AJOP Update: The Carlebach Bootlegs

January 19, 2012 - 25 Teves 5772

Dr David Pelcovitz Presents "A Groundbreaking Study on Families of Baalei Teshuvah"-

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OUTREACH

Day School Numbers Not So Bad

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

When Donating Means More Than Just a Financial Contribution

NORTH AMERICA

US Jewish Population Pegged at 6 Million

NY Times Writer Goes to Israel, a Country He Says Was at the Bottom of his List

Columbia Journalism Review: NY Times is Not Biased Against Israel

NY Jewish Man Nabbed for Anti-Semitic Attack

String of Synagogue Attacks Stirs Concern in New Jersey

Alaska: That Great Big Jewish Land

ISRAEL

Ancient Menorah Stamp Used to Mark Kosher Bread Unearthed

Israel, The Pistol Nation

After Leading Their Flock for 2,500 Years Ethiopian Jews' Leaders Being Phased Out

Haredim Trade IDF for Police Service

INTERNATIONAL

Hitler's Treatise, Mein Kampf, to Reappear in Germany

Sweden Opens New Probe into Fate of WW II Hero, Raoul Wallenberg

EU Rabbis Urge Religious Freedom in Egypt

UK School Probes Antisemitic Incident Using Nazi Game

Hizbullah Planned Mumbai Style Attack on Chabad Bangkok

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

How to Solve Crises in Day School Education

Framing the Training for Our Emerging Jewish Experiential Educators

Shorn Matisyahu Takes a Different Path

David Mamet: The World Hates the Jews and Will Continue to Do So

Auschwitz Documents Surface, and Then Disappear

The Carlebach Bootlegs

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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

Day School Numbers Not So Bad

An Article from The Forward

The Avi Chai Foundation's newly released data on current day school enrollments has drawn attention from many, including J.J. Goldberg in a column on these pages.

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When Donating Means More Than Just a Financial Contribution An Article from eJewish Philanthropy In 2005, Florence Galkin, a social worker living in New York, founded Mashov, an Israeli nonprofit organization whose mission is to support "Citizen Involvement and Partnership for Community Advocacy." Continue Reading

US Jewish Population Pegged at 6 Million
An Article from The Forward

Two new independent studies have found that there are between 6.4 million and 6.6 million Jews living in the United States today, representing about 1.8% of the population.

NY Times Writer Goes to Israel, A Country He Says, Was at the Bottom of His List
An Article from The New York Times

As a traveler, I am not a particularly choosy person. I will go pretty much anywhere, anytime. Continue Reading

Columbia Journalism Review: NY Times is Not Biased Against Israel
An Article from Columbia Journalism Review

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's views on Israel and Iran have been greatly misunderstood, his son Senator Rand Paul said in a conversation with The Jerusalem Post just hours before Iowans voted in the first caucuses for the GOP nomination Tuesday night. Continue Reading

NY Jewish Man Nabbed for Antisemitic Attacks
An Article from JTA

A Jewish man from Manhattan was arrested for making anti-Semitic phone calls to his mother and other women, and is suspected of painting anti-Semitic graffiti in Brooklyn. Continue Reading

String of Synagogue Attacks Stirs Concern in New Jersey
An Article from The Washington Post

An attack early Wednesday (Jan. 11) on a New Jersey synagogue - the fourth such incident in a month - is being investigated as an attempted murder and a bias crime, leading to increased concern and security measures from Jewish leaders and law enforcement officials. Continue Reading

Alaska: That Great Big Jewish Land
An Article from Moment Magazine

In 1938, as the Nazis laid plans to annihilate European Jewry, a few desperate Jews dreamed of escaping to the other side of the world: Alaska. Continue Reading

Ancient Menorah Stamp Used to Mark Kosher Bread Unearthed
An Article from NBC News

A tiny stamp bearing an image of the Temple Menorah and likely placed on baked goods some 1,500 years ago has turned up during excavations near the Israeli city of Akko, researchers have announced.

Israel, The Pistol Nation
An Article from Ynet News

For visitors, it's the most enduring impression: Guns are omnipresent, tucked inside belts, slung over soldiers' backs, clutched chest-high at checkpoints. From cafes in Tel Aviv to settlements on rocky hillsides in Judea and Samaria, Jews carry the guns. Continue Reading

After Leading Their Flock for 2,500 Years, Ethiopian Jews' Leaders Being Phased Out
An Article from The Washington Post

Fifteen former major-generals sign petition calling on government to abandon policy of exempting ultra-Orthodox from IDF service, advocating mandatory service that is "tailored to all Israelis" Continue Reading

Haredim Trade IDF for Police Service
An Article from Ynet News

Dozens of young ultra-Orthodox men are choosing to join the Israel Police instead of the IDF, following the army's war on the exclusion of women and the recent dismissal of the rabbi in charge of integrating haredim into military service. Continue Reading

Hitler's Treatise, Mein Kampf, to Reappear in Germany
An Article from The National Post

Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf", banned from German bookstores, will soon be available from newspaper kiosks after a British publisher said he would print excerpts from the text in Germany.

Sweden Opens New Probe into Fate of WWII Hero, Raoul Wallenberg
An Article from The Washington Post

Sweden will open a new probe into what happened to World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg after he was captured by the Soviets in 1945.

EU Rabbis Urge Religious Freedom in Egypt
An Article from Ynet News

The Conference of European Rabbis has called on the government of Egypt to ensure the protection of religious rights after Egypt advised Jewish pilgrims not to visit the country for an annual pilgrimage at the grave of a saintly rabbi. Continue Reading

UK School Probes Antisemitic Incident Using Nazi Game
An Article from Haaretz

The London School of Economics confirmed Monday it had opened an investigation into an alleged anti-Semitic incident on a university ski trip last month, which involved a Nazi-themed drinking game and ended in a Jewish student's nose being broken. Continue Reading

Hizbullah Planned Mumbai Style Attack on Chabad Bangkok
An Article from Debka

The Thai police's capture of a Lebanese-Swedish Hizballah suspect, who was charged Monday, Jan. 16, thwarted a terrorist attack on Bet Habad in Bangkok, involving the taking of hostages and blowing up the building. Continue Reading


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How to Solve Crises in Day School Education
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

How do you ensure day school education is financially accessible to all Jewish children during times of economic recession? Continue Reading

Framing the Training for Our Emerging Jewish Experiential Education
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

As we begin 2012, I predict that experiential education in the Jewish world will continue to be a hot topic. Continue Reading

Shorn Matisyahu Takes a Different Path
An Article from Haaretz

"When I was 17 I listened to reggae music," Matisyahu told WNYC's Kurt Andersen in another interview recorded shortly after he shaved.

David Mamet: "The World Hates Jews and Will Continue To Do So"
An Article from Haaretz

David Mamet likes to rile people. The playwright who brought street talk from the alleys of Chicago to Broadway, and upset theater-goers...
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Auschwitz Documents Surface and Then Disappear
An Article from Global Post

Before the Nazis fled Auschwitz in January 1945, they destroyed most of the incriminating documents relating to their operation of the death camp, in which over a million people perished. Continue Reading

The Carlebach Bootlegs
An Article from The Jewish Week

After Reb Shlomo Carlebach's passing in 1994, "Carlebach minyans" have blossomed around the world, driven by the fact that anyone can sing (and daven) along with the music famously recorded by him.
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