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Gila Manolson's North American Speaking Tour

Project Inspire's 3rd Annual Conference

  

OUTREACH   

 Can Birthright Israel Alone Reverse Young Adults' Declining Support of Local Jewish Communities? 

New Group Moving Jewish Family Education to the Forefront  

 

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Transparency and Financial Oversight: What Your Stakeholders See Can Help You

   

NORTH AMERICA

Orthodox Groups Protest Federal Decision on Contraceptives    

US Bloggers Blamed for "Jewish Conspiracy" 

 How Jews Stayed in Good Spirits During Prohibition

Cleveland Jewish Population: 80,800

 

ISRAEL

 80% of Israeli Jews Believe in G-d  

Haredi MK Claims Israeli Media Antisemitic  

Israel Among Top 3 in Cyber Attack Defense 

Secularists Says Growth of Religion Means Bad News for Israel's Future

Reform Movement Says: Appoint Non-Orthodox Rabbi in Jerusalem  

       

   INTERNATIONAL

German Magazine Pulls Excerpts From Hitler's "Mein Kampf"    

Russians Remove Holocaust Memorial From Babi Yar

Canadian PM: Delegitimization of Israel is New Antisemitism 

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

UN Establishes Forum to Combat Antisemitism, Holocaust Denial 

Kosher Food Debuts at US Ski Resorts 

Once a Camper, Always a Camper  

      

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Jerusalem, Israel

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Northbrook, IL

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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

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Baltimore, MD

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Jerusalem, Israel

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Baltimore, MD
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New York, NY

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Baltimore, MD

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Olney, MD
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Toronto, ONT

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Cincinnatti, OH

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Brooklyn, NY
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jewish serviceGilaGila Manolson's North American Tour

Gila Manolson, international speaker and author of the popular books The Magic Touch, Outside/Inside, Head to Heart, and Choosing to Love, will be in North America for a lecture tour in early May. If you'd like her to speak for your organization, synagogue, or school, please contact her immediately at gila.manolson@gmail.com.



GilaInspire YOURSELF to Inspire OTHERS at Project Inspire Weekend of Achdus, Ruach and Learning

Project Inspire's 3rd Convention, February 24-26, perfect getaway for body and soul features gourmet elegant catering of Chap-a-Nosh of Cedarhurst at the luxurious Stamford Plaza Hotel, Stamford CT.   Major addresses by Hagaon Harav Aharon Feldman, Harav Hillel Weinberg; Dayan Yonason Abraham of London Bais Din and Rav Moshe Tuvia Lieff.   

Sessions led by top speakers:  R. Mordechai Becher, Charlie Harary, R. Ben Tzion Shafier, R. Y.Y. Rubenstein and many more.    

 

Sample Topics: Reaching Out and Reaching In; Hashkafa Issues that Matter, Emunah and Bitachon, Family Relationships, Simcha and many more.  Project Inspire leaders will captivate the crowd with their Kiruv exploits.   

 

Tisch and Ruach with the renowned Traveling Chassidim.  Register now at www.kiruv.com; contact us at 646-461-3316 or convention@projectinspire.com.   



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jewish service MichaelCan Birthright Israel Alone Reverse Young Adults' Declining Support of Local Jewish Communities?

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

 
In my experience, it is rare to hear someone say something negative about Taglit-Birthright Israel ("Birthright"). How could they?   

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outreacharticle2New Group Moving Jewish Family Education to the Forefront 

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

 

Fourth-grade students at Temple Israel Center in White Plains, NY recently gathered for one of a series of Havdalah programs, splitting into groups and discussing the blessings and ritual objects and even making some of their own. Continue Reading 

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donationfundraisingarticle1Transparency and Financial Oversight: What Your Stakeholders See Can Help You
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Effective oversight of financial systems in nonprofit organizations is key to their proper and effective functioning.    

