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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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At this year's AJOP Convention to be held on January 18-19, 2015 at the Hunt Valley Inn in Baltimore, MD, we are pleased to present 4 dynamic live video teleconferences. Featuring the Tolna Rebbe, HaRav Yitzchak Berkovits and HaRav Asher Weiss live from Jerusalem and Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Chief Rabbi of South Africa live from South Africa. Join them, and other cutting edge speakers on a wide array of topics at the 2015 AJOP Convention!
Click Here to Register!
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  A Great Way to Kindle Jewish Continuity
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
In their insightful article "The Pew Survey Reanalyzed:
More Bad News, but a Glimmer of Hope," Steven M. Cohen and Jack Wertheimer point out how the future for non-Orthodox American Jewry is very much in peril. Continue Reading
The Jewish Federation System: A Conversation for the FutureAn Article from eJewish PhilanthropyFor more than 100 years, the Jewish Federations have been at the epicenter of the most significant events in the modern history of the Jewish people. Continue Reading
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The news that three historically prominent suburban Philadelphia synagogues - two Conservative and one Reform - planned to combine their religious schools into a single supplementary Hebrew school last month made big waves.
Unethical Practice is Compounded by Unethical PracticeAn Article from eJewish PhilanthropyMost resource development professionals agree with the principle that compensating a professional on the basis of a percentage of funds raised is not only unprofessional but also unethical. Continue Reading
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 Far Left 'Open Hillel' Movement Denounced by Founder
An Article from The Times of Israel
I used to serve as Campus Outreach Co-Coordinator for Open Hillel - an organization committed to abolishing the Hillel International's Standards of Partnership. Continue Reading
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 Ancient Clay Seals Reinforce Biblical Account of Early Israel Kings
An Article from Ynet News
Impressions from ancient clay seals found at a small site in Israel east of Gaza are signs of government in an area thought to be entirely rural during the 10th century BC, says Mississippi State University archaeologist James W. Hardin. Continue Reading
A classified manual by the American Central Intelligence Agency, leaked by WikiLeaks on Sunday, explains to covert agents how to pass undetected through security at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport.
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 Antisemitism: France is Still in Deep, Deep Denial
An Article from i24 News
"Isolated acts". "Unbalanced". "Lone wolves". These are terms with which we have never been so familiar. Continue Reading
The Islamization of France in 2014
An Article from The Gatestone Institute
According to a confidential French intelligence document leaked to Le Figaro, a form of Muslim ghettoization is gaining ground within the French school system. Continue Reading
Baghdad's Christians Gather Defiantly for X-mas Eve Mass
An Article from Reuters
Baghdad's embattled Christian community worshipped defiantly Wednesday night at Christmas Eve mass. Continue Reading
France Gripped by Fear at X-mas After Third Street Attack in Three Days An Article from The Independent Continue Reading
6th Night of Chanukah in Ukraine: The Miracle of Aliyah An Article from Israel Hayom The past year saw a significant increase in aliyah from Ukraine, with around 5,000 Ukrainian Jews moving to Israel. Continue Reading Turkey's Long History of Antisemitism An Article from The Gatestone Institute The real question is: Now that the ethnic-cleansing campaign of the Turkish regime has been "successfully" completed, and there are only two Jews left in Edirne, why is the governor of the city still so angry? Continue Reading Estonia's Kosher Food Problem Yields Smartphone Solution An Article from JTA When Haim Grinfeld from Tallinn began keeping kosher, he would go to the supermarket and phone up his good friend Moshe Beshkin, a software developer who is one of a handful of observant Jews living in Estonia. Continue Reading Will Russia's Economic Woes Burst Bubble for Jews? An Article from JTA In the basement of one of Europe's largest synagogues, 100 Jews are waiting to meet local film star Boris Smolkin. Continue Reading | Greek Jewish Cemetery Vandalized with Swastikas
An Article from The Forward
Vandals desecrated the Jewish cemetery in the central Greek city of Larissa, spraying swastikas and threats on the cemetery wall.
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Europe's Last Jews
An Article from The Forward
This has been a tough year for Jews. But you've heard that before. I used to attend a synagogue where every Yom Kippur the rabbi, as part of his Israeli Bonds appeal, would begin by bemoaning what a bad year it had been. Continue Reading |
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 USY Drops Ban on Interdating
An Article from JTA
United Synagogue Youth voted to relax its rules barring its teenage board members from dating non-Jews. Continue Reading
Alphabet Soup
An Article from The Baltimore Jewish Times
The announcement last week that HIAS, the century-old Jewish immigrant and refugee aid organization, will relocate its headquarters from New York City to Silver Spring is just another sign that the Jewish organizational universe is changing.
'Nazis Next Door' Tell of US Coverups
An Article from San Diego Jewish Times
A few months before the surrender of Nazi Germany two unlikely associates were sitting and cordially drinking liquor together in Switzerland. Continue Reading
'Keeping the Flame' for Alan Gross An Article from The Jewish Week Last Tuesday, just 90 minutes after the fifth-grade class at the Schechter School of Long Island recited its customary morning prayer for the release of Alan Gross from a Cuban prison, principal Marcey Wagner announced his release on the school's public address system. Continue Reading Million Dollar 'Chocolate Bar': First Grade Buddies Raise Seven Figures for Rare Disease
An Article from JTA
A fundraising campaign started quietly by two first graders two years ago to help find a cure for a rare genetic disease just passed the $1 million mark, with donations streaming in from all 50 states and 60 countries across the globe. Continue Reading
A Permanent Tear: On the Loss of a Child An Article from The Jewish Week What does the Torah, our most sacred text, teach us about the traumatic and heart wrenching death: the loss of a child? Continue Reading The Halacha of Hacking An Article from The Beis HaVaad in Halacha A shadowy group of computer hackers styling themselves the "Guardians of Peace", believed to be agents of the North Korean government, recently breached the security of internal computer systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Continue Reading |
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