravated assault against a fellow Birthright Israel participant. Jonathan Haft, 25, attacked her during their 10-day Israel trip in June.  Continue Reading

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childrenisrael161% of Haredim Prefer Separate Communities
An Article from Ynet News

Sixty-one percent of the ultra-Orthodox living in Israel prefer to live in towns segregated from the secular population. 
 
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israel2Archeologists Discover Ancient Pilgrim Road Through Jerusalem's Old City
An Article from Bloomberg Financial

Israeli archaeologists discovered an ancient road used by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem's Old City 2,000 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a press release e-mailed today. Continue Reading

israel3Digging Completed on Tunnel Under Old City Walls in East Jerusalem
An Article from Haaretz

The Israel Antiquities Authority has completed an archaeological dig of a tunnel that will enable visitors to cross under the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, not far from the Temple Mount. Continue Reading
israel4In Light of Shoah, Teens Feel Israel Should Aid Refugees
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Most teenagers feel that the lessons of the Holocaust require Israel to offer assistance to refugees, according to a survey released on Monday. Continue Reading
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abinternationalarticle1Taking Aim at Iranian Holocaust Denial
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
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Yad Vashem, Israel's central Holocaust memorial and documentation center, launched on Sunday a new YouTube channel in Farsi in what officials said was a bid to counter Holocaust denial in Iran, which has become bon ton under the country's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  Continue Reading

internationalarticle2Montreal Jewish Leader: Vandalism Not Always Reported
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Not all recent acts of vandalism against the Montreal Jewish community have been made public, the head of the Montreal Jewish Federation Combined Jewish Appeal's security coordinating committee has disclosed. Continue Reading

International3Film on Jewish Kids' Rescue from 1939 Prague to Hit Cinemas
An Article from The Associated Press

A documentary on the rescue of 669 Jewish children from pre-war Czechoslovakia by a British man dubbed the "English Schindler" premiered in Prague Thursday before hitting cinemas on February 3.
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chinese flagInterestarticle1Are Chinese Parents Superior?
 
An Article from Aish.com
 

When Amy Chua was a little girl, she was extremely disrespectful to her mother. Her father angrily called her "garbage" in their native dialect.  Continue Reading
 

Interestarticle6New Website Launched to Combat Online Anti-Semitism
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

A new website aimed at mobilizing world Jewry, governments and community organizations against the proliferation of online anti-Semitism is being launched today. Continue Reading
 
 
interest2An Introduction to Jewish Genetic Diseases
An Article from The Jewish Journal

 
The following is an introduction to Jewish genetic diseases, which I will explore in greater detail with you - the reader - over the next two years. Continue Reading

 
interestarticle3Talmud to be Translated into Italian
An Article from Vos Iz Neias

Thanks to collaboration between the Italian Jewish community and the Italian government, the Talmud, for the first time ever, will be translated into Italian. Continue Reading

Interest3Newer DNA Tests Uncover Hidden Jewish Bloodlines
An Article from The Forward

Last April, Joseph Pickrell sent a tube of his saliva to the California genetic testing company 23andMe. After spending years studying other people's DNA, the 27-year-old doctoral student at the University of Chicago decided he wanted to learn more about his own genetic ancestry. Continue Reading
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