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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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Mrs. Miriam Lowenbraun a'h
Mrs. Miriam Lowenbraun, wife of Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun and daughter of HaRav Shloime Twerski passed away on Sunday June 1. Please find articles and links about this extraordinary woman who impacted the lives of hundreds of people. Yehi zichra baruch.
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Israel is once again in conflict and has mobilized 40,000 reserves. The Shmira Project is under the auspices of Rav Simcha HaCohen Kook (The Hurva Synagogue) and Rav Aharon Feldman (Ner Yisroel). Put simply: The Shmira Project matches people with combat soldiers so we can 'adopt' one or more soldiers with the intent to do a specific mitzvah in their merit which we hope will help protect them.Click Here to Sign Up! Free Tehillim App Download Now Available!
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The Shabbos Project is going international! This year it will take place on the 24-25 October, Parshat Noach. To bring The Shabbos Project to your city go to theshabbosproject.comClick Here to watch the official video
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 Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Small Groups, Connectivity and a Path Forward for Synagogues
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
Picture this: the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California boasts some 25,000 members. And you think your synagogue seems too big and impersonal? Continue Reading
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It has been six years since the economy crashed in 2008, and while finding employment has been a challenge, the tide may be taking a turn for the better - particularly in the nonprofit sector. Continue Reading
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 In US, Gaza Conflict Reverberates on Air and in the Streets
An Article from JTA
In Europe, the fight over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza has prompted violent street battles, firebombs thrown at synagogues and even a mid-game attack against a visiting Israeli soccer team by protesters in Austria. Continue Reading
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 Israeli Teen Speaks to the World
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times
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 Farewell to Europe?
An Article from Newsweek
The mob howled for vengeance, the missiles raining down on the synagogue walls as the worshippers huddled inside. It was a scene from Europe in the 1930s - except this was eastern Paris on the evening of July 13th, 2014. Continue Reading
First Jewish Refugee Camp Opens in Ukraine; Many Still Trapped in East
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
When Tatyana fled the beleaguered eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk late last week, she felt relieved just to have made it out alive.
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WSJ Op-Ed: "Bluntly Antisemitic Slogans" Mar Gaza Protests
An Article from The Tower
French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote today in The Wall Street Journal about The Ugly Tide Washing Across Europe.
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Antisemitism Soars in Britain Amid Gaza War An Article from The Forward Anti-Semitic incidents in Britain have risen to a near record level since the start of an Israeli assault on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza this month, a Jewish advisory body said on Thursday. Continue Reading Belgian Doctor Refuses to Treat Jewish Woman An Article from Virtual Jerusalem A Belgian physician who refused to treat a Jewish woman with a fractured rib suggested she visit Gaza to get rid of the pain. Continue Reading Israeli Tourists Evacuated From Maldives An Article from JTA Israeli tourists in the Maldives had to be evacuated from the island nation after an Israeli surfer removed an anti-Israel sign placed outside a guest house. Continue Reading Arab Leaders, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent An Article from The New York Times Battling Palestinian militants in Gaza two years ago, Israel found itself pressed from all sides by unfriendly Arab neighbors to end the fighting. Continue Reading | |
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