AJOP Update: 150,000 Jews Assimilate Each Year

February 16, 2012 - 23 Shevat 5772

Rabbi Dave Felsenthal, AJOP Convention Chair Looks to Future of Reinvigorated Kiruv Effort

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OUTREACH

Jewish Family Life Inspires Oprah Winfrey

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Telling Your Story When Engaging in Philanthropy

The Challenges of Fundraising in the UK

NORTH AMERICA

'Soft' Target Threat Gets Community's Attention

Boston's Jewish Institutions on Alert

California Professor Cites Virulent Antisemitism

Maryland Teen Must Convince High School He Needs Kippa

American Hispanics Are Most Hostile Towards Israel

ISRAEL

MKs: 150,000 Jews Assimilate Each Year

Israel Warns US Jews to be Vigilant of Possible Iranian Attack

State Dept. Advising Modest Dress in Some Jerusalem Neighborhoods

Military Exemptions Hit All Time High

INTERNATIONAL

Treblinka: Revealing the Hidden Graves of the Holocaust

World Democracies are Warming Up to Israel

Jew Hating MP George Galloway Requested Help From Syria on Gaza Flotilla

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Another Trial for Shylock

Good Enough to Eat, Ritually and Ethically

Holocaust Database Unites Lost Cousins

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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

Rabbi Dave Felsenthal, AJOP Convention Chair Looks to Future of Reinvigorated Kiruv Effort An Article from NCSY I was extremely nervous as I drove into the parking lot at the hotel in Stamford CT, where the annual conference of AJOP - the Association of Jewish Outreach Professionals - was being held. Continue Reading


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Jewish Family Life Inspires Oprah

An Article from Chabad.org

After spending the day immersed in Chasidic Jewish life and culture, television personality Oprah Winfrey concludes that Judaism's focus on family life and on developing individuals' innate potential offers a wealth of lessons for people all over the world.

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Telling Your Story When Engaging in Philanthropy An Article from eJewish Philanthropy eJewish Philanthropy featured an article recently by Dan Brown, eJP's editor, about a donor organization that doesn't promote its own fundraising through traditional communications outlets. Continue Reading
The Challenges of Fundraising in the UK An Article from eJewish Philanthropy As someone who has professionally engaged with the British Jewish community for well over 25 years, I can safely say that on the issue of fundraising in the UK Jewish community, there is a mixture of good news and bad news. Continue Reading

'Soft' Target Threat Gets Community's Attention
An Article from The Jewish Week

Area Jewish institutions should tighten access and watch out for any signs of hostile surveillance, as the specter of Iran-backed terrorism looms larger.

Boston's Jewish Institutions on Alert
An Article from The Boston Herald

A security alert warning of possible extremist attacks on "soft targets" amid increased tensions between Israel and Iran has Boston police as well as the city's Israeli consulate on high alert. Continue Reading

California Professor Cites Virulent Campus Antisemitism
An Article from The Forward

Mark Yudof, president of the University of California, claims that two federal complaints against his university, alleging a hostile environment for Jewish students, are without merit.Continue Reading

Maryland Teen Must Convince High School He Needs a Kippa
An Article from The Jewish Week

A Jewish student at a Maryland high school was asked to prove that he wore a head covering for religious reasons. Continue Reading

American Hispanics Are Most Hostile Towards Israel
An Article from Haaretz

Americans of Hispanic origin, the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States, are relatively hostile towards Israel because they are ignorant about Middle East affairs and are influenced by traditional anti-Israeli Catholic views, according to the Israel advocacy group, The Israel Project. Continue Reading

MKs: 150,000 Jews Assimilate Each Year
An Article from Arutz 7

The Knesset Aliyah and Absorption Committee on Monday conducted a discussion on activities by the World Zionist Organization to prevent assimilation - and how more activity was needed to ensure that Jews remain affiliated with the Jewish people.

Israel Warns US Jews to be Vigilant of Possible Iranian Attack
An Article from Israel Hayom

Internal security document obtained by ABC News says Iran may try to hit Israeli government sites and Jewish centers across U.S. in retaliation for recent killing of Iranian nuclear scientists. Continue Reading

State Dept. Advising Modest Dress in Some Jerusalem Neighborhoods
An Article from JTA

The U.S. State Department in revised travel recommendations on Jerusalem advises visitors to "dress appropriately when visiting the Old City and ultra-orthodox Jewish neighborhoods. Continue Reading

Military Exemptions for Yeshiva Students Hit All Time High
An Article from Israel Hayom

Since the establishment of the state, the number of yeshiva students receiving military exemptions has increased by nearly 15,000%. Continue Reading

Treblinka: Revealing the Hidden Graves of the Holocaust
An Article from BBC News

When the Nazis left Treblinka in 1943 they thought they had destroyed it. They had knocked down the buildings and leveled the earth.

World Democracies are Warming Up to Israel
An Article from Haaretz

No Israeli could have failed to notice the radical change in weather over the past two months. Forecasters predicted another dry winter, and fortunately they turned out to be wrong.

Jew Hating MP, George Galloway Requested Help From Syria on Gaza Flotilla
An Article from Haaretz

The organizer of one of the flotillas to the Gaza Strip sought assistance from the office of Syrian President Bashar Assad, requesting it facilitates their departure from the Syrian port at Latakia. Continue Reading


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Another Trial for Shylock
An Article from The New York Times

As part of this year's Cultural Olympiad in London, Shakespeare's Globe theater will stage 37 of the playwright's works in 37 different languages in the spring. Continue Reading

Good Enough to Eat, Ritually and Ethically
An Article from The Jewish Week

One of the most difficult issues for Christians and Jews to navigate is how to relate to each other while the proverbial 800 pound gorilla is in the room. Continue Reading

Holocaust Database Unites Lost Cousins
An Article from Ynet News

For five long years during World War II, Nahum Korenblum never left the side of his younger brother Yaakov as the two fled the Nazi invasion of Poland, escaped forced labor camps across Europe and ultimately joined the Soviet Red Army.

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