AJOP Update: Reaching the JewTube Generation

September 28, 2011 - 29 Elul 5771

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

Dare to Dream: An Inspirational Video from Aish.com

Beginnings: Rabbi Akiva Tatz

Partners in Torah Rosh Hashana in 60 Minutes or Less!

Funding Opportunity from The Afikim Foundation for Mikarvim

New Sukkot Teaching Materials and Special Offer from Torah Live!

OUTREACH

Reaching the JewTube Generation

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Ancient Ladder of Giving Can Guide Modern Philanthropy

NORTH AMERICA

Convicted Muslim Students Have 'No Regrets' About Shouting Down Israel Ambassador

Inside Obama's Israel Bomb Sale

Bill Clinton: Netanyahu to Blame for Failure of Peace Process

ISRAEL

Jewish Immigration to Israel Increases by Almost 20%

Israel Museum Put Dead Sea Scrolls Online

Here Comes the Rain: Autumn Makes Surprise Israel Visit

INTERNATIONAL

"Palestine" to Deny Citizenship to 45% of Its Residents

Saudi Arabia Bows to Pressure of Reform and Grants Women the Vote

Israeli Students Receives Special Gift from Ahmedinejad

German Jewish Leader Says Pope Meeting a 'Signal of Friendship'

Turkish Jews Voice Wary Confidence About Future

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

State Incentive Keeps ArtScroll in Sunset Park

Shoah Fund Entangled in Anti-Semitic Project

Carlebach Inspired Shul Finding Home in Crown Heights

Fruit of the Arab Spring: Lulav Prices Expected to Soar

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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

AJOP Wishes You and All of Klal Yisrael Kesiva V'chasima Tova

Dare to Dream: An Inspirational Rosh Hashana Video from Aish.com

Rosh Hashana. It's your turn to dare to dream and aim high for the upcoming year.

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Beginnings: Rabbi Akiva Tatz

In this feature article from Ohr Somayach, read how Rosh Hashana can affect your entire year.

Click Here to read Rabbi Tatz's inspirational words.


Partners in Torah Rosh Hashana in 60 Minutes Or Less! Need to brush up on your Rosh Hashana facts? Use this handy guide with the basics of the holiday, customs commonly practiced and sources of teshuva. Click Here to see the guide.

Funding Opportunity for Mikarvim from The Afikim Foundation

The Afikim Foundation's live, interactive online Hebrew School, ToTallyOnline.org, is launching a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program October 9th in addition to its Level One session. Rabbi Raphael Butler is offering kiruv centers the opportunity to recruit students and keep all of the tuition for themselves. In addition, he's offering personalized marketing (sample shown) including a customized print ad with a coupon code specific for your organization, an HTML email graphic, and an online widget to post on your Facebook page.

Click Here for More Information

For Educators and Kiruv Professionals Only!

Sukkot: The Ultimate Shelter contains everything you need to deliver a powerful and unforgettable shiur. The exciting multimedia format will enthrall both students and layman. Presentation covers hashkafa of Sukkot as well as the practical aspects of buying each of the four species. Click here for video sample.

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Reaching the JewTube Generation
An Article from Haaretz

A couple of weeks ago, our cousins from Winnipeg sent my wife and me a link to a Rosh Hashannah YouTube video made in honor of the upcoming new year.

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Ancient Ladder of Giving Can Guide Modern Philanthropy An Article from eJewish Philanthropy More than 800 years ago, Moses Maimonides, known by many as Rambam, a rabbi, physician and philosopher, described eight rungs on the ladder of charitable giving. Continue Reading

Convicted Muslim Students Have 'No Regrets' About Shouting Down Israel Ambassador
An Article from Ynet News

Eight Muslim students convicted of misdemeanors for disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador at the University of California, Irvine thanked supporters and expressed no regrets at a public meeting in an Anaheim mosque.

Inside Obama's Bomb Sale
An Article from The Daily Beast

Barack Obama has spent his entire time in office urging the Israelis to make wrenching concessions to the Palestinians, and the American Jewish community has questioned his loyalty. But appearances can be deceiving.

Bill Clinton: Netanyahu to Blame for Failure of Peace Process
An Article from Ynet News

Former US President Bill Clinton is blaming the failure of the peace process with the Palestinians on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue Reading

Jewish Immigration to Israel Increases by Almost 20%
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Some 21,300 people made aliya during the Jewish year of 5771, the Jewish Agency for Israel announced on Wednesday - an increase of about 19 percent over the previous year.

Israel Museum Puts Dead Sea Scrolls Online
An Article from PCMag.com

The Dead Sea Scrolls have made their way online some 2,000 years after they were written through a partnership between Google and Israel's national museum. Continue Reading

Here Comes the Rain: Autumn Makes Surprise Israel Visit
An Article from Haaretz

Autumn, it seems, may have officially come as Israel's first major rain system of the season descended on the country on Thursday, mainly falling in the northern and central regions.

"Palestine" to Deny Citizenship to 45% of Its Palestinian Residents
An Article from Commentary Magazine

It's eminently fitting the woman the Palestinian Authority chose to formally launch its statehood bid is a proud mother of five murderers, of whom one is now dead while the other four are serving life sentences in Israel.

Saudi Arabia Bows to Pressure of Reform and Grants Women the Vote
An Article from The Telegraph

The historic decision came after King Abdullah, the Saudi ruler, conceded that a study of Muslim history had shown that women were capable of rational thinking and decision making. Continue Reading

Israeli Student Receives Special Gift from Ahmedinejad
An Article from Ynet News

Before he took to the podium to make his speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first met with a group of students, where one Israeli student received a special surprise. Continue Reading

German Jewish Leader Says Pope Meeting a 'Signal of Friendship'
An Article from The Washington Post

More than six decades after the end of World War II, a German-born pope met with Jewish leaders Thursday in the parliament building at the heart of what was once the Nazi capital. Continue Reading

Turkish Jews Voice Wary Confidence About Future
An Article from The Forward

The diplomatic clash between Israel and Turkey may be escalating, but many within Turkey's 23,000-strong Jewish population insist that it is nothing more than politics for them, with no practical effect on their lives or security. Continue Reading


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State Incentive Keeps ArtScroll in Sunset Park
An Article from Yeshiva World News

Empire State Development (ESD) announced that Mesorah Publications, an internationally recognized publisher of Jewish literature known for producing ArtScroll, will retain 101 jobs and create seven new jobs through a $1.3 million investment in new machinery, equipment and building renovations for its facility in Sunset Park. Continue Reading

Shoah Fund Entangled in Anti-Semitic Project
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

A German foundation that seeks to combat Jew-hatred and carry forward the memories of the victims of the Nazi period has enabled teenage students to draw crude pictures of Israeli Jewish pupils as part of a German and Israeli Arab high-school exchange program.

Carlebach Inspired Shul Finds Home in Crown Heights
An Article from The Jewish Week

Seventeen years after his death and several generations after he split with the Lubavitcher rebbe in the late 1950s, the charismatic - and controversial - leader of New Age Judaism has regained a haven in his native Crown Heights. Continue Reading

Fruit of the Arab Spring: Lulav Prices Expected to Soar
An Article from The Jewish Week

Lulav and etrog sets sold in the United States may be pricier than usual this Sukkot, due to an Egyptian ban on the sale of the date palm branches. Continue Reading

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