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JobfairMark Your Calendar! Kiruv Job Fair May 4, 2016
 
For the first time, an opportunity will be given for young men and women who are interested to join the ranks of full time kiruv positions, to meet with employers and kiruv headhunters throughout North America who are looking to fill as many as 90 available positions. The Kiruv Job Fair will take place on May 4, 2016 in Brooklyn, NY from 2-5pm. Interested employers or candidates can email their job descriptions or resumes respectively to kiruvjobs@gmail.com



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An Article from Arutz 7

Immigrants from the former Soviet Union living in Israel are overwhelmingly secular, notes a new Pew Research Center poll, but their children are increasingly embracing religion.  Continue Reading 
 
An Article from Ner Le'Elef

This page offers links to a multitude of websites, online tools and more that will allow you or your student to walk away with a slew of information on all things Pesach related. Continue Reading

Outreach3Find-a-Seder Resource Will Help Locate Communal Seders
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

UJA-Federation of New York's Find-a-Seder resource is back for 2016, listing pre-Passover celebrations and Seders on the first two nights of Passover at local community centers and synagogues of all denominations throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, and Westchester.
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Outreach4New Cartoon on Jewish Values Focuses on the 'Why' of Judaism Rather Than the 'How'
An Article from The Jewish Week

When Sarah Lefton began developing a video series for Jewish children, her first thought was to focus on Jewish ritual. Continue Reading
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Submit your story for a chance to win up to $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. If you have a video under five minutes or a five-photo Flickr slideshow, we want to see it! Continue Reading
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NAmericaNorth America
An Article from Mosaic
 
Everyone knows that American Jews and Israel are drifting apart-and everyone is confident of the reasons why. Continue Reading

Kissinger2AIPAC's Student Activists: Pro-Israel, Pro-Active and Often Progressive
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

American campuses are becoming Europeanized in the worst way - becoming hostile to Israel, to Zionism, to Jews. Continue Reading
  
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump doubled-down Sunday night on his comments that the U.S. should "do a better deal" with Japan, South Korea and other allies, saying they should pay more for America's protection while taking a greater role in their defense - including building their own nuclear weapons. Continue Reading

Namart54 Things to Know About Obama Censoring the Words 'Islamist Terrorism'
An Article from The Federalist

It's no secret that President Obama has refused to use the phrase "Islamist terrorism" to describe Muslim militant groups who do violence in the name of their religion. Continue Reading

Namart6Bill Clinton Meets with NY Rabbis to Garner Support for Hillary
An Article from The Forward

Former President Bill Clinton met with over 20 leading rabbis in the New York area to discuss his wife Hillary's presidential campaign.
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Namart9Sanders References Holocaust When Discussing Trump's 'Intolerance' Toward Muslims
An Article from The Washington Post

In the midst of chastising Donald Trump on Saturday for showing intolerance toward Muslims, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders told an audience here that some of his relatives died in the Holocaust as the result of "a lunatic ... stirring up racial hatred." Continue Reading
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An Article from Ynet News

What do people think about you? This is one of the most existential questions a person faces.
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israel2Sid Blumenthal's Anti-Israel Son Praises Hamas Attack on Israeli Soldiers
An Article from The Daily Caller

Max Blumenthal, the anti-Israel son of longtime Clinton friend Sidney Blumenthal, recently praised the military wing of the terrorist group Hamas for a 2014 attack that killed five Israeli soldiers. Continue Reading
An Article from The Times of Israel
 
Top Israel Air Force general warned that Israel may be losing its military edge amid a growing arms race in the Middle East, during a conference in Tel Aviv on Sunday. 
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What Palestinians Think of the Knife Intifada
An Article from Mosaic

Is the "knife intifada" beginning to run out of steam? Some observers say so.
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israel5Hacker 'Anonymous' Pledge Massive Cyber Attack on Israel
An Article from The Algemeiner

Ahead of what has become an annual cyberattack against Israel by pro-Palestinian hackers, video clips have been circulating in various languages warning about Thursday's imminent disruption of networks.   Continue Reading

israel6High Court: State Must Recognize Private Conversions
An Article from Israel Hayom

A nine-judge panel at the High Court of Justice ruled Thursday in a historical decision to require the state to recognize conversions to Judaism performed in any Orthodox community, rather than only those supervised by Chief Rabbinate. Continue Reading

Israel7Four Candidates, Four Foreign Policies, Three of Them Bad for Israel
An Article from Tulsa World

After dozens of contests featuring cliffhangers, buzzer-beaters and a ton of flagrant fouls, we're down to the Final Four: Sanders, Clinton, Cruz and Trump. (If Kasich pulls a miracle, he'll get his own column.) The world wants to know: What are their foreign policies? Continue Reading
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An Article from JTA 
 
Four haredi Orthodox paramedics from Antwerp who rushed to the main airport in Brussels following a terrorist attack there reportedly were among the first medical professionals on the scene.
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Article from JP Updates
 
On Sunday, activists affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) destroyed signs on the Paris subway a Louvre exhibit, entitled "Open a Door to Israel." Continue Reading

An Article from Bloomberg View

Like most of Washington, I was under the impression that the nuclear negotiations with Iran ended in July. Continue Reading

International3Air France Cabin Crew Mutiny Over Order to Wear Headscarves
An Article from The Telegraph

Air France stewardesses, furious at being ordered to wear headscarves in Tehran, say they will refuse to fly to the Iranian capital when the airline resumes the service later this month. Continue Reading

International4Obama Says Iran Not Adhering to 'Spirit' of Nuclear Deal
An Article from The Hill

President Obama on Friday criticized Iranian leaders for undermining the "spirit" of last year's historic nuclear agreement, even as they stick to the "letter" of the pact. Continue Reading

International6Scottish Jews Finally Have Their Own Tartan After a 300 Year Wait
An Article from The Daily Mail

They waited 300 years to have their own tartan, but for the 6,400 Jewish people living in Scotland there has finally been a victory. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Washington Post 
 
It has seemed to me that a vast double standard regarding what constitutes prejudice exists on American college campuses.
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An Article from The Jewish Chronicle
 
Veteran Jewish Labour MP Louise Ellman has repeated her criticism of the party's failure to tackle antisemitism among its members. Continue Reading

as4Blood Libel OK on Facebook
An Article from Elder of Ziyon

I reported on Tuesday that an Arab newspaper published a lurid antisemitic article, posting the blood libel as fact. Continue Reading
 
as5Why I'm Becoming a Jew and Why You Should, Too
An Article from The Guardian

It took me 40 years to become a Jew. When I was a child, I wasn't a Jew and not only because I never went to a synagogue. Continue Reading

as6Antisemitism Graffiti at U. of Buffalo Threatens Violence Against Jews
An Article from JTA

Anti-Semitic graffiti found in the men's bathroom of a student residence at the University of Buffalo threatened violence against Jews. Continue Reading
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Interest1The Nazi Who Became a Mossad Hitman
An Article from The Forward
  
On September 11, 1962, a German scientist vanished. The basic facts were simple: Heinz Krug had been at his office, and he never came home.Continue Reading
 
Interest2The Priest Who Saved 4,000 Jews
An Article from The Jerusalem Post

On March 30, 1895, Pierre-Marie Benoit was born in Bourg d'Iré, in western France. Continue Reading
 
interest2The World's Largest Seder-in Nepal-Will Go On, Despite Slow Earthquake Recovery
An Article from The Jewish Week

When the ground started to shake beneath Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz's feet, he was praying near a doorway at the Chabad House of Kathmandu, where he lives with his wife, Chani, and their six children.
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