November 26, 2015   -  14 Kislev 5776 

   

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Chanukah Resources 

 

OUTREACH

Gender & Judaism: A Sophisticated View From the Haredi Camp 

Engaging College Students From Intermarried Families 

 

 PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

My Rabbi: The Fundraiser?

 

NORTH AMERICA

Our Bitter and Graceless President 

10 Jewish Groups Join Call for Congress to Accept Syrian Refugees Into US
 College Students Say Remembering 9/11 is Offensive to Muslims 

Bernie Sanders Accuses Netanyahu of Overreacting in Gaza War  

Bomb Threat Closes School, Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side 

Netflix, Blockbuster, and Disruptive Change in Synagogues 

Jewish Political Conservatism: The Emergence of Republican Jews 

           

ISRAEL

INTERNATIONAL

Officials: IS Determined to Produce Chemical Weapons  

Russia Says US Policies Helped Islamic State, Interfax Reports 

UK Party Votes to Boycott Security Company for Israel Ties 

Massive Russian Blanket Air Bombardment is Flattening Raqqa  

Europe's Largest Department Store Removes Israeli Products From Shelves 

 Swedish Synagogues Close Temporarily in Face of National Terror Threat Assessment 

Dutch University Students Create Nazi Death Camp Dorm Room 

In First, Orthodox Jew to Head Argentina's Jewish Political Umbrella Group  

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Holding On To Kedushah; Turning the Tables 

Jewish Life. 50 Years From Now

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RABBINIC AUTHORITIES

HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky

HaRav Yaakov Perlow  

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Rabbi Ilan Feldman

Atlanta, GA

Rabbi Yaacov Haber

Beit Shemesh, 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

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ARTICLE HEADLINE

 
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outreachOutreach

American Jewish organizational leaders are no doubt spending much of their time at this week's General Assembly discussing their seemingly never-ending quest for meaningful responses to the Pew Study.
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Outreach2Engaging College Students From Intermarried Families
An Article from The Jewish Week

Questions about interfaith families and intermarriage are as old as the Jewish community itself. Continue Reading
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PhilanthropyFundraisingPhilanthropy
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Few things are less popular, universally disliked, disdained and misunderstood as is fundraising.
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NAmericaNorth America
An Article from Commentary
 
We all know people of towering arrogance and we all know people of staggering incompetence, but Barack Obama is quite possibly the perfect package. Continue Reading 

Kissinger210 Jewish Groups Join Call for Congress to Accept Syrian Refugees Into US
An Article from The Jewish Week

Eleven Jewish groups are among 81 that sent a letter to Congress members urging them not to roll back plans to accept Syrian refugees into the United States. Continue Reading
  
The everything-is-offensive brand of campus activism has struck a new low: Students at the University of Minnesota killed a proposed moment of silence for 9/11 victims due to concerns-insulting, childish concerns-that Muslim students would be offended. Continue Reading 

Namart5Bernie Sanders Accuses Netanyahu of Overreacting in Gaza War
An Article from The Times of Israel 
 
US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders criticized Israel's actions during the 2014 Gaza war, saying in an interview published Wednesday that the Jewish state caused more civilian damage than was necessary in the Palestinian enclave. Continue Reading

Namart6Bomb Threat Closes School, Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side
An Article from The Jewish Week

The Jewish Center, a prominent Modern Orthodox synagogue on West 86th Street on the Upper West Side was evacuated after receiving a called-in bomb threat Monday morning, and a nearby day school closed its doors while police conducted a sweep of the Jewish Center.

Namart7Netflix, Blockbuster and Disruptive Change in Synagogues
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Whose business model does your congregation wish to follow: Blockbuster's or Netflix's? Continue Reading

Namart9Jewish Political Conservatism: The Emergence of Republican Jews
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Jewish conservative thought has deep roots in the American political tradition. Continue Reading 
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IsraelIsrael
An Article from Jewish Media Resources

Arab Israeli lawmakers and regional council heads have joined representatives of Israel's Islamic Movement in opposing a government decision to outlaw the radical Northern Branch of the group, with one MK calling the move "a declaration of war." Continue Reading

israel2As Jerusalem Businesses Empty, UJA-Federation Steps In
An Article from The Jewish Week

