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November 15, 2010 | 8th Kislev 5771

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URJ congregations are encouraged to submit proposals for innovative projects that engage members. Up to 20 projects will be funded up to $5,000 for one year. Learn more and apply online by December 23.

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Help in a Time of Cholera:The Reform Jewish Movement Continues to Respond to Crisis in Haiti
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), in partnership with the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), has announced an emergency grant to Partners In Health to address the cholera epidemic in Haiti.

Reform Jewish Think Tank to Address Challenges to Religious Institutions
The Jerusalem Post Blog: A Torah lesson for Settlers by Eric H. Yoffie
Settlement leaders are utterly convinced that their call for broad settlement expansion is justified. The underlying reason for this conviction is what they perceive to be the mandate of the Jewish tradition and the holiness of the Land of Israel. The problem with this analysis is that it is wrong.

Reform Jewish Movement Condemns Homophobic Bullying; Provides Resources for Congregations, Teens, Parents
Amidst Controversy of Cordoba House, Rabbi Eric Yoffie Encourages Muslim-Jewish Relations

Chabad school DQd from Kohls challenge for cheating
JTA - Recent News | Nov 15, 2010