September 3, 2015   -  19 Elul 5775 

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HIGH HOLIDAYS RESOURCES

High Holiday Services Online Directory 

NLE High Holiday Resources 

Rosh Hashanah Resources-Kiruv & Chinuch  

 

OUTREACH

4 Ideas for Engaging Families with Young Children in Jewish Life 

New Interactive Guide Aims to Activate Alumni NetWORKS 

Webinar: Explore the Alumni Playbook 

Why Some Public School Parents are Switching to Jewish Day Schools 

The Great Unraveling and a Defense of the American Jewish Way 

 

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Kirk Douglas and Wife Donating $80 Million in New Gifts

Jewish Community Foundation (LA) Invites Proposals for Cutting Edge Grants

 

NORTH AMERICA

Cheney: Iran Deal is Munich 

Quinnipiac Poll: Black Voters Equally Divided on Iran Deal
 Huckabee Demands Clinton Apology Over Holocaust Reference 

10 Questions for President Obama About Iran 

The Better Alternative to the Iran Deal 

1 in 6 Jews are New to Judaism-and 9 Other New Pew Findings 

Orthodox Students at Dartmouth Press for Stricter Kashrut 

           

ISRAEL

INTERNATIONAL

Amid Drought, WWII Relics are being Discovered Under Poland's Vistula River 

Can Turkey' Jews Survive? 

  Jewish Cafe Re-Opens in Shanghai 

Auschwitz 'Showers' for Tourists Cool Off Some, Offend Others 

Polish Governor Tamps Down Expectations of Nazi Gold Train 

Reading the Talmud in a Most Unlikely Place-Iran's Holy City 

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Is Modern Orthodoxy Reaching Its Breaking Point? 

Why I Don't Touch Girls 

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RABBINIC AUTHORITIES

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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

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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

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MesilaThe Educational Explanatory Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Service 

AJOP in partnership with Afikim is pleased to offer the Educational Explanatory Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Service machzor to mikarvim at a reduced rate of $5 per volume (+ shipping). Written with explanations from Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf and edited by Rabbi Azriel Burnham, this machzor is sure to enhance and inspire those unfamiliar with the lengthy Yamim Noraim tefillos.   

 



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outreachOutreach
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Every new parent understands the pressure and stress associated with finding the best ways to create a rich and fulfilling future for their children. Continue Reading

Outreach2New Interactive Guide Aims to Activate Alumni NetWORKS
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation has released a new interactive resource for Jewish professionals and community initiators looking to cultivate robust alumni networks and provide constituents with ongoing opportunities for meaningful engagement. Continue Reading

Outreach3Webinar: Explore the Alumni Playbook
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Join the Schusterman team and a panel of experts from Yale University and Teach For America for a dive deeper into the Alumni Playbook.
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Outreach4Why Some Public School Parents are Switching to Jewish Day Schools
An Article from JTA

When Ali Martell's eldest daughter reached school age, Martell and her husband both assumed she'd go to a Jewish day school, as they had.
Continue Reading

The Great Unraveling and Defense of the American Jewish Way
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

On boards of communal agencies and within their professional ranks a crisis of confidence exists, not in themselves, but in those they seek as clients and supporters. Continue Reading

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Actor Kirk Douglas and his wife, Anne, announced plans to donate $80 million in new gifts to an array of charitable causes. Continue Reading

FundraisingTwoJewish Community Foundation (LA) Invites Proposals for Cutting Edge Grants
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) has kicked off of its 2016 Cutting Edge Grants program.
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NAmericaNorth America
An Article from The Wall Street Journal
 
In 1983, as the U.S. confronted the threat posed by the Soviet Union, President Ronald Reagan explained America's unique responsibility. Continue Reading

Kissinger2Quinnipiac Poll: Black Voters Equally Divided on Iran Deal
An Article from JP Updates

Yet another poll released on Monday showed that a majority of U.S. voters oppose the Iran nuclear deal, at the same time that President Barack Obama is on course of securing the deal in a congressional vote. Continue Reading
  
An Article from JP Updates

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee wants an apology from Hillary Clinton for criticizing him on referencing the Iran nuclear deal to the Holocaust. Continue Reading

Namart510 Questions for President Obama About Iran
An Article from The Atlantic 
 
It appears likely, as of this writing, that Barack Obama will be victorious in his fight to implement the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by his secretary of state, John Kerry. Continue Reading 
   
