AJOP Update: One in Five Americans Reports No Religious Affiliation

October 11, 2012 - 25 Tishrei 5773

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OUTREACH

Jewish After-School Stressing Flexibility

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Good to Great: A Jewish 10-Point Institutional Assessment Evaluating Successful Organizational Models

NORTH AMERICA

1 Million Unaffiliated Jews are Jewishly Engaged, Study Claims

University's Antisemitism Claims Probed

Born in Jerusalem, Israel?

ISRAEL

Kinneret at Highest October Levels in Six Years

The Well That Watered the Temple

INTERNATIONAL

German Cabinet Back Measure on Circumcision

Jews in France Fear Wave of Attacks

Hungarian Radio Praises Attack on Jewish Leader

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

One in Five Americans Reports no Religious Affiliation, Study Says

What Draws Interfaith Families to Jewish Life

Genetic Map of Jewish Diasporas Defined

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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 After-School Stressing Flexibility

An Article from The Jewish Week

For Rachel and Joel Silverman - a two-career couple in Atlanta - Hebrew school used to be yet another item on the family's already crowded to-do list.

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Good to Great: A Jewish Ten-Point Institutional Assessment Evaluating Successful Jewish Organizational Models An Article from eJewish Philanthropy Using Jim Collins' Good to Great principles, I had occasion to study four institutions within the American Jewish communal system, comparing their practices with Collins' concepts related to the social sector. Continue Reading

1 Million Unaffiliated Jews are Jewishly Engaged, Study Claims
An Article from The Workmen's Circle

For years there seemed to be two choices in Jewish life: a person was either an observant Jew or a cultural Jew, the type whose Jewish engagement begins and ends with watching Woody Allen movies and noshing on corned beef and rye sandwiches.

University's Antisemitism Claims Probed
An Article from Ynet News

US officials are investigating anti-Semitism allegations at the University of California, Berkeley. Continue Reading

Born in Jerusalem, Israel?
An Article from The Forward

On the floor of the Democratic National Convention, former Ohio governor Ted Strickland, chair of the party's platform committee, proposed the tardy insertion of language affirming that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, with a declaration that "President Obama recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel." Continue Reading

Kinneret at Highest October Levels in Six Years
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

As rain begins to dampen the streets of central and northern Israel this fall, experts find the water level of Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) to be encouraging - but with no correlation to the recent bouts of early seasonal rainfall. Continue Reading

The Well That Watered the Temple
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

The recent discovery of a massive water reservoir by the Temple Mount underscores the importance Simhat Torah.

German Cabinets Backs Measure on Circumcision
An Article from JTA

Germany's cabinet approved a proposed law on circumcision that is welcomed by Jewish and Muslim groups.

Jews in France Fear Wave of Attacks
An Article from Ynet News

The gunshots outside a synagogue and the grenade that shattered the windows of a kosher grocery spread fear into the streets - but caused little surprise.

Hungarian Radio Praises Attack on Jewish Leader
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

A Hungarian nationalist online radio station called the recent assault on a Jewish community leader in Budapest a "response to general Jewish terrorism." Continue Reading

One in Five Americans Reports No Religious Affiliation, Study Says
An Article from The Washington Post

One-fifth of U.S. adults say they are not part of a traditional religious denomination, new data from the Pew Research Center show, evidence of an unprecedented reshuffling of Americans' spiritual identities that is shaking up fields from charity to politics. Continue Reading

What Draws Interfaith Families to Jewish Life
An Article from The Jewish Week

Two findings on intermarriage highlight the "New York Jewish Community Study of 2011." Continue Reading

Genetic Map of Jewish Diasporas Defined
An Article from Ynet News

A new genetic analysis focusing on Jews from North Africa has provided an overall genetic map of the Jewish Diasporas.
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