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January 26, 2012 - 2 Shevat 5772

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OUTREACH

A Case for Jewish Learning

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Three Thank You Templates and You're Out!

US Charitable Giving Officially on the Rise

When Jewish Foundations Ignore Core Needs

Engaging Older Donors by Providing Options

NORTH AMERICA

Jack Lew and the Power of Shabbat

Redefining Stupidity: US Editor Suggests Assassinating Obama

NJ Authorities Release Photos of Man Sought for Questioning in Synagogue Firebomb Attack

ISRAEL

Israel's Religious Decline

Saudi Hacker Warns of More Attacks Against Israel

Vietnam: The Israelis Who Fought There

Terrorists Use New Method: Dazzle the Driver, Then Throw a Rock

INTERNATIONAL

Germany Marks 70 Years Since Wannsee-The Conference Where The Final Solution was Planned

Jewish Groups Slam Argentine Cartoon

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Did a Hungarian Jew Design Hitler's Volkswagon?

Previously Hidden Mass Graves Found at Treblinka

Jewish Day Schools Putting Apple iPads to the Test

Mainstreaming Anti-Semitism

Ezra Pound, Jew Hater

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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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National Director

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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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Cincinnatti, OH

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Jerusalem, Israel

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A Case for Jewish Learning

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Since its inception, UpStart has committed itself not only to strengthening the professionalism and efficacy of new Jewish initiatives, but also to strengthening the Jewish knowledge of the leaders and the quality of Jewish content offered by these initiatives.

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Three Thank You Templates & You're Out!

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Because I coach so many fund raising professionals, a friend called the other day to ask my opinion of the way in which she was thanked by a nonprofit organization.

US Charitable Giving Officially on the Rise
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

2011 is now history and the good news appears to be that U.S. charitable giving is on the upswing. Continue Reading

When Jewish Foundations Ignore Core Needs
An Article from The Jewish Week

Gary Rosenblatt's column on foundations' priorities in "Why Funders Need to Embrace Failure" (Jan. 6) will hopefully set off a discussion about basic community needs and how we can do better in the future.
Continue Reading

Engaging Older Donors By Providing Options
An Article from Alliance

Donor retention levels are low because - in large part - we're not practising good stewardship. Continue Reading

Jack Lew and the Power of Shabbat
An Article from The Forward

I hold two truths to be self-evident: First, the Jewish people and the world need Shabbat like never before.

Redefining Stupidity: US Editor Suggests Assassinating Obama
An Article from Ynet News

The owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times weekly caused an uproar when he suggested that Israel consider "a hit" on US President Barack Obama "in order to preserve Israel's existence" in case Iran obtains nuclear capabilities. Continue Reading

NJ Authorities Release Photos of Man Sought for Questioning in Synagogue Firebombing
An Article from CBS New York

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office has released a video and pictures of a man they believe is connected to the fire bombing of area synagogues. Continue Reading

Israel's Religious Decline
An Article from Ynet News

Until the next wave of impassioned anti-haredi zeal comes around, we shall apparently have enough time for self-reflection and a bid to restore the ties between seculars, haredim and religious in Israel.

Saudi Hacker Warns of More Attacks Against Israel
An Article from Emirates 24/7

In new comments published on Sunday, a presumed Saudi hacker calling himself Ox-Omar threatened to 'finish Israel electronically' after attacking key Israeli websites and publishing details of thousands of its credit cards. Continue Reading

Vietnam: The Israelis Who Fought There
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

The History Channel this Sunday night is screening Vietnam: Israeli War Veterans - a locally-made documentary focusing on American soldiers who served in the war and later moved to Israel. Continue Reading

Terrorists Use New Method: Dazzle the Driver, Then Throw a Rock
An Article from Arutz 7

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists are continuing the rock attacks at Israeli vehicles and it looks like they've come up with a new tactic: temporarily blinding the driver and then throwing the rock. Continue Reading

Germany Marks 70 Years Since Wannsee- The Conference Where the Final Solution was Planned
An Article from The Washington Post

The German president has marked the 70th anniversary of a conference in which plans were coordinated for the genocide of European Jews with the message that Germany must never forget its responsibility for the Holocaust.

Jewish Groups Slam Argentine Cartoon
An Article from Ynet News

Jewish groups have condemned an anti-Semitic cartoon strip, "FieSSta" by Gustavo Sala published in Argentine paper Pagina/12 and called on the country's government to denounce the daily newspaper under Argentina's anti-discrimination law.


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Did a Hungarian Jew Design Hitler's Volkswagon?
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

At the Berlin Auto Show in February 1939, Adolph Hitler delivered a speech decrying the increasing number of car accidents on the streets of Germany. Continue Reading

Previously Hidden Mass Graves Found at Treblinka
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

New evidence has been uncovered helping prove that the World War II Nazi Treblinka was in fact a death camp, and not just a transit camp. Continue Reading

Jewish Day Schools Putting Apple iPods to the Test
An Article from JTA

Toward the end of his life, Apple's visionary leader, Steve Jobs, was visited by another computer innovator, Microsoft's Bill Gates. The conversation turned to the future of education.

Mainstreaming Anti-Semitism
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Anti-Semitism may not yet be a litmus test for social acceptability in the US, but it has certainly become acceptable.
Continue Reading

Ezra Pound, Jew Hater
An Article from The Daily Mail

Ezra Pound's daughter, 86-year-old Mary de Rachewiltz, is trying to stop an Italian anti-immigration group, CasaPound, from using her father's name. Continue Reading

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