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November 8, 2012 - 23 Cheshvan 5773

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OUTREACH

'Cultural Jews' Define Themselves on Their Own Terms

Limmud Polska: It's No Joke

Birthright Reshuffles Follow Up Effort

When it Flooded Like Leningrad: Young Russian Jews Take On Sandy

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

In Superstorm's Wake, Charities Worry About Year End Giving

Average Gift by the Wealthy Has Declined Since 2009

Jewish Groups Set to Fight Cuts for Charity Deductions

NORTH AMERICA

Community Dazed Battered by Storm

Yale Professor's Exhibit Shows That 'Big Food' is Real-and Scary

Study: Orthodox Jewish Males Transmitted Mumps in School

In Crown Heights, Police Have Failed the Jewish Community

Video: Agudah of Bayswater Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy

'Fifty Years of History Destroyed in Minutes'

Far Rockaways Desperately Need Your Help

ISRAEL

Leaders Call to Fight Wave of Anti-Israel Agitation

INTERNATIONAL

British Jews Complain About Anti-Israel Cleric

Nazi Leader's Sister Hid Jews During Holocaust

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Using Latest Technology to Train Rabbis

OTZMA to Close

The Courage of Ronnie Fraser

Forward Finds New Way to Bash the Orthodox: Federal Money Going to Yeshivas

Loving Jews, Hating Jews

Quiet King of Orthodox Music

A Matchmaker Named Sandy

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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

'Cultural Jews' Define Themselves on Their Own Terms

An Article from Ynet News

An Ipsos Internet poll of 1,000 American Jews reveals that one in six are purposefully looking for a way to express themselves Jewishly and engage with their Jewish identity outside of affiliation with a synagogue.

Limmud Polska: It's No Joke

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The snow began falling just as the buses were unloading for the 5th Annual Limud conference in Poland. Continue Reading

Birthright Reshuffles Follow-Up Effort

An Article from The Forward

Birthright Israel NEXT is ceding its follow-up role in connecting young Jews to their Jewish identity after the free trips they take to Israel via the Taglit Birthright Israel program.

Outreacharticle4 When It Flooded Like Leningrad: Young Russian Jews Take On Sandy

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Russian Jews are a tough bunch, our collective memories include many hardships and when it comes to pending storms our initial reaction to the media frenzy is usually a cynical one. Continue Reading

In Superstorm's Wake, Charities Worry About Year-End Giving

An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

As the scale of the disaster caused by Superstorm Sandy is increasingly evident, charity leaders are wondering about another impact of the storm: its effect on the all-important end-of-year fundraising season.

Average Gift by the Wealthy Has Declined Since 2009
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

While 95 percent of the country's wealthiest households gave to charity last year, the average dollar amount they donated declined by 7 percent compared with 2009, when the last results were available, according to a study to be released this week. Continue Reading

Jewish Groups Set to Fight Cuts for Charity Deductions
An Article from The Jewish Week

Jewish groups are preparing to fight cuts to the charitable tax deduction that both President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney have proposed to reduce the budget deficit. Continue Reading

Community Dazed, Battered by Sandy
An Article from The Jewish Week

She was a political activist who had just started a teaching job at Bushwick High School for Social Justice.

Yale Professor's Exhibit Shows That 'Big Food' is Real-and Scary
An Article from JTA

What is it with Jews and food? We're obsessed about it, but often with the wrong kind, like the large bagel we crave on the way into work. Continue Reading

Study: Orthodox Jewish Males Transmitted Mumps in School
An Article from The Forward

A mumps outbreak in New York and New Jersey in which 97 percent of the more than 3,500 cases were Orthodox Jews was a result of the way Orthodox boys are schooled, according to a new study. Continue Reading

In Crown Heights, the Police Have Failed the Jewish Community
An Article from The Algemeiner

Over the past week, there has been an attempted rape of an engaged woman and a brutal beating and mugging of a Jewish man in Crown Heights. Continue Reading

Video: Agudah of Bayswater Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
An Article from The Yeshiva World

Among the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Agudah in Bayswater was unfortunately destroyed. Continue Reading

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'Fifty Years of History Destroyed in Minutes'
An Article from The Jewish Week

Mazel means "luck" in Hebrew, and until this week, the luck at Brooklyn's Mazel Day School - where enrollment recently jumped from 100 to 140, despite a substantial tuition increase - was mostly the good kind. Continue Reading

Far Rockaways Desperately Need Your Help
An Article from The Forward

n the Far Rockaways, there is no Red Cross relief, no FEMA, no National Guard shuttling in supplies for the elderly Polish and Russian Jews living in high rises without power or heat. Continue Reading

Leaders Call to Fight Wave of Anti-Israel Agitation An Article from The Jerusalem Post The B'nai B'rith organization along with The Ecumenical Theological Research Fraternity in Israel kicked off a joint conference on Monday night focused on countering anti-Israel sentiment within the large Protestant churches around the world. Continue Reading

British Jews Complain About Anti-Israel Cleric
An Article from The Forward

The Jewish umbrella body in Britain lodged a complaint with church officials about an Anglican vicar whom they accuse of anti-Semitic speech. Continue Reading

Nazi Leader's Sister Hid Jews During Holocaust
An Article from The Forward

The sister of a Belgian Nazi leader hid three Jews in her home near Brussels during the Holocaust, according to one of the survivors. Continue Reading

Using Latest Technology to Train Rabbis
An Article from Ynet News

An innovative Orthodox rabbinical ordination program is using the latest technology and tools to capture the hearts and minds of students from around the world. Continue Reading

OTZMA to Close
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Jewish Federations of North America has announced that at the close of the current year's program they will close OTZMA, a long-term Isreal program launched in the mid 1980's. Continue Reading

The Courage of Ronnie Fraser
An Article from Commentary Magazine

I first met Ronnie Fraser, an unassuming lecturer in mathematics at one of London's further education colleges, in 2002. Continue Reading

Forward Finds New Way to Bash the Orthodox: Federal Money Going to Yeshivas
An Article from The Forward

Each year, tens of millions of dollars in federal Pell grants go to yeshivas, many of which focus primarily on Talmud study, a Forward review of U.S. Department of Education data reveals. Continue Reading

Loving Jews, Hating Jews
An Article from Jewish Ideas Daily

In their new book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, the sociologists Robert Putnam and David Campbell advance the striking claim that "Jews are the most broadly popular religious group in America today." Continue Reading

The Quiet King of Orthodox Music
An Article from Tablet Magazine

One evening last month, under a ceiling visibly weighed down by a library of over 10,000 books, Yossi Green, one of the most prolific and talented composers in the world of traditional Jewish music, performed a kumzitz. Continue Reading

A Matchmaker Named Sandy
An Article from The Jewish Week

A female student helping herself to dinner in the Yeshiva University cafeteria usually stands out like plant life on Mars. Continue Reading

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