March 12, 2015 - 21 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

For Vail's Chabad Rabbi, Inspiration Comes on Ski Slopes

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Op-Ed: What Billionaires Owe the Jewish Community

Ruderman Family Foundation Announces $250,000 Global Innovators in Inclusion Competition

Ignoring the Elephant in the Room

8 Must-Know Fundraising & Social Media Stats for Every Jewish Organization

NORTH AMERICA

Poll: 65% Say Use Force to Stop Iran, 84% Call Possible Deal 'Bad Idea'

Former Sen. Danforth Decries Use of Antisemitism in Missouri Campaign

Louis Farrakhan Blames Jews for 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

First Ever Canadian Haggadah has Distinctly North of the Border Vibe

US Strategy in Iraq Increasingly Relies on Iran

ISRAEL

Netanyahu's Churchillian Warning
9 Israelis Break Forbes 500 Rich List
Cavers Find Treasure from Era of Alexander the Great in Israel

INTERNATIONAL

Rising Antisemitism Challenges Sweden's Proud and Tolerant Self-Image

Budapest Holocaust Museum Omits Culpability of Hungarians

Saudi Arabia: The World Leader in Arms Importation

Two Pre-WWII Polish Torah Scrolls to be Restored

When Netanyahu Joined the Geneva Initiative

French Police Issue Arrest Warrants for Suspects in 1982 Jewish Deli Attack

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

A Very Haredi Purim

Crowd Goes Wild for Holocaust Survivor Band

Bowen's Shame Over Holocaust Remark

Expanding the Audience for Holocaust Lessons

Century of Treyf at the Best Jewish Deli in the Bronx

Major Jewish Organizations Again on NY-AG Telemarketing Hit List

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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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How to Process Sudden Death by Rav Moshe Meir Weiss

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

For Vail's Chabad Rabbi, Inspiration Comes on Ski Slopes

An Article from JTA

When Dovid Mintz was growing up around the corner from the Lubavitcher rebbe in Brooklyn, he never imagined he'd find inspiration for Jewish outreach work on a black-diamond ski slope.

Op-Ed: What Billionaires Owe the Jewish Community
An Article from JTA

In the past decade, a new class of Jewish mega-givers has emerged, reshaping the Jewish philanthropic landscape. Continue Reading

Ruderman Family Foundation Announces $250,000 Global Innovators in Inclusion Competition
An Article from The Jewish Week

The Ruderman Family Foundation announced today the launch of the fourth annual Ruderman Prize in Inclusion global competition. Continue Reading

Ignoring the Elephant in the Room
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Yet another Demographic Survey has stuck out, ignoring the fastest growing Jewish movement in the US and the largest in the world, Chabad. Continue Reading

8 Must-Know Fundraising & Social Media Stats for Every Jewish Organization
An Article from Ner Le'Elef

Recently, NonProfit Tech for Good published a detailed list of how donors and volunteers have embraced the Internet for news, entertainment - and even charitable contributions. Continue Reading

Poll: 65% Say Use Force to Stop Iran, 84% Call Possible Deal 'Bad Idea'

An Article from Fox News

Americans fear disaster if Iran gets nuclear weapons -- and support military force to stop it.
Continue Reading

Former Sen. Danforth Decries Use of Antisemitism in Missouri Campaign
An Article from JTA

Former U.S. Senator John Danforth chastised Missouri state political leaders for using anti-Semitism as campaign tactic, which he said led to the suicide of a gubernatorial candidate. Continue Reading

Louis Farrakhan Blames Jews for 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

An Article from JP Updates

Minister Louis Farrakhan devoted a large portion of his annual address to followers in Chicago to the anti-Semitic myth that Jews were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Continue Reading

US Strategy Increasingly Relies on Iran
An Article from The New York Times

At a time when President Obama is under political pressure from congressional Republicans over negotiations to rein in Tehran's nuclear ambitions, a startling paradox has emerged:Continue Reading

