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The InReach Promise: Coming Closer to Hashem

Social Media & Outreach: The Next Frontier? Digital Media Training 1/17/12 

 

OUTREACH  

 

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Study: Americans are the Most Generous People in the World

   

NORTH AMERICA

Nearly Half of Terror Plots in NYC Aimed at Jewish Targets 

Why Did Jewish Communities Take to Chinese Food? 

Slain Wesleyan Student's Prophetic Book About Anti-Jewish Prejudice 

High Tech and High Quality 

 

ISRAEL

Israeli Archeologists Uncover First Artifact Confirming Written Record of Temple Worship   

Celebrating Hannukah at Hurva Synagogue

'Kosher Psychology' Gives Haredim Hope

Israelis Lead World in Social Network Use, US Study Shows 

      

   INTERNATIONAL

German Jews Ride Renaissance Against Tide of Assimilation 

Channukah in the Shanghai Jewish Ghetto 

Saudi Textbooks Teach Annihilation of Jews

Iceland Jews Are Left Out in the Cold

Warsaw Jews Debate Demolition of Holocaust-Era Building 

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Blaming the Jews-Again

Brain Dead 21 Year Old Wakes Up from Coma

Maccabeats Present New Song 

     

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Atlanta, GA

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Jerusalem, Israel

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Los Angeles, CA

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Northbrook, IL

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Lakewood, NJ

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Baltimore, MD

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Passaic, NJ

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Baltimore, MD

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Milwaukee, WI

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Baltimore, MD
 

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Lawrence, NY

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Denver, CO

Dr. Robert Edelman

Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Avraham Edelstein

Jerusalem, Israel

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Baltimore, MD
Rabbi David Felsenthal
New York, NY

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Baltimore, MD

Mr. Joseph Friedman

Olney, MD
Mr. Harvey Hecker
Toronto, ONT

Mr. Stephen Rosedale

Cincinnatti, OH

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Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Dovid Refson
Jerusalem, Israel

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Detroit, MI

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Teaneck, NJ

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Speakers 2012

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Dave Weinberg-Digital Media

MarketSocial Media & Outreach: The Next Frontier?

  

With every online avenue easily accessible, how can you best promote your organization, event or campaign and get people through the door and coming back for more? Can you be successful just by sticking to places like Facebook and Twitter? If so, how? Does it pay to have a strategy in place? When do you need to "pound the pavement" in the real world and when can you turn to your social media strategy?       

 

Successful digital strategist Dave Weinberg discusses successes and failures from his own playbook as well as other models of campaigns and events from around the world. Learn to better identify opportunities and capitalize on them in order to achieve your goals. Successful recruitment is the key to success in the outreach world. In this half day seminar, learn from the best how to use digital media to maximize your potential and achieve your goals.

 

Tuesday January 17, 2012 at the AJOP Convention  

 




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chalutzim MichaelStudy Shows Limmud Conferences Strengthen Participants' Jewish Bonds

An Article from Haaretz

 
As Limmud's flagship annual conference begins in Britain on Friday, a study released this week shows that the educational confabs help counter assimilation and disengagement from Jewish involvement. Continue Reading 


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An Article from Hamodia 

 

It began six years ago with four friends, a seventh-grade class, and one indomitable teacher. Continue Reading 

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According to a new study, the United States tops a massive global charity survey, rising from fifth place in 2010. Continue Reading

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fbi Namart1Nearly Half of Terror Plots in NYC Aimed at Jewish Targets
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Since al Qaeda militants flew hijacked airliner attacks into New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the city considers itself a prime target and authorities traditionally increase security during the busy holiday season.  

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An Article from Smithsonian.com

The custom of Jewish families dining out at Chinese restaurants, especially on Christmas Day, has long been a joking matter. Continue Reading

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An Article from The Hartford Courant

When she was 15, Johanna Justin-Jinich wrote and illustrated a book about religious tolerance from a Jewish schoolgirl's perspective. Continue Reading

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An Article from The Jewish Week

At New Jersey's newest pluralistic Jewish day school, you're more likely to find the students curled up in wingback chairs or sprawled on sofas than upright at desks. Continue Reading
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An Article from Haaretz

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the first archeological find to confirm written testimony of the ritual practices at the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.             
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israel2Celebrating Hannukah at Hurva Synagogue
An Article from Ynet News

The B'nai B'rith World Center and the Israeli non-profit organization Bridge of Gold will co-sponsor a festive menorah-lighting ceremony at the historic Hurva Synagogue in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City Jewish Quarter.  Continue Reading

israel3'Kosher Psychology' Gives Haredim Hope
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Members of the Israeli haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community - seemingly more self-isolated, vigilant in segregating the sexes and extreme in observance than ever - have emotional and psychological problems no less than the general population. Continue Reading

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An Article from Haaretz

Israel is the worldwide leader in monthly social network use, a U.S.-based research firm indicated on Thursday, with Israeli users spending twice as much time chatting and posting more than the global average. Continue Reading

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An Article from The Washington Post

Yelizaveta Paliy arrived in this northern port city from Ukraine in 1995 on the second day of Hanukkah.     

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An Article from Patheos

During a brief period, 1938-1945, Shanghai was the home of a vibrant community of Jewish refugees, primarily from Nazi Germany and Nazi Austria. Continue Reading

International3Saudi Textbooks Teach Annihilation of Jews
An Article from Ynet News

Despite promises to clean up violent and xenophobic content from textbooks, recent editions in Saudi Arabia continue teach school children barbaric practices, Fox News reported. Continue Reading

International4Iceland Jews Are Left Out in the Cold
An Article from Haaretz

Even in this tiniest of Jewish communities, the Jews can't seem to agree. And in this case, the issue happens to be quite fundamental: Do they really want to be recognized as Jews? Continue Reading

International5Warsaw Jews Debate Demolition of Holocaust-Era Building
An Article from Haaretz

Sixty-six years after the end of the Second World War, Warsaw's Jewish community is debating whether or not to destroy a building on old ghetto territory, in order to replace it with a 180-meter-tall tower.
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An Article from The Weekly Standard

If you were an anti-Semite dedicated to spreading your hatred of Jews, what charges exactly would you make in 21st century America? Continue Reading

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An Article from Yahoo News

Sam Schmid, an Arizona college student believed to be brain dead and poised to be an organ donor, miraculously recovered just hours before doctors were considering taking him off life support. Continue Reading

interest2Maccabeats Present New Hanukkah Song
An Article from Ynet News

In honor of the Festival of Lights, YouTube sensation The Maccabeats have released their latest video. The a-cappella group, whose members hail from Yeshiva University, did a cover of Matisyahu's Hanukkah song, "Miracle." Continue Reading
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