AJOP Update: Torah, the Great Equalizer

August 2, 2012 - 14 Av 5772

Save the Date! Women in Kiruv Conference Nov. 4-6, 2012

Chavrusamatch.com: New Website Launch

$69 Flier Special on Graphics for AJOP Members from Studio 613!

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

OUTREACH

Reader to Rabbi Dr. Twerski: Kiruv Organizations for Off the Derech Teens?

Torah, the Great Equalizer

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits

NORTH AMERICA

Leading Demographer Questioning NY Population Survey

Michigan Inmate Sues for Kosher Meals

New York's Haredim Contend with Religious Protection on Fruit Trees

Prominent Conservative Rabbi Says US Jews Obsessed with 'Narrative of Destruction'

ISRAEL

Approved: Legal Separation for Zionist, Haredi Yeshivas

Rabbinical Court Allows Divorcee to Marry Cohen

Tal Tales

INTERNATIONAL

Rise in Global Anti-Semitism

The European Circumcision Battle

Libya Jew Returns to UK Post-Benghazi Jailing

Austrian Religious Reps Fear Circumcision Backlash

With Special Prayers and Kosher Food, Jewish London Embracing Olympic Spirit

In Poland and Slovakia, Restoring Awareness of a Forgotten Jewish Past

Is He a Beacon for the Jews of Lithuania?

More Than 20,000 Londoners Hold Munich Moment of Silence

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Josephus and the Sages

When Kosher Hot Dogs Seem More Important Than the Third Temple

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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

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Reader to Rabbi Dr. Twerski: Kiruv Organizations for Off the Derech Teens?

An Article from Hamodia

I know there are a number of organizations that are active in kiruv, but I'm not aware of any organization specializing in youngsters going off the derech to keep them close to Yiddishkeit. Why is that?

Torah, the Great Equalizer

An Article from Yeshiva University

When Rabbi Meir Shapiro zt"l introduced the Daf Yomi learning cycle in 1923, little was it recognized that he was about to affect a major transformation in the enterprise of Torah learning throughout the world.

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11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits An Article from Nonprofit Tech Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. Continue Reading

Leading Demographer Questioning NY Population Survey
An Article from The Jewish Week

In the first public criticism of the newly released "Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011," a leading demographer is raising questions about the report's methodology and data, as well as the validity of its findings.

Michigan Inmate Sues for Kosher Meals
An Article from The Times of Israel

A Michigan prison inmate has filed a federal lawsuit over the prison's lack of kosher meals. Continue Reading

New York's Haredim Contend with Religious Protection on Fruit Trees
An Article from The New York Times

Sheya Wieder owned a small old house on a large lot in Borough Park, Brooklyn, until about six years ago, he said, when he decided it was time to knock it down and build an upgrade. Continue Reading

Prominent Conservative Rabbi Says US Jews Obsessed with 'Narrative of Destruction'
An Article from Haaretz

A leading U.S. rabbi is bemoaning a "narrative of destruction" that he says has engulfed the political discourse among U.S. Jews over the last few years. Continue Reading

Approved: Legal Separation for Zionist, Haredi Yeshivas
An Article from Ynet News

The Ministerial Legislation Committee on Sunday approved a bill declaring that the State would separate between legislation for haredi yeshivas and Zionist-religious yeshivas - thus preventing the confusion and direct connection usually made between the two on a legislative level.

Rabbinical Court Allows Divorcee to Marry Cohen
An Article from Ynet News

Jewish law states unequivocally that a Cohen cannot marry a divorced woman, but there are exceptions. Continue Reading

Tal Tales
An Article from Jewish Ideas Daily

Tomorrow, the Deferral of Military Service for Yeshiva Students Law (Temporary Measure), better known as the Tal Law, will expire. Continue Reading

Rise in Global Anti-Semitism
An Article from Ynet News

The US State Department's annual report on International Religious Freedom for 2011 indicates a rise in anti-Semitism and deteriorating religious freedom in China and Iran.

The European Circumcision Battle
An Article from Ynet News

Until recently, the issue of prohibiting Jewish religious customs was mainly part of the political and public debate in Western Europe. In Germany it has now become a legal matter.

Libya Jew Returns to UK Post-Benghazi Jailing
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Raphael Luzon, a former Libyan Jew, returned to the UK safely on Sunday after security forces in Benghazi imprisoned and interrogated him for several days. Continue Reading

Austrian Religious Reps Fear Circumcision Backlash
An Article from Ynet News

Senior Christian, Jewish and Muslim representatives are demanding that Austria formally declare its backing for circumcisions of male infants on religious grounds. Continue Reading

With Special Prayers and Kosher Food, Jewish London Embracing Olympic Spirit
An Article from JTA

For Leslie Lyndon and the London Jewish community, it was a minor miracle. Continue Reading

In Poland & Slovakia, Restoring Awareness of a Forgotten Jewish Past
An Article from JTA

Thanks to a new iTunes app, new tourist routes and a towering replica of a destroyed synagogue, two "lost" Jewish cities in Europe are back on the map. Continue Reading

Is He a Beacon for the Jews of Lithuania?
An Article from The Forward

With crucial help from Lithuania's ambassador to Washington, a Maryland cemetery employee has managed to position himself as a key mediator between Jews and the Lithuanian government in a little more than one year. Continue Reading

More Than 20,000 Londoners Hold Munich Moment of Silence
An Article from JTA

More than 20,000 people in various venues in London attended the British Zionist Federation's "Minute for Munich" program that was promoted via social media. Continue Reading

Josephus and the Sages
An Article from Hirhurim-Musings

According to his own testimony, Josephus was a Jewish general who surrendered to the Romans and became a prominent intellectual in Rome. Continue Reading

When Kosher Hot Dogs Seem More Important Than the Third Temple
An Article from Orthodox Union

Isaac Azose knew he had a treasure in his hands -- a nearly century-old booklet for Ladino-speaking Jews immigrating to the United States that featured English, Ladino and Yiddish expressions to help them acculturate into their new communities. Continue Reading

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