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Are We Learning More & Enjoying It Less?   

   

OUTREACH   

Website Offers Jews Shabbat Meals Worldwide

Young Jews Find Identity on Youth Trips to Israel  


    PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING   

Generation Y is Hungry  

Pepsi Revamps Giving Contest in Bid to Rewards Small Groups  

Jews Take 5 of Top 6 Spots in Annual List of Top US Givers  


NORTH AMERICA 

Obama Stands by Muslim Brotherhood Endorsement   

 Birthright Rejects J-Street Offer to Co-Sponsor Trip 

Orthodox Jews Figure Prominently in Burgeoning NJ Town 

Chicago Couple Weds Under the Chuppah, Within a Blizzard 

 

 ISRAEL   

 Nefesh B'Nefesh Cuts Jobs, Slashes Salaries  

 Is Tel Aviv Still a Jewish City? 

   

INTERNATIONAL   

Rabbi Aims to Protect Jewish Holy Sites in Iran    

Rabbis to Lecture on Judaism in Moscow Prisons   

For Jews Far From Home, Beijing is Never Lonely 

Jews in Damascus Restore Synagogues as Syria Tries to Foster Secular Image

Austrian Jews Press Charges Over Anti-Semitic Turkish Film on Gaza Flotilla   

 

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United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Unveils Reinvention Strategy  

Kosher Version of You Tube Hits Web 


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Rabbi LowenbraunOpEdAre We Learning More & Enjoying It Less?
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by Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun

As a person who has been involved in Kiruv and Klal Yisroel for four decardes, I am shaken to the core by the problems I see in our community, specifically with out youth.  Continue Reading


 
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syosMichael Website Offers Shabbat Meals Worldwide
An Article from Ynet News

Positive aspects to Diaspora living: A Jew can find kosher food and a sympathetic environment almost everywhere around the globe.  Continue Reading

outreacharticle2Young US Jews Find Identity on Youth Trips to Israel
An Article from UPIU

For many American Jews, Israel exists as a list of facts and figures, an abstract and distant concept. That is, until they see it themselves.With the help of Jewish-led, non-profit programs, more and more Jewish Americans are visiting Israel every year.

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gen yfundraisingarticle1Generation Y is Hungry
An Article from
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It comes as no surprise that in a world where many neglect the importance of community, iPhones, iPods and iPads constantly and consistently appear as the trendiest gadgets.  Continue Reading

Fundraisingarticle2Pepsi Revamps Giving Contest in Bid to Reward Small Groups
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

PepsiCo is reorganizing its year-old, $20-million Pepsi Refresh charity competition, with several changes geared toward steering more of the prize money toward community and grass-roots organizations, according to The Wall Street Journal. Continue Reading

Fundraising3Jews Take 5 of Top 6 Spots in Annual List of Top US Givers
An Article from JTA

America's most generous citizens gave less in 2010 than they have over the past decade, but Jews remained among the top givers, according to an annual survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.  Continue Reading

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ObamaNamart1Obama Stands by Muslim Brotherhood Endorsement
An Article from Arutz 7

For the first time, a U.S. government supports granting a government role to an extremist Islamic organization: the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
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Kissinger2Birthright Rejects J Street Offer to Co-Sponsor Trip
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Taglit-Birthright Israel, the group that has brought over 250,000 young Jewish adults on free trips to Israel, has turned down an attempt to organize a trip co-sponsored by left-leaning Jewish advocacy group J Street.  Continue Reading

Namart2Orthodox Jews Feature Prominently in Burgeoning NJ Town
An Article from NJ.com

The small mom-and-pop businesses along Clifton Avenue in Lakewood are bustling on a Friday afternoon, as shoppers duck in and out of the bakeries and eateries and clothing stores lining the street.  Continue Reading

Namart3 Chicago Couple Weds Under the Chuppah, Within a Blizzard
An Article from The Chicago Tribune

The Wednesday evening nuptials of Sarah Finkel and Shmulie Schochet gave new meaning to the term "white wedding."
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nefesh bnefeshisrael1Nefesh B'Nefesh Cuts Jobs, Slashes Salaries
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Nefesh B'Nefesh, the not-for-profit organization that facilitates aliya from North America, fired 15 staff members and slashed salaries across the board, despite the rise in the number of immigrants to Israel from the US and Canada in 2010. 
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israel2Is Tel Aviv Still a Jewish City?
An Article from Ynet News

The year 2010 was an excellent year for Tel Aviv, as far as skyrocketing vacation prices at city hotels and other statistical summaries are concerned. Continue Reading
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tehraninternationalarticle1Rabbi Aims to Protect Jewish Holy Sites in Iran
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This is the story of a haredi Jew who braved Iran last month to gain firsthand knowledge of its ancient Jewish holy sites and cemeteries, as part of his ongoing global quest to raise awareness of Jewish sites and preserve what can still be salvaged. 
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internationalarticle2Rabbis to Lecture on Judaism in Moscow Prisons
An Article from Reuters

While Russia's Orthodox Church is the dominant faith in the country, a seventh of Russia's 142 million people are Muslims, and Jewish groups say there are around one million Jews.  Continue Reading  


International3For Jews Far From Home, Life in Beijing is Never Lonely
An Article from Chabad.org

Life in Beijing, China, is never lonely, and certainly never dull, for Dini Freundlich of Chabad House Beijing China.  Continue Reading
 

 
Internationarticle4Jews in Damascus Restore Synagogues as Syria Tries to Foster Secular Image
An Article from Bloomberg

Albert Cameo, leader of what remains of the Jewish community in Syria, says he's trying to fulfill an obligation to his religious heritage. Continue Reading  

Internationalarticle5Austrian Jews Press Charges Over Anti-Semitic Turkish Film on Gaza Flotilla
An Article from Haaretz

The Jewish Community in Vienna pressed charges Tuesday against cinema operators and a distributor on Tuesday, alleging that a Turkish film, Valley of the Wolves - Palestine, was anti-Semitic. Continue Reading
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uscjInterestarticle1United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Unveils Reinvention Strategy
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

In an effort to redesign the Conservative Synagogue movement in North America, the USCJ - in coordination with Hayom - have come together with a consensus plan for the future.  Continue Reading

Interestarticle6Kosher Version of You Tube Hits Web
An Article from Ynet News

Despite the sweeping rabbinical ban on the Internet, haredi use of the web is widespread. A new website offers the ultra-orthodox sector an alternative to the inappropriate content out there: Glatube.  Continue Reading
 
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