AJOP Update: Integrating the Baalei Teshuvah

September 27, 2012 - 11 Tishrei 5773

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OUTREACH

Integrating the Baalei Teshuvah

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Next-Generation Philanthropy: Changing the World

NORTH AMERICA

New York Times Columnist Peddles in Antisemitic Stereotypes

Greek Neo-Nazi Party Sets Up New York Office

Summer's End in the Catskills

Watch 2016 Obama's America

ISRAEL

New Shoes and Gas Masks

Israel's Haredi Community Confronts Child Sex Abuse With New Book

Hiddush Poll Claims Haredi Parties Distancing Jews From Religion

ZAKA Chairman's Son Joins IDF

INTERNATIONAL

Jews are Collateral Damage in the European Far-Right's Campaign Against Islam

Le Pen Seeks Ban on Jewish Headwear

Columnist Calls German Journalist 'Pure Anti-Semite'

Jewish Leader Calls for 'Urgent' Meeting Following Le Pen's Proposal to Ban Wearing Skullcaps in Public

Strange Case of a Death in Venice

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Controversial Plans to Move Montefiore Remains from Ramsgate to Israel

Wayne Firestone Stepping Down as CEO of Hillel

Jewish Youth Activism: A Model for Leadership Development?

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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

AJOP Wishes Klal Yisrael Chag Sukkos Sameach!

Integrating the Baalei Teshuvah

An Article from Jewish Media Resources

The ba'al teshuva movement, which began to gather steam after the Six-Day War has profoundly changed the face of the Orthodox world in both Israel and the United States.

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Next Generation Philanthropy: Changing the World An Article from eJewish Philanthropy Forbes Insights has released the findings of a new study, "Next Generation Philanthropy: Changing the World," sponsored by Credit Suisse Group, as part of the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy. Continue Reading

NY Times Columnist Peddles in Anti-Semitic Stereotypes
An Article from The New York Times

Paul Ryan has not sautéed in foreign policy in his years on Capitol Hill. The 42-year-old congressman is no Middle East savant; till now, his idea of a border dispute has more likely involved Wisconsin and Illinois.

Greek Neo-Nazi Party Sets Up New York Office
An Article from JTA

The Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party reportedly set up an office in New York City in a bid to bolster its support among expatriate Greek communities. Continue Reading

Summer's End in the Catskills
An Article from The Jewish Week

Most of the 250,000 Jews who summered in the Catskills this year have boxed up the insides of their bungalows. Seasonal stores are shuttered. Continue Reading

Watch 2016 Obama's America
An Article from Matzav

2016 Obama's America takes audiences on a gripping visual journey into the heart of the world's most powerful office to reveal the struggle of whether one man's past will redefine America over the next four years. Continue Reading

New Shoes and Gas Masks
An Article from The Jewish Week

Like every other shopping mall in Israel just hours before the start of Rosh HaShanah, the Hadar mall in southern Jerusalem was the scene of frantic last-minute activity. Continue Reading

Israel's Haredi Community Confronts Child Sex Abuse With New Book
An Article from NBC

The ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, known as Haredim, has a closed and secluded way of life.

Hiddush Poll Claims Haredi Parties Distancing Jews From Religion
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

A new poll conducted for the Hiddush religious freedom lobbying group revealed that 67 percent of the Jewish population believes that the activities of haredi political parties distance the public from Judaism.
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ZAKA Chairman's Son Joins IDF
An Article from Ynet News

Up to a decade ago, ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav was considered the symbol of ultra-Orthodox extremism in his role as the legendary operations officer of the Eda Haredit faction.
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Jews are Collateral Damage in the European's Far Right Campaign Against Islam
An Article from Haaretz

In light of all the media attention focused on Marine Le Pen's proposal to ban the wearing of kippas in public spaces in France over the last two days, you would have thought that the leader of Front National has embarked on an anti-Semitic campaign.

Le Pen Seeks Ban on Jewish Headwear
An Article from Ynet News

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen called Friday for a ban on the wearing of Muslim veils and Jewish skullcaps in public, adding to religious tensions sparked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Columnist Calls German Journalist 'Pure Anti-Semite'
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Popular Die Welt columnist Henryk M. Broder launched a piercing attack on Tuesday against Jakob Augstein, owner and editor of the Der Freitag weekly, for spreading Nazi-style anti-Semitism on Spiegel Online, where Augstein blogs. Continue Reading

Jewish Leader Calls for 'Urgent' Meeting Following Le Pen's Proposal to Ban Wearing Skullcaps in Public
An Article from European Jewish Press

The leader of a European Jewish organization has called on European Parliament President Martin Schulz to convene an " urgent" session the assembly "in order to discuss how to cut down, as they bud, the hallucinatory anti-Semitic initiatives of French extreme-right leader Marine Le Pen." Continue Reading

Strange Case of a Death on Venice
An Article from The Forward

Isaac Pollak of New York City has sent me a photograph from his private Judaica collection of a late 18th-century engraving by an Italian artist named Giovanni del Pian. Continue Reading

Controversial Plans to Move Montefiore Remains from Ramsgate to Israel
An Article from The Jewish Week

A major international row has blown up over the future resting place of one of Kent's best known Jewish families. Continue Reading

Wayne Firestone Stepping Down as CEO of Hillel
An Article from JTA

After seven years as the chief executive at Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, Wayne Firestone will be stepping down from his post in June 2013. Continue Reading

Jewish Youth Activism: A Model for Leadership Development
An Article from Zeek

Looking back, I find that my years growing up in a committed Cleveland, Ohio, family coincided with the twilight of twentieth-century Jewish romanticism. Continue Reading

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