An Article from The Hill 

Advocates of the nuclear deal with Iran have argued that rejecting it will result in war, a nuclear Iran and even a nose-diving dollar. Continue Reading

Namart71 in 6 Jews are New to Judaism-and 9 Other New Pew Findings
An Article from JTA

We're highly educated! There are more American Jews with two or more university degrees than those who have just one - 31 percent have a graduate degree and 29 percent have just a bachelor's degree. Continue Reading

Namart8 Orthodox Students at Dartmouth Press for Stricter Kashrut
An Article from The Jewish Week

Orthodox students at Dartmouth College are pressing the school to provide kosher food that adheres to a higher standard. Continue Reading
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You won't believe what this man says about being an Israeli Jew. Continue Reading 
We were out on a fun date on that summer night a few weeks ago, laughing hysterically, when my Ethiopian-Israeli boyfriend-in the typical Israeli way-nonchalantly slipped in some bad news with the good times.  
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Israel3Israel Ranked Fourth Best Place to Raise a Family
An Article from United With Israel

The Family Life Index ranks countries according to their results in these subcategories: availability of childcare and education, costs of childcare and education, quality of education, family well-being, as well as childcare and education options. Continue Reading

Israel4Jewish-Israeli Man Stopped From Joining Islamic State 
An Article from JTA

A Jewish-Israeli man who planned to join the Islamic State was apprehended in Turkey and returned to his parents. Continue Reading
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An Article from Tablet 
 
On Tuesday, Jonny Daniels, the founder of From the Depths, a Jewish organization committed to preserving memories of the Holocaust, particularly in Eastern Europe, walked along the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland, picking up pieces of stone with Hebrew lettering on it. Continue Reading   
 
An Article from The Times of Israel

Gaining entry to Istanbul's Bet Yisrael Synagogue can be quite an ordeal.  Continue Reading 
 
 
A cafe in Shanghai that was a popular meeting place for Jewish refugees during World War II has reopened. Continue Reading 

International3Auschwitz 'Showers' for Tourists Cool Off Some, Offend Others
An Article from JTA

Of all the places on Earth, where would one least expect to see a new shower of any kind installed - even one that just mists overheated visitors?
Continue Reading
 
International4Polish Governor Tamps Down Expectations of Nazi Gold Train
An Article from JTA

The Polish governor of the province in which a fabled Nazi train loaded with stolen treasures reportedly has been located tried to lower expectations of the discovery. Continue Reading

International6Reading the Talmud in a Most Unlikely Place-Iran's Holy City
An Article from The Forward

The Shia holy city of Qom teems with mosques, mullahs and madrassas.  
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An Article from The Forward
  
white rabbi and black minister (this isn't the start of a joke) link arms and are swept up in the sound of a gospel song. Continue Reading

An Article from Aish.com 
  
I enjoyed reading the recent article on aish.com "Why I Don't Touch Men" and thought it would be worthwhile to share my experiences on the topic from the perspective of a 19-year-old guy. Continue Reading

interest2My Resilient Jewish Soul
An Article from Aish.com

I was born the eldest of five children and raised in the Bible Belt. My mother was Jewish and my father was a gentile. Continue Reading

Interest3Jewish Teens' Act of Kindness Impresses SpongeBob and the World!
An Article from United With Israel

TV Talk Show Host Jimmy Kimmel ran a social experiment in which an actor dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants falls on the ground and needs help getting up. Continue Reading

Interest4Mother Must Give Son His Grandmother's $5,000 Bar Mitzvah Gift From '07
An Article from JTA

A 20-year-old student was awarded a $5,000 gift from his 2007 bar mitzvah that he said his mother never handed over. Continue Reading

Interest7Meet the Jewish Woman Getting Ready to Live on Mars
An Article from The Jewish Week

Dr. Sheyna Gifford - a Jewish medical doctor, science journalist, astrophysics researcher and space enthusiast - is preparing to live on Mars.
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Interest8Where Have All the Cantors Gone?
An Article from The Jewish Week

When Cantor Seymour Rockoff of Kesher Israel Synagogue in Harrisburg, Pa., died last month, it was truly the end of an era. Continue Reading

Interest9When Orthodox and Evangelicals Align-and What It Means for Everyone Else
An Article from The Forward

Sixty years ago, a Jewish intellectual named Will Herberg published a book that jolted the way Americans thought about their religious landscape.
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