When participants in a UJA-Federation of New York mission entered a Jerusalem restaurant on November 9th for a pre-arranged meal, they found plenty of empty tables. Continue Reading
  
Israel3Israel: 13 Year Old Committed Suicide After She Was Unable to Join Her School Trip
An Article from Jerusalem Online 
 
A 13-year-old girl put an end to her life today (Tuesday) after she was unable to join her friends on the yearly school trip due to her family's economic situation. Continue Reading 

Israel4Ezra Will Live
An Article from Ner L'eElef

Ezra Schwartz was eighteen. I am eighteen. Ezra Schwartz went to a religious Jewish high school and spent his summers in a Jewish sleep-away camp. Continue Reading

israel5Baltimore Sends Mazel Tov Wishes to the Million Person Wedding
An Article from Baltimore Jewish News

This evening, while attending a function in our community, MD Governor Larry Hogan, took time out to sign the Mazel Tov banner to be delivered to the chassan/kallah on Thursday evening in Yerushalayim.  Continue Reading
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Internationalinternational
An Article from AP 
 
The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and U.S. intelligence officials. Continue Reading
 
An Article from Bloomberg

U.S. actions in the Middle East helped Islamic State to gain influence, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, according to Interfax.  Continue Reading 
 
 
The Labour Party's national executive committee has voted to boycott security company G4S, over its links to Israel. Continue Reading
Russia has launched a merciless blanket air campaign, backed by Kalibr cruise missiles fired from the Caspian and Mediterranean Seas, for the object of wiping the Islamic State's Syrian center of Raqqa off the map. Continue Reading

International4Europe's Largest Department Store Removes Israeli Products From Shelves
n Article from Haaretz

Europe's largest department store, the Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) in Berlin, has removed Israeli products from the shelves following the European Union's decision to label Israeli products from the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Continue Reading

International6Swedish Synagogues Close Temporarily in Face of National Terror Threat Assessment
An Article from JTA

Synagogues throughout Sweden have shut down temporarily in response to the country raising its official terror threat assessment level.
Continue Reading

Intl7Dutch University Students Create Nazi Death Camp Dorm Room
An Article from JTA

University students in the Netherlands redesigned the dorm room of a Jewish classmate with motifs from a Nazi death camp during the Holocaust, Dutch media reported. Continue Reading
Intl8In First, Orthodox Jew to Head Argentina's Jewish Political Umbrella Group
An Article from JTA

An Orthodox Jew will head the Argentine Jewish political umbrella for the first time in its 80-year history. Continue Reading
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Interest1Holding On to Kedushah; Turning the Tables
An Article from Jewish Media Resources
  
A friend recently sent me from America a letter written by a Rosh Yeshiva to parents of his talmidim concerning summer vacation. Continue Reading

Interest2Jewish Life, 50 Years From Now      
An Article from The Jewish Week 
  
Commentary Magazine, on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, has published a symposium, "The Jewish Future," with brief predictions by 70 people on what will be the condition of the Jewish community 50 years from now. Continue Reading 
 
interest2WWII Hero Credits Luck and Chance in Foiling Hitler's Nuclear Ambitions
An Article from The New York Times

For a man who saved the world, or at least helped ensure that Adolf Hitler never got hold of a nuclear bomb, 96-year-old Joachim Ronneberg has a surprisingly unheroic view of the forces that shape history.
Continue Reading 

Interest3Four Elderly Jewish Ladies Busted for Weekly Mahjong Game
An Article from JTA

Four elderly Jewish women playing mahjong in Florida may not sound like a crime - but that's what was recently alleged in the city of Altamonte Springs. Continue Reading

Interest4The Maccabeats Release New Chanukah Video
An Article from JTA

Jewish a cappella group the Maccabeat have released a new music video for their song "Latke Recipe" ahead of Hanukkah 2015. Continue Reading 

Interest7Teaming Up, Welch's and Manischewitz Challenge Kosher Grape Juice Monopoly
An Article from JTA

For decades, America's kosher grape juice market has been dominated by Kedem, whose sweet libations come in concord, blush, white, peach, diet and a variety of sparkling flavors. Continue Reading

Interest8How Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity Changed Our Universe
An Article The Forward

Albert Einstein once said that there are only two things that might be infinite: the universe and human stupidity. Continue Reading
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