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outreachOutreach
Outreach1The Branding of Jewish Education
An Article from The Jewish Week

For years, products and services talked about differences. Tastier, faster, bigger, the most graduates who made Harvard, the percentage who married Jews. All are claims. 
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PhilanthropyFundraisingPhilanthropy
Fundraising1The 10 Questions the Jewish Community Must Ask
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy
 
What are the questions that the Jewish people will need to be asking and what are the operational realities that must be addressed? Continue Reading

FundraisingTwoJewish Community Foundation LA Invites Proposals for Cutting Edge Grants
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) has kicked off of its 2017 Cutting Edge Grants program. Continue Reading 
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NAmericaNorth America
Namart1Joseph Lieberman: Remember Iran's Role in 9/11
An Article from The Wall Street Journal

'Never forget" is the commitment the American people made after Sept. 11, 2001. Yet sometimes our leaders seem to have forgotten Iran's role in that worst terror attack on American soil. Continue Reading 

Kissinger2Congress in Showdown with White House
An Article from The New York Times

The House on Friday approved a bill to allow families of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for any role in the terrorist plot, setting up a rare bipartisan showdown with the White House.
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Namart4Obama: See No Evil, Hear No Enemies
An Article from Israel Hayom

Two almost simultaneous events in recent days have shed more light on the Obama administration's treatment of America's enemies. Continue Reading 

Namart5Murder Rates Rose in a Quarter of the Nation's 100 Largest Cities
An Article from The New York Times

Murder rates rose significantly in 25 of the nation's 100 largest cities last year, according to an analysis by The New York Times of new data compiled from individual police departments. Continue Reading

Namart6Nobody Respects Obama
An Article from The Washington Post

The president of the United States lands with all the majesty of Air Force One, waiting to exit the front door and stride down the rolling staircase to the red-carpeted tarmac. Continue Reading
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Arab Israeli Reem Younis grew up in Nazareth in Israel's Upper Galilee. Inspired by her Jewish Israeli high school science and math teacher, she applied and was accepted to the Technion.
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Israel2Haifa's Former Chief Rabbi Dies at 89
An Article from The Jewish Week

Rabbi She'ar Yashuv Cohen, an18th-generation rabbi who was one of the last leaders of his generation of prominent religious Zionist leaders who combined Torah study with army service, died Monday at the age of 89.Continue Reading 
 
Israel3Why Tel Aviv is So Crazy About Dogs
An Article from The Jewish Week

It's not every day you see a dog getting a massage. But in this Israeli city, somehow it seems expected.Continue Reading 

Israel4White House Holds Up Israel Aid Package
An Article from The Washington Post

After long and arduous negotiations, Israel and the Obama administration have agreed on a landmark military aid package that would increase U.S. aid to Israel over the next 10 years. Continue Reading 
Israel5Rare Discovery: Ancient Synagogue Mosaic May Depict Alexander the Great
An Article from Fox News

A remarkable mosaic unearthed during the excavation of an ancient synagogue in northern Israel may portray Alexander the Great.
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With the United States pulling back after years of frustrated efforts to break the intractable impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, Russia is stepping forward with its own drive to bring peace to a fractured land. Continue Reading

Internatioanl2Will Obama Roll the Dice on the Middle East One More Time?
An Article from The Washington Post

Barack Obama took office in 2009 with two big personal priorities in foreign policy: the limitation of nuclear weapons and the cause of Palestinian statehood. Continue Reading

International3US Officials: IS Losses on Battlefield Won't End Threat
An Article from ABC

Despite the Islamic State group's loss of territory, the Islamic extremists will continue to pose serious national security problems for the United States and Europe in coming years, the directors of the FBI and CIA said Thursday.  Continue Reading

International3German Judge on Hot Seat for Helping Survivors?
An Article from The Jewish Week

Hero to Holocaust survivors or a judge overstepping his bounds and meddling in politics? Continue Reading
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Israel's U.N. ambassador demanded Wednesday that media companies "stop providing a platform for hate sites," saying there is a clear link between the rise of social media and the rise of anti-Semitism. Continue Reading 
  
as2How the State Department is Combating Antisemitism
An Article from The Jewish Week

The end of any presidential term is an appropriate time for assessment and analysis. Continue Reading   as4 
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Interest1Interpreting 9/11 Through a Jewish Lens
An Article from The Jewish Week
  
In the aftermath of the collapse of the Twin Towers, Donna Levinstone, a New York-based artist and teacher at the National Council of Jewish Women, took a hiatus from her work for three months, describing herself as "too upset" to concentrate on her art.
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Interest2Push for Synagogues to Focus on Mental Illness
An Article from The Jewish Week
Late last month, Joanne Harpel and Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman met in a restaurant to celebrate what would have been their brother Stephen's 50th birthday. Continue Reading 

interest2Newly Revealed Soviet Docs Suggest Mahmoud Abbas was a KGB Spy
An Article from The Jewish Week

Israel's Channel 1 reported on Wednesday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas served as a Syrian-based KGB agent in the 1980s.
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