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 Ohr Somayach Purim Handbook  

Purim in 60 Minutes Or Less  

 Passover Across America  

Rabbi Meir Schuster-A Call to Action  

The Crash Course in E-Mail Fundrasing: Free to AJOP Subscribers 

A Girl's Guide to Making the Most of Your Year in Israel New AJOP Publication!   

Click Here to View Photos From Convention 2011 


OP-ED

Battle Hymn of the Jewish Mother 

 

OUTREACH    

Roots on Campus: Rabbi Dave & Rabbi Adelman 

  How I Moved to India and Rediscovered My Roots   

 

    PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING   

Avi Chai: Gearing Up to Spend Down  

Holocaust Charity Gives Away £35 Million 

The Pros and Cons of Working in the Nonprofit Sector  

 
NORTH AMERICA

Why Americans Are Losing the Battle of the Campus  

  For Staten Island Jews, a Central Address   

 Birthright Vegas 

What the Civil War Meant for American Jews   

Huckabee: Israelis Feel US Cast Them to Wolves 

Mets Tangled in Kosher Food Dispute  

Farrakhan: Jews Are Pushing US Into War  

No Kosher Food at J Street Conference 

 

 ISRAEL   

Number of Yeshiva Students Plummets

Israel Peace Week 2011

Increase in Israeli Home Prices: 3rd Highest Worldwide

J Street Crowd Gives Call for Revolution in Israel Standing Ovation

Israeli Researchers Find That Coffee is Good For You

Fence Separates Haredi, Secular Jerusalem Kids 

   

INTERNATIONAL  

Wanna Buy a Historic Shul in Poland?  

EasyJet Apologizes for Pork Only Meals 

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST    

How Anti-Semitism Entered the Zeitgeist 

Jewish Summer Camp Rocks 

Gedolim Comment on Middle East Upheaval 

Tichelet, Scholar Says Was Purple, Not Blue 

OCD Really is the Jewish Disease

Israel Has Developed a Vaccine Against Alzheimer's?

The Virtuoso of Judaism  

The Maccabeats Purim Song 


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Ohr Somayach Purim Handbook 

 
Ohr Somayach is proud to offer our revised Purim Handbook as part of our Holiday Handbook series. With great Q/A and halachic overview, it is a tremendous asset for schools, synagogues and organizations.

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Purim in 60 Minutes or Less!

 
Partners in Torah is proud to present their Purim 2011 publication. Filled with useful facts and insights, as well as a basic guide to Purim, this concise edition is perfect for synagogues, outreach centers and the unaffiliated.

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Passover Across America

 

You are invited to partner with NJOP through its Passover Across America initiative by offering an explanatory seder this Pesach to those who do not normally attend or who have not yet experienced a meaningful seder. Participating locations will be offered funding to publicize and in some cases- to help subsidize the cost of the sedarim. To learn more about Passover Across Asmerica, complete the linked form and you will receive a follow up phone call.  

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AJOP asks their subscribers to take a look at a website created to honor and help one of our generations great, holy people. A man whose impact on the last two generation's is breathtaking. A man who had a seminal and profound influence on so many countless individuals. He is in desperate, desperate condition.

 
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Every so often an article appears in the media that strikes a chord in the hearts and minds of the public.  Continue Reading 


 
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yoel adelmanMichaelRoots on Campus: Rabi Dave & Rabbi Adelman
An Article from Hamodia

On the Northern Shore of Long Island in New York State, in the small town of Huntington and nearby at Stony Brook University, hundreds of Jewish students are discovering what it means to live as Jews.  Continue Reading

outreacharticle2How I Moved to India and Discovered my Jewish Roots
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

When I sat down to try to write a short reflection piece about my year in Mumbai as a JDC Jewish Service Corps (JSC) volunteer, I shuddered slightly. Continue Reading

 

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avi chaifundraisingarticle1AviChai: Gearing Up to Spend Down
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Professor Joel L. Fleishman's second annual report on spend-down at the Avi Chai Foundation examines the changes brought about by the board's determination to begin governing the institution less from the perspective of individual grants and more with an eye to the sustainability of its overall fields of interests. Continue Reading 

Fundraisingarticle2Holocaust Charity Gives Away £35 Million
An Article from Third Sector

The Otto Schiff Housing Association, a charity that supports survivors of the Holocaust, is planning to give away all its assets to other charities and then close down because it believes they are better placed to carry out the work. Continue Reading

Fundraising3The Pros and Cons of Working in the Nonprofit Sector
An Article from The Case Foundation

Working in the nonprofit sector, you will encounter things that will alternately excite and frustrate you.  Continue Reading
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college campusNamart1Why Americans Are Losing the Battle of the Campus
An Article from Spero News

The warnings have been there. In 2006, the US Commission on Civil Rights found that "many college campuses thought the US continue to experience incidents of anti-Semitism." 
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Namart2For Staten Island Jews, a Central Address
An Article from The Jewish Week

 One of the fastest-growing Jewish areas in New York - which in recent years has seen an influx of thousands of Russian Jews - Staten Island is now getting a central address for all things Jewish. Continue Reading

