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AJOP Board
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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
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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  The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel: 2012 Update
An Article from The Jewish Futures Project
The impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel on its alumni six to eleven years after their trip to Israel is examined in this study. The data are derived from the third year of a longitudinal study of Jewish young adults.
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Selling Torah: Talking Points on the Value of Jewish Education
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Do we emphasize the importance of Torah study itself enough when we pitch Jewish education to families? Continue Reading
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 An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Engaging Jewish donors is a challenging endeavor, especially when you're young. Being committed to helping my fellow lanzmen is rewarding, yet daunting.
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 Rabbis: Filter Internet in Women's Workplaces
An Article from Ynet News
Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbis have issued a new order concerning women as part of their battle against the dangers posed by the Internet. Continue Reading
Conference to Discuss Jewish World's Budget
An Article from Ynet News
More than 120 major Jewish leaders, decision makers and prominent academics from around the Jewish world, will attend the Conference on the Future of the Jewish People next week, October 30-31, at the Mount Zion Hotel in Jerusalem. Continue Reading
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 Filmmakers Who are Ultra-Orthodox and Ultra-Committed
An Article from The New York Times
At the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot this month, dozens of Israeli women in the insular world of the ultra-Orthodox Haredim had an extra bounty to celebrate: an opportunity to go to the movies. Continue Reading
Jewish Senior Camps Retool to Keep Up with More Active Seniors, and the Competition
An Article from JTA
Not many people attend summer camp with their parents. Mindelle Pierce went with her mom when her mother was in her 90s.
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Black Jews Gain Wider Acceptance
An Article from The Forward
The ordination took place on a sun-drenched Sabbath, in a synagogue used many decades ago by Lithuanian Jews. Continue Reading
Is Judaism a Proselytizing Religion?
An Article from Jewish Ideas Daily
When Mitt Romney became the Republican Presidential candidate, some of the media attention focused on his experience as a Mormon missionary in France and asked, subtly or not so subtly, whether a member of a proselytizing religion could properly lead a pluralistic society. Continue Reading
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