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Thinking Like a Teen

Orthodox Schooling: What Do We Know? 

          

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

5 Reasons Your Nonprofit Isn't Raising Enough Money 

 It's Time for a New Kind of Nonprofit Leader 

 UK Nonprofits Facing Fundraising Generation Gap as Mature Donors Donate 27% More Than Gen X 

What Makes Fundraising Truly Great? 

            

NORTH AMERICA

US Denies Israel Crucial Weapon  

Illinois Teenager Arrested on Terrorism Charges   

 Integrating 'Special Needs' and 'Core' Students at Carmel Academy in Greenwich 

LI Teen Arrested for Bomb Threat Against His Yeshiva; Released on $50G Bail 

 

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   INTERNATIONAL

Why Europe Has Failed to Confront Hezbollah 

Antisemitism, Anti-Americanism are UN Human Rights Council's Job Description 

Assailant 'Anti-Semite First, Madman Second' 

Poland to Step Up Slaughter Regulations  

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

The Honey-Trap of Moral Equivalence   

Larry Ellison World's Richest Jew 

A New Bedtime App For Kids   

Best Synagogue Kiddush Ever: Shabbat Ice Cream Accounts

                 

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MichaelThinking Like a Teen
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

 

You want to influence the lives of Jewish teens? First and foremost, focus on the adults who will be their "leaders," mentors, coaches, advisors and teachers during those critical high school years.

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outreacharticle2Orthodox Schooling: What Do We Know?

An Article from Jewish Ideas Daily

 

Let's say you are an American Jewish leader concerned about the state of Jewish education in America.  Let's say you want to fund or create programs to help increase the number of passionately committed and enthusiastic Jewish young people. Continue Reading 

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5 Reasons Your Nonprofit Isn't Raising Enough Money
An Article from The Huffington Post


The majority of nonprofits struggle to bring money in the door. And they often don't know why.


Fundraisingart2It's Time for a New Kind of Nonprofit Leader
An Article from Social Velocity

Last week I spoke to a group of nonprofit leaders about 5 Nonprofits Trends to Watch in 2013 and a woman stood up and said "These trends are all well and good, but we need to talk about the fact that the money just isn't there anymore.   Continue Reading

Fundraising2UK Nonprofits Facing Fundraising Generation Gap as Mature Donors Donate 27% More Than Gen X
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

UK nonprofits are facing a generation gap in fundraising, according to a new report released by software and services firm Blackbaud and consultancies Xtraordinary Fundraising and Stratcom. Continue Reading

Fundraising3What Makes Fundraising Truly Great?
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

'What differentiates truly great fundraising from the average, good and poor?' and 'What are the factors that allow an organisation to double, treble or even quadruple its income?' Continue Reading
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Namart1US Denies Israel Crucial Weapon
An Article from The New York Times
  
American and Israeli defense officials welcomed a new arms sale agreement on Monday as a major step toward increasing Israel's military strength, but Israeli officials said it still left them without the weapons they would need if they decided to attack Iran's deepest and best-protected nuclear sites.  Continue Reading 
  
An Article from The Chicago Tribune

An 18-year-old Aurora man with ties to a foiled attempt last year to bomb a downtown Chicago bar was arrested as he was about to travel to the Middle East to join al-Qaida, federal officials said Saturday.
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Namart4Integrating 'Special Needs' and 'Core' Students at Carmel Academy in Greenwich
An Article from The Jewish Week

Years ago, a New York-area Jewish day school refused to enroll Bobbie Powers' son because he was dyslexic. Continue Reading

LI Teen Arrested for Bomb Threat Against his Yeshiva; Released on $50G Bail
An Article from The Jewish Week

A high school student was arrested Tuesday for making a bomb threat on Facebook against his Five Towns Orthodox yeshiva. Continue Reading

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israel1Sharansky Gets Green Light to Pursue Kotel Plan
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
 

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky was given a green light by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to pursue his plan for a permanent egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall.  

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Law to Cut Funding to Haredi Schools
An Article from Ynet News

The Arrangements Law, which will be submitted to the Knesset for approval by Finance Minister Yair Lapid, includes cuts in the funding of unofficial educational institutions which do not teach core curriculum subjects, the draft law obtained by Ynet reveals. 
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israel2Equal Share, Haredi Woman Style
An Article from Ynet News

An unusual meeting was held Monday between representatives of the American Embassy in Israel and female ultra-Orthodox students who took part in the development of an advanced chip for the American defense industry.  Continue Reading

Israel3Israel Chief Rabbinate Backs Controversial Circumcision Rite as 'Preferred'
An Article from The Forward

Israel's chief rabbinate has weighed in on the practice of a controversial circumcision rite in Germany, saying that metzitzah b'peh is preferred.  Continue Reading
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International1Why Europe Has Failed to Confront Hezbollah
An Article from The Towers

 

The legendary World War I British intelligence officer T.E. Lawrence-now forever known as Lawrence of Arabia-once described his commander, Brigadier-General Gilbert Clayton, as being "like water, or permeating oil, soaking silently and insistently through everything." Continue Reading

 

Internatioanl2Antisemitism, Anti-Americanism are UN Human Rights Council's Job Description
An Article from Fox News

A UN "expert" of the UN Human Rights Council, Richard Falk, has announced that Boston had it coming. America's "fantasy of global domination" justified what he has labeled "resistance."
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International3Assailant 'Anti-Semite First, Madman Second'
An Article from Arutz 7

"He may be mentally ill but he is, first and foremost, an anti-Semite who attacked a Jew," a French Jewish leader said of the assailant who stabbed a rabbi and his son in Paris. 

International4Poland to Step Up Slaughter Regulations 

An Article from Ynet News 

 

Poland's prime minister said Tuesday his government has drafted new regulations that would reduce the suffering of animals during slaughter, including for the needs of religious groups like Jews and Muslims. Continue Reading  

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Interest1The Honey-Trap of Moral Equivalence
An Article from The Gatestone Institute

People love to lay the blame for the stalemate at 50:50. But the facts do not support this. Israeli schoolbooks do not teach children to hate and destroy Palestinians, as the Palestinian schoolbooks do of Israelis. 

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Interestarticle6Larry Ellison World's Richest Jew
An Article from Globes

The world's wealthiest Jew is Oracle Inc. (Nasdaq: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison, with a fortune estimated at $43 billion, according to the ranking of the world's 165 wealthiest Jews by "Forbes Israel". Continue Reading

interest2A New Bedtime App for Kids
An Article from The Jewish Week

Two brothers immediately thought of this bedtime ritual when looking for a way to memorialize their late mother. In the Jewish community, there's nothing unusual about individuals dedicating something in a parent's memory.

 

Interest3Best Synagogue Kiddush Ever: Shabbat Ice Cream Accounts
An Article from The Forward

Nothing brings a smile to a child's face like the tinkling melodies of an ice cream truck rounding the corner. Unless it's a Saturday afternoon and that child is standing in front of an orthodox synagogue.

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Interest4Holocaust Survivor Leaves $40 Million to No One
An Article from The New York Times

When Roman Blum died last year at age 97, his body lingered in the Staten Island University Hospital morgue for four days, until a rabbi at the hospital was able to track down his lawyer. Continue Reading

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