March 6, 2015 - 15 Adar 5775

Million for Outreach Campaign Raises $1.36M in 24 Hours
Audio from Convention 2015 Now Available
Beis Medrash Fundraising Campaign in Memory of R' Dovid Winiarz z'l

OUTREACH

Study Debunks Notion on Young American Jews Alienated From Israel

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Making a List, Checking It Twice: Jewish Mega Donors and the Public Relations Challenge

NORTH AMERICA

Dennis Prager: Obama Dislikes Bibi Because Bibi Confronts Evil

Pro-Israel Lobbyists Heap Iran Pressure on US Congress

Sen. Cruz Compares Nuke Deal to Munich, Netanyahu to Churchill

State Department Promotes Speech by Raving Antisemitic Imam

California Man Urged to Remove Swastika Display From His Home

3 Brooklyn Men Arrested for Plans to Join ISIS

Pro-Israel Motion Passed at University of Georgia

Vandalism in Montreal Jewish Neighborhood

ISRAEL

Spat Over Netanyahu Speech Doesn't Change US-Israel Relations
New Pre-Nup Aims to Prevent Agunot

INTERNATIONAL

Harassment of Jews Worldwide Reaches 7 Year High

Senate Resolution Addresses Europe's Rising Antisemitism

Madonna: European Intolerance 'Feels Like Nazi Germany'

European Rabbis Train in Self-Defense

Premieres of Holocaust Films in Germany Show Strong Interest in Nazi Past

Scandinavian Jews See Silver Lining in Strong Muslim Response to Denmark Shootings

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Where Have All the Good Jewish Women Gone?

Rare Footage of Chofetz Chaim From First Knessia Gedola

For One Outspoken Teenager in Revolution Era Iran, Queen Esther Was a Kindred Spirit

A Battle Heats Up-Over Purim Packages

Why Purim is Holiday of Ironies

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R' Dovid Winiarz z'l

The Winiarz family is currently spearheading a campaign to build a Beis Medash in Staten Island in R' Dovid's memory. Please click the link below to donate to the fund.

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AJOP and the Jewish people lost a beloved member of our close knit kiruv community, R' Dovid Winiarz. Traveling to the AJOP Convention early Sunday morning January 18, the car he was in struck a patch of black ice and R' Dovid was tragically killed. Rabbi Raphael Butler delivered a moving memorial to R' Dovid on Monday at the AJOP Convention which can be accessed by clicking the link below. Yehi Zichro Baruch.

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AJOP Board

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

Baltimore, MD

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

Teaneck, NJ

*Deceased

Million for Outreach Campaign Raises $1.36M in 24 Hours! This past Tuesday, February 17, something astounding occurred in the world of Jewish outreach. Continue Reading

Study Debunks Notion of Young American Jews Alienated From Israel

An Article from Tablet

Israel retains broad support among Americans, both Jewish and non-Jewish, but that has not prevented fractious debate about Israeli policies.

Making a List, Checking it Twice: Jewish Mega Donors and the Public Relations Challenge An Article from eJewish Philanthropy Jewish professionals and lay leaders bemoan the fact that the wealthiest Jews are supporting worthy non-Jewish causes such as universities, museums, and hospitals. Continue Reading

Prager: Obama Dislikes Bibi Because Bibi Confronts Evil

An Article from National Review

There is no question about whether President Obama - along with Secretary of State John Kerry and the editorial pages of many newspapers - has a particular dislike of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue Reading

Pro-Israel Lobbyists Heap Iran Pressure on US Congress
An Article from The Times of Israel

Israel's prime minister and lobbyist-in-chief Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress on Tuesday, but US lawmakers will also get an earful from pro-Israel citizen-lobbyists warning Capitol Hill against a singular threat: Iran. Continue Reading

Sen. Cruz Compares Nuke Deal to Munich, Netanyahu to Churchill

An Article from Arutz 7

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Monday night that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress Tuesday "focuses on the single greatest security threat facing America - the threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons." Continue Reading

State Department Promotes Speech by Raving Antisemitic Imam
An Article from The Free Beacon

The State Department's counterterrorism office is facing pushback after promoting recent remarks by a Muslim cleric who blamed regional unrest in the Middle East on what he called a "conspiracy" by a "new global colonialism allied to world Zionism." Continue Reading

California Man Urged to Remove Swastika Display From His Home
An Article from Arutz 7

Lawmakers in California on Thursday demanded that a Sacramento man take down poster-size swastikas displayed in front of his house, The Associated Press (AP) reported .

