October 29, 2015   -  16 Cheshvan 5776 

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OUTREACH

Stop Doing and Start Living-Reflecting on the Shabbos Project 

British PM Praises Shabbat Project  

Challah and Shabbat for Everyone 

South Africa's 'Great Big Challah Bakes' Kick Off Global Shabbos Project 

Channel 7 Reporter to Celebrate Shabbat with Southwest Orlando Community 

You Don't Need to be Religious to Observe the Shabbat Project 

 

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

Trends in Israeli Philanthropy

 

NORTH AMERICA

Lessons an Orthodox Rabbi Learns From the Mets  

On Leafy Campuses, Hillel Struggles for a Foothold
 The Evolving Role of the American Rabbi   

Who Will Be the Next President of Yeshiva University?  

           

ISRAEL

INTERNATIONAL

'Mein Kampf' to be Reprinted in Germany and France  

Spanish Town Fetes Name Change from Kill Jews Town   

Purported ISIS Video Threatens to Wipe Out Jews, in Hebrew  

Eichmann Daughter in Law Defends Him in Argentina, Quits Mayoral Bid  

Rabbi, 2 Worshippers, Stabbed Outside French Synagogue 

ISIS Attacks Soared in Past 3 Months: IHS Jane's Database 

Labour MP: Corbyn's Antisemitism 'Really Worries Me'  

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST 

NYT Mag's Big Ethical Question Goes Super Viral: Would You Kill Baby Hitler?

Sins of the Fathers: Reflections on a Nazi Past 

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Jerusalem, Israel

Mr. Richard Horowitz

Los Angeles, CA

Rabbi Yehoshua Karsh

Northbrook, IL

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Lakewood, NJ

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National Director

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Baltimore, MD

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Passaic, NJ

Mr. Frank Storch

Baltimore, MD

HaRav Michel Twerski

Milwaukee, WI 

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Baltimore, MD 
 

ADVISORY BOARD

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Lawrence, NY

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Denver, CO

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Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Avraham Edelstein

Jerusalem, Israel

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Baltimore, MD
Rabbi David Felsenthal
New York, NY

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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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If you are like me, you are completely taken by the brilliant simplicity of the Shabbos Project (October 23-24, 2015). Continue Reading

Outreach2British PM Praises Shabbat Project
An Article from The Times of Israel

British Prime Minister David Cameron endorsed a Jewish community initiative encouraging Jews to observe their Sabbath. Continue Reading
 
Outreach3Challah and Shabbat for Everyone
An Article from Tablet

On Wednesday night at the swanky Grand Prospect Park Hall in Brooklyn, New York, a judge took the stage, whipped out his trusty tape measure, and counted 20 feet of bread-a humongous egg challah was in the running for the Guinness Book of World Records. Continue Reading

Outreach4South Africa's 'Great Big Challah Bakes' Kick Off Global Shabbos Project
An Article from The Jewish Week

Flanked by guitars and drums, master of ceremonies Nicole Green grabbed a microphone atop the outdoor stage and shouted, "Are we ready to rock Cape Town?" Continue Reading

Outreach5Channel 7 Reporter to Celebrate Shabbat with Southwest Orlando Community
An Article from Heritage

Former Broadway star and current channel 7 reporter to celebrate Shabbat with Southwest Orlando community. Continue Reading

You Don't Need to be Religious to Observe the Shabbat Project
An Article from The Times of Israel

 If you're young and single it is not hard to find Shabbat dinners in American metropolises with the not-so-hidden aim of ensuring the continuity of the Jewish people. Continue Reading 


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An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Many people living overseas believe that most, if not all, of the funds for Israel's nonprofit sector come from overseas, but that's no longer true.   Continue Reading
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NAmericaNorth America
An Article from Ner Le'Elef
 
As I glanced at the news this morning I could not help but notice the headline: "Miracle Mets are Headed to the World Series!" Continue Reading

Kissinger2On Leafy Campuses, Hillel Struggles for a Foothold
An Article from The Jewish Week

