AJOP Update: Thanksgivukkah: Last Time for Another 77,798 Years

October 10, 2013 - 6 Cheshvan 5774

Rabbi Mordechai Becher Now Accepting Bookings

OUTREACH

Sad Commentary: American Jews are Secular, Intermarried and Assimilated

Fast Growing 'Nones' Seen Reshaping Jewish Community

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

How LeanPrint Can Easily Reduce Print Costs for Your Institution

Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits

One Size (Never) Fits All

Pension Loophole Costs Staff at Religious Affiliated Hospitals and Charities

NORTH AMERICA

Pew Study: First Impressions

Where Jewish Life Thrives in America

ISRAEL

The Guardian Apologizes for Referring to Tel Aviv as Israel's Capital
Dayan to Golda: We Should Prepare Nuclear Option
Overcoming Bureaucratic Tangle, Producers Bring Jerusalem IMAX Film to Screen
Chacham Ovadia Yosef zt'l: Largest Funeral in 3,000 Years

INTERNATIONAL

Europe Council Votes Against Circumcision

'Antisemitism is Part of Europe's DNA', Brussels Conference is Told

Sukkot in the Vatican: Rabbi Spent the Holidays with Pope Francis

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Thanksgivukkah: Last Time for Another 77,798 Years

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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


Rabbi Mordechai Becher Now Accepting Bookings! Rabbi Mordechai Becher is accepting bookings for Shabbatonim, lectures and scholar-in-residence programs for the coming year. Please contact him at mordechaibecher@yahoo.com or at 914-806-5115.


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Sad Commentary: American Jews Are Secular, Intermarried and Assimilated

An Article from Slate

On Tuesday the Pew Research Center released the first major survey of American Jews in more than a decade. Continue Reading

Fast Growing 'Nones' Seen Reshaping Jewish Community

An Article from The Jewish Week

American Jews are losing faith - in religion, that is. More than one in five Jews, 22 percent, now say they have no religion. And as U.S. Jews overall pull away from formal expressions of Judaism, they are upending traditional notions of Jewish identity and what it means to be a Jew today. Continue Reading

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How LeanPrint Can Easily Reduce Print Costs for Your Institution

An Article from Ner Le'Elef

Everyone on your team, from the rabbinic fellows, office manager, and executive director-all appreciate and realize that it's important to have printed flyers, newsletters, shul bulletins, and source-sheets. Continue Reading

Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Big swaths of the federal government have closed shop because Congress failed to reach a deal to keep the money flowing. Continue Reading

One Size (Never) Fits All
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Many tales have been told and retold since the days of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1700-1760), and this one resonated with me from the time I was a child. Continue Reading

Pension Loophole Costs Staff at Religious-Affiliated Hospitals and Charities
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Workers at some religiously affiliated hospitals and social-service agencies could lose much of their retirement money because their employers took advantage of a loophole in federal pension law allowing them to adopt uninsured church pension plans. Continue Reading

Pew Study: First Impressions
An Article from The Jewish Week

Below please find a sampling of commentary from across the Jewish spectrum on the new Pew Research Center's survey of American Jewry, the first major Jewish census in more than a decade. Continue Reading

Where Jewish Life Thrives in America
An Article from Bloomberg

Forget the teeth-gnashing already occasioned by a new study on Jewish identity in the U.S. by the Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project. The only thing every generation of Jews has in common is the conviction that it will be the last. Continue Reading

The Guardian Apologizes for Referring to Tel Aviv as Israel's Capital
An Article from European Jewish Times

"We accept that it is wrong to state that Tel Aviv - the country's financial and diplomatic center - is the capital," the paper stated.

Dayan to Golda: We Should Prepare Nuclear Option
An Article from Ynet News

Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who during Yom Kippur War feared the "destruction of the temple," suggested the use of a nuclear option in a dramatic meeting on second day of war. Continue Reading

Overcoming Bureaucratic Tangle, Producers Bring Jerusalem IMAX Film to Screen
An Article from JTA

Five years in the making, the first IMAX film ever made about Jerusalem is as much a visual tour de force as a marvel of cultural diplomacy. Continue Reading

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Chacham Ovadia Yosef zt"l: Largest Funeral in 3,000 Years
An Article from Matzav

Hundreds of thousands of people converged on Yerushalayim to mourn the petirah of Chacham Ovadia Yosef tonight, with crowd estimates as high as 800,000 and possibly close to 1 million. Continue Reading

Europe Council Votes Against Circumcision
An Article from Ynet News

Are Europe's Jews about to launch a new struggle for the observance of the circumcision ritual across the continent? Continue Reading

'Antisemitism is Part of Europe's DNA', Brussels Conference is Told
An Article from European Jewish Press

European Jewish Union CEO Tomer Orni, the organizer of the conference together with the European Jewish Parliament and Tzedek, the Association of European Jewish Lawyers, opened the discussion on Tuesday by insisting "anti-Semitism is part of Europe's DNA".
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Sukkot in the Vatican: Rabbi Spent Holidays with Pope Francis
An Article from JTA

Rabbi Abraham Skorka from Argentina recently spent several days in the Vatican, hanging out with his good friend and countryman Pope Francis and staying at the guest house that the modest pontiff has made his residence. Continue Reading

Thanksgivukkah: Last Time for Another 77, 798 Years
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

To the dismay of traditionalists, the holiday season seems to shift earlier every year, with retailers selling Christmas decorations well before Halloween. But this year, the season will get a legitimate jump-start of sorts-at least for millions of American Jews.

An Excellent Jewish Education
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times

When you walk into Bnos Yisroel there is a sign that reads, "Teaching students, not subjects." And that message says it all.

Haredim in Church? The Wackiest Result From the Pew 'Jewish Americans' Survey
An Article from JTA

The new Pew Research Center study "A Portrait of Jewish Americans" offers a treasure trove of survey data on American Jewry.
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Free Resource: The Smart Board Jewish Educational Database

An Article from Ner Le'Elef

At NLEResources.com, we aim to provide rabbis and educators with helpful tips and resources that will help you reach your audience and enhance your teaching, programming and marketing. Continue Reading

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