AJOP Update: Why is The New York Times Kissing Up to Jews?

May 5, 2011 - 1 Iyar 5771

AJOP Convention January 15-17, 2012 Save the Date!

Exciting New Topics From Rabbi Mordechai Becher

New Jewish Kids Books Website
Star-K Summer Kashrus Training Program

New Sefiros App From Torah Lab

OUTREACH

Schusterman Foundation Raises Bar with New Initiative

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Adelsons Give $1 Million for Israel Advocacy on Campus

Americans Gave a Lot Less in the Recession Than Experts Predicted

Showing Appreciation: It Costs a Little Bit & Goes a Long Way

Nonprofits Urged to Lobby Against Limits on Charity Tax Breaks

NORTH AMERICA

Court to Hear US Passport Dispute Over Jerusalem

Bill Aims to Honor Jewish Chaplains at Arlington

A New Rabba in Riverdale

ISRAEL

Even Israelis Think I am Crazy

Paid Internship in Israel on Campus with MASA

Will Israel's Electric Cars Change the World?

INTERNATIONAL

France Considering Recognizing Palestinian State

Something is Changing in Budapest

Gold Treasure Found in British Backyard

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Circumcising Our Son: How Do We Decide?

Jewish Campus Life: There's an App for That!

Why is The New York Times Kissing Up to Jews?

The Half-Jewish Nazi Who Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe

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AJOP Board

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

Baltimore, MD
Rabbi David Felsenthal
New York, NY

Mr. Howard Tzvi Friedman

Baltimore, MD

Mr. Joseph Friedman

Olney, MD
Mr. Harvey Hecker

Toronto, ONT

Mr. Stephen Rosedale

Cincinnatti, OH

Rabbi Simcha Scholar

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Dovid Refson

Jerusalem, Israel

Mr Gary Torgow

Detroit, MI

Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD

Teaneck, NJ

Exciting New Topics from Rabbi Mordechai Becher!

Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Senior Lecturer for Gateways and author of Gateway to Judaism is available for Shabbatonim and lectures. Please contact him at mordechaibecher@yahoo.com or at
914 806-5115.
He is now also offering an exciting, new audio-visual presentation entitled "From Cairo to Cambridge: Jewish Treasures of the Cairo Genizah", as well as hundreds of other topics, suitable for audiences of all levels of knowledge and commitment.

New Jewish Kids Books Website

Sometimes the best kiruv is through kids. Jewish Spiritual Literacy has just launched a new kiruv resource to share with parents. This website will allow them to find high quality children's books with a kosher hashkafa.
Please send out this link to your list, and/or put it on your website. JSLI will also send you flyers and/or cards to give out at events, free of charge.

Go to www.bestjewishkidsbooks.com and contact seinfeld@jsli.org for more information.

Star K Kashrus Summer Training Program

Star-K will be holding its 8th annual Summer Kashrus Training Program July 25-28, 2011. This program will enhance the kiruv professional's understanding of kashrus to better assist the community with its kashrus needs. There is no charge for the course but the course is limited to 25 attendees.

For more information, please contact Rabbi Zvi Goldberg at 410-484-4110 ext. 219.

Click Here for the Application
Click Here for the article describing the program.

New Sefiros App From Torah Lab

Sefiros-the best selling day-by-day guidebook to Sefirat Haomer, by Rabbi Yaacov Haber has helped thousands make the time between Pesach and Shavuot a time of amazing personal growth. Now Sefiros can be part of your life on your iPhone of iPad.

The Sefiros app will not only remind you to cound the Omer, but it will make everyday of the Omer count. The fine print which until now has been reserved for the Kabbalists is available for your spiritual growth.

Click Here to Access the App

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

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The username is ajop. The password is ajop613.

Schusterman Foundation Raises Bar with New Initiative An Article from eJewish Philanthropy The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (CLSFF) announced this morning that Atlanta lay leader and attorney Seth Cohen will join the senior leadership team of the foundation as Director of Network Development. Continue Reading

Adelsons Give $1 Million for Israel Advocacy on Campus
An Article from Jewish Journal

Philanthropists Miri and Sheldon Adelson have pledged $1 million to further expand the Israel Fellows program on North American college campuses, The Jewish Agency said. Continue Reading

Americans Gave a Lot Less in the Recession Than Experts Predicted
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

American donors gave a lot less to charity in the first two years of the recession than they did in 2007, dropping their donations a total of about 20 percent from 2008 through the end of 2009. Continue Reading

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Showing Appreciation: It Costs a Little Bit & Goes a Long Way
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) carries the responsibilities for the administration of the non-profit organization and the implementation of its services in the community. Continue Reading

Nonprofits Urged to Lobby Against Limits on Charity Tax Breaks
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Independent Sector, a coalition of charities and foundations, is calling on its members to lobby against a proposal by President Obama that would limit tax breaks for charitable gifts. Continue Reading

Court to Hear US Passport Dispute Over Jerusalem
An Article from The Salt Lake Tribune

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from an American born in Jerusalem over whether he can have Israel listed as his birthplace on his passport even though U.S. policy does not recognize the once-divided city as belonging to Israel.

Bill Aims to Honor Jewish Chaplains at Arlington
An Article from The Associated Press

Vera Silberberg was almost 4 when her father, a military chaplain, was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam while flying to observe Hanukkah with Jewish soldiers.

A New 'Rabba' in Riverdale
An Article from The Jewish Week

The number of women in America with the title "rabba" (female for rabbi) is poised to double next week. Continue Reading

Even Israelis Think I am Crazy
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

The fact that I support Israel despite not being Jewish seems to prompt a certain amount of curiosity and even suspicion.

Paid Internships in Israel on Campus!
An Article from Campus Initiative

Masa Israel Interns are on campuses to be a resource to their peers regarding 5-12 month opportunities in Israel.
Continue Reading

Will Israel's Electric Cars Change the World?
An Article from Time

Shai Agassi, the founder of Better Place, the most sophisticated electric-car enterprise in the world, projects the ebullient confidence of a man facing a giant wave of money. Continue Reading

France Considering Recognizing Palestinian State
An Article from JTA

France is actively considering recognizing a Palestinian state, along with other European neighbors.

Something is Changing in Budapest
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

"We have been watching Hungarian Jewry for a long time. They were never a real threat, they were rather passive: even though this is one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe. Continue Reading

Gold Treasure Found in British Backyard
An Article from Ynet News

Jars containing gold coins belonging to Jews who fled Nazi Germany were uncovered in a backyard in northeast London and will be returned to the family's descendants after 70 years. Continue Reading


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Circumcising Our Son: How Do We Decide?
An Article from CNN

Knowledge is said to be power. But as parents living in an information-driven age, we feel compelled to grasp all of the facts that bombard us. Continue Reading

Jewish Campus Life: There's an App for That!
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

As the largest organization in the world with a focus on university-age Jews, Hillel reaches young adults during a decisive time in their lives when they are open to influences and experiences that will shape their commitment to the Jewish people. Continue Reading

Why is The New York Times Kissing Up to Jews?
An Article from American Thinker

For those who don't know the word, treif is Yiddish for "not kosher," and these nostrils have been detecting a whiff of something distinctly un-kosher at the New York Times lately.

The Half-Jewish Nazi Who Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe
An Article from Haaretz

Thanks to the late Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, Chabad Lubavitch is a well-known and powerful Hasidic movement, with 4,000 emissaries now stationed around the world. Continue Reading

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