AJOP Update: Jewish Students at Risk

November 1, 2012 - 16 Cheshvan 5773

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OUTREACH

Jewish Education "in a Cafe, Under a Tree, or in a Dorm"

Training Madrichim for Taglit FSU

Jewish Students at Risk

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Jewish Nonprofits Need to Reach Out for Legacy Gifts

Nonprofit Leaders Urge Obama and Romney to Protect Tax Break

Most Donors Plan to Give as Much or More in 2012, Survey Finds

NORTH AMERICA

Law Regulating Bris Milah Ignites Court Battle

Study: No Antisemitism, Anti-Israel Push at Most College Campuses

Shmuley Boteach's Big Race

Jewish Neighborhoods in Hurricane Sandy's Crosshairs

Agreement Reached on NJ Jewish Burials

ISRAEL

A Reform Rabbi in the Knesset? Gilad Kariv, Head of Israeli Reform, is Mulling a Run

INTERNATIONAL

Limmud Making Its Debut in Mexico

Greek Metropolitan Bishop Says Neo-Nazis are 'People's Hope'

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

The Monuments Men

Rescued From Kristallnacht, a Family Torah Reaches a New Generation

Posen Foundation Launching New Jewish Studies Fellowships

Rebel Catholic Group Expels Holocaust-Denying Bishop

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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 Education "in a Cafe, Under a Tree, or in a Dorm"

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

In some ways, newly hired educators Jordan Magidson, Jessica Shimberg, and Zac Johnson each fit the expected profile for a Jewish educator.

Training Madrichim for Taglit FSU

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Joel Frankel's thoughtful article has got the ball rolling on a very important discussion focused on the role of the national "madrichim" staff in Taglit-Birthright and the ways to improve its contribution to the success of this flagship Jewish project of our generation.? Continue Reading

Jewish Students at Risk

An Article from Ami Magazine

By 1922, Harvard University was in trouble. The problem? The Jews. The number of Jews admitted to Harvard University was steadily increasing. Continue Reading

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Jewish Non-Profits Need to Reach Out for Legacy Gifts

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Nonprofit executives and donors frequently hear - and intellectually understand - the words "bequest" and "legacy," but all-too-often the Jewish community seems to find itself lagging in establishing these critical campaign components as priorities.

Non-Profit Leaders Urge Obama and Romney to Protect Tax Break
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Leaders of big nationwide nonprofits sent letters to President Obama and Mitt Romney on Thursday urging the presidential candidates to reconsider their proposals to cut the charitable tax deduction.
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Most Donors Plan to Give as Much or More in 2012, Survey Finds
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Eighty-one percent of donors plan to contribute the same amount or more than in 2011, an annual survey by Fidelity Charitable finds.
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Law Regulating Bris Milah Ignites Court Battle
An Article from Yated

Major organizations representing the full spectrum of New York's religious communities - from Chasidic to Litvish to Modern Orthodox and various shades in between - have joined ranks in filing for a preliminary injunction against the law in the Southern District of New York, under Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald.

Study: No Antisemitism, Anti-Israel Push at Most Colleges
An Article from JTA

Ninety-seven percent of U.S. and Canadian college campuses report no anti-Israel or anti-Semitic events, and the campus-based anti-Israel divestment effort has failed, according to a new study. Continue Reading

Shmuley Boteach's Big Race
An Article from The Jewish Week

In a public school auditorium in Passaic, N.J., Monday night, a debate between Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and the man he wants to unseat in Congress, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., turned fiery when the rabbi suggested his opponent wasn't sufficiently pro-Israel. Continue Reading

Jewish Neighborhoods in Hurricane Sandy's Crosshairs
An Article from The Forward

Evacuations were ordered in predominantly Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Coney Island as Hurricane Sandy lumbered up the East Coast, shutting down subways and sending shoppers in a panic before she even makes landfall.Continue Reading

Agreement Reached on NJ Jewish Burials
An Article from Ynet News

Cemetery operators, rabbis and lawmakers have signed an agreement on several aspects of a years-long dispute surrounding burials in New Jersey's largest Jewish cemeteries. Continue Reading
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A Reform Rabbi in the Knesset? Gilad Kariv, Head of Israeli Reform, is Mulling a Run An Article from JTA Growing up secular in Tel Aviv, Gilad Kariv often would spend Saturdays hiking around rural Israel with his family, appreciating its nature and telling its history. Continue Reading

Limmud Making Its Debut in Mexico
An Article from JTA

Limmud will be holding its first conference in Mexico. More than 60 presenters from across the Jewish spectrum will engage an expected 300 Jews of diverse affiliations at the Limmud Mexico on Oct. 28. Continue Reading

Greek Metropolitan Bishop Says Neo-Nazis are People's Hope"
An Article from Romea

A leading representative of the Greek Orthodox church, Metropolitan Bishop Ambrosios of Kalavryta, shocked the public yesterday by calling the neo-Nazis in the Golden Dawn party the "sweet hope" of the people.
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The Monuments Men
An Article from The Jewish Week

U.S. Col. Seymour Pomrenze received his basic training in a Ukrainian village, while still a child (then known as Sholom Ben-Yaakov). Continue Reading

Rescued from Kristallnacht, a Family Torah Reaches a New Generation
An Article from JTA

It was the "Night of Broken Glass" in Germany, Kristallnacht -- a national pogrom of death and destruction of Jewish property and the rounding up of Jews -- and Dietrich (David) Hamburger was in hiding.
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Posen Foundation Launching New Jewish Studies Fellowship
An Article from JTA

The Posen Foundation will launch a fellowship for six Jewish studies scholars and two fiction writers. Continue Reading

Rebel Catholic Group Expels Holocaust-Denying Bishop
An Article from Ynet News

A rebel Catholic traditionalist group has expelled British-born Bishop Richard Williamson, who deeply embarrassed the Vatican by denying the Holocaust shortly before he was readmitted to the Church three years ago. Continue Reading

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