February 5, 2015 - 16 Shevat 5775

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Why People Leave Orthodoxy-and How

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NORTH AMERICA

US College Campuses Breeding Grounds for Anti-Israel and Antisemitic Movements

A Revamped Coercive Strategy

Dermer on Netanyahu Invite: 'I Have No Regrets Whatsoever'

Hebrew Charter School to Open in Minneapolis-St. Paul

The 'Pay What You Want' Experiment at Synagogues

ISRAEL

Gil Tal Obligates All of Us: Je Suis Juif
Riskin Names Female Spiritual Leader in Efrat
Everything You Thought You Knew About Religious Zionists is Wrong
I Hate Israel! No, I Love Israel!

INTERNATIONAL

Russian Defense Ministry Releases Trove of Secret Auschwitz Documents

Report: French Jews 50 Times More Likely to be Attacked Than French Muslims

Israeli 'Ex-Jew' Has UK Performance Cancelled

Hungarian Premier Admits Country's 'Shameful' Holocaust Role

Scotland Yard Reveals Huge Rise in Antisemitic Crime in London

Dutch Jews Demand Troops Near Synagogue

Liberte, Eqalite, Anxiety

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Why Should the Orthodox Have a Near Monopoly on Jewish Literacy

Bris Milah/MBP Lawsuit-DNA 'Non-Matches' Send City Scrambling

Tour a Jewish Cemetery in Bialystok by Drone

Survivors Draw Chilling Line From Auschwitz to Paris

When 'Let My People Go' Tugged at the World's Heart

How You Can Easily Schedule Your Gmail Messages for Free

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Why People Leave Orthodoxy-and How

An Article from The Forward

In "Becoming Un-Orthodox," a study of ex-
Orthodox Jews by University of Kansas professor
Lynn Davidman, a woman identified only as "Leah"
describesFriday night meals in her parents' home.
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A Free 10 Part Multimedia Curriculum
Explaining the Value of Torah
An Article from Ner Le'Elef

I have recently put together a multimedia curriculum that explains how the Torah is a system of values that seeks to help perfect our character (midos) and thus collectively perfect and improve the entire world. Continue Reading

2nd UJA-Federation NY Beneficiary Agency Closing An Article from eJewish Philanthropy According to Crain's New York, Federation Employment and Guidance Service (FEGS) is closing its doors due to a $19.4 million loss last year. Continue Reading

US College Campuses Breeding Grounds for Anti-Israel and Antisemitic Movements
A Video from Jerusalem U.

Footage courtesy of Crossing the Line by JerusalemU. Go to http://www.stepupforisrael.com/crossi... to watch the abridged 15 minute version. The full Crossing the Line film is being released in January 2015. Continue Reading

A Revamped Coercive Strategy
An Article from Yated

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

Dermer on Netanyahu Invite: 'I Have No Regrets Whatsoever'
An Article from The New York Times

The Obama administration, after days of mounting tension, signaled on Wednesday how angry it is with Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Republican leaders' invitation to address Congress on Iran without consulting the White House. Continue Reading

Hebrew Charter Charter School to Open in Minneapolis-St. Paul
An Article from JTA

A new Hebrew charter school is scheduled to open in suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul in September. Continue Reading

The 'Pay What You Want' Experiment at Synagogues
An Article from The New York Times

For more than four decades, Temple Kol Ami financed its operations as most American synagogues do: it charged annual dues. Continue Reading

Gil Tal Obligates All of Us: Je Suis Juif
An Article from Jewish Media Resources

"Hillel will obligate the poor [to learn Torah]; Rabbi Elazar ben Charsum obligates the rich; and Yosef the evil ones" (Yoma 35b).

Riskin Names Female Spiritual Leader in Efrat
An Article from The Jewish Week

At age 11, Jennie Rosenfeld, originally from Riverdale, decided to attend daily prayer services, an obligation only for men according to traditional Jewish law. She was often the only girl there. Continue Reading

Everything You Thought You Knew about Religious Zionists is Wrong
An Article from JTA

For years, Israelis have had a particular idea of what being a "religious Zionist" meant: being modern Orthodox but not haredi; Continue Reading

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I Hate Israel! No, I Love Israel!
An Article from Ynet News

A new study by British independent think tank Chatham House shows that while Israel scores high on the country's least favorable list, it also received a small boost on the list of states Britons view fondly. Continue Reading

Russian Defense Ministry Releases Trove of Secret Auschwitz Documents
An Article from The Times of Moscow

As the world reflected on the horrors of the Nazi regime on Tuesday - International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Russia seized the opportunity to emphasize the Red Army's role in liberating the death camps.

Report: French Jews 50 Times More Likely to be Attacked Than French Muslims
An Article from Elder of Ziyon

In France, a Jew is nearly 50 times as likely to be the victim of racist violence as a Muslim, according to a new report. Continue Reading

Israeli 'Ex-Jew' Has UK Performance Cancelled
An Article from Virtual Jerusalem

An anti-Semitic Israeli jazz player who describes himself as an "ex-Jew" has seen one of his performances cancelled in the UK, after residents complained over his history of anti-Semitism. Continue Reading

Hungarian Premier Admits Country's 'Shameful' Holocaust Role

An Article from The Times of Israel

Many Hungarians chose "bad instead of good" in helping deport Jews to Nazi death camps, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday, in his first acknowledgement of his country's complicity in the Holocaust. Continue Reading

Scotland Yard Reveals Huge Rise in Antisemitic Crime in London

An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

Dutch Jews Demand Troops Near Synagogues

An Article from JTA

Dutch Jews asked their government to post troops outside synagogues to match security measures in France and Belgium. Continue Reading

Liberte, Equalite, Anxiety

An Article from The Jewish Week

For 22 years I was an expatriate New York Jew raising a family, working as a journalist and navigating life in Paris and its upscale western suburbs. Continue Reading

Why Should the Orthodox Have a Near Monopoly on Jewish Literacy?
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

In a fascinating book published recently by two economic historians, Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, the question of why Jews (traditionally farmers) entered commerce and money-lending in the medieval world is revisited. Continue Reading

Bris Milah/MBP Lawsuit-DNA 'Non-Matches' Send City Scrambling
An Article from Yated

Recent findings by a DNA testing protocol that determined two Rockland County mohalim to be non-matches in recent cases of neonatal herpes is big news, community advocates say.

Tour a Jewish Cemetery in Bialystok by Drone
An Article from Tablet

With centuries-old Jewish populations in many parts of Europe practically eradicated, many Jewish cemeteries are unattended or abandoned.

Survivors Draw Chilling Line From Auschwitz to Paris

An Article from The Jewish Week

The 300 Auschwitz survivors who commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau at the death camp this week were motivated by two things:

When 'Let My People Go' Tugged at the World's Heart
An Article from The Forward

It's not necessarily how you want to launch your new teaching career, but hey, stuff happens. Continue Reading

How You Can Easily Schedule Your Gmail Messages for Free
An Article from Ner Le'Elef

Have you ever wanted to write an email now or on a quiet Motzei Shabbos but send it to a donor, congregant or student at a later date and time?
Continue Reading

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