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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
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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AJOP Wishes
Klal Yisrael Chag Kasher V'Sameach |
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|  Project Witness Seeking Speakers for Webinar Series
The speaker must be a child of Holocaust survivors and/or a mental health professional who treats those suffering from the aftermath of the Holocaust. Presentations need to include a psychological angle of instruction for those listening. The following are some suggested topics for webinars:
a) Relative Suffering b) Survivor Guilt c) Emotional Consequence of Choices Which Cause Death to Others d) Religious Implications to the Holocaust Survivor & family e) Psychology of Survival f) The Experience of Meaning in Suffering g) Can Life Be Experienced as Meaningful in the Face of Tragic Suffering? |
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| New Kiruv Video Resources Now Available!
 View the most popular Shabbat video on YouTube. 150,000 viewers make BestKindofLife.com videos viral. Great resource to share with friends and students. Click Here to Watch the Video
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| Sell Your Chametz Online!
Beis Medrash Binyan Tzion, under the esteemed leadership of HaRav Asher Weiss, has made the electronic sale of chametz available this year free of charge to anyone. Click Here to Access the Application |
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 Learning From (and Expanding) Do-It-Yourself Judaism for Young AdultsAn Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The idea of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Judaism is not new, but it's enjoying some time in the spotlight these days, particularly as a method for engaging young adults in Jewish life.
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The average salary of a young employee working at a Jewish communal agency is $66,044, according to a survey released by a group of professionals in that field. Continue Reading
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 Mega Aliyah Fairs Attract Thousands
An Article from Ynet News
Nefesh B'Nefesh conducted a week of aliyah mega events and fairs in six major cities across North America together with the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, JNF-USA, and Israel's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption. An Article from The Forward The gathering itself was like an experimental art form, the art being Jewish outreach. For three days last week, 65 multidisciplinary Jewish artists from around the world met in this Putnam County town along the shimmering Hudson River. An Article from CBS News
A controversy has been re-ignited this week as ten new ads go up on San Francisco Muni buses containing quotes used by terrorists. Continue Reading An Article from The New York Times
"If life was fair, I'd be 5 foot 5," Atsuko Tanaka said as she fondled a thick strand of hair and worked it over with a comb and blow dryer. Continue Reading |
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 Who is Yair Lapid, and Why Should We Care?
An Article from The Towers
In 1931, Yair Lapid's grandfather purchased a leather-bound Haggadah in which he listed the annual participants in the family Seder.
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Oddly Peaceful Prayers
An Article from The Jewish Week
On Tuesday, Rosh Hodesh Nissan, members of the group Women of the Wall and their supporters gathered, as they do at the start of every Jewish month, at the back of the Western Wall's women's section.
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Why Debate the Jewish State? Prejudice
An Article from Commentary Magazine
Is it worth the effort to debate those who question Israel's legitimacy? In one sense, the answer has to be no. Continue Reading
Hoenlein Appeals to PM: Save Mount of Olives
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
Several prominent American Jewish organizations representing the Orthodox community have signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to "secure" the Mount of Olives and its 3,000-year-old Jewish graveyard from what they described as "continuous violence against visitors, rampant grave desecrations, dumping of refuse and gross defilement of the cemetery by local Arab youths."
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 Quinoa, 'Mother of all Grains,' May (Or May Not) be Kosher for Passover
An Article from JTA
On any given day, a wind might blow through the farmlands of South America, pick up an errant grain of barley and deposit it nearby among the vast rows of cultivated quinoa.
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Abandoning Education, the Great Equalizer
An Article from The Forward
As we all know, America is the quintessential Land of Opportunity.
It turns out, however, that what we know is wrong - very wrong.
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The Passover Story, PDF Style
An Article from The Jewish Week
Not so long ago, if you needed a new Haggadah for your seder, you'd head to a bookstore. Continue Reading Conservative Rabbi Offers 'Trial Balloon'
An Article from The Jewish Week
When one of the country's leading Conservative rabbis states publicly his discomfort with a major policy of the movement, it warrants attention and consideration. Continue Reading
The Wexner Foundation Launches Mentorship Program
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Edith Wharton powerfully said, "there are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."Continue Reading
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