March 10, 2016 - 30 Adar I 5776 

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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

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

*Deceased
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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Outreach1The Hebrew
An Article from Aish.com

In retrospect, what a beautiful French Canadian woman said to me on the Atlantic City Boardwalk many, many summers ago should have made perfect sense. Continue Reading

Outreach2How a Rabbi Should Successfully Plan & Prepare to Write
An Article from Ner Le'Elef

I originally planned for my second article on "How to Write" to be on, well...how to write, but I feel that I need to dedicate another preliminary article to one of the most important things you can do before you start officially writing: Prepare. Continue Reading
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PhilanthropyFundraisingPhilanthropy
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
 
Over the last few years, the adult education department of the Colorado Agency for Jewish Education has been in a period of transition. Continue Reading

FundraisingTwoHow to Take Israeli Philanthropy to the Next Level
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The trend of Israeli philanthropy has gained significant momentum in recent years and has seen an emerging culture toward giving within Israel, far greater than what is commonly thought. Continue Reading

Fundraising5The Basics of Measurement: Start Here
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Measurement matters in the nonprofit world, perhaps more than ever. Continue Reading

American Friends of Magen David Adom Receives $25M from Marcus Foundation
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) has received a $25 million gift from the Atlanta-based Marcus Foundation to help Magen David Adom (MDA) build a critically needed new national blood center in Israel. Continue Reading



NAmericaNorth America
An Article from Israel Video Network
 
Watch as this video explains the recent wave of hate that has spread across America targeting all minorities. Continue Reading

Kissinger2Expungement of Rubashkin Case Electrifies Jewish Community
Article from Yated

Last week's cover story about Sholom Rubashkin's state case being expunged from the record electrified the community, triggering an outpouring of congratulatory phone calls and letters. Continue Reading
  
Namart4Where Donald Trump Stands on Israel and the Jews
An Article from The Times of Israel

With Donald Trump sweeping to a resounding victory in seven Super Tuesday states Tuesday night, Republicans awoke this morning to the reality that the New York real estate magnate had solidified his status as the front-runner for the party nomination. Continue Reading

Namart5Pro-Israel Army Vet Runs for Congress on Prosthetic Legs
An Article from The Times of Israel
 
Brian Mast likes to use the Israeli slang word achi. The Hebrew equivalent of "bro," an endearment among young men, it's not something one would expect to hear in conversation with a United States Congressional candidate. Continue Reading
An Article from The Washington Post

Twenty-three Jewish services organizations, including agencies in greater Washington and Baltimore, will receive $2.8 million to help aging Holocaust survivors, the Jewish Federations of North America announced Tuesday.  Continue Reading

An Article from The Times of israel

The newly elected leader of the Republican Party in Texas's Travis County has raised eyebrows and then some for his colorful history of vulgar and sexist online comments. Continue Reading

An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

When Republican Jewish Coalition executive director Matt Brooks takes the stage in Las Vegas next week to debate foreign affairs, his opponent will not be a heavyweight from the National Jewish Democratic Council, the RJC's opposite number. Continue Reading

Namart10Mark Zuckerberg is World's Richest Jew
An Article from Virtual Jerusalem

Mark Zuckerberg is the sixth richest person in the world, and the richest Jew, after accumulating more wealth than anyone else in the past year. 
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IsraelIsrael
An Article from Forbes

View the latest Forbes list with the new addition of 17 Israeli billionaires who made it this year.
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israel2Israel to Launch One of the Most Advanced Missile Systems Internationally
An Article from The Washington Post

A joint exercise now being conducted between thousands of Israeli troops and the U.S. European Command represents a final test before Israel begins to deploy one of the most sophisticated missile defense systems in the world. Continue Reading
Article from The Jerusalem Post
 
Is the glass half empty or is it half full? That is the question one is left asking after reading the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for 2016. 
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Israel4Heroes of Israel: The Chicken Lady
An Article from Jewish News.com

Meet Chaya Hammer, the 93-year-old great-great-grandmother whose kindness campaign is feeding hundreds of poor families in Israel
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israel6Hamas Commander, Accused of Theft is Killed By His Own
An Article from The New York Times

The death of Mahmoud Ishtiwi had all the trappings of a telenovela:  Continue Reading
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Internationalinternational
An Article from US News 
 
On Friday, Iranians went to the polls to select new representatives for the country's legislature, known as the Majles, and its Assembly of Experts, the powerful clerical body that oversees the performance of Iran's supreme leader. Continue Reading 
 
An Article from JTA
 
A Torah scroll from the synagogue in the northern Italian town of Biella has been identified as probably the oldest in the world still owned and used by a Jewish community. Continue Reading
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ASAntisemitism Worldwide
 
An Article from The Washington Post 
 
The paragraph, read out loud by one of the world's foremost scholars of the Holocaust, chilled the audience. Continue Reading 
 
An Article from The Times of Israel
 
Polish prosecutors indicted for incitement a construction contractor from the western city of Wroclaw who burned an effigy of a Jew at a protest rally against Muslim immigration. Continue Reading
 
 
The City University of New York (CUNY) is taking two measures in response to recent allegations of antisemitic activity across its campuses,The New York Post reported Monday. Continue Reading 

An Article from ZOA
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. issued the following statement:
 
as5Left Wing Antisemitism Hits Oxford
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

According to evidence seen by the Sunday Times, members of the Oxford University Labour Club allegedly condoned the antisemitic attacks on synagogues in Paris in 2014 and mocked the Jewish mourners and victims of the 2015 Paris supermarket attack when the funerals were on television.
An Article from JTA

University of Missouri officials condemned an anti-Semitic incident at a campus residence hall, the second this school year and the third in less than a calendar year. Continue Reading
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A few weeks have passed since the petirah of Rav Chaim Yisroel Belsky zt"l, and the pain is still acute.
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Hillel International is launching an ambitious new project that seeks to strengthen the talent pipeline for Jewish organizations through new positions for recent college graduates on campuses across the country.
 
interest2Rabbi Who Fought Extremism Wins $1.5M Templeton Prize
An Article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Britain, was awarded the 2016 Templeton Prize Wednesday for his efforts to counter religious extremism and promote tolerance across faiths. Continue Reading 
 
Interest3Meet is Murder  
An Article from The New York Times Magazine 
 
Early this year in the sun-streaked offices of Spring, a handsomely capitalized shopping start-up in Manhattan's Flatiron district, Octavian Costache, the company's chief technology officer and one of its founders, claimed a spot near the bright new kitchen to make a speech at a weekly all-hands meeting. 
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Interest4What Google Learned In Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team   
An Article from The New York Times Magazines  
 
Like most 25-year-olds, Julia Rozovsky wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her life. Continue Reading 
 
Interest7Infographic: What Millenials Really Think at Work
An Article from Matador Network

Millenials are often accused of being lazy and entitled, and that's before they're even working. Continue Reading

 

 

An Article from The Cap

Chefs, please open your baskets. As part of Chef Week, "Kosher Chopped" is coming to UW Hillel's on campus Jewish restaurant, Adamah Neighborhood Table, on the evening of March 7. Continue Reading
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