January 21, 2016 - 11 Shevat 5776

AJOP Convention 2016 Rescheduled to January 31- February 1

In the interest of safety due to the impending blizzard forecast to hit the greater Baltimore area this weekend, the 2016 AJOP Convention has been rescheduled to January 31-February 1. Click Here for more information and to take a one question survey in regard to the rescheduled convention. We thank you for your continued support and understanding.

CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

FreshBiz Minute: An Exclusive Video Featuring Simcha Gluck

OUTREACH

Jewish Moms of NY Clobber Guinness World Record with #KidsChallah Bake

You Don't have to be Jewish to Love Shabbat Dinner

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING

How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur: Lesson From a Multi-Millionaire

NORTH AMERICA

Muslims Will Outnumber Jews in US by 2040, Study Finds

Kerry's Magic: Making the Jewish Victims Disappear

Obama Vows to Veto Bill to Restrict Iran Sanctions Relief

ISRAEL

Knesset Members to Learn Arabic
Swedish Officials Unwelcome, Deputy FM Says, as Swedish Deputy Speaker Visits
Two Israeli Startups Awarded Top Prizes
Siri Goes Sabra: Apple Voice System Now in Hebrew
The Murder of Dafna Meir

INTERNATIONAL

Former French President Sarkozy: We Did Not Fight Nazis to Force Jews to Run for Israel

Debate Rages in French Jewish Community Over Wearing of Skullcaps

Antisemitism in London: 'Hitler is on the Way'

Hezbollah Said to get Arms Direct from Russia, Can Use Against Israel

US Bombs Pile of Islamic State Cash in Iraq

When Worlds Collide: Unassimilable Muslim Migrants Crash Europe's Fantasy Islam

Hollande: 'Intolerable' that French Jews Feel They Need to Hide

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Rabbi Lila Kagedan Poised to Make History With Job at Orthodox Shul

Op-Ed: Conservative Judaism-Many Options, Unlimited Possibilities

How Matisyahu Became a Hasidic Humanist-In His Own Words

Satmar and the 'Last Lion'

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AJOP Board

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

*Deceased

Etz Chaim Center Baltimore Seeking Director

The Etz Chaim Center in Baltimore is seeking a multitalented Director to implement a vision for full community outreach and educational programming. This is a rare opportunity to spearhead, manage and expand a dynamic organization in a large, vibrant Jewish community.

Click Here for a Description of the position

Serious inquiries should be directed to shlomoporter@gmail.com

Jewish Moms of NY Clobber Guinness World Record with #KidsChallah Bake
An Article from JSpace

If ever you needed a concrete, easy to point to example of just how powerful normal Jewish moms can be-The Kids Mega Challah Bake in NYC can be exactly that. Continue Reading

You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Love Shabbat Dinner
An Article from Tablet

On a recent Friday evening in Jerusalem, more than a dozen participants from a Chinese business delegation snapped photos of each other waiting outside a house in Nachlaot, a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood best known for the famed Machane Yehuda outdoor food market.
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How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur An Article from The Huffington Post Mobile giving jumped by 45 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to new data from Blackbaud, a processor of online donations. Continue Reading

Muslims Will Outnumber Jews in US by 2040, Study Finds

An Article from Haaretz

There are about 3.3 million Muslims currently living in the United States, the Pew Research Center Washington-based think tank estimates, and the proportion of the Muslim-American population is expected to double from its current one percent by 2050. Continue Reading

Kerry's Magic: Making the Jewish Victims Disappear
An Article from The Weekly Standard

Secretary of State John Kerry has done it again: even more foolish and offensive statements about the terrorist attacks in Paris a year ago. Continue Reading

Obama Vows to Veto Bill to Restrict Iran Sanctions Relief
An Article from The Times of Israel

President Barack Obama will veto a Republican-sponsored bill which the administration says will prevent the United States from meeting its obligations under the nuclear deal struck between Iran and world powers, the White House warned Monday. Continue Reading

