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AJOP Board
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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
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
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Calling Exhibitors for AJOP Convention 2016!
Interested in exhibiting your business or organization at the AJOP Convention in Baltimore - January 24-25, 2016?
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A special survey in preparation for the 9th World Conference of JCCs reveals JCC leaders around the world believe that their main challenge is to strengthen the connection of Jews to the Jewish People and the organized Jewish community. Continue Reading
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North America's largest Jewish federation announced it has allocated $200,000 to guarantee $1.4 million in emergency loans for Jerusalem businesses. Continue Reading
Media Relations 101 for NonprofitsAn Article from eJewish PhilanthropyMedia relations is one of those ongoing processes that nonprofits, particularly smaller, resource-strapped organizations lacking a public relations professional, tend to neglect. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Times of Israel
American Jews appear to be growing steadily more religious, faster than most other communities in the United States, according to a new Pew poll published Tuesday.
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Dershowitz Wins Oxford Union Debate on Boycott Israel Movement An Article from Breitbart
Alan Dershowitz, a famed Harvard Law School professor and Middle East expert, won over Oxford University's Oxford Union on Sunday in a debate over the Boycott Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the state of Israel, defeating his opponent 137-101 in the heart of liberal academia. Continue Reading
Last week, the Obama White House moved to ensure Hezbollah's ability to point 100,000 missiles at Israel. Continue Reading
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An Article from Mosaic
The most recent wave of Palestinian terror attacks, now entering its second month, has been mainly the work of "lone wolf" operators running over Israeli civilians, soldiers, and policemen with cars or stabbing them with knives. Continue Reading
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An Article from The New York Times
They arrived in an unceasing stream, 10,000 a day at the height, as many as a million migrants heading for Europe this year, pushing infants in strollers and elderly parents in wheelchairs, carrying children on their shoulders and life savings in their socks. Continue Reading
An Article from The Washington Free Beacon
Iran announced over the weekend that it is beginning to implement a blockade of all U.S. goods into the country following an order by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has directed the country's government to form an "economy of resistance." Continue Reading
Less than half a year after losing its hold on Turkey's parliament, the country's ruling Justice and Development Party regained a decisive majority Sunday in a dramatic snap election. Continue Reading
Veteran Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman has accused Israel of fabricating the recent knife attacks in the country and claimed the Conservative Party has been influenced by "Jewish money". Continue Reading
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The Rabbinical Council of America, the main modern Orthodox rabbinical group, formally adopted a policy prohibiting the ordination or hiring of women rabbis. 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
Haters Pressure Wal-Mart to Pull Israeli Soldier Costume
An Article from The Independent
America's largest supermarket chain has sparked controversy with Halloween costumes including an "Israeli soldier for kids" and "sheikh Fagin nose". Continue Reading Hasidic Yiddish Dance HitAn Article from The Forward
The Tricks of New York Trade Shuls
An Article from The Jewish Week
Two small nail holes on one of the plaster walls at the front door of a building on West 29th Street are the only hints of the site's rich Jewish past. Continue ReadingThe Mystery of the Missing Jewish Books of RomeAn Article from Tablet"This book is entirely the work of my hands, for I copied it for my own use. I am Nachman, son of Rabbi Samuel Foa. I copied it in the year 5315, when I was 15 years of age, in the house of the generous person Samuel, son of Moses Kazis." Continue Reading |
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