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3 Brooklyn Men Arrested for Plans to Join ISIS
An Article from JTA

The FBI has arrested and charged three Brooklyn residents from the former Soviet Union with providing material support to ISIS.
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Pro-Israel Motion Passed at University of Georgia
An Article from Stand With Us

The Student Government Association (SGA) of the University of Georgia on Tuesday passed the first college resolution this year calling for the school to invest more in its relations with Israel. Continue Reading

Vandalism in Montreal Jewish Neighborhood
An Article from JTA

Envelopes on the windshields of at least one of four vandalized cars in a Jewish neighborhood of Montreal contained single bullets and the message "You Will Die." Continue Reading

Spat Over Netanyahu Speech Doesn't Change US-Israel Relations

An Article from The Boston Globe

Charlie Rose wasn't sure he'd heard right. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, his guest on PBS, was lamenting that the controversy over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's forthcoming speech to Congress had "injected a degree of partisanship" into the traditionally bipartisan US-Israel relationship.

New Pre-Nup Aims to Prevent Agunot
An Article from JTA

A Religious Zionist rabbinic organization in Israel has launched a new prenuptial agreement to help ensure that divorcing wives will receive a religious divorce, or get. Continue Reading

Harassment of Jews Worldwide Reaches 7 Year High
An Article from Pew Research

Worldwide, social hostilities involving religion declined somewhat in 2013 after reaching a six-year peak the previous year, but roughly a quarter of the world's countries are still grappling with high levels of religious hostilities within their borders, according to the Pew Research Center's latest annual study on global restrictions on religion.

Senate Resolution Addresses Europe's Rising Antisemitism

An Article from Virtual Jerusalem

The U.S. Senate introduced a bipartisan resolution addressing the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. Continue Reading

Madonna:European Intolerance 'Feels Like Nazi Germany'

An Article from The Times of Israel

Rebounding from her stage tumble at the Brit awards, pop star Madonna told French radio Thursday that "intolerance" was now so high in France and Europe that "it feels like Nazi Germany." Continue Reading

European Rabbis Train in Self-Defense

An Article from Yahoo News

Rabbis from European countries gathered in Prague Tuesday for training in self-defense and first aid in response to a wave of attacks against Jews and a rise of anti-Semitism on the continent. Continue Reading

Premieres of Holocaust Films in Germany Show Strong Interest in Nazi Past

An Article from JTA

Two starkly different images: a woman wrapped in shimmering gold, a man whipped and bleeding on a cold cement floor. Continue Reading

Scandinavian Jews See Silver Lining in Strong Muslim Response to Denmark Shootings

An Article from JTA

As a longtime promoter of Jewish-Muslim dialogue in Denmark, Naveed Baig is no stranger to Copenhagen's Great Synagogue. Continue Reading

Where Have All the Good Jewish Women Gone?

An Article fromAish.com

A woman I met recently told me that she was seriously considering divorce. "It's not like my husband is a bad guy," she said, "I am just beginning to feel like he is more trouble than he is worth." Continue Reading

Rare Footage of the Chofetz Chaim From the First Knessia Gedola

An Article from The Yeshiva World

The First World Congress (Knessia Gedolah) of the World Agudath Israel the first major gathering of all the different sects of Klal Yisroel which took place in Vienna starting from Elul 3, 5683 / August 15, 1923 and which lasted for ten days. Continue Reading

For One Outspoken Teenager in Revolution-Era Iran, Queen Esther Was a Kindred Spirit
An Article from Tablet

When I escaped from Iran in 1982 at the age of 17, I took a heart-wrenching journey into the unknown, crossing the dangerous Kavira Loot Desert in the company of smugglers. Continue Reading

A Battle Heats Up-Over Purim Packages

An Article from Tablet

When Mordechai and Esther were saving the Jewish people from the clutches of the evil Haman more than 2,000 years ago, they never could have imagined that their story would someday be commemorated with an exotic gift basket. Continue Reading

Why Purim is Holiday of Ironies
An Article from The Forward

"All our struggles are in vain if the battle against the Jews is not fought to the finish. It is not enough to get the Jews out of Germany.
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