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

New Sefiros App From Torah Lab  

Adoption Alternative for Jewish Mothers 

  

 

OUTREACH     

Birthright Tapping Alums. Parents 

Raising Children on Kugel and Kimchi as Jews  

PJ Library Takes Hold in Big Apple  

   

    PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING   

Sharing Office Space Can Boost Non-Profit Effectiveness    

Jewish Donors Warn Obama on Israel 

How to Increase the Impact of Your Fundraising Event  

 
NORTH AMERICA

 Jewish Secularism's Moment  

Schechter Rebranding Effort Takes on Hurdles 

Community School Network Growing 

Religious Mother of Four: 10 Years in Prison, Is It Justified? 

An Anti-Israel President 

  

 ISRAEL   

Obama's Achievement: The Mouse That Roared   

Netanyahu: Abbas is Distorting Known Historical Facts  

Temple Mount Vandalism Implicates Israel's "Peace Partners"

Shas Rabbi: Woman's Voice Allowed on Radio

No School for 180 Sephardic Girls  

   

INTERNATIONAL  

Sweden Queen to Probe Father's 'Nazi Ties'    

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST    

 Jews & Memory: How Judaism Perpetuates Memory and Activates Our Neural Networks 

Sabbath Observance a Big Winner at Cannes Film Festival 

The Nazi's Grandson

Survivors Give Up Precious Relics  

A New York Jewish Girl Becomes an Islamist  

 Controversial Director Lars von Trier Says He 'Understands' Hitler     


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Sefiros AppPurimNew 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 or iPad.

The Sefiros app will not only remind you to count 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.

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Embrace a Jewish Child fills an exclusive role by reaching out to women facing unplanned pregnancy and families in crisis by informing them of the various options available. It offers personalized support and guidance to assist them in pursuing the path they choose. In addition Embrace a Jewish Child works with a network of professionals across the country to advocate for Jewish birth mothers and families in their time of need.

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birthrightMichaelBirthright Tapping Alums, Parents
An Article from The Jewish Week

It's been haled widely as a way to keep the younger generation of Jews in the fold, so to speak. And it's been panned by some as a thin exercise in Jewish solidarity, long on party atmosphere and short on substance.  Continue Reading

outreacharticle2 Raising Children on Kugel & Kimchi as Jews
An Article from The Forward

After her husband stepped on the glass, and she survived the chair dance at their wedding without falling off, Emily Brecher changed into a traditional red Chinese dress.  Continue Reading

Outreacharticle3PJ Library Takes Hold in Big Apple
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

With more than 6,000 families in the New York area receiving PJ Library's free Jewish children's books, Harold Grinspoon - the Library's founder and benefactor - will deliver the Library's two millionth book to a family in New York City today.  Continue Reading
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officefundraisingarticle1Sharing Office Space Can Boost Non-Profit Effectiveness
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy


The vast majority of nonprofit organizations sharing office space in nonproft\it centers report significant improvements in their overall effectiveness and efficiency, a new study from the Nonprofit Centers Network, a program of Tides, finds. Continue Reading

Fundraisingarticle2Jewish Donors Warn Obama on Israel
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

Jewish donors and fund-raisers are warning the Obama re-election campaign that the president is at risk of losing financial support because of concerns about his handling of Israel.  Continue Reading

Fundraising3How to Increase the Impact of Your Fundraising Event
An Article from Fundraising Success

Events are great for raising money for your organization, but are you maximizing the impact of all that hard work? Continue Reading 
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jewish starNamart1Jewish Secularism's Moment
An Article from The Jewish Week

Nearly 50 years ago, Time magazine, in a report about Jewish opposition to "religious practices" in public schools, described a rise in Jewish secularism that disturbed some leaders of the American Jewish community.
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Kissinger2 Schechter Rebranding Effort Takes on Hurdles
An Article from The Jewish Week

It's been a long time since the Conservative movement's Solomon Schechter day schools have had an opportunity to celebrate.   

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Namart2Community School Network Growing
An Article from The Jewish Week

In the past decade, while the Schechter movement has contracted, the 25-year-old nondenominational RAVSAK network has expanded. Continue Reading

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Religious Mother of Four: 10 Years in Prison, Is it Justified?
An Article from Vos Iz Neias

Wendy Weiner Runge, the religious Jewish mother of four from Minnesota, charged for deceiving the state while trying to make movies in Iowa, was sentenced yesterday to ten years in jail. Continue Reading

Namart5An Anti-Israel President
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

Say what you will about President Obama's approach to Israel-or of his relationship with American Jews-he sure has mastered the concept of chutzpah. Continue Reading
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Netanyahuisrael1Netanyahu: Abbas is Distorting Known Distorted Facts
An Article from Haaretz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of "blatantly distorting known historical facts" in an op-ed Abbas published in the New York Times earlier Tuesday.     
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israel2 Temple Mount Vandalism Implicates Israel's "Peace Partners"
An Article from Commentary Magazine

Israel's state comptroller published a special report yesterday on Muslim excavations on the Temple Mount.  Continue Reading

israel3 Shas Rabbi: Woman's Voice Allowed on Radio
An Article from Ynet News

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, has ruled that a woman's voice can be heard on the radio. Continue Reading
israel4No School for 180 Sephardic Girls
An Article from Ynet News

The 2011-2012 school year will open in four months, but it seems racial discrimination is already raising its ugly head.
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Israel5Obama's Achievement: The Mouse That Roared
An Article from Spectator

I don't know what strategic purpose Obama had in mind for addressing the Middle East impasse when last Thursday he made the first of a series of speeches on the subject. Continue Reading
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demjanjukInternational1Sweden Queen to Probe Father's 'Nazi Ties'
An Article from Ynet News

Sweden's Queen Silvia is investigating her late father's activities in Germany and Brazil during World War II to clarify reports about possible ties to Nazis.
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menorahInterestarticle1Jews & Memory: How Judaism Perpetuates Memory and Activates Our Neural Networks
An Article from Moment Magazine

In the age of iPads, Blackberries and Google, a mind-boggling array of technologies allows us to easily organize and access information so that we no longer need rely solely on memory.

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 Interestarticle6Sabbath Observance a Big Winner at Cannes Film Festival 
An Article from Arutz 7

Israel-born film-maker Yosef (Joseph) Cedar proved at Cannes that a good movie can wait until after the Sabbath, the Jewish Day of Rest.  Continue Reading  

 
interest2 The Nazi's Grandson
An Article from Ynet News

I really hoped I wouldn't have to write the following lines. I hoped to find evidence to prove me wrong. Like many of us, I believed that a "good ending" was possible.     

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interestarticle3Survivors Give Up Precious Relics
An Article from Ynet News

For 80-year-old David Ariel, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, parting with cherished letters from his mother, killed at Auschwitz death camp, was a painful but necessary duty.   Continue Reading

Interest3A New York Jewish Girl Becomes an Islamist
An Article from The New York Times

Deborah Baker is a serious biographer who specializes in fairly crazy writers.  Continue Reading

Interest4Controversial Director Lars von Trier Says He 'Understands' Hitler
An Article from Haaretz

Danish maverick director Lars von Trier shocked a Cannes press conference on his movie "Melancholia" on Wednesday when he said that he sympathized "a little bit" with Adolf Hitler. Continue Reading

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