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OUTREACH

How the Great-Great Grandfathers of Russian Jews are Bringing Their Descendents Back to Jewry

Shabbos, Family, Community: A Triple Kiruv Impact

          

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Bridging the Data Disconnect Between Nonprofits and Their Funders

Four Projects Supporting Diversity Receive Natan Grants

 Six Ways to Get Things Done When You're Not the Boss

           

NORTH AMERICA

When Ed Koch Condemned FDR for his Inaction During the Holocaust

Hagel Tells Arab Audience US Must 'Reverse Optics' on Israel

How Jewish Studies Departments are Blackmailed Into Submitting to the BDS Movement

 Haredi Readers Save New York's Oldest Yiddish Newspaper

 Nationwide Effort to Aid Sandy-Hit Congregations

 Jewish Students Expelled From BDS Conference

After These Jewish Prayer Services, Things Come 'To Life' at Open Bar

 

ISRAEL

   INTERNATIONAL

Hungarian Jews Flee to Austria

Rival UK Universities Join Forces to Save 1,000 Years of Jewish History 

Argentina Betrays the Jews

French Imams Visit Holocaust Site

In Uruguayan Beach Town, Jews Find Security and Sandy Beaches

Documents Show Venezuela Spying on Jewish Community

UK Report: Rise in Antisemitic Incidents

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity

New Gene Study of Jews Revives Khazar Hypothesis 

Why Does the Museum of Tolerance Fly Under the Radar?

Fresh Questions Swirl Around Nazi 'Mascot' Case

The Worst Five Years Since The Great Depression

                 

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MichaelHow the Great-Great Grandfathers of Russian Jews Are Bringing Their Descendents Back to Jewry

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy   

 

The history of Russian-Soviet Jewry has been both splendid and disastrous. From the traditional and relatively small pale of settlement communities of Tsarist Russia, the 20th century brought pogroms, two revolutions and two world wars, political repression and oppression, as well as several waves of emigration. Continue Reading 


outreacharticle2Shabbos, Family Community: A Triple Kiruv Impact 

An Article from Hamodia 

 

Self-confident by nature, Rick stands hesitantly on the doorstep. He
looks cynically at the word "Welcome" emblazoned on the fiber
doormat as he wipes his feet and practices his opening sentence,
"Hi, I'm Rick."Continue Reading 

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Fundraising1

Next week, I'm headed to Seattle for a couple of "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" book events generously sponsored by Microsoft. Continue Reading 


Fundraisingart2Four Projects Supporting Diversity Receive Natan Grants
An Article from JTA

Four Jewish community projects in the United States, Mexico and Uruguay will receive grants from the Natan Fund and the ROI Community.  Continue Reading

Fundraising2Six Ways to Get Things Done When You're Not the Boss
An Article from Forbes

Achieving your goals in today's workplace is about the right behaviors-not the right job titles. Continue Reading
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Namart1When Ed Koch Condemned FDR for his Inaction During the Holocaust
An Article from The Algemeiner
 

"Mayor Koch last night took on the ghost of President Franklin D. Roosevelt," an item in the New York Daily News in 1988 began, which probably surprised no one, since Ed Koch had spent a lifetime taking on everybody who deserved to be taken on, whether they were alive or dead.

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Hagel Tells Arab Audience US Must 'Reverse Optics' on Israel
An Article from Breitbart

The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations recently published a recording of a speech Hagel gave to its conference in 2007.
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Namart2How Jewish Studies Departments Are Blackmailed into Submitting to the BDS Movement
An Article from The Algemeiner

The recent boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) event at Brooklyn College featuring professional Palestinian Omar Barghouti and celebrity anti-Israel academic Judith Butler was true to form.
Continue Reading

Namart4Haredi Readers Save New York's Oldest Yiddish Newspaper
An Article from Ynet News

The rapid revival of strict Orthodox Jewish communities that has shifted New York City's religious demographics and transformed Israel's political landscape has created a new market niche for a 115-year-old Yiddish newspaper. Continue Reading

Namart6Nationwide Effort to Aid Sandy-Hit Congregations
An Article from The Jewish Week

Hundreds of Jewish holy books from a closing Flushing synagogue are looking for a new home. Continue Reading

Namart7Jewish Students Expelled from BDS Conference
An Article from New York Daily News

So much for academic freedom at Brooklyn College.

