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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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Jew Got Questions? is the ideal starting point for all things Jewish. Written in easy-to-follow Q&A format, this compact guide addresses hundreds of fundamental questions about Jewish thought, life, and practice.
Jew Got Questions? provides a fresh and insightful take on some of the most common and even uncommon inquiries. It can be referenced at a moment's notice, drawing on Biblical, Talmudic, and Kabbalistic sources. This book answers hundreds of questions about laws, customs, and practices of Jewish life.
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Have you ever struggled to answer challenging questions about Jewish marriage and divorce laws, gender segregation, and the Torah view of women?
Master Kiruv activist Miriam Kosman's new book addresses Gender in Judaism profoundly and comprehensively. Circle, Arrow, Spiral: Exploring Gender in Judaism is a must for kiruv activists and all those looking for a deeper perspective on hot issues that regularly make headlines. Learn more at MiriamKosman.com or buy on Amazon.
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 JEIC's Announces Third Year of Innovation GrantsAn Article from eJewish PhilanthropyThe Mayberg Family Foundation announces the third year of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC), a grant initiative designed to stimulate and reward innovation in Jewish middle and high school education in North America. Continue Reading
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 Election 2014: What It Means for Jewish Education
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
The sweeping and surprising electoral results from last week's election transformed the makeup of the U.S. Senate, overturned several gubernatorial races and introduced entire ideological shifts in state legislatures. Continue ReadingHeartbreak Here Over HaRav Moshe Twersky hy'dAn Article from The Jewish WeekOnce a week for three years, Mickey Lebovic, now 25, sat at a small table with Rabbi Moshe Twersky during lunch and learned Ethics of the Fathers. Continue ReadingCongress Condemns What Obama Won'tAn Article from The Times of IsraelIn a town rife with partisanship, Republicans and Democrats alike flocked to condemn Tuesday's terror attack in a Jerusalem synagogue.
All the Young Jews: In the Village of Kiryas Joel, Median Age is 13An Article from The Village VoiceAbandoned toys litter the village. Tricycles are toppled on lawns. Red wagons rest beneath mailboxes. Continue ReadingToronto's Ryerson Univ. Passes Motion to Protect Students From AntisemitismAn Article from The AlgemeinerToronto's Ryerson University student union (RSU) passed a motion protecting Jewish students from anti-Semitism on campus. Continue Reading School Calendar Change Sparks Holy WarAn Article from JTALooks like there's another so-called War on Christmas, and this time it's the Muslims, not the Jews, who are being blamed. Continue Reading
'My Family Story' Coming to USAn Article from San Diego Jewish WorldThe Israeli-American Council (IAC) and Beit Hatfutsot -The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv have announced a new partnership to lead and expand the museum's popular My Family Story, a family heritage program, throughout the United States. Continue ReadingJewish Veterans' Stories Spotlighted in New ExhibitAn Article from The ForwardMementos of Jacob Goldstein slide across the 3-foot-by-4-foot horizontal screen: his photograph, his name, an Operation Urgent Fury headline denoting the 1983 military campaign in Grenada, Goldstein's explanatory text summarizing his role during the invasion. Continue ReadingJudge Posner Overstepped Bounds in Chabad Drinking CaseAn Article from the ForwardJudge Richard Posner inappropriately opined on Jewish law in a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last week, which held that Northwestern University was justified in disaffiliating with Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, a Chabad campus rabbi accused by the University of serving alcohol to minors. Continue ReadingThe Loneliest President Since NixonAn Article from The Wall Street JournalSeven years ago I was talking to a longtime Democratic operative on Capitol Hill about a politician who was in trouble. Continue ReadingThe Mind & the Heart: Reflections on the Rabbi Freundel StoryAn Article from the Orthodox UnionAs one of a small group of children who grew up as members of the Kesher Israel Synagogue in Washington, DC, where Rabbi Barry Freundel served as rabbi, I have found myself in a unique position over the past several weeks. Continue Reading |
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 Orthodox in Israel, Secular in Kathmandu
An Article from The Forward
At 8 years old, Anna Wexler wanted to be a great Torah scholar. At 12 she started to question her faith, and by 16 she was an atheist. Continue ReadingVisitors to the Temple Mount will soon be scanned by a facial-recognition surveillance system that can pick out faces from a crowd, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch announced yesterday. Continue Reading
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 BBC Panel Discussion of Wealthy Jews Ripped Over Antisemitic Stereotypes
An Article from The Algemeiner
A late-night BBC television news broadcast about the disillusionment among Jewish donors with Britain's Labour Party leader Ed Miliband quickly degenerated into an exchange of anti-Semitic tropes. Continue Reading
German Ambassador to Holland to Visit Graves of SS Soldiers
An Article from The Jewish Press
Germany's ambassador to the Netherlands is slated to attend a commemoration at a cemetery where many SS soldiers are buried. Continue Reading
Report: Antisemitism on the Rise in Australia
An Article from Tablet
Antisemitism is on the rise in Australia, according to a new report from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Continue Reading
Rising Antisemitism Threatens All of Europe, Samantha Powers Tells Berlin Confab An Article from JTA Rising anti-Semitism in Europe threatens not only Jews but overall European values, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said at a conference on anti-Semitism in Berlin. Continue Reading
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 Why Do We Keep Dissing Chabad's Spirituality?
An Article from The Forward
It's been a year since the Pew Research Center released its "Portrait of Jewish Americans."
More International Exhibitors Than Ever Hit Kosher's Big Tradeshow
An Article from The Jewish Week
It's the sign of Kosherfest, the biggest annual kosher trade show: "No excessive product sampling is allowed. Attendees may exit the exhibit hall with one bag of samples only." Continue Reading
Questions Over ADL's Direction in Wake of Top Pick
An Article from The Jewish Week
For the last generation, the Anti-Defamation League has arguably been the most prominent Jewish organization in the country, and its national director, Abraham Foxman, the voice of American Jewry. Continue Reading
'Several Women' Invited to Join Board of RCA Beth Din An Article from The Jewish Week Two weeks after the Rabbinical Council of America appointed a new conversion committee with five women, Dr. Michelle Friedman of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah announced her acceptance to the Beth Din of America's board of directors. Continue Reading AT GA, Jewish Federations See Future in More Collaboration
An Article from JTA
There was the vice president of the United States, two Supreme Court justices and an Academy Award-winning actress with a compelling Jewish story. Continue Reading
Youth Hockey Coach Fired for Posting Nazi Propaganda on Facebook An Article from JTA A youth hockey coach in suburban Vancouver was fired for posting Nazi propaganda on social media. Continue Reading Could This Be the Year of the Jewish Woman? An Article from The Forward Never in the 20 years that the Forward has published its list of the 50 American Jews who have had the most impact on our national story has the number of women been this high - 26 in all, including four of the top five. Continue Reading Family Tree DNA Founder: Data Proves Jews Came From Mideast An Article from The Algemeiner The founder and president of Family Tree DNA, one of the top U.S. genealogical genetic testing companies, said genetics prove that the Jewish people's ancestors originated in the Middle East. Continue Reading |
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