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AJOP Board
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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
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 AJOP Wishes Klal Yisrael Chanukah Sameach!
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 Chanukah Resources for Mikarvim
This section will enlighten you with Chanukah links, classes, and videos that will truly enhance your joyous holiday.
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 Shechter Schools Considering Embracing Patrilineal Descent
An Article from JTA
Synagogues aren't the only institutions in the Conservative movement changing their policies to become more welcoming to non-Jews and interfaith families.
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8 Ways to Attract More Participants to Your Programs
An Article from Ner Le'Elef
Remember Avraham Fried's "No Jew Will be Left Behind?" If you run a kiruv organization this is probably your motto in your quest to reach every single Jewish neshama in town. Continue Reading
Part I: The Maccabee in You
An Article from Ner Le'Elef
As a leader, you know that leadership offers great opportunities to guide and inspire others, to set the agenda and see it to fruition.
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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The AVI CHAI Foundation has released the year five report on the Foundation's spenddown. Continue Reading
Weinberg Foundation Distributes $106 Million in Grants
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Tuesday evening celebrated a year of giving at its annual community gathering.
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Fishing for Funds
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The well-known adage "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" has long been a guide for the philanthropic world in general and the Schusterman Philanthropic Network in particular. Continue Reading
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 For Obama, Iran Talks Are Also About Testing the Limits of American Jewish Power
An Article from Tablet
The Obama Administration thinks it's close to signing a deal with Iran-one that will only defer, not prevent, the theocracy from reaching nuclear capacity-later this week in Geneva. Continue Reading
US Jewish Leaders Feel Misled by White House Over Iran DealAn Article from The Times of IsraelAmerican Jewish leaders feel they were misled by the White House in recent contacts during which Obama administration officials urged them to stop pressing for more sanctions on Iran and instead give time for the Geneva negotiations to bear fruit, The Times of Israel was told on Monday. Continue Reading Georgetown University Rescinds Invitation to Radical Egyptian-Nazi Slated to Speak on CampusAn Article from Catholic Education Daily
Georgetown University was scheduled to host an event on the political turmoil in Egypt featuring a member of the country's Nazi Party, according to a report by The Free Beacon. Continue Reading Gomez Mill House, Oldest Jewish Site in North America, Approaches 300th AnniversaryAn Article from Jewish News ServiceThe oldest Jewish site in North America is not Newport's famed Touro Synagogue, or any other synagogue. Continue Reading DC Jews Protest Proposed Merger of Funeral ProvidersAn Article from JTA Washington-area Jews demonstrated outside the Federal Trade Commission against a proposed merger between the two largest U.S. funeral homes. Wunderkind Chase Harrison Takes Spot on New Jersey Town's Board of EdAn Article from The ForwardAfter a canny Facebook-fueled campaign helped him trounce an incumbent, Chase Harrison will take his seat on the Millburn, N.J. Board of Education in January. Shuls Unite, Testing Big Tent ConceptAn Article from The Jewish WeekThey offered shelter, as befitting their lyrical name, and much more. Continue ReadingAll Quiet at Brooklyn College's Most Recent Anti-Israel TalkAn Article from The Jewish WeekWhen activist Ben White spoke at Brooklyn College last week on the topic of "Israel: Apartheid, not Democracy," there were no evictions, no disruptions, no names mysteriously left off the list of RSVPs. Continue Reading |
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 Ancient City Discovered Beneath Biblical-Era Ruins in Israel
An Article from Yahoo News
Archaeologists have unearthed traces of a previously unknown, 14th-century Canaanite city buried underneath the ruins of another city in Israel.
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ABC Picks Up Israeli Singing Competition 'Rising Star'
An Article from JTA
Is it just us, or does it seem like Israeli TV is invading Hollywood lately? There's "Homeland," "Dig," the forthcoming show from Yitzhak Rabin's granddaughter and now, Deadline reports, ABC has bought the format to the popular Israeli talent competition show "Rising Star."
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Massachusetts Collaborates With Israel on Water Technology
An Article from The Boston Globe
On the chalky lower slopes of the Hebron Hills, in the midst of the scorched Israeli desert, there is an expanse known as "Green land," where grapes grow lush on the vine, fruit orchards flourish, and a man-made forest of more than 4 million trees rises toward the sky.
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TIME Names 'ReWalk' Among 25 Best Inventions of the Year 2013
An Article from Israel 21c
Israeli-developed exoskeleton for paraplegics is one of TIME magazine's 25 Best Inventions of the Year 2013. Continue Reading
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 French Court Fines Publishing House for Five Antisemitic Books
An Article from JTA
Citing anti-Semitic content, a French court sanctioned a publishing house for five books, including one first printed more than a century ago. Continue Reading
Paraguay Jews Open New Museum, Holocaust Studies Center
An Article from JTA
The Jewish community of Paraguay inaugurated a new Jewish museum that includes the country's first Holocaust studies center. Continue Reading
'Asylum' Request Focusing Attention on Antisemitism in Sweden
An Article from JTA
With an asylum application to her own homeland, Annika Hernroth-Rothstein was hoping to draw attention to the problem of anti-Semitism in Sweden. Continue Reading
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 Another 'Knockout' Attack
An Article from Tablet
A 78-year-old Jewish woman was punched in the face by a group of teenagers while walking in the Midwood section of Brooklyn this weekend, becoming the eighth victim of the so-called knockout attacks that have been occurring in New York City over the past few weeks.
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Orthodox, Separate and Almost Equal
An Article from The Times of Israel
We are waiting, the wind blowing as the sun sets too early on this November Friday night in Kfar Adumim.
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Air Force Academy Won't Discipline Trainer Who Pledged to Proselytize
An Article from JTA
An email from an athletic trainer at the U.S. Air Force Academy pledging to "talk about Jesus Christ" at work does not reflect Air Force policy, the academy said, but the official will not be disciplined. Continue Reading
For Messianic Jews, Bush Speech a Coup but Acceptance Elusive An Article from JTA George W. Bush granted Messianic Jews a brief shining moment in the spotlight last week - and then just as quickly sent them back into the shadows. Continue Reading DIY Shechitah: Kosher Slaughter in the Backyard
An Article from JTA
It's a crisp fall day in southern Oregon and Josh Shupack, 32, is gently whispering in a chicken's ear. Continue Reading
Nuremberg Transcript Donated to US Holocaust Museum An Article from Ynet News A one-time US Army reporter during World War II donated a never-before-published transcript of radio coverage of the Nuremberg war crimes trials of Nazi leaders to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on Tuesday - 68 years to the day after he began reporting on the landmark military tribunal. Continue Reading Meet Max Levin, Teenage Stock Pick King An Article from The Forward At 11, the Jewish boy from Voorhees, N.J., was making his first stock picks, guided by his grandfather, a day trader in New York City. |
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