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Mid-Town Purchase One of Largest in Chabad History 

   

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

How Nonprofits Can Weave Stronger Networks 

     

NORTH AMERICA

City of New York Set to Wage War on Religious Practices 

DNC: Anger Over Jerusalem Omission in Platform 

Muslim-Jewish Dialogue to be Held in Toronto 

Why Did Jerusalem Disappear from Platform? 

Democrats Boo G-d and Jerusalem 

 

ISRAEL

Could Americans Living in israel Determine the US Election's Outcome? 

Suicide Rates High for Orthodox Homosexual Youths 

Massive First Temple Period Reservoir Discovered Under Western Wall

Court: Why are Women Questioned at Mikvah?

Gay Couple Turns to Rabbis for Divorce 

 

   INTERNATIONAL

J'Accuse-Shame on Germany for Circumcision Ban 

Vienna Rabbi Says Abused by Neo-Nazis

Official: Ritual Circumcision Legal in Berlin 

Closed: Last Synagogue in Egypt 

Ahmadinejad to Address UN on Yom Kippur 

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Study: Jewish Population Shrinking Outside Israel 

The Reluctant Feminist 

Second-Career Start Ups 

Frum on the Court

Meir Soloveichik vs. David Wolpe: Two Rabbis, Two Parties, Two Political Philosophies

Yeshiva Revolution: A New View of the European Yeshivos 

             

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jewish service MichaelMid-Town Purchase One of Largest in Chabad History

An Article from Chabad.org  

In one of the largest real estate acquisitions in the history of Chabad-Lubavitch activities across the globe, Chabad of Midtown Manhattan closed Thursday afternoon on the purchase of the 12-story, 60,000-square-foot building it has occupied for 16 years.

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Fundraising1How Nonprofits Can Weave Stronger Networks
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Social networks offer nonprofits an opportunity not just to reach out to supporters who would otherwise be hard to find but also to weave strong connections with them.  

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temple Namart1City of New York Set to Wage War on Religious Practices
An Article from Yated Neeman 

 

Not long ago, there was an incident of swastika-spraying in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn. Residents were appalled and afraid. Politicians, community leaders and others were outraged.

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DNC: Anger Over Jerusalem Omission in Platform
An Article from The Jewish Week

The Democratic Party's decision to omit from its platform all reference to Jerusalem as Israel's eternal capital came as a shock to delegates who unwittingly adopted it Tuesday night.
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Namart2Muslim-Jewish Dialogue to Take Place in Toronto
An Article from Ynet News

A fourth Muslim-Jewish dialogue meeting will take place in Toronto, Canada on September 9, on the initiative of Weekly Press Pakistan news service. Continue Reading

Namart4Why Did Jerusalem Disappear From Platform?
An Article from The Forward

Jerusalem has many mysteries, but none may be as perplexing at present as its temporary disappearance from the Democratic Party platform. Continue Reading

Namart6Democrats Boo G-d and Jerusalem
An Article from Commentary Magazine

When you hear a Democratic Party official accuse Republicans of using Israel as a political football, you know one thing for sure: someone in the Democratic Party did or said something patently offensive toward Israel and is being called on it. Continue Reading

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ejp israel1Jerusalem is Israel's Most Populous City By Far
An Article from Israel Hayom

Jerusalem is Israel's most populous city, with 804,355 residents, almost twice as many as Tel Aviv, according to a recent Knesset Research and Information Center report.

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israel2Could Americans Living in Israel Determine the US Election's Outcome?
An Article from Israel Matzav

You might recall that in this post, I posted a PowerPoint presentation that showed how many American Jews could vote in the US Presidential election and the States in which they were eligible to register. Continue Reading

israel3Suicide Rates High for Orthodox Homosexual Youths
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Suicide rates among Orthodox homosexual youth are dramatically higher than that of their heterosexual peers, research published last week showed. Continue Reading

Israel5Massive First Temple-Period Reservoir Discovered Under Western Wall
An Article from Jewish Virtual Library

A large rock-hewn water reservoir dating to the First Temple period was discovered in archaeological excavations being conducted in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden at the foot of Robinson's Arch near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. Continue Reading

Israel6Court: Why Are Women Questioned at Mikvah?
An Article from Ynet News

Will single women soon be able to visit their local mikveh with no questions asked? Continue Reading

Israel7Gay Couple Turns to Rabbis for Divorce
An Article from Ynet News

The judges at Israel's rabbinical courts have seen many divorce cases in their lives, but none of them were prepared for what happened last week, when a gay couple arrived at the Tel Aviv Rabbinate and filed for divorce. Continue Reading

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An Article from The Gatestone Institute

Why do countries with long histories of anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry seem to care more about the so-called rights of young children not to be circumcised than do other countries in the world with far better histories of concern for human rights?

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Internatioanl2Vienna Rabbis Says Abused by Neo-Nazis
An Article from Ynet News

Jewish leaders warned on Monday against what they called creeping tolerance of anti-Semitism in Austria after a rabbi said he was verbally abused by neo-Nazi soccer fans while police stood by doing nothing to stop them.  
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International3Official: Ritual Circumcision Legal in Berlin
An Article from Ynet News

A top state official says infant male circumcision for religious reasons is legal in Berlin, making the capital the first of Germany's 16 states to specify that the ritual followed by Jews and Muslims shouldn't be considered a crime. Continue Reading

International4Closed: Last Synagogue in Egypt
An Article from Gatestone Institute

Fears for the future of religious minorities in Egypt were accentuated last week when it was announced that the last synagogue in the country would be closed down. Continue Reading

International5Ahmadinejad to Address UN on Yom Kippur
An Article from Ynet News

A PR duel will be in two and a half weeks during the United Nations General Assembly discussions in New York between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.   Continue Reading
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happiness Interest1Study: Jewish Population Shrinking Outside Israel
An Article from The Jewish Press

The global Jewish population grew by more than 88,000 people over the past year, and now stands at 13.75 million, according to a new study published by Professor Sergio DellaPergola of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Continue Reading

Interestarticle6The Reluctant Feminist
An Article from The Jewish Week

The opening scene in Hanna Rosin's 2010 Atlantic essay, "The End of Men," may one day be as iconic as the beginning of Betty Friedan's 1963 seminal work, "The Feminine Mystique." Continue Reading

interest2Second Career Start-Ups
An Article from The Jewish Week

Marc Miller is hoping to start a venture involving hydroponics, the process of growing fruits and vegetables in nutrient solution rather than soil. Continue Reading

Interest3Frum on the Court
An Article from The Jewish Week

There are very few occupations where having your yarmulke fall off could cost you your job. Continue Reading

Interest4Meir Soloveichik vs. David Wolpe: Two Rabbis, Two Parties, Two Political Philosophies
An Article from JTA

Republicans and Democrats may not have much common ground this election year, yet their national conventions shared one feature: Both gatherings were blessed from the podium by prominent American rabbis. Continue Reading

Interest5Yeshiva Revolution: A New View of European Yeshivos
An Article from Jewish Ideas Daily

Shaul Stampfer, one of Israel's foremost experts on Eastern European Jewry, is the most unlikely of iconoclasts. Continue Reading
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