AJOP Update: Unapologetically Unorthodox

February 23, 2012 - 30 Shevat 5772

AJOP Convention & InReach Audio Now Available

Discounted Seats to Siyum Hashas Available for Kiruv Organizations and Community Kollelim

Gila Manolson's North American Tour

Frum Couple Looking to Adopt

OUTREACH

Thousands of Jewish Women Kick Off Annual Emissaries' Conference

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Implementing a Strategic Plan

NORTH AMERICA

Mormon Church Apologizes for Baptizing Dead Jews

80% of Anti-Israel Campus Activism Takes Place on 20% of Campuses

Nassau DA to probe Long Island Kosher Caterers

Highest Ranking Female US Rabbi Urges Israelis to Oppose Religious Establishment

Examining Unconventional Judaism at UCLA

ISRAEL

Intermarriage: A Story No One is Telling in Lod

Yair Lapid Declares War on Haredim

Oldest Couple to Make Aliyah Arrives in Israel

New Times Bureau Chief Shows Overt Bias Towards Israel

Mayor Huldai: Tel Aviv Needs Public Transportation on Shabbat

INTERNATIONAL

First Ever 120-Member European Jewish Parliament Inaugurated in Brussels

German City of Wurzburg Seeks to Bring Back Its Long Lost Jews

Jewish South American Innovation: From the Goldmines to the Garden Patch

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Unapologetically Unorthodox

Is Feldman's Story More Than Unorthodox?

Western Wall Stones on Sale on eBay

Recognizing Synagogue Inclusion

Over 60,000 Use Auschwitz Memorial Page

Russians and Americans: Differences in Dating

You're Majoring in What?

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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

Discounted Seats to Siyum Hashas for Kiruv Organizations and Community Kollelim

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AJOP is proud to be a partner organization in MySiyum.com. Find out more by visiting http://www.mysiyum.com. For discounted tickets, contact Yechiel Horowitz at 973-221-3650 ext. 117

Gila Manolson North American Tour Gila Manolson, author of The Magic Touch, Outside/Inside, Head to Heart, and Choosing to Love, has a few openings left on her May lecture tour. If you may be interested in having her speak for your organization, synagogue, or school, please be in touch with her immediately at gila.manolson@gmail.com.

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Thousands of Jewish Women Kick Off Annual Emissaries' Conference

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Adina Landa is getting ready for a very important task. She, her husband, and their two young children are moving to a California town where they'll seek to organize a Jewish community from scratch.

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Implementing a Strategic Plan An Article from eJewish Philanthropy Your organization has embarked upon and completed a strategic planning process. You have clarified and strengthened your mission and have developed a strategic approach to implementing the mission while building the board of directors. Continue Reading

Mormon Church Apologizes for Baptizing Dead Jews
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

The Mormon Church on Tuesday apologized that its members had performed posthumous baptisms into Mormonism of the long-dead Jewish parents of famed Nazi hunter and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal.

80% of Anti-Israel Campus Activism Takes Place on 20% of Campuses
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

About one hundred years ago, the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto realized that 80% of Italy's wealth was owned by 20% of the population. Continue Reading

Nassau DA to Probe Long Island Kosher Caterers
An Article from The Jewish Week

The office of Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Morrell Caterers of Woodbury, L.I., prepared shrimp, lobster, pork and other non-kosher food in the same kitchen in which kosher food was prepared. Continue Reading

Highest Ranking Female US Rabbi Urges Israelis to Oppose Religious Establishment
An Article from Ynet News

"We are approaching a situation where a person cannot be a Jew in Israel, the haredim have hijacked Judaism," says Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president of the International Rabbinical Assembly. 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

Examining Unconventional Judaism at UCLA
An Article from Jewish Journal

American Jewry is in transition, 20 speakers argued during "Looking for Judaism in [Un]Conventional Places," a symposium at UCLA on Feb. 12-13. Scholars and academics discussed what Jews value, Jewish identity and which organizations are relevant today. Continue Reading

Intermarriage: A Story No One is Telling in Lod
An Article from Israel Hayom

The Israel Police Facebook page is full of pictures of missing people.

Yair Lapid Declares War on Haredim
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Journalist turned politician, Yair Lapid, outlined the agenda he intends to promote in his new political career at a conference of businessmen in Eilat on Thursday. Continue Reading

Oldest Couple to Make Aliyah Arrives in Israel
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

The Torah says Abraham was 75 years old when he left his native land of Haran and set out to make his home in Canaan. But he was a spring chicken compared with the couple who arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday. Continue Reading

New Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Shows Overt Bias Towards Israel
An Article from Commentary Magazine

When I wrote yesterday I hoped the incoming New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief wouldn't be any worse than outgoing chief Ethan Bronner, little did I know that within 24 hours we would learn those hopes were already in vain. Continue Reading

Mayor Huldai: Tel Aviv Needs Public Transportation on Shabbat
An Article from Ynet News

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai is joining calls to operate public transportation on Shabbat. Continue Reading

First Ever 120-Member European Jewish Parliament Inaugurated in Brussels
An Article from European Jewish Press

The Parliament members, who represent 47 countries, have been elected by over 400,000 people from East, Central and Western Europe who voted online and showed an unprecedented interest and demand across the continent for a democratically elected organization in Europe.

German City of Wurzburg Seeks to Bring Back Its Long Lost Jews
An Article from JTA

John Schwabacher was 12 years old when World War II ended. He and his brothers, Michael and Thomas, emerged from hiding in their hometown of Wurzburg, Germany, and joined their father in San Francisco.

Jewish South African Innovation: From Goldmine to Garden Patch
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The South African Jewish community, like all Jewish communities, is filled with knowledge, creativity, chesed and, of course, complexity.
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Unapologetically Unorthodox
An Article from The Jewish Week

Like many other single Jewish women her age in Manhattan, Deborah Feldman hates dating. Continue Reading

Is Feldman's Story More Than 'Unorthodox'?
An Article from The Forward

There is something that seems slightly worrisome about Deborah Feldman. Continue Reading

Western Wall Stones on Sale on eBay
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

The Rabbi of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinovitz, announced on Monday that he has sent a letter to the online auction website eBay in an effort to prevent the sale of stones from the Western Wall.

Recognizing Synagogue Inclusion
An Article from The Jewish Week

With a specially designed, handicapped-accessible bima, sign-language services for the deaf and alternative holiday programs aimed at those with disabilities, Congregation Rodeph Sholom is at the forefront of the inclusion movement. Continue Reading

Over 60,000 Use Auschwitz Memorial Page
An Article from Ynet News

Over 60,000 people from around the world already use the official page of the Auschwitz Memorial on Facebook. Continue Reading

Russians & Americans: Differences in Dating
An Article from The Forward

Love and relationships are a complicated part of our lives. Many of us see relationships in a subjective way; biased and based on how we were raised and the relationships we are surrounded by.Continue Reading

You're Majoring in What?
An Article from The Forward

In an earlier post I touched upon the subject of education, writing that Russian Jews of a certain age often view college as a pressure cooker for liberal propaganda. Continue Reading

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