As the fall semester neared, Andi Cantor, a Jewish student leader at Sarah Lawrence College, was afraid to go back to campus. Continue Reading
  
Namart4The Evolving Role of the American Rabbi
An Article from The Jewish Week

In a way, I have been close to the Conservative rabbinate for 100 years - that is, if one adds my 45 years in one congregation in Metuchen, N.J., to the 42 years my father served as a Conservative rabbi in a congregation in Columbus, Ohio, followed by another 25 years into his 90s in several South Florida shuls. Continue Reading 

Namart5Who Will be the Next President of Yeshiva University?
An Article from Tablet 
 
Last month, Richard Joel announced that he would be stepping down as president of Yeshiva University. Continue Reading
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IsraelIsrael
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. closely monitored Israel's military bases and eavesdropped on secret communications in 2012, fearing its longtime ally might try to carry out a strike on Fordow, Iran's most heavily fortified nuclear facility. Continue Reading

israel2Palestinian Leaders, Jewish Activists Reject Cameras on Temple Mount
An Article from The Times of Israel

Less than 24 hours after US Secretary of State John Kerry lauded the idea of placing round-the-clock surveillance cameras on Temple Mount as a means of ensuring calm at the holy site, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on Sunday called the idea "a trap." Continue Reading
  
Israel3Jerusalem Grand Mufti: Temple Mount Never Had a Jewish Temple
An Article from JTA 

The grand mufti of Jerusalem said in an interview with an Israeli television station that there has never been a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Continue Reading 

israel6Facebook Moves Against Hamas in West Bank
An Article from NOW

Facebook has shut down Hamas' accounts and groups on the social media site amid worsening unrest as Palestinian youths target Israelis in a wave of attacks. Continue Reading
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Internationalinternational
An Article from Tablet  
 
Hitler's anti-Semitic manifesto, Mein Kampf (or, "My Struggle"), which he wrote while imprisoned in 1923, will be reprinted in France and Germany beginning next year.  Continue Reading
 
An Article from JTA

A town in northern Spain held an official ceremony to mark its name change from Kill Jews Town. Continue Reading 
 
 
Israeli media circulated an online video that features the symbol of the Islamic State terror group and an armed militant, as well as vocal threats in Hebrew aimed at Jewish-Israelis. Continue Reading
A daughter-in-law of Adolf Eichmann, the late Nazi war criminal who masterminded the near-annihilation of Hungarian Jewry, withdrew her mayoral candidacy in Argentina after defending his actions on television. Continue Reading

International4Rabbi, 2 Worshippers Stabbed Outside French Synagogue
An Article from JTA

A rabbi and two of his congregants were stabbed outside a synagogue in Marseilles, France. Continue Reading

International6ISIS Attacks Soared in Past 3 Months: IHS Jane's Database
An Article from NBC News

The number of average daily attacks carried out by ISIS worldwide jumped 42 percent over the past three months, according to new data published Thursday. Continue Reading

Intl7Labour MP: Corbyn's Antisemitism 'Really Worries Me'
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

Jeremy Corbyn's stance on antisemitism is a "real problem to address", one of his own Labour MPs has admitted. Continue Reading
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The internet couldn't stop talking about Hitler on Friday afternoon, all thanks to The New York Times Magazine. Continue Reading 

An Article Reprinted with Permission from Mishpacha 
  
Nearly 70 years after the end of World War II, Germany still grapples with its Nazi past. Continue Reading 
 
interest2How a Holocaust Legacy Helped Launch the Kind Bar
An Article from JTA

In many respects, the Manhattan headquarters of Kind Snacks - the purveyors of the omnipresent fruit and nut bars found everywhere from health-food stores to office-supply emporiums - are pretty much what you'd expect: Continue Reading

Interest3Study: Conservative Rabbis Open to Officiating at Intermarriage
An Article from The Jewish Week

A controversial new survey of Conservative rabbis shows that nearly 4 in 10 (38 percent) would officiate at the marriage of a Jew and non-Jew if the Conservative movement lifted its prohibition on these unions.
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