First Ever Canadian Haggadah has a Distinctly North of the Border Vibe
An Article from JTA

In this rendition of the Passover story, the Children of Israel do not play ice hockey or drink kosher l'Pesach maple syrup. Continue Reading

Netanyahu's Churchillian Warning

An Article from The Washington Post

Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress was notable in two respects. Continue Reading

9 Israelis Break Forbes 500 List
An Article from Ynet News

Nine Israelis made the cut on this year's list of the 500 wealthiest people in the world that was published by Forbes on Monday. Continue Reading

Cavers Find Treasure From Era of Alexander the Great in Israel
An Article from CNN

Hen Zakai loves exploring darkness. In his spare time, he lowers himself into the underground world of hidden caves to navigate the nooks and crevasses of a very different environment. Continue Reading

Rising Antisemitism Challenges Sweden's Proud and Tolerant Image
An Article from The Jewish Week

When a militant extremist stormed into a kosher supermarket in Paris shortly after cartoonists were massacred at the Charlie Hebdo publication, Swedish media described it as a hostage situation at a food store. Continue Reading

New Budapest Holocaust Museum Omits Culpability of Hungarians

An Article from JTA

Hungarian Jewish leaders are criticizing a new Holocaust museum under construction in Budapest for omitting the culpability of Hungarians in the attempted genocide of the Jews. Continue Reading

Saudi Arabia: The World Leader in Arms Imports

An Article from The Times of Israel

audi Arabia has passed India to become the world's biggest arms importer last year as concerns about Iran's ambitions increase tensions in the Middle East. Continue Reading

Two Pre-WWII Polish Torah Scrolls to be Restored

An Article from JTA

The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland will save two pre-World War II Torah scrolls using a grant received from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland. Continue Reading

When Netanyahu Joined the Geneva Initiative

An Article from The Times of Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Friday appearance at a meeting with Likud activists from the central Israeli city of Yehud exposed the pressure he is under following his return from Washington and the release of a document by Yedioth Ahronoth revealing past discussions with the Palestinian Authority.

French Police Issue Arrest Warrants for Suspects in 1982 Jewish Deli Attack

An Article from JNS

French police have identified three suspects in a terror attack on a Jewish deli in Paris that occurred 32 years ago. Continue Reading

A Very Haredi Purim

An Article fromTablet

A Talmudic sage once said, "Where wine enters, secrets emerge." Continue Reading

Crowd Goes Wild for Holocaust Survivor Band

An Article from Tablet

If you need a pick-me-up for the day, try the New York Times' latest Op-Docs feature, a five-minute video about Saul Dreier, 89, and Reuwen "Ruby" Sosnowicz, 85, two Holocaust survivors in Florida who last year started a band called, simply, Holocaust Survivor Band.
Continue Reading

Bowen's Shame Over Holocaust Remark
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

'The Livingstone Formulation' is a term coined by the academic David Hirsh to refer to the practice of responding to claims of antisemitism by alleging that those making the claim are only doing so to prevent Israel from being criticised. Continue Reading

Expanding the Audience for Holocaust Lessons

An Article from The Jewish Week

If the idea that Jewish prisoners in the Terezin concentration camp would rehearse and perform Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem Mass as an act of defiance against their Nazi captors seems incongruous, imagine observing non-Jewish students, at Iona College in New Rochelle, watch a film about an almost unimaginable Holocaust experience. Continue Reading

Century of Treyf at the Best Jewish Deli in the Bronx
An Article from The Forward

Teitel Bothers, a corner grocery in the Bronx, is the sort of specialty store that retains the loyalty of its customers years, even decades, after they've left the neighborhood. Continue Reading

Major Jewish Organizations Again on NY-AG Telemarketing Hit List
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

New York State's Attorney General has released the annual "Pennies for Charity" fundraising report showing that for-profit telemarketers operating in New York in 2013 retained the majority of the funds (51.6%) they raised on behalf of charities - more than $156 million that was intended to support charitable causes. Continue Reading

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