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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!
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One billion dollars lost. With the U.S. economy digging itself out of a deep hole, the $1 billion figure represents the collective revenue loss to Jewish nonprofits from 2007, the start of the Great Recession, to 2012, according to a new study.
 A Call for Non-Profit TransparencyAn Article from The Jewish WeekWe are proud to introduce "The Jewish GDP Project: Beyond the Dollars" in this week's issue and report on its initial findings, sobering though they may be. Continue Reading
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 7 Ways Religion Will (And Won't) Change in the New Congress
An Article from The Jewish Week
Republicans will take full control of Capitol Hill when the 114th Congress is sworn in on Tuesday (Jan. 6), but even with a political shift, there will be little change in the overall religious makeup of Congress, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. Continue Reading
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 2014 a Record Breaking Year for Aliyah
An Article from Ynet News
Although Israel faced another war and tensions rose in Jerusalem, 2014 was a record-breaking year in terms of aliyah statistics. Continue Reading
HarperCollins, one of the world's leading publishing companies, has apologized for removing Israel from its Middle East Atlas, which is sold to English-speaking schools in the Arab Gulf, after receiving angry criticism from Jewish and Christian leaders. Continue Reading
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 Palestinians Shocked at Declining Support
An Article from Jewish News Service
Several months of campaigning for unilateral Palestinian statehood recognition culminated in a diplomatic blitz by the Palestinian Authority during the last few days of 2014. Continue Reading
French President Vows to Fight Racism and Antisemitism
An Article from Israel Hayom
French President Francois Hollande used his New Year's Eve television speech to say that the fight against racism and anti-Semitism will be his national cause for 2015. Continue Reading
CAMERA'S Top 10 Mideast Media Mangles of 2014
An Article from CAMERA
No issue was more glaringly and indefensibly neglected by most of the media than the often grotesque demonizing of Israel and the Jewish people by the Palestinians and the wider Muslim/Arab world. Continue Reading
British Soccer Boss Suspended for Saying Jews Chase Money An Article from JTA Continue Reading
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 Ditch Your iPhone and Learn to Listen
An Article from The Forward
The relationship I have with my electronic devices is intimate. Continue Reading
Secret Nazi Nuclear Facility Found During Excavation
An Article from Ynet News
A series of secret underground tunnels was discovered in Austria last week and according to observations - the tunnels make up a complex that was used by the Nazis to develop an atomic bomb.
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'Moshe', 'Esther', Among NYC's Top Baby Names
An Article from Tablet
At the close of each year, the New York City Health Department releases an annual ranking of the most popular children's names in the previous year, broken down by gender, community, and ethnicity.
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Science Increasingly Makes the Case for G-d An Article from The Wall Street Journal In 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking: Is God Dead? Many have accepted the cultural narrative that he's obsolete-that as science progresses, there is less need for a "God" to explain the universe. Continue Reading Antisemitism is Inherently Genocidal, Says Expert
An Article from The Jerusalem Post
Jew-hatred is by its very nature a violent phenomenon, a leading anti-Semitism researcher told The Jerusalem Post during an interview on Tuesday. Continue Reading
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