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Jerusalem, Israel

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Los Angeles, CA

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Northbrook, IL

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Passaic, NJ

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Milwaukee, WI 

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Lawrence, NY

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Rabbi Avraham Edelstein

Jerusalem, Israel

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New York, NY

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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

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outreachOutreach
Outreach1Planting Seeds of Engagement with Millennials
An Article from The Jewish Week

As a child, Lauren Kaufman-Bergmann, a political fundraiser in Washington, D.C., would bring her spare change to school to put in the iconic blue tzedakah boxes disseminated by the Jewish National Fund.Continue Reading 
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy 
 
For years, Jewish early childhood education (ECE) centers have relied on a number of action plans to fill their schools. Continue Reading
 
Outreach3In War Weary Ukraine, American Staffed Summer Camp Bolsters Jewish Youth
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Eleven-year-old David Tesla sat on sun-speckled steps, fingering a gold sports medal draped around his neck. Continue Reading

Outreach4Colorado's Camp Ramah Builds Bridges by Welcoming Jewish-Mexicans
An Article from Jeducation

Colorado's Ramah in the Rockies Jewish summer camp is building a bridge between the camp and Conservative Bet El Synagogue in Mexico City.
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Fundraising1Confronting Organizational Entropy
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
 
On July 14, I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon in honor of Joshua Venture Group's most recent cohort of talented social entrepreneurs setting out to the change the world through Jewish values and teachings. Continue Reading 

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The State Department's latest assault on Israel is further proof of the Obama administration's deep conviction that "more distancing between itself and Jerusalem is a good thing for the United States," a top adviser to former US President George W. Bush told The Algemeiner on Monday.  
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Kissinger2Republican Jewish Coalition Ad Brands Democrats 'Anti-Israel'
An Article from JTA

An ad from the Republican Jewish Coalition accuses the Democratic Party of being "stridently anti-Israel," featuring a string of attendees at last week's Democratic convention criticizing Israel. Continue Reading 
  
Namart4Trump Wants Politics From Pulpit
An Article from The Jewish Week

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants to build one wall, and tear down another, it turns out - one that has protected Jews from the start of the republic. Continue Reading 

Namart5Jewish Vote in Vegas Could Tilt Election
An Article from The Jewish Week

What happens in Vegas ... could determine the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Continue Reading

Namart6Jewish Navy SEAL Wins GOP Primary for Missouri Governor
An Article from JTA

Eric Greitens, a Jewish former Navy SEAL, won the Republican Party primary for Missouri governor. Continue Reading

Namart9NY Times Public Editor Chastises Paper for Ignoring Damaging Clinton Gaffe
An Article from The New York Times

Does this sound familiar? Hillary Clinton, in a rare interview on Fox News last Sunday, claimed that the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey Jr., had called her statements about her private email servers "truthful" and said she has been consistent with the American people in her accounts about the controversy. Continue Reading
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Hasia Diner is one of the most acclaimed American Jewish historians in the country. Continue Reading

Israel2Why Progressive Jews Shouldn't Give Up on Zionism
An Article from JTA

As progressive American Zionists, we take seriously the critique of Israel and Zionism by professors Hasia Diner and Marjorie N. Feld, contained in their Aug. 1 Haaretz article, "We're American Jewish Historians. This is why we've left Zionism behind." Continue Reading

Israel3Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg Stirs Storm After Tweeting He Might Stop Reading Haaretz
An Article from JTA

U.S. journalist Jeffrey Goldberg stirred up a media dust storm in Israel after he tweeted that he might give up reading Haaretz. Continue Reading

Israel4The Unsettling Exploits of Daniel Silva's Mossad Superspy
An Article from Tablet

Thrillers are good beach reading because, like the beach, they are supposed to provide a vacation from real life. Continue Reading 
Saudi Scholar: Israeli Society Wants Peace
An Article from Tablet

The supposedly flourishing ties between Israel and the Sunni Arab states burst into the open last week when a prominent former official from Saudi Arabia, sat down with a top Israeli diplomat and the official in charge of overseeing the country's military presence in the West Bank.
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Israel51,600 Year Old Ceramics Factory Discovered in Western Galilee
An Article from Israel Hayom

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a 1,600-year-old roman-era pottery workshop and a unique kiln in the Western Galilee town of Shlomi.
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How Israel's Modern-Orthodox Jews Came Out of Closet
An Article from The New York Times

On July 21, a young Israeli woman posted an account on Facebook about falling in love with another woman. Continue Reading
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Intl1Rio's Jews in 'State of Caution'
An Article from The Jewish Week

In Rio de Janeiro, the Jewish community's calendar over the next two weeks is conspicuously empty: no major communal dinners or social events are scheduled. Continue Reading

Internatioanl2The Archivist of French-Jewish History
An Article from The Jewish Week

Not many books by historians seem like the stuff of feature films.
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International3Lithuanian Mayor Urged to Stop Parties at Former Concentration Camp
An Article from JTA

A prominent Nazi-hunter from Israel and the Jewish Community of Lithuania called on the city of Kaunas to stop the use for recreational purposes of what used to be a concentration camp for Jews during the Holocaust.
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International3Church of Scotland, Jewish Community Meeting to Repair Damaged Relations
An Article from JTA

 The Church of Scotland and the Scottish Jewish community are planning formal talks to "repair the damage" caused by a report issued by the church that said "scripture" provides no basis for Jewish claims to Israel.
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International47 Things to Know About the Jews of Brazil
An Article from JTA

When the 2016 Olympic Games open on Friday, August 5, the eyes of the world will be on Rio - the first South American city to host the quadrennial event. Continue Reading

International6Germany and the Concept of Collective Guilt
An Article from Tablet

Even when it should have been clear that World War II was lost, Germans still lined up behind their leader. Continue Reading
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The Community Security Trust (CST) said 577 incidents targeting Jews were reported to the charity from January to June.
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as2From Anti-Zionism to Antisemitism: An Educator's Conference
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

When Rachel Beyda, an undergraduate economics major at the University of California, Los Angeles, was nominated for the Judicial Board, she did not anticipate being castigated by her peers for her Jewish identity and affiliations with Jewish campus organizations, such as Hillel and her sorority. Continue Reading

as4Oberlin Places Antisemitic Professor on Leave
An Article from Tablet

Oberlin College has placed professor Joy Karega on paid leave pending an investigation into anti-Semitic statements she made on social media, the college said in a statement today. Continue Reading

as5Baroness Royall Report Reveals Oxford Labour Students Engaged in Antisemitism
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

The JC has obtained Baroness Royall's full report into allegations of antisemitism among Labour-supporting students at Oxford University. Continue Reading
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The 1945 disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg - a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi gas chambers - ranks among the most enduring mysteries of World War II. Continue Reading 
  
Pope Francis said during his silent visit last week to the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau that he felt the souls of those murdered there.    
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interest2Report: US Airlifted $400 Million in Cash to Iran When Prisoners Released
An Article from JTA

The U.S. government secretly airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran at the same time as the release in January of four Americans detained in the Islamic Republic, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Continue Reading

Interest3Meet the Israeli Startup That Cracked the ISIS Target List
An Article from Matzav.com

An emerging Israeli startup firm in the cyber-security sector managed to infiltrate an encrypted Islamic State group and to retrieve the terror organization's latest list of international attack targets. Continue Reading
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