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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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 Car Vandalized With Swastika at Murdered Rabbi's FL Funeral
An Article from The Jewish Journal
A mourner attending a memorial service in North Miami Beach, Fla., for murdered rabbi Joseph Raksin had his car defaced with anti-Semitic symbols.
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Obama Vacations as the World BurnsAn Article from The Washington Post
President Obama must really be teed off. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his once-loyal secretary of state and his likeliest successor, has gone rogue, criticizing his foreign policy as too timid. Continue Reading
At a Camp for Hasidic Boys, Studying Faith Is Their Daily ExerciseAn Article from The New York TimesAlthough they are at the heart of one of the nation's largest sleep-away boys' camps, the dozen basketball courts at Camp Rav Tov D'Satmar are crumbling from disuse, with weeds sprouting from cracked playing surfaces and hoops either sheared off or rusting. Continue ReadingLooking for the Next Philip RothAn Article from The ForwardA year ago, co-founders and now editors-in-chief, Aaron Berkowitz and Ariel Stein, graduates of Yeshiva University and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively, realized that there wasn't an outlet specifically designed for Jewish writing, and so set out to create their own.
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 Indefatigable Israeli
An Article from National Review
To the American public, this is Benjamin Netanyahu's moment. As an advocate of Israeli resolve and Israel's moral authority, that tiny nation's prime minister is a one-man tour de force, speaking with clarity, directness, and authenticity. Continue Reading
Members of the United States Senate are demanding an independent investigation into the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency during Israel's most recent war in Gaza with Hamas. Continue Reading
IDF Successfully Tests System Designed to Detect Terror TunnelsAn Article from The Jerusalem PostA system designed to detect infiltration tunnels proved successful in laboratory tests for the first time ever and is now being tested in the field, a senior IDF officer said Monday. Continue ReadingHamas Could Have Chosen Peace. Instead, It Made Gaza SufferAn Article from The Washington Post
In the winter of 2005, Ziad Abu Amr, a Gaza representative in the Palestinian Legislative Council, invited me to speak in Gaza City.
Continue Reading The IDF Has Lost Its CreativityAn Article from Ynet NewsOne of the IDF's greatest fighters and commanders once said that he wanted to turn the IDF into "a small and smart army." What happened is that the IDF has turned into a "big and heavy army." Continue Reading
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 The Global Pogrom
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
There is a global pogrom underway. This is a terrible truth. And people tend to ignore terrible truths. Continue Reading
After Cape Town Students Pass BDS, Jews Fear Campus Nightmare
An Article from The Times of Israel
t a closed-doors meeting last week, the University of Cape Town's umbrella student organization adopted a proposal pushing for Boycott, Sanction, and Divest measures against Israel for all student-run organizations and events.
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Foreign Reporters Condemn Hamas' Censorship Policy in Gaza
An Article from Ynet News
The Foreign Press Association (FPA) released a statement Monday condemning censorship by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in attempts to ensure that reports put the terrorist organization in positive light over the course of Operation Protective Edge. Continue Reading
Orthodox Jewish Tourist Assaulted in Switzerland An Article from Tablet Add Switzerland to the list of countries in Europe where Jews have been targeted in recent months. Continue Reading For 'Hardcore' Jews Displaced by Ukrainian Fighting, Israel Beckons An Article from JTA Each time he dispatches a car into Lugansk, Rabbi Shalom Gopin readies himself for hours of anxious anticipation. Continue Reading | |
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 Study Finds Disturbing Rise in Antisemitic Incidents
An Article from Arutz 7
The communications center of the World Zionist Organization has found that there has been a dramatic increase in anti-Semitic incidents around the world.
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A Simple Guide To Creating Graphics & Flyers Without Hiring a Professional Designer
An Article from Ner Le'Elef
I needed flyers. In order to do programs for my community, I needed to be able to make nice flyers to hang up, hand out, and embed in an email.
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A World Without Jews: Hitler's Dream Still Makes Us Uneasy
An Article from Tablet
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World at the Last Cinema in the World is the title of a David Cronenberg short shown at Cannes in 2007. Continue Reading
Wanna Kill Me? Take a Number An Article from JTA My friend Alain Azria gave me a puzzled look when I told him, with some indignation and disbelief in my voice, that I had just heard talk of killing Jews at an unauthorized anti-Israel demonstration last month in Paris. Continue Reading Formerly Orthodox and Struggling for Parental Rights
An Article from The Wall Street Journal
When Shloime Fisher started his divorce process three years ago, he found the proceedings to be "very civilized". Continue Reading
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