AJOP Update: Why is Patrilineal Descent Not Catching On In Reform Worldwide?

February 17, 2011 - 13 Adar I 5771

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Jewish Futures Project: The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel

'Last Stop Yeshiva's' Future Seen in Doubt

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How Everyone Can Raise Friends & Funds

Americans Plan to Give More to Charity in 2011

Six Key Trends Transforming Jewish Philanthropy

Obama's Budget Plan Call for Cut in Charitable Deductions

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Students Suspicious of Israeli Education

Archeologists Find 166 Year Old Mikva in Baltimore

NYC Police Officer Has Bris at 36

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Jerusalem Mom Gives Birth to 18th Baby

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Jew Hatred in Holland

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Why is Patrilineal Descent Not Catching on in Reform Worldwide?

Beware: Non-Jewish Scribes

Lieberman Writing Book on Joys of the Sabbath

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Jewish Futures Project: The Impact of Taglit-Birthright An Article from Brandies University This report examines the impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel on its alumni five to nine years after their visits to Israel. Continue Reading
'Last Stop Yeshiva's' Future Seen in Doubt An Article from The Jewish Week For almost 30 years, Torah Academy High School of Brooklyn has been a haven for young men seeking an alternative to the rigid mainstream haredi yeshivas and the limited future career opportunities they afford. Continue Reading

How Everyone Can Raise Friends & Funds
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

In working with the professional staff members and the members of the boards of non-profit organizations I have had the opportunity to assist people in developing their skills in raising friends and funds for various organizations.

Americans Plan to Give More to Charity in 2011
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

For the first time in four years, Americans are saying they are more likely to increase their giving to charity rather than decrease their charitable support. Continue Reading

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Six Key Trends Transforming Jewish Philanthropy
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Just over a year ago, in the wake of severe economic dislocation affecting donors and nonprofits alike, I wrote an article in Philanthropy News Digest exploring how philanthropists and foundations can give effectively in challenging times. Continue Reading

Obama's Budget Plan Calls for Cut in Charitable Deductions
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

President Obama proposed on Monday to sharply limit the value of charitable tax breaks taken by wealthy people. Continue Reading

Students Suspicious of Israeli Education
An Article from The Jewish Week

Mike, a junior at a Jewish day school, says he has a deep and unwavering connection to Israel, but also acknowledges that he feels he has been "spoon fed propaganda" about the Jewish state from his teachers over the years.

Archeologists Find 166 Year Old Mikva in Baltimore
An Article from The Baltimore Sun

Archaeologists peeling back layers of history beneath the historic Lloyd Street Synagogue in East Baltimore have uncovered what is believed to be the oldest Jewish ritual bath complex in the United States. Continue Reading

NYC Police Officer Has Bris Milah at 36
An Article from Vos Iz Neias

Everybody in Midwood knows Officer Khosh somehow - especially if you text whilst driving. Day in day out he patrols our neighborhood, keeping us safe. Filipp Khosh was born in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine 36 years ago. Continue Reading

Jerusalem Mom Gives Birth to 18th Baby An Article from Ynet News When she was young, Rivkah, a Jerusalem resident belonging to the Belz Hasidic movement, never dreamed that at the age of 44 she would be leaving the maternity ward with her 18th child. Continue Reading

Jew Hatred in Holland
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The Dutch government continues to refuse to pay for the security of its threatened Jewish citizens. The Jewish community has stated on various occasions that it is the only group in society which cannot organize activities without including guards or other security measures. Continue Reading

Book on Polish Jews Touches Raw Nerve
An Article from Ynet News

A new book that tells how some Poles enriched themselves by stealing from the corpses of their Jewish neighbors during the Nazi occupation has touched a raw nerve in a country still deeply scarred by World War II. Continue Reading

Why is Patrilineal Descent Not Catching on in Reform World?
An Article from The Jewish Week

For three decades now, the American Jewish Reform movement has considered as Jewish the child of a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother who is raised as a Jew. Continue Reading

Beware: Non-Jewish Scribes
An Article from Jerusalem Kosher News

Yes! A Yeshiva student recently testified that he saw an Arab in Jerusalem's old city writing a Megilas Esther, the Scroll of Esther read on Purim.

Leiberman Writing Book on the Joys of Sabbath
An Article from JTA

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman is writing a book on the benefits of the Sabbath.Lieberman (I-Conn.), who recently announced he will not run again, is co-writing the book with David Klinghoffer, according to Howard Books. Continue Reading

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