AJOP Update: Parents Face Dilemmas When Jewish Schools Close

January 24, 2013 - 13 Shevat 5773

Selected Video & Audio Available From the 2013 AJOP Convention:

Keeping a Baal Teshuvah Community Healthy & Normal

Branding Your Organization Into a Household Name

What Does the Frum Community Need?

OUTREACH

Why I Can't Write About Reb Mendel Weinbach zt"l

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Non-Profits Urge Congress to Preserve Discount Rates

When is the Right Time to Ask for a Donation?

NORTH AMERICA

Study: Jewish Growth in NY Draws on Brooklyn

Hagel Meets with Top Jewish Leaders

Study Indicts New York Times for Anti-Israel Bias

Rand Paul: Obama 'Arrogant and Presumptuous' About Israel

A West Bronx Shul May Close, and an Era Along With It

Massachusetts Yeshiva Launches Last-Ditch Effort To Stay Open

Latest Jewish Population Data Show Gains in Manhattan, Loss in Suffolk

ISRAEL

US Watchdog: Israel is Mideast's Only 'Free' State

INTERNATIONAL

BBC Admits Morsi Anti-Semitic

Egypt Confirms Ahmadinejad to Make Cairo Visit

Hungarian Prosecutor Dismisses Complaint Files Against Politician Who Wanted to Make List of Jews

For a Jewish School in Downtown Brussels, It's Relocate or Shut Down

Nazi's 'Righteous' Sister Has Belgium Rethinking Shoah

Russia Irate Over US Jewish Texts Ruling

Germany Convicts Shoah-Denying Bishop

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Parents Face Dilemmas When Jewish Schools Close

Peres Given Haunting Diary of Warsaw Ghetto Fighter

Rare Holocaust Diary Unveiled

LA, San Antonio to Get Hebrew Charter Schools

Major Judaica Collection Auctioned in NY

To View Our Archives of Past Newsletters

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

Cincinnati, 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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Why I Can't Write About Reb Mendel Weinbach zt"l

An Article from Ohr.edu

At first I said I can't do this. My head is too much of a jumble. Reb Mendel was my rebbi in 1967, in a small yeshiva in Yerushalayim that was to set the stage for the epic production of Ohr Somayach. Continue Reading

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Nonprofits Urge Congress to Preserve Discount Rates An Article from Chronicle of Philanthropy Independent Sector and eight other groups asked a powerful Congressional committee Tuesday to preserve discount postage rates for nonprofits as it drafts legislation to change how the U.S. Postal Service works. Continue Reading
When is the Right Time to Ask for a Donation? An Article from eJewish Philanthropy Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) Conference, and one of the participants asked me, "When do you know that you have asked someone for a donation enough times? Continue Reading

Study: Jewish Growth in NY Draws on Brooklyn
An Article from The Times of Israel

Two-thirds of Jewish population growth in the New York area has come from two largely Orthodox neighborhoods, a study found.

Hagel Meets with Top Jewish Leaders
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

In a meeting with Jewish leaders, Chuck Hagel, US President Obama's defense secretary nominee, affirmed his commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and to maintaining Israel's qualitative military edge.

Study Indicts New York Times for Anti-Israel Bias
An Article from PJ Media

New York Times journalists are extremely protective of their newspaper's reputation as the "paper of record." So when faced with criticism of their reporting or accusations of journalistic bias, they tend to reject it, discrediting their critics as insignificant right-wingers.