There was no place at an anti-Israel, anti-Semitic campus program for four students who attempted to attend with the goal of expressing contrary views.  Continue Reading  

 

Namart8After These Jewish Prayer Services, Things Come 'To Life' at Open Bar
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

Come Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, the atmosphere at Rabbi Sholom Lipskar's synagogue near Bal Harbour, Fla., turns festive. The eating and drinking start early. Continue Reading

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 israel1Jerusalem Plans to Bring Non-Jewish US Leaders to Israel

An Article from The Jerusalem Post

"Seeing is believing" is the philosophy behind a Foreign Ministry proposal to bring 3,000 North American non- Jewish campus influentials to Israel to show them the country and combat what ministry director-general for public diplomacy Gideon Meir called the "industry of lies" against the country. Continue Reading
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Internationalinternational
International1Hungarian Jews Flee to Austria
An Article from Ynet News

 

The leader of Vienna's Jewish community says anti-Semitism in Hungary is causing an influx of Jewish immigrants to Austria. 

Internatioanl2Rival UK Universities Join Forces to Save 1,000 Years of Jewish History
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Cambridge University Library and the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries have announced their first ever joint fundraising campaign to purchase the £1.2 million 'Lewis-Gibson Genizah Collection', currently owned by the United Reformed Church's Westminster College.
 Continue Reading

International3Argentina Betrays the Jews
An Article from PJ Media

Last week, Argentina and Iran jointly agreed to establish a 'truth commission' that will investigate the 1994 Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) bombing.
 Continue Reading

International4French Imams Visit Holocaust Site
An Article from Ynet News

Dozens of French imams have visited a Holocaust memorial in Drancy in an effort to show that Islam is a tolerant religion. Continue Reading

International5In Uruguayan Beach Town, Jews Find Security and Sandy Beaches
An Article from JTA

Known across South America as a beach oasis for the elite, and more recently as the site of Donald Trump's first residential development on the continent, Punta del Este has long seduced visitors with its beaches and luxury accommodations. Continue Reading

International6Documents Show Venezuela Spying on Jewish Community
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times

Espacio Anna Frank says its goal is to promote tolerance by teaching the life story of the teenage diarist murdered by the Nazis. Continue Reading

International7UK Report: Rise in Anti-Semitic Incidents
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

A report by the Community Security Trust (CST) on anti-Semitic incidents in the UK shows a slight rise of 5 percent in 2012 (640 incidents) compared to 2011. Continue Reading
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Interest1Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity
An Article from TED

Hear and see what Ken Robinson has to say about our school system and the effects it is having on our children. 

Continue Reading

Interestarticle6New Gene Study of Jews Revives Khazar Hypothesis
An Article from Ynet News

Jews of European origin are a mix of ancestries, with many hailing from tribes in the Caucasus who converted to Judaism and created an empire that lasted half a millennium, according to a gene study. Continue Reading

interest2Why Does the Museum of Tolerance Fly Under the Radar?
An Article from The Jewish Week

One of the best-kept secrets in the New York Jewish community most certainly is the Museum of Tolerance in Midtown - and not by design.
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Interest3Fresh Questions Swirl Around Nazi 'Mascot' Case
An Article from The Forward

A war crimes investigator cast fresh doubts on the autobiographical account of a purported Holocaust survivor living in Australia who says he was a child mascot for Nazis. Continue Reading

Interest4The Worst Five Years Since The Great Depression
An Article from Forbes

In February, 2009, I wrote for the Wall Street Journal an article entitled Reaganomics versus Obamanomics. Continue Reading
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