Namart3Birthright Vegas
An Article from The Jewish Week

Leaders of the Jewish Federations of North America are clearly hoping that what happens next week in Las Vegas won't stay in Las Vegas. Continue Reading
Namart4What the Civil War Meant for American Jews
An Article from The Forward

The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is upon us. April 12 is the anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, the war's opening shot.  Continue Reading

Namart5Huckabee: Israelis Feel US Cast Them to Wolves
An Article from News Max

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who recently returned from a trip to Israel, tells Newsmax that the Israelis feel "on their own" and no longer can rely on the United States under President Barack Obama.  Continue Reading

Namart6Mets Tangled in Kosher Food Dispute
An Article from UPI

New York is dealing with a case of rabbinical law -- whether a vendor can sell kosher food during Mets games on the Jewish Sabbath.  Continue Reading

Namart7Farrakhan: Jews Are Pushing US Into War
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said on Tuesday that Jews and Zionists are "trying to push the US into war" and that "Zionists dominate the US government and banks." Continue Reading

Namart8No Kosher Food at J Street Conference
An Article from Pajamas Media

The J Street national conference in Washington, D.C. has emphasized that they are pro-Israeli. Yet they didn't say anything about being pro-Jewish. Continue Reading
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studentsisrael1Number of Yeshiva Students Plummets
An Article from Ynet News

The number of yeshiva students in the Education Ministry records dropped by an unprecedented rate of 6.5% due to the tightened supervision on yeshivot and kollelim and the conditions for receiving financial support from the State. 
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israel2Israel Peace Week 2011
An Article from Aish.com

Pro-Israel students across the US and Canada have launched a powerful and innovative campaign to communicate important messages about Israel's efforts for peace. Continue Reading

israel3Increase in Israeli Home Prices: 3rd Highest Worldwide
An Article from Arutz 7

Israeli homes continue to prove be one of the best investments around as the growth in home prices in the Jewish state is the third highest in the world. Continue Reading
israel4J Street Crowd Gives Call for Revolution in Israel a Standing Ovation
An Article from News Real Blog

Since the moment the Tunisian uprising spread to Egypt, few commentators have been called upon more often than Mona Eltahawy. Continue Reading

Israel5Israeli Researchers Find That Coffee is Good For You
An Article from Haaretz

Consuming the equivalent amount of caffeine found in three cups of coffee is good for the circulatory system and protects against heart attacks, researchers at the Sheba Medical Center have found. Continue Reading

Israel6Fence Separates Haredi, Secular Jerusalem Kids
An Article from Ynet News

The Jerusalem Municipality on Friday began constructing a separation fence between two kindergartens, an ultra-Orthodox and a secular one, highlighting the complex relations between the different communities living in the capital. Continue Reading
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roofless shulinternationalarticle1Wanna Buy A Historic Shul in Poland?
An Article from The Jewish Week
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 As Menachem Daum walked through the streets of Dzialoszyce, Poland, in 2002, he saw the roofless synagogue built in 1854, a poignant reminder of the vibrant Jewish community that had once existed there.  Continue Reading

internationalarticle2EasyJet Apologizes for Only Pork Meals
An Article from Ynet News

Britain's low-cost airline easyJet apologized Monday for offering only pork choices to passengers while flying four-and-a-half hours from Tel Aviv to London.  Continue Reading 

 

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anti semitismInterestarticle1 How Anti-Semitism Entered the Zeitgeist
An Article from The Telegraph

It was a great week, this week, for Pope Benedict XI to exonerate the Jews. 

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Interestarticle6Jewish Summer Camp Rocks
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Foundation for Jewish Camp has released the first study focusing on the long-term impact of Jewish summer camp.  Continue Reading
 
interest2Gedolim Comment on Middle East Upheaval
An Article from Matzav

Gedolei Torah have commented on the upheaval that is spreading through the Middle East, stating that the events are a clear proof on ikvesa deMeshicha.  Continue Reading

interestarticle3Tichelet, Scholar Says Was Purple, Not Blue
An Article from The New York Times

One of the mysteries that scholars have puzzled over for centuries is the exact shade of blue represented by "tekhelet," which the Bible mentions as the color of ceremonial robes donned by high priests and ritual prayer tassels worn by the common Israelite. Continue Reading

Interest3 OCD Really is the Jewish Disease
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

Jews, according to the stereotype, tend to be control freaks. We all crack jokes about our neurotic dads and balabooster mothers having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Continue Reading

Interest4Israel Has Developed a Vaccine Against Alzheimer's?
An Article from Israel Matzav

Israel has apparently developed a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease. It's a nasal spray. Continue Reading

Interest5The Virtuoso of Judaism
An Article from Jewish Ideas Daily

Religious virtuosity comes in many forms. One of them is the ability to reconcile seeming irreconcilables, like faith and freedom, piety and intellect, revelation and science. Continue Reading

Interest7 The Maccabeats Purim Song
An Article from Vos Iz Neias

Following its hugely successful Chanukah-themed hit, "Candlelight," the Maccabeats releases its latest single, "The Purim Song," just in time for the upcoming holiday. Continue Reading
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