January 29, 2015 - 9 Shevat 5775

OUTREACH

Orthodox Organizations Step Up, Federations Stand Down

Mayim Bialik: Common Myths About Orthodox Jews Debunked

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Pew Releases Social Media Update

NORTH AMERICA

Privileged Yet Unequal: An Essay on the Anglo-American Principle of 'Jews Lose'

Kerry Backtracks on Netanyahu Speech to Congress

Jihadist Violence: Say It Like It Is

Obama Going to Saudi Arabia, Will Skip Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

ISRAEL

Left and Right, Secular and Religious Brought Together by Bible Study
Condition of Bus Driver Stabbed in Tel Aviv Attack Improves
Argentinian Medical Students on Taglit Participate in Clowning Workshop
The Best Speech an Israeli Diplomat Ever Held

INTERNATIONAL

UN to Hold First Conference on Antisemitism

Israeli TV Shows Iranian Missile That Can Reach Far Beyond Europe

Arab Opinion Shifts Against Iran, Hezbollah

Jewish Boy, 13, Assaulted Near Paris

Italian Neo-Nazis Convicted for Racist, Antisemitic Activities

Jews Increasingly Questioning Future

Paris: In My Opinion, It's the Shabbat That Saved Us

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Selling Its Real Estate

Lies Revealed in Prosecutor's Death

Control Everything in Your Home With a Wave of the Hand

Invisible Yarmulka is the Latest Trend

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Orthodox Organizations Step Up, Federations Stand Down

An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Approximately 6 years ago a top leader in the New
York City Jewish federation came to Hoboken to see the
regions then only Moishe House first hand. Continue Reading

Mayim Bialik: Common Myths Sbout Orthodox Jews Debunked
An Article from Kveller

Karin Brooke's post on Kveller about losing her daughter to religious fundamentalism struck a chord with me for a few reasons. Continue Reading

Pew Releases Social Media Update An Article from eJewish Philanthropy In a new survey conducted in September 2014, the Pew Research Center finds that Facebook remains by far the most popular social media site. Continue Reading

Privileged Yet Unequal: An Essay on the Anglo-American Principle of 'Jews Lose'
An Article from Tablet

Last week, the Community Security Trust-the institutional body primarily responsible for the safety of Jews in Britain-released its preliminary figures on the number of anti-Semitic incidents that had occurred over the course of 2014. Continue Reading

Kerry Backtracks on Netanyahu Speech to Congress
An Article from The Times of Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcome to give a speech at "any time" in the United States, top US diplomat John Kerry said Wednesday, after news of the prime minister's upcoming address on Iran drew a chilly response from the White House. Continue Reading

Jihadist Violence: Say It like It Is
An Article from The New York Times

I've never been a fan of global conferences to solve problems, but when I read that the Obama administration is organizing a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism for Feb. 18, in response to the Paris killings, I had a visceral reaction: Continue Reading

Obama Going to Saudi Arabia, Will Skip Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary
An Article from Israel Matzav

World leaders have been streaming into the country to pay their respects to the powerful kingdom, which controls one of the world's largest reserves of oil. Continue Reading

Left and Right, Secular and Religious Brought Together by Bible Study
An Article from Tablet

As Israel's election season kicks into high gear, it's pretty much impossible to find any of the country's leaders on the same page politically.

Condition of Bus Driver Stabbed in Tel Aviv Attack Improves
An Article from The Times of Israel

The 62-year-old bus driver seriously injured in Wednesday's terrorist attack in Tel Aviv remained in serious condition at Ichilov Medical Center on Thursday with multiple abdominal stab wounds and injured internal organs.

Argentinian Medical Students on Taglit Participate in Medical Clowning Workshop
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

A Taglit-Birthright Israel niche group comprised of Argentinian medical students participated in a medical clowning workshop about the importance of humor for hospitalized children. Continue Reading

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The Best Speech an Israeli Diplomat Ever Held
An Article from Med Israel

When I walk in the streets of my home town Jaffa, I am often reminded of the year 1948. Continue Reading

UN to Hold First Conference on Antisemitism
An Article from The Times of Israel

The UN General Assembly is holding its first-ever meeting devoted to anti-Semitism on Thursday in response to a global increase in violence against Jews - a meeting scheduled even before the recent attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris. Continue Reading

Israeli TV Shows Iranian Missile That Can Reach Far Beyond Europe
An Article from The Times of Israel

Iran has built a 27-meter-long missile, capable of delivering a warhead "far beyond Europe," and placed it on a launch pad at a site close to Tehran, an Israeli television report said Wednesday, showing what it said were the first satellite images of the missile ever seen in the West. Continue Reading

Arab Opinion Shifts Against Iran, Hezbollah
An Article from Asharq Al-Awsat

Many have welcomed with cheers the sudden Israeli strike on Sunday that killed six Hezbollah members and a general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps who, for some reason, were secretly present in Syria's Quneitra region. Continue Reading

Jewish Boy, 13, Assaulted Near Paris

An Article from JTA

A 13-year-old Jewish boy was maced near Paris in what a watchdog group said was an anti-Semitic assault by three unidentified minors.

Italian Neo-Nazis Convicted for Racist, Antisemitic Activities

An Article from JTA

Jews Increasingly Questioning Future

An Article from The Jewish Week

Even as a rabbi in Brussels called for Jews there to arm themselves and police in Belgium stepped up security around Jewish sites, Jews across Western Europe this week are increasingly asking a frightening question: Is Jewish life still viable on the continent? Continue Reading

Paris: "In My Opinion, It's the Sabbath That Saved Us"

An Article from Paris Match

Zarie is 22 years old. she is the famous cashier at the Hyper Cacher super market located in Porte de Vincennes and one of the hostages in the bloody attack that unfolded on Friday, January 9, 2015. Continue Reading

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Selling Its Real Estate
An Article from JTA

The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism is selling its New York office. Continue Reading

Lies Revealed in Prosecutor's Death
An Article from The Algemeiner

The Argentine official in charge of the investigation into the death in suspicious circumstances of State Prosecutor Alberto Nisman has cast fresh doubt on the government's claim that suicide was the cause.

Control Everything in Your Home with a Wave of the Hand
An Article from Israel 21c

The Israeli company eyeSight Technologies, a leader in the field of computer- and machine-vision solutions since 2005, has just launched a new product that might make the clutter of multiple household remote controls a thing of the past.

Invisible Yarmulka is the Latest Look

An Article from The Times of Israel

oes he or doesn't he?... Wear a kippa, that is. It's almost impossible to tell if he happens to be wearing a Magic Kippa, a new kind of Jewish skullcap made from human hair.

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