Knesset Members to Learn Arabic

An Article from JP Updates

The Knesset announced that courses in Arabic would be available to all Knesset members. Continue Reading

Swedish Officials Unwelcome, Deputy FM Says, as Swedish Deputy Speaker Visits
An Article from The Times of Israel

Officials from Stockholm are currently unwelcome in Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely declared Wednesday, a day after Sweden's foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom, called for an investigation to determine whether Israel has been conducting extrajudicial executions of Palestinians during the current wave of violence. Continue Reading

Two Israeli Startups Awarded Top Prizes
An Article from Israel 21c

The hype around Israeli technologies at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas was more than justified when two blue-and-white companies - HumanEyes and Steam CC - scored the top two innovation prizes from a field of thousands. Continue Reading

Siri Goes Sabra: Apple Voice System Now in Hebrew
An Article from The Algemeiner

Siri, Apple's voice-activated personal assistant, now speaks Hebrew.
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The Murder of Dafna Meir
An Article from The Times of Israel

Because she was a nurse, that would have treated her murderer had he come to her wounded, after slaughtering her neighbor or friend?
Continue Reading

Former French President Sarkozy: We Did Not Fight Nazis to Force Jews to Run to Israel

An Article from The Algemeiner

"We did not fight the Nazis to force the Jews to run to Israel 70 years later," declared French President Nicolas Sarkozy before an awards ceremony for the Conference of European Rabbis.
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Debate Rages in French Jewish Community Over Wearing of Skullcaps

An Article from Israel i24 News

Following Monday's machete attack in the southern city of Marseille, a debate has started among French Jews as to whether they should wear skullcaps in public after the leader of Marseille's Jewis. Continue Reading

Antisemitism in London: 'Hitler is On the Way'
An Article from Breitbart

The victims of the attack called volunteers from Shomrim, a Jewish neighborhood watch organization, to help them. Continue Reading

Hezbollah Said to Get Arms Direct From Russia, Can Use Against Israel
An Article from The Times of Israel

Hezbollah is receiving long-range missiles, laser-guided rockets and other sophisticated weaponry directly from Russia in Syria, and is free to use that weaponry against Israel if it so chooses, Hezbollah fighters told the Daily Beast website. Continue Reading

US Bombs Pile of Islamic State Cash in Iraq
An Article from The Times of Israel

A US defense official says American airstrikes are chipping away at the Islamic State group's cash piles. Continue Reading

When Worlds Collide: Unassimilable Muslim Migrants Crash Europe's Fantasy Islam
An Article from National Review

What happens when the West's fantasy Islam collides with the reality of an imported critical mass of unassimilated - and defiantly unassimilable - Muslims? Continue Reading

Hollande: 'Intolerable' That French Jews Feel They Need to Hide
An Article from JTA

French President Francois Hollande expressed dismay that French Jews feel the need to "hide." Continue Reading

Rabbi Lila Kagedan Poised to Make History with Job at Orthodox Shul
An Article from JTA

When Rabbi Lila Kagedan spends her first Shabbat at the Mount Freedom Jewish Center in Randolph, New Jersey, later this month, she will be making history.

Op-Ed: Conservative Judaism-Many Options, Unlimited Possibilities

An Article from JTA

When I was a law student, I took a course by a renowned professor who warned that if a prosecutor ever told us that our client only had two choices, we should walk away from the bargaining table. Continue Reading

How Matisyahu Became a Hasidic Humanist-In His Own Words
An Article from JTA

Matisyahu's personal and religious journey - from non-religious stoner teen to Hasidic reggae rocker to non-Orthodox Jewish symbol - has been tracked closely in the media. Continue Reading

Satmar and the 'Last Lion'
An Article from The Jewish Week

In the Carpathian Mountains, in early 1944, the Satmar rebbe was emperor of a Hungarian chasidic kingdom; in Brooklyn 1946, he was almost alone. Continue Reading

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