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OUTREACH     

Baltimore Teen: Reflections on Birthright 

Birthright Israel Launches Summer Internship for Future Leaders in Business & Technology 

Bronfman Youth Fellowships Announces New Leadership Team 

Creative Ways for Synagogues to Meet Families' New Needs 

    

   PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING   

Study Shows How Changes to the Tax Code Could Affect Giving

Who is Your (Jewish) Donor?

Direct Mail Still Rules the Day in Fundraising

Jewish Camp Convenes One Happy Camper Conference   


NORTH AMERICA

 American Orthodoxy and Its Discontents   

New Day School Alternatives Set for Fall in NJ   

Nevada's Fiscal Crisis Affects Jews in Prison  

   

ISRAEL   

Religious Zionism Fights Bachelorhood   

Jewish Agency to Close for Two Weeks to Save Money   

Seculars: Religious Education Intolerant  

  

   INTERNATIONAL  

Against the World for Israel: Canadian PM Stands Alone  

Austrian Woman Who Hid Jews Honored   

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST    

The World's Most Influential Jews 

Jewish Activists Call Circumcision Ban Superhero Anti-Semitic   

Jews Against Circumcision 

JTS Women Grads Struggling for Pulpits 

Jacob Frank and the Heresy We Forgot 


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birthrightMichaelBaltimore Teen: Reflections on Birthright
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times

When I ask my Jewish Anerican friends how they would describe their Judaism, most reply with the canned response, "culturally Jewish, not religiously Jewish".  Continue Reading

outreacharticle2Birthright Israel Launches Summer Internship for Future Leaders in Business & Technology
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Twenty juniors and seniors from top U.S. universities are taking part in an exclusive summer fellowship, mentored by CEOs of leading companies in Israel, as part of an initiative to create a cadre of future Jewish business and technology leaders.
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Outreacharticle3Bronfman Youth Fellowships Announces New Leadership Team
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Jewish tradition has always valued chevruta learning, the study of Jewish texts in pairs. Two people studying together are able to deepen and enrich the learning by bringing different perspectives into the conversation. Continue Reading

Outreacharticle4 Creative Ways for Synagogues to Meet Families' New Needs
An Article from Baltimore Jewish Times

The role of being an educator has changed. No longer is it just about writing the finest curriculum, engaging lesson plans and inspiring teacher development. Continue Reading
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taxesfundraisingarticle1Study Shows How Changes to the Tax Code Could Affect Giving
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy


A new Congressional Budget Office study is looking into how changes in the way donors calculate their tax deductions for charitable donations would affect giving and the federal budget.  Continue Reading

Fundraisingarticle2Who is Your (Jewish) Donor?
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

First and second impressions of people make an impact how we interface with each other and how relationships begin and flourish. Continue Reading

Fundraising3Direct Mail Still Rules the Day in Fundraising
An Article from Fundraising Success

Earlier this week, Blackbaud released its 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report, and the biggest finding of all is that direct-mail giving still overwhelmingly brings in the majority of fundraising revenue.
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Fundraising4Foundation for Jewish Camp Convenes One Happy Camper Conferences
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Approximately 50 attendees, representing thirty federations and foundations from across North America participated in the Foundation for Jewish Camp's continental One Happy Camper Conference in New York City on Thursday. Continue Reading
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jews in americaNamart1American Orthodoxy and Its Discontents 
An Article from Jewish Ideas Daily

A "case study in institutional decay": that description of Orthodox Judaism in America was offered in 1955 by the late sociologist Marshall Sklare.
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An Article from The Jewish Week

Aaron Spool used to have a lot of trouble sleeping.

A father of three young children, with another on the way, Spool - who lives in West Orange, N.J. - was kept up at night worrying about yeshiva tuition.      

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Namart2 Nevada's Fiscal Crisis Affects Jews in Prison
An Article from The Las Vegas Review Journal

An Orthodox Jewish prisoner filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday that alleges officials with the Nevada Department of Corrections are violating the First Amendment with their decision to end kosher food options for inmates. Continue Reading

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chuppahisrael1Religious Zionism Fights Bachelorhood
An Article from Ynet News

Hundreds of parents belonging to the religious Zionism movement are losing sleep over this problem. Rabbis are shocked by the extent of this phenomenon.       
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israel2 Jewish Agency to Close for Two Weeks to Save Money
An Article from The Jewish Week

The Jewish Agency for Israel will close for two weeks over the summer and deduct several days' pay from employees' paychecks in a bid to close a budget gap of some $3.5 million.   Continue Reading

israel3 Seculars: Religious Education Intolerant
An Article from Ynet News

The state religious education is perceived as segregating itself from the Israeli public, although it "teaches tolerance towards fellowmen," a Ynet-Yesodot survey reveals.   Continue Reading

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harperInternational1Against the World for Israel: Canadian PM Stands Alone
An Article from The National Post

As befits a modest country unaccustomed to leading the world other than by homogenized measurements of the quality of life, Canada seems not to have noticed that Stephen Harper has kicked off his new term as head of a majority government with the assumption of the moral leadership of the world.
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International2 Austrian Woman Who Hid Jews Honored
An Article from Ynet News

It was 1942 in Hitler's Austria, a time when a late-night knock on the door could have resulted in deportation or death. Edeltrud Becher shuddered as she heard the rap of knuckles from unannounced visitors.  Continue Reading

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brisInterestarticle1 Jewish Activists Call Circumcision Ban Super-hero Anti-Semitic
An Article from The LA Times

A ballot measure to ban circumcision in San Francisco has taken a strange twist with the publication, by the measure's sponsors, of a comic book in which an anti-circumcision superhero -- blond, buff and handsome -- battles evil Jewish characters who recall the stereotypical images of classic anti-Semitism.

 

Interestarticle6Jews Against Circumcision
An Article from The Jewish Reporter

A San Francisco ballot initiative that, if passed, will make it a misdemeanor to circumcise male children within that city has been drawing international attention. Continue Reading  

 
interest2 JTS Women Grads Struggling for Pulpits
An Article from The Jewish Week

When she began looking for jobs in February, Gail Schwartz knew she had the skills to be a pulpit rabbi. After all, she had served as an assistant rabbi at several synagogues while studying at the Jewish Theological Seminary.       

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interestarticle3 Jacob Frank and the Heresy We Forgot
An Article from The Forward

"History is written by the winners." Whether or not Napoleon Bonaparte first uttered this, the sentiment behind it applies to the arch-heretic Jacob Frank, who died while Napoleon was still an obscure lieutenant colonel in Corsica.  Continue Reading   

 

Interest3The World's Most Influential Jews
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Mark Zuckerberg's deft denial during an Internet forum in Paris last month that Facebook was not responsible for the Arab Spring protests sweeping across the Middle East was somewhat disingenuous. Continue Reading
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