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 Keren HaTefillin: Dedicated to Bringing Affordable Tefillin to the Kiruv World 

EYAHT-Aish HaTorah's College for Women-Summer Classes 

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


OUTREACH

The Center of Jewish Life in the Poconos 

 

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING   

Framing the American Jewish Economy: Insights & Reflections 

 US Charitable Giving Increases Modestly in 2011 

Slump in Charitable Giving Could Last As Long as 2022 

 

NORTH AMERICA

New York Jews: The Five and a Half Tribes 

URJ Overhauling the Bar/Bat Mitzvah

 

ISRAEL

Israel & Jewish Identity  

Barak Wants 10% of Haredim Exempted from Military Service

Tel Aviv's Religious Renaissance

 

   INTERNATIONAL

Arch of Titus Study Reveals Temple Menorah Was Made of Gold   

Hungarian Parliament Member Banned from Israel Over Memorial to Antisemite 

Tours of Jewish Cemeteries in Berlin Now Available as a Smartphone App  

Jewish Life in Shanghai's Ghetto

Tunisian Jews Seek Place in New Order 

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Kosher: The Hottest Word on Food Labels

CDC Uses Flawed Report to Denounce Metzitzah B'Peh  

Why Are There So Many Different Kinds of Jews? 

Women Earn Far Less Than Men as Reform Rabbis 

Gadget Rules Place Needed Limits on Technology: Is Shabbos the Answer? 

           

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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
jewish serviceSeaKeren HaTefillin: Dedicated to Bringing Affordable Tefillin to the Kiruv World

   

The Tefillin Foundation is pleased to announce that our services are now available to the members of AJOP. The Tefillin Foundation is dedicated to providing Tefillin, Mezuzos and Sifrei Torah of a high level of kashrus to the kiruv world at wholesale prices.

For more information, please contact us at: krntifln@neto.bezeqint.net
  

 



jewish serviceeyahtEYAHT-Aish HaTorah's College for Women

   

Energizing, lively classes open for drop-in students! Encourage your potential tourists, visitors,  parents of BT's,or vacationers to attend classes of their choice.Thought provoking, empowering sessions, open discussion, interactive, and text based learning applied to daily life. Students are  from around the world including - LA, Toronto, Zurich, London, New York and South Africa.

Approachable, involved, devoted faculty & staff are on the premises.

For more information and to register, please email syaffa@aish.com 
                    

 



jewish service siyumDiscounted Seats to Siyum Hashas for Kiruv Organizations and Community Kollelim 


Large group orders for Siyum Hashas tickets have been pouring in to the Agudah over the past few weeks. The Agudah has made it clear that equal priority will be given to kiruv groups as Daf Yomi groups but that both are on a first-come-first-served basis.  Orders should be submitted soon to ensure that your group will sit together and that your group gets the best seats available. For discounted seats for Kiruv organizations, please call Yechiel  Horowitz at 973-221-3650 ext. 117. A copy of the seating schematic can be found by
Clicking Here.    

We have received numerous requests for samples of our Pre-Siyum A Taste of Talmud Curriculum. This session on lifney iver is part of an 8-part series designed to give your students a chance to experience the joy of learning and a deeper appreciation for the depth and relevance of Gemarah, Medrash, and various other texts. To make the entire series available to your students, please call Yechiel  Horowitz at 973-221-3650 ext. 117. (In consideration of the costs and time that went into the preparation of this material, we respectfully urge you not to copy, forward, or distribute this material without permission.)
   

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   



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jewish serviceMichaelThe Center of Jewish Life in the Poconos

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With 24,000 square miles of rolling mountain terrain, sparkling waterfalls, thriving woodlands, and 170 miles of winding rivers, the Pocono Mountains region is one of America's most popular vacation and recreation areas. 

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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The American Jewish community represents one of the largest religious/ethnic nonprofit economic centers within this nation, second only to the Roman Catholic Church in terms of its breath and impact. Continue Reading 


Fundraising3US Charitable Giving Increases Modestly in 2011
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy, is considered the most reliable and prominent resource for information about trends in charitable giving and announced that giving increased modestly last year. Continue Reading

Fundraising4Slump in Charitable Giving Could Last As Long as 2022
An Article from The Jewish Week

The continued softness in charitable giving is hitting synagogues especially hard, and non-profits in general are facing a slog back toward recovery from recession that could take as long as a decade.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy 

 

According to Jewish tradition, the Jewish people originally consisted of twelve tribes, each descended from one of Jacob's sons.

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For Ex-Orthodox, More Than Just a Game
An Article from The Forward

In a crowded meadow in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, a group of 20-somethings swarmed a soccer ball like a bunch of sixth-graders at recess.
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An Article from Gallup

Just 34% of Americans correctly say U.S. President Barack Obama is a Christian, while 44% say they don't know Obama's religion and 11% say he is a Muslim. Continue Reading

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An Article from The Jewish Week

A Hebrew charter school in Harlem may sound akin to an African-American-themed school in Borough Park or Jerusalem.
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An Article from The Jewish Week

Simon Kuh didn't chant a Haftorah for his bar mitzvah several Shabbat mornings ago at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills.
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Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky once said at the convention of Agudath Israel that but for the birth of the state of Israel most non-religious Jews would have fallen into such despair after the Holocaust that their connection with the Jewish people would have been severed forever.

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An Article from Israel Hayom

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday proposed granting an exemption from mandatory military service to no more than 10 percent of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students, who would otherwise be eligible to serve. Continue Reading

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An Article from Ynet News

From the time Tel Aviv was founded, it has been home to religious residents who comprised an integral part of the first Hebrew city.
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An Article from The New York Times

Historical sources describe the menorah looted by the Romans when they destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 70 as made of gold, as God instructed Moses in Exodus.

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An Article from The Times of Israel

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Sunday canceled an upcoming visit by his Hungarian counterpart over the latter's attendance at a memorial service honoring Nazi collaborator, author and parliamentarian Jozsef Nyiro.
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An Article from The Huffington Post

Visitors to Berlin's Jewish cemeteries can now use their smartphones to make an 'electronic tour' that provides information about people buried there. Continue Reading

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An Article from The New York Times

While much of the city's Jewish Quarter has disappeared in the years since the end of World War II, the Ohel Moshe Synagogue is a constant reminder of how this Chinese city saved tens of thousands of Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Continue Reading

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An Article from The Forward

A year and a half after the ouster of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the president of the Tunisian Jewish community is wistful for the one-party government that ruled the country for decades.
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Grandma's can of matzo ball soup and jar of gefilte fish have never seen such love. Continue Reading

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The report looked at cases of HSV-1 in NYC dating from April 2006, when the disease became mandatory to report by hospitals, healthcare providers and clinical laboratories, through December 2011. Continue Reading

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We live in a world where there is freedom of religion for Jews in virtually most everywhere Jews live. Continue Reading

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Reform women rabbis make as much as $43,000 less than male rabbis, according to data compiled by the Central Conference of American Rabbis.  Continue Reading

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For the gadget-toting Jew, a recent announcement from the Conservative movement about new Sabbath guidelines on the ban on electronics might sound like a flight attendant's canned directive before takeoff: no cell phones, smart phones, digital cameras or even e-readers. Continue Reading
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