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lew Namart1Orthodox Groups Protest Federal Decision on Contraception
An Article from The Jewish Week

 

Two Orthodox groups protested the Obama administration's decision to require some religiously affiliated institutions to cover contraception as part of their employee health plans.

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Kissinger2US Bloggers Blamed for "Jewish Conspiracy"
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

The scandal-plagued bloggers at the US think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) were blamed for triggering last week an outbreak of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment by asserting that Orthodox Jews in Israel are responsible for a film denigrating Muslims. Continue Reading

Namart2How Jews Stayed in Good Spirits During Prohibition
An Article from The Forward

Sociologist Nathan Glazer has written that "a people's relation to alcohol represents something very deep about it." Continue Reading

Namart4Cleveland Jewish Population: 80,800
An Article from Cleveland Jewish News

There are 80,800 Jewish people in the Greater Cleveland area. Contrary to popular belief, anecdotal data and water-cooler discussion at many Jewish agencies in town, Cleveland's Jewish population is not that far off from the 81,500 it was estimated to be in 1996.
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artifacts israel180% of Israelis Believe in G-d
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Israeli Democracy Institute today formally presents the findings of the third Guttman-AVI CHAI report, A Portrait of Israeli Jews: Beliefs, Observance, and Values of Israeli Jews.
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israel2Israeli MK Claims Israeli Media Antisemitic
An Article from Ynet News

MK Yisrael Eichler (UTJ) accused the media on Monday of turning the Israeli public against the ultra-Orthodox sector by publishing "anti-Semitic talkbacks and incitement."  Continue Reading

israel3Israel Among Top 3 in Cyber Attack Defense
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Despite the recent spate of cyber attacks on Israeli websites, Israel was named as one of the three most cyber secure countries in the world in a recent study, according to a report by the Financial Times on Monday.  Continue Reading

israel4Secularists Say Growth of Religion Means Bad News for Israel's Future
An Article from Ynet News

Last week, God was happy. A serious poll found that the number of believers in His existence is growing. Israelis who define themselves as "haredim," "religious" and "traditional" currently comprise an overwhelming majority among the population. Continue Reading

Israel5Reform Movement Says: Appoint Non-Orthodox Jerusalem Rabbi
An Article from Ynet News

The Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) petitioned the High Court of Justice on Sunday, demanding that it instruct the State to appoint a non-Orthodox rabbi in Jerusalem in a bid to end the alleged discrimination in religious services given to the capital's residents.
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wannseeInternational1German Magazine Pulls Excerpts From Hitler's "Mein Kampf"
An Article from Haaretz

Excerpts from Hitler's "Mein Kampf" will be removed from a magazine supplement due to go on sale in Germany on Thursday following the threat of legal action from the state of Bavaria, the magazine's publishers said on Wednesday.  

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International2Russians Remove Holocaust Memorial From Babi Yar
An Article from Ynet News

Authorities in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don have removed a memorial plaque for Jews murdered during World War II, replacing it with a monument which fails to mention the Holocaust or the victims' religion.    
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International3Canadian PM: Delegitimization of Israel is New Antisemitism
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Israel has no greater friend in the world than Canada, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said during a warm address at the opening of the 12th-annual Herzliya Conference on Monday night. Continue Reading
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A new international Jewish organization tagged "The World Forum of Russian
Jewry" was announced Wednesday at the United Nations during a ceremony commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacres.
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Interestarticle6Kosher Food Debuts at US Ski Resorts
An Article from JTA

Kosher food isn't something one generally associates with ski resorts, and Utah isn't a place known for its Jewish population. Continue Reading

interest2 Once a Camper, Always a Camper
An Article from The Jewish Week

Leah Kaplan Robins is only half-joking when she calls herself Mrs. Ramah. An alumna of the Conservative movement's Camp Ramah in New England, she met her future husband - "Mr. Ramah" - there and a few years ago took the initiative with a friend to organize a 10-year reunion.
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