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

Lisa Aiken North America Speaking Tour 

The S.H.A.L.O.M Presenter Training July 25-27, 2011 

New Daily Learning Program with Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller   

 

OUTREACH     

Valedictorian Chooses Faith Over Speech  

Acheinu: Building Relationships, Bachurim & Yeshivos  

     

   PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING   

How to Attract Event Sponsors

Giving USA Forecasts Tough Years Ahead for Fundraisers  

IRS Targets 1,534 Jewish Non-Profits

275,000 Groups Lose Tax Exemption for Failing to File Paperwork with IRS

IRS Considers Change in Disclosure Rules for Many Groups   


NORTH AMERICA

Why is Yale U. Shutting Its Anti-Semitism Study Institute?  

Most Serious Charges Rejected in Terror Case  

The Mystery of George Washington's Jewish Letter  

Anti-Semitic Vandal Defends Nazis  

    

ISRAEL   

Jewish Agency Gains Power to Approve Orthodox Converts for Aliyah   

Who is a Jew? "Shabbes Goy" May Lose Status     

Entrepreneurs Gather in Jerusalem to Reshape Jewish World 

Will Rabbinical Court Get Female Director? 

  

   INTERNATIONAL  

Will Eastern Europe Vote for Palestinian State?   

"Never Better" in Krakow? 

Nazi War Criminal Exposed in UK    

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST    

The Erosion of the Holocaust  

This August in Jerusalem with Glenn Beck?  

Mysteries of a Nazi Photo Album 

 

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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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

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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
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Lisa AikenPurimLisa Aiken North American Tour

 

Lisa Aiken, PhD, author of 11Judaica books, is one of the foremost female speakers in the Jewish world, and has spoken in more than 200 cities worldwide. She is available to speak in North America November 4-15, 2011. Please contact her at lisaaiken@ymail.com to book her, or for more information. 


shalom workshopPurimThe S.H.A.L.O.M Workshop for Engaged Couples & Newlyweds Presenter Training Program July 25-27, 2011 Lawrence, NY

 

Hundreds of young Orthodox couples (FFB and newly religious) have participated in this highly acclaimed workshop for all engaged couples and newlyweds in order to enhance their relationship. This is a unique opportunity to expand your outreach efforts through healthy marriage education. Now, The S.H.A.L.O.M. Workshop is expanding and training new presenters to offer the workshop in their communities. Take advantage of a special scholarship fund for AJOP members. 

Click Here to find out more information and to register. 


PurimNew Daily Learning Program with Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller

 

Now live! Duties of the Heart EVERYDAY, with Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller, is a groundbreaking daily video learning series based on Chovos HaLevavos. Ideal for commuters or for anyone who craves inspiration and learning but is short on time, five days a week viewers are enlightened and inspired as they listen to core principles of Jewish thought illuminated in Rebbetzin Heller's inimitable, practical and much-loved style. A great tool for both kiruv krovim and rechokim!

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An Article from COL Live

Like the rest of her graduating class at Vacaville High School, valedictorian Carolyn Fine is preparing for the big day this week.  Continue Reading

outreacharticle2Acheinu: Building Relationships, Bachurim & Yeshivos
An Article from Hamodia

Over the decades, Israel's Torah elementary school networks - Chinuch Atzmai, Shuvu and Netivot Moshe - have taught Torah to tens of thousands of Israeli children from traditional and secular homes.  Continue Reading
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Getting companies to support your big fund-raising event is no easy task. But it helps to know what makes companies give and what turns them off.  Continue Reading

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An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

This year's "Giving USA," the annual yearbook of American philanthropy, reverses the story it told last year about how giving fared in the recession. Continue Reading

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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

There are approximately 1.6 million non-profit organizations across the United States, encompassing nearly every kind of charitable cause.  Continue Reading

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An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Internal Revenue Service said today that 275,000 nonprofits have lost their tax-exempt status because they did not file legally required documents for three consecutive years.
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Fundraising5IRS Considers Change in Disclosure Rules for Many Groups
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Many nonprofits and their affiliates could face expanded requirements to disclose information to the Internal Revenue Service if some tax-agency officials and advisers get their way.
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yale u logoNamart1 Why is Yale U. Shutting Its Anti-Semitism Institute?
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Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was rocked with controversy last week when it was announced that the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism (YIISA) is to be  closed.
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An Article from The New York Times

Two men who were accused of plotting to blow up the largest synagogue in Manhattan, and kill as many Jews as possible in the process, were formally indicted on Wednesday.     

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An Article from The Forward

It started as a mystery. During a lecture in England last December, Jonathan Sarna, America's foremost scholar of American Jewish history, said he did not know the whereabouts of one of American Jewry's most important documents: George Washington's letter to the Hebrew Congregation, in Newport, R.I.

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While now eschewing white supremacist beliefs, a Calgary teen who spraypainted Jewish sites still thinks the Nazis had some good ideas and weren't racist, court heard Thursday.  Continue Reading

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The Jewish Agency for Israel will now be responsible for approving the eligibility of Orthodox converts for aliyah.         
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An Article from Haaretz

An Israeli citizen may have his classification as "Jewish" withdrawn by the Interior Ministry in the wake of a newspaper interview he gave.  Continue Reading

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An Article from The Jewish Press

A perfect storm of converging international business conventions and organizational meetings filled Jerusalem and Tel Aviv hotels to capacity this week as Israel became the focal point for some of the world's most important Jewish decision-makers. Continue Reading  

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The High Court of Justice on Monday held a hearing on a petition filed by the Center of Jewish Pluralism, the Rackman Center for the advancement of the status of women and other women's groups against Justice Minister Yaakov Ne'eman.  Continue Reading

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An Article from The Boston Globe

Warsaw and Prague might seem like unlikely battlegrounds in the Middle East conflict. Yet it suddenly matters -- a lot -- whether Poles, Czechs and others in the region align themselves with the Israelis or Palestinians.
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An Article from JTA

Jews in Krakow have a new slogan -- "Never Better."

The catchphrase is deliberately provocative, a blatant rejoinder to "Never Again," the slogan long associated with Holocaust memory and the fight against anti-Semitic prejudice.

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An Article from Ynet News

British police have been pursuing an investigation in recent weeks of a 90-year-old citizen who is suspected of Nazi war crimes.  Continue Reading
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An Article from The Forward

The impact of the Holocaust on contemporary culture has been enormous; less recognized has been the impact of contemporary culture on what we think of as "the Holocaust." Continue Reading

 

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An Article from The Washington Post

None of the major 2012 GOP presidential candidates currently plan to attend an August rally in Israel being held by conservative firebrand and outgoing Fox news host Glenn Beck.  Continue Reading  

 
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There are certainly many photo albums of Nazi leaders and many photo albums of the Nazis' victims. But it's hard to imagine many albums depicting both, just a few pages apart.
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