AJOP Update: The Story of Sandy and How Klal Yisrael Copes

November 15, 2012 - 1 Kislev 5773

Women in Kiruv Conference-100 Women, 19 States, 4 Countries, 3 Days

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OUTREACH

Taglit's Cream of the Crop: New Training Institute for Tour Educators

Back to the Future: The Global Jewish Conversation

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Nonprofit Leaders' Advice to the President

Donor-Advised Funds Surge Past Pre-Recession Highs

Sephardim Move to Restructure Charities

NORTH AMERICA

The Story of Sandy and How Klal Yisrael Copes

Harvard Caves: University 'Deeply Troubled' by 'Israeli Mezze Station' at Cafeteria

Meet the Election's Biggest Donors

Poll: Over 85% of US Muslim Voters Picked Obama

Possible New Defense Secretary Has History of Anti-Israel Bias

In Victory, Obama Gets 69% of Jewish Vote Exit Polls Say

Sandy Closes Offices of Forward, Other Jewish Organizations

ISRAEL

Israeli Team to Help Put 'Disaster Robots' on Their Feet

INTERNATIONAL

Historian: Norway is West's Most Anti-Semitic, Anti-Israel Country

Kids' Books Glorify Jihad at Frankfurt Book Fair

Finland's Jews Advised Not to Wear Kippah

'Islamization of Europe a Good Thing'

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Hardest Hit Schools Scrambling to Recover

How Waze's Crowd-Sourced Data Helped FEMA Deliver Gas After Sandy

Do Our Compensation Patterns Reflect Our Values?

We All Know Who Sephardim Are, But Where Exactly was Sepharad?

A New Model of Learning: The Yeshiva as R&D Department of the Jewish World

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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

Women in Kiruv Conference-100 Women, 19 States, 4 Countries, 3 Days On November 4-6, AJOP in conjunction with WIK, JWRP and North American Campus Mekarvos, hosted the 3rd annual Women in Kiruv Conference. 100 women from the United States, Canada and Israel came to Baltimore, MD for inspiration, chizuk and a little bit of pampering. Read More Listen to the Audio View Photos

Taglit's Cream of the Crop: New Training Institute for Tour Educators

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Taglit-Birthright Israel launched the new Taglit Institute for Tour Educators in May this year.

Back to the Future: The Global Jewish Conversation

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Cellular networks. Text messaging. Internet. Social networks. Facebook. Crowd sourcing. Twitter. Continue Reading

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Nonprofit Leader's Advice to the President

An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Nonprofit leaders have lots of ideas for President Obama in his second term. Today and over the next few days, we'll offer some of their views and encourage you to join in with your own ideas in the comments section. Continue Reading

Donor Advised Funds Surge Past Pre-Recession Highs
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Donor-advised funds last year grew for the first time since 2007, the best year the funds had before the recession took hold, according to a study released today. Continue Reading

Sephardim Move to Restructure Charities
An Article from The Jewish Week

In the wake of criminal financial allegations at the top of the Syrian Jewish community's leadership, the larger Sephardic community is working to reform the way its charities operate, demanding more transparency and oversight, The Jewish Week has learned.
Continue Reading

The Story of Sandy and How Klal Yisrael Copes
An Article from The Yated

Beach Ninth Street is a pretty, tree lined block in Far Rockaway where Dr. Nachman Schorr and his family have lived for twenty five years.

Harvard Caves: University 'Deeply Troubled' by 'Israeli Mezze Station' at Cafeteria
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Harvard Business School is "deeply troubled" for having offended Arab sensibilities due to the mischaracterization of various foods appearing on the menu of the dining room's Israeli Mezze Station. Continue Reading

Meet the Election's Biggest Donors
An Article from CNN

More than $4 billion: That's how much experts anticipate have been spent trying to win your vote. It's the most expensive election in U.S. history. Continue Reading

Poll: Over 85% of US Muslim Voters Picked Obama
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

More than 85 percent of Muslim voters in the United States voted for US President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, according to a poll by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Continue Reading

Possible New Defense Secretary Has History of Anti-Israel Bias
An Article from The Algemeiner

Now that Barack Obama has secured himself four more years in office reports have it that he is assessing his cabinet and considering retooling it. Continue Reading

In Victory, Obama Gets 69% of Jewish Vote, Exit Polls Say
An Article from The Jewish Week

n winning re-election Tuesday, President Barack Obama beat back a strong challenge from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who tried to woo Jewish voters by painting Obama as an untrustworthy ally of Israel. Continue Reading

Sandy Closes Offices of Forward, Other Jewish Organizations
An Article from The Jewish Week

A Manhattan office building that houses the Jewish Daily Forward and several Jewish organizations may be closed for several months due to flood damage sustained from Hurricane Sandy. Continue Reading

Israeli Team to Help Put 'Disaster Robots' on Their Feet An Article from The Times of Israel An Israeli team led by researchers from Ben-Gurion University was invited this week to participate in a US-sponsored project to develop control software for the next generation of "rescue" robots, designed to deal with disasters. Continue Reading

Historian: Norway is West's Most Anti-Semitic, Anti-Israel Country
An Article from The Algemeiner

A major Norwegian historian and diplomat accused her own country of being "the most anti-Semitic country in the West" and attacked it for "biased support for only the Palestinian views" at a Jerusalem event on Tuesday. Continue Reading

Kids' Books Glorify Jihad at Frankfurt Book Fair
An Article from Tablet Magazine

Last month, I wrote about a disturbing phenomenon in the world of publishing: international book fairs honoring authoritarian regimes that ban books, imprison writers, and otherwise smother the literary spirit. Continue Reading

Finland's Jews Advised Not to Wear Kippah
An Article from Ynet News

Finland's Jewish community members have been advised not to wear a skullcap in public for fear of anti-Semitic attacks. Continue Reading

'Islamization of Europe a Good Thing'
An Article from Ynet News

As concerns grow over the increasing number of Muslims in Europe, it appears not everyone is bothered by the issue, including an Israeli rabbi who even welcomes the phenomenon. Continue Reading

Hardest Hit Schools Scrambling to Recover
An Article from The Jewish Week

Mazel means "luck" in Hebrew, and for Brooklyn's Mazel Day School - along with many other Jewish schools damaged by Hurricane Sandy - the luck ran out last week.
Continue Reading

How Waze's Crowd-Sourced Data Helped FEMA Deliver Gas After Sandy
An Article from Gigaom

Close to 30 million mobile app users turn to Waze to tap its crowd-sourced data for car directions. Continue Reading

Do Our Compensation Patterns Reflect Our Values?
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

In the spring of 2012, we - a group of NYU alumni, all young professionals working in the Jewish communal sector - launched a compensation survey of the field. Continue Reading

We All Know Who Sepharadim Are, But Where Exactly was Sepharad?
An Article from Catalan International Review

In Israeli Hebrew, the current Spanish state is called Sepharad; but Sepharad never corresponded to what is nowadays known as Spain, either in antiquity or in the Middle Ages. Continue Reading

A New Model of Learning: The Yeshiva as the R&D Department of the Jewish World
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The traditional name of a place of higher Torah learning is a "yeshiva," literally a place of sitting. Too many of our religious institutions today focus on stability - on sitting still and maintaining the status quo. Continue Reading

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