December 17, 2015 - 5 Teves 5776

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8 Tips for Shooting a Great Nonprofit Video Interview

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

How Millenials are Reshaping Charity and Online Giving

NORTH AMERICA

Why Campus #BlackLivesMatter Protests are Bad for the Jews

Modern Orthodox Leaders Praise Interfaith Dialogue
Caught in the Middle in New Campus Wars

Trump to Jewish Donors: 'I Don't Want Your Money'

ISRAEL

Reform and Conservative Leaders Push Israeli President for 'Equal Rights'
A Carved Stone Block Upends Assumptions About Ancient Judaism

INTERNATIONAL

Vatican: Catholic Church Must Not Try to Convert Jews

Jews for J Denounces Vatican for No Converting Jews Policy

Pierre Birnbaum on the 'Israel-ization' of French Jews

Fleeing Recession and Violence, Brazilian Jews Moving to Israel in Record Numbers

Danes Vote Jew Who Died Defending his Synagogue 'Man of the Year'

Hungarian Jews Call on Orban to Prevent Planned Statue of WWII Politician

Top French Writer's New Novel Envisions the Muslim Takeover of Europe

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Lessons Learned From Orthodoxy's Dramatic Growth

World's Largest Collection of Judaica Broken Up and Sold-Against Owner's Wishes

New Documentary 'Alyad' Depicts Jewish Life in the Soviet Union
Everyone's "Going Mobile"-Are You?

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8 Tips for Shooting a Great Nonprofit Video Interview An Article from Ner Le'Elef You see interviews on your local newscast, on documentaries, instructional videos, morning talk shows, reality shows, even on YouTube. Continue Reading

How Millenials are Reshaping Charity and Online Giving An Article from The New York Times It was visiting a displaced persons camp in Haiti last January that prompted Mallory Brown to raise money to help a family she met there. Continue Reading

Why Campus #BlackLivesMatter Protests are Bad for the Jews

An Article from The Forward

A day before University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler made headlines with a hunger strike protesting racism on campus, a coalition of 36 Jewish and civil rights organizations contacted University Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin to protest a vile act of anti-Semitism that had recently occurred at Mizzou:

Modern Orthodox Leaders Praise Interfaith Dialogue
An Article from The Jewish Week

For much of the last half-century, interfaith discussions between Christian churches and the Jewish community have been largely the province of non-Orthodox Jews. Continue Reading

Caught in the Middle on New Campus Wars
An Article from The Jewish Week

In early November, Michael Stephenson, a Jewish sophomore at the University of Missouri, spent a night sleeping in the middle of campus alongside graduate student Jonathan Butler. Continue Reading

Trump to Jewish Donors: 'I Don't Want Your Money'
An Article from Reuters

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump likes to remind audiences that he is for the most part paying his own way on the campaign trail. Continue Reading

Reform & Conservative Leaders Push Israeli President for 'Equal Rights'

An Article from The Forward

It was all hugs and smiles when Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met Friday with leaders of America's three main Jewish denominations at an event hosted by UJA-Federation of New York. Continue Reading

A Carved Stone Block Upends Assumptions About Ancient Judaism
An Article from The New York Times

The carved stone block is about the size of an occasional table. It has held its secrets for two millenniums. Continue Reading

Vatican: Catholic Church Must Not Try to Convert Jews

An Article from JTA

The Vatican says the Catholic Church must not try to convert Jews to Christianity. Continue Reading

Jews for J Denounces Vatican for No Converting Jews Policy
An Article from JTA

The Jews for Jesus organization has denounced the Vatican for saying the Catholic Church must not try to convert Jews to Christianity.
Continue Reading

Pierre Birnbaum on the 'Israel-ization' of French Jews

An Article from The Forward

The French Jewish political sociologist and historian Pierre Birnbaum, born in 1940, is an emeritus professor at Panth�on-Sorbonne University.
Continue Reading

Fleeing Recession and Violence, Brazilian Jews Moving to Israel in Record Numbers
An Article from JTA

For four years, llana Lerner Kalmanovich rode a hot and crowded bus three hours each day to reach the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she was pursuing degrees in physical education and nutrition.
Continue Reading

Danes Vote Jew Who Died Defending his Synagogue 'Man of the Year'
An Article from The Jewish Press

The readers of the Danish national daily newspaper Berlingske have voted security guard Dan Uzan, who was killed while defending with his body a Copenhagen synagogue last February, Man of the year 2015.
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Hungarian Jews Call on Orban to Prevent Planned Statue of WWII Politician
An Article from Reuters

Hungary's Jewish community protested against plans to erect a statue to a politician who played a role in drafting anti-Jewish laws during World War Two, saying on Thursday that it would bring back the "dark and menacing shadow of anti-Semitism". Continue Reading

Top French Writer's New Novel Envisions the Muslim Takeover of Europe
An Article from The Towers

"Life is painful and disappointing," Michel Houellebecq wrote in his first book-length work, and it has more or less remained his mantra ever since.
Continue Reading

Lessons Learned From Orthodoxy's Dramatic Growth
An Article from The Jewish Week

Since 1990, Orthodoxy in America has departed in dramatic fashion from patterns displayed by the other religious denominations. Continue Reading

World's Largest Collection of Judaica Broken Up and Sold-Against Owner's Wishes

An Article from The Forward

The world's most important private collection of Jewish books and manuscripts will be broken up soon, contrary to the original wishes of its founder, at an upcoming auction at Sotheby's. Continue Reading

New Documentary 'Alyad' Depicts Jewish Life in the Soviet Union
An Article from Tablet

It's been almost 24 years since the fall of the Soviet Union. It seems to me that most young people do not know about refuseniks. Continue Reading

Everyone's "Going Mobile"-Are You?
An Article from Ner Le'Elef

Today, mobile devices have become a way of life. The instant gratification of news, shopping, social media, navigation and much more has become a given, all with the convenience of the swipe of a screen. Continue Reading

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