February 11, 2016   -  2 Adar I 5776 

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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

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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Giving Giving for Outreach 2016: Watch the Trailer Now!

On February 16, 25 outreach organizations will join together and attempt to raise $4.1 Million in 24 hours.

Click Here for the Giving for Outreach Website

GoldsteinWatch! Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein's Presentation on "May the Force of Shabbos Awaken!" at AJOP 2016

AJOP had the honor and privilege to host Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein of South Africa at the AJOP Convention on January 31-February 2, 2016. Rabbi Goldstein innovated the international Shabbos Project to raise awareness to the beauty and halachic nuances of shabbos. It has been highly successful worldwide and is gaining momentum with each passing year.

Click Here to see Rabbi Goldstein present along with HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky and Rabbi Rafael Butler.

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Matchmaker, matchmaker has made a match - and the effects could be a more engaged and stronger Jewish community. Continue Reading
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PhilanthropyFundraisingPhilanthropy
An Article from Ami Magazine

My father Rabbi Sholem Ber Hecht is the
rav of the Sephardic  Jewish Congregation in Queens
where I was raised, and my Grandfather was Rav J.J. Hecht who was the head of the NCFJE, started by the Frierdike Lubavitcher Rebbe. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Towers
 
When Arielle Mokhtarzadeh and Ben Rosenberg  arrived at University of California, Berkeley on November 6 to attend the annual Students of Color Conference, they had no way of knowing that they would be leaving as victims of anti-Semitism. Continue Reading

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An Article from Israel i24 News

After Republican Senator Ted Cruz scored a surprise victory Tuesday in the Iowa caucuses that launched the White House race, many in Israel and the Jewish world have started to question what it would mean for Israel if he is elected president. Continue Reading
  
Michael Harris probably isn't your typical New Hampshire Republican. Continue Reading

Namart5Jewish Lefties Claim Fake Anti-Israel 'New York Times'
An Article from The Times of Israel
 
Reform movement officials joined a protest rally calling on gun manufacturers to increase safeguards that would keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Continue Reading
An Article from JTA

A 38-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was killed when a construction crane collapsed on his car in Manhattan. Continue Reading

An Article from LA Times

The team lost its 10th straight game, falling to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night, one member of the Lakers was all smiles. Continue Reading

An Article from JTA

Swastikas were painted on the front of a Jewish-owned business in Seattle, Washington. Continue Reading
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An Article from JNS

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said Thursday that they plan to file personal complaints with the Knesset's Ethics Committee against Arab MKs Hanin Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka, and Basel Ghattas, who met with the families of late Palestinian terrorists earlier this week. Continue Reading

israel2US Reform Rabbis Blast Israeli Tourism Minister Over Assimilation Remarks
An Article from Haaretz

The U.S.'s main organization of Reform rabbis accused Israel Tourism Minister Yariv Levin of bias against their movement on Tuesday, after the minister made disparaging remarks about the supposed assimilation among Reform Jews. Continue Reading 
Article from The Jewish Week
 
The Israeli government's decision Sunday to approve a compromise expanding the egalitarian prayer section of the Western Wall is being hailed as a historic moment by leaders of the Reform and Conservative movements. Continue Reading

Israel4The Kosel Compromise-A Small Bit of Clarity in the Dark
An Article from Matzav.com

Whereas heterodox and a few left-edge Orthodox leaders have hailed the Israeli government's decision to create an expanded official area for non-Orthodox prayer along the Western Wall... Continue Reading
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An Article from The New York Times 
 
Two of the Americans freed by Iran this month in a prisoner deal have provided new detail about their time in captivity, saying they were told by Iranian interrogators that the United States had abandoned them and that they would never leave. Continue Reading 
 
An Article from Israel i24 News
 
Israel's energy minister said Saturday that the Egyptian military had flooded several smuggling tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip's southern border at Israel's request.  Continue Reading
 
 
Fourteen Hungarian Holocaust survivors have filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. against the Hungarian government and its national train company for cooperation with the Nazis, complicity in the deportation of more than 500,000 Hungarian Jews, and confiscation of property. Continue Reading

International3On Anniversary of Liberation of Auschwitz, German Jews Express Concern About Mounting Antisemitism
An Article from JP Updates

Last Wednesday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day took place to memorialize the Holocaust and the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where 1.1 million Jews were murdered. Continue Reading

International4WPost: Cuba Opening Has Accomplished Nothing
An Article from The Washington Post

Can an authoritarian regime convert to democracy by itself? The historical record isn't encouraging. Continue Reading

International6Dutch Government: Reports of Stopping Holocaust Survivors' Payments Incorrect
An Article from JTA

The Dutch Foreign Ministry denied reports in Israel that it stopped or was considering stopping payments to Holocaust survivors living in Israel.


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Volunteers from a Hasidic Jewish enclave in New York state helped rescue a 25-year-old woman who jumped off the George Washington Bridge. Continue Reading

An Article from The Jewish Week

Many Jewish parents hope their children will grow up to become doctors. Actor Josh Radnor grew up to play one on TV, currently operating as Dr. Jedidiah Foster, a surgeon in PBS' new Civil War drama series "Mercy Street."
 
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An Article from The Jewish Week

A chasidic elder sat at his Shabbos table, holding a piece of silverware at the height of his eyes, until the table grew silent. Continue Reading
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