Rand Paul: Obama 'Arrogant and Presumptuous' About Israel
An Article from The Washington Post

In a conference call today with a small group of journalists, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said that President Obama was "arrogant and presumptuous" in saying in recent weeks that Israel "doesn't know what its own best interests are." Continue Reading

A West Bronx Shul May Close, and An Era Along With It
An Article from The Jewish Week

"It gets late early" in the Bronx, said Yogi Berra. The Bronx had more Jews than Israel in 1948, and likely more shuls than Jerusalem, but, within 15 years, those who stayed, stayed too late. The borough "changed."
Continue Reading

Massachusetts Yeshiva Launches Last Ditch Effort to Stay Open
An Article from The Jewish Week

A Chabad-affiliated yeshiva in Worcester, Mass., has launched a last-ditch effort to prevent its imminent closure. Continue Reading

Latest Jewish Population Data Show Gains in Manhattan, Loss in Suffolk
An Article from The Jewish Week

The Jewish population in the Washington Heights/Inwood communities on the northern tip of Manhattan has soared by 144 percent since 2002, while Suffolk County, with a 4 percent decrease in Jews during that time, is the only suburban county to experience a Jewish population loss.
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US Watchdog: Israel is Mideast's Only 'Free' State An Article from The Jerusalem Post Israel is the Middle East's only "free" state, the US-based Freedom House wrote in its annual report last week, a ranking in stark contrast to claims by the country's critics. Continue Reading

BBC Admits Morsi Antisemitic
An Article from Commentary

The BBC has finally issued a correction on a story that downplayed the video of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi making anti-Semitic comments in 2010.

Egypt Confirms Ahmadinejad to Make Cairo Visit
An Article from JTA

Egypt confirmed Sunday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to attend a major summit of Islamic countries in Cairo next month, possibly signaling warming ties between Egypt's new regime and Tehran.

Hungarian Prosecutor Dismisses Complaint Filed Against Politician Who Wanted to Make List of Jews
An Article from The Algemeiner

The Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) has learned that a complaint filed against a Hungarian politician who urged the government to compile list of Jews who pose a "national security risk" has been dismissed by Hungary's Prosecutorial Office for Criminal Investigation.

For a Jewish School in Downtown Brussels, It's Relocate or Shut Down
An Article from JTA

On the third floor of the Belgian capital's oldest Jewish school, Jacquy Wajc pauses to listen to the eerie silence that hangs in the hallways. Continue Reading

Nazi's 'Righteous' Sister Has Belgium Rethinking Shoah
An Article from The Forward

As the sister of Belgium's most powerful Nazi, Madeleine Cornet knew better than to inquire about the ethnicity of the three women she hired as housemaids in October 1942. Continue Reading

Russia Irate Over US Jewish Texts Ruling
An Article from Ynet News

Russia has criticized a US judge's ruling in a longstanding dispute over a collection of Jewish writings, warning of potential retaliation in an irate statement that reflected strained ties with the United States.
Continue Reading

Germany Convicts Shoah-Denying Bishop
An Article from Ynet News

A German court has fined an ultraconservative British bishop €1,800 ($2,400) for denying the Holocaust in a television interview.
Continue Reading

Parents Face Dilemmas When Jewish Schools Close
An Article from The Forward

In January 2012, Irit Pinkus was shocked to learn that her daughter's Jewish day school would close at the end of the semester, leaving her and the parents of the school's other 150 students with a tough decision: where to place their children next year.

Peres Given Haunting Diary of Warsaw Ghetto Fighter
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

In April, Jews around the world and the Poles of Warsaw will mark the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Continue Reading

Rare Holocaust Diary Unveiled
An Article from Ynet News

"At night, we will be led to Treblinka. It's the last time I see the blue sky." A copy of a rare diary from the Holocaust was presented on Thursday to President Shimon Peres at the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum.

LA, San Antonio to Get Hebrew Charter Schools
An Article from The Jewish Week

Two more Hebrew charter schools recently won approval to open in the United States. This week the Los Angeles Unified School District Board formally approved Lashon Academy Charter School, which will be located in Van Nuys.

Major Judaica Collection Auctioned in NY
An Article from Ynet News

Philanthropist and former Wall Street money manager Michael Steinhardt began collecting objects of Jewish history and culture three decades ago, eventually amassing a collection of manuscripts, textiles and art worth millions of dollars.

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