AJOP Update: Jewish Religious Pluralism Is A Destructive Idea

January 3, 2013 - 21 Teves 5773

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Steven Spielberg's Judaism

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Financial Stability by Eliminating Fundraising

NORTH AMERICA

The Mayor Who Put Jewishness in Your Face

Top Jewish Leader Says Chuck Hagel Nomination 'Likely'

US Gets 11th Jewish Senator

NoahPozner.com: Exploiting a Tragedy

ISRAEL

Archeologists Dig Up 3,000 Year Old Temple at Motza
Who are the Bnei Menashe?
2012 Top Ten Antisemitic/Anti-Israel Slurs
Israeli Teens Journey to Ethiopia to Walk in Their Parents' Footsteps

INTERNATIONAL

Iraqi Writer Defies Taboo Against Talking About Jewish History

Arab League Chief Finally Tells the Truth

Suha Arafat Admits Husband Premeditated Intifada

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Embracing Innovation in Yeshiva Education

The Man with the Plan, Rabbi Nochum Stilerman: Week 5

The Religious Mindset

Defying the KGB: How a Forgotten Movement Freed a People

Looking for the Bible Amidst a Labyrinth of Texts

Jewish Religious Pluralism is a Destructive Idea

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AJOP Board

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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

Cincinnati, OH

Rabbi Simcha Scholar

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Dovid Refson

Jerusalem, Israel

Mr Gary Torgow

Detroit, MI

Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD

Teaneck, NJ

Steven Spielberg's Judaism

An Article from The Algemiener

Steven Spielberg's films, including his latest, "Lincoln," continue to reflect his Jewish upbringing. Continue Reading

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Financial Stability by Eliminating Fundraising

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The organization I walked into was $1 million in the red, had a $4.5 million cost overrun and mortgage from a recent, disastrous renovation, "borrowed" $1 million from their endowment fund to make ends meet, had two decades of year-end operating deficits, and lost the confidence of its major donors due to perceived organizational and financial mismanagement. Continue Reading

The Mayor Who Put Jewishness in Your Face
An Article from The Jewish Week

Many eras could reasonably compete as the defining Jewish moment of New York City: pushcarts on the Lower East Side, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the CCNY point-shaving scandal, the Ocean Hill-Brownsville teachers' strike, the Brill Building's influence on the American songbook, and the garment industry's styling of American haute couture.

Top Jewish Leader Says Chuck Hagel Nomination 'Likely'
An Article from The Algeminer

A top Jewish leader said that former senator Chuck Hagel is likely to be nominated by the White House for the position of Defense Secretary.

US Gets 11th Jewish Senator
An Article from The Times of Israel

Hawaii's governor named his Jewish lieutenant governor, Brian Schatz, to replace the late Daniel Inouye in the US Senate.

NoahPozner.com: Exploiting a Tragedy
An Article from The Jewish Week

When the names of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, CT were announced, Jewish media outlets immediately published articles about the youngest victim Noah Pozner, who was laid to rest earlier this week in a traditional Jewish funeral. Continue Reading

Archeologists Dig Up 3,000 Year Old Temple at Motza
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Archeologists uncovered rare remains of ritual objects and a 3,000-year-old temple while conducting excavations ahead of the renovation of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, the Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday.

Who are the Bnei Menashe?
An Article from Tablet Magazine

On Monday afternoon, Geula Tautang, 19, paced frenetically through the arrivals area at Ben Gurion airport, but her eyes never lost focus on the automatic sliding doors. Continue Reading

2012 Top Ten Antisemitic/Anti-Israel Slurs
An Article from The Simon Wiesenthal Center

"The Jews have dominated the land, spread corruption on earth, spilled the blood of believers and in their actions profaned holy places."
Continue Reading

Israeli Teens Journey to Ethiopia to Walk in Their Parents' Footsteps
An Article from The Times of Israel

In a secluded village in northern Ethiopia, near the foot of the Blue Nile, Zahava Aregito Zagaya, 16, and a group of other Israeli-Ethiopian teens were walking through expansive green and yellow pastures of grass and teff. Continue Reading

Iraqi Writer Defies Taboo Against Talking About Jewish History
An Article from The Algemiener

The recently held Conference of Religions and Sects in Iraq, supervised by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, was the first conference in the country dealing with the defense of religions in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Continue Reading

Arab League Chief Finally Tells the Truth
An Article from The Times of Israel

Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said two decades of talks with Israel have been "a waste of time" and that Palestinians will soon take a new statehood bid to the UN.

Suha Arfat Admits Husband Premeditated Intifada
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

Yasser Arafat's widow, Suha, admitted that the late Palestinian leader planned the second intifada, in an interview with Dubai TV earlier this month, according to a translation by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

Embracing Innovation in Yeshiva Education
An Article from The Jewish Week

At the Affordable Jewish Education Project (AJE), we are proud to be partnering with three new yeshivas to aggressively embrace educational innovation with an eye towards affordability.

The Man with the Plan-Rabbi Nochum Stilerman: Week 5
An Article from Mishpacha

The SMART Plan is a most effective tool to achieve a life goal. But no
matter what your specific goal, keep in mind the ultimate goal: to improve your connection to Hashem. Continue Reading

The Religious Mindset
An Article from Jewish Media Resources

I'm often struck by the commonalities in ways of thinking shared by religious believers of different faiths - or at least Christians and Jews. Continue Reading

Defying the KGB: How a Forgotten Movement Freed a People
An Article from CNN

Driven by desperation, Marina and Lev Furman stepped out of their home in Leningrad and took a 20-minute walk into uncertainty. Continue Reading

Looking for the Bible Amidst a Labyrinth of Texts
An Article from Standpoint

The Jewish religion is based on a book that is surrounded, complemented and interpreted by tradition. Continue Reading

Jewish Religious Pluralism is a Destructive Idea
An Article from The Jewish Week

The slogan of "religious pluralism" has become a banner around which the American Jewish community has gathered and found common purpose.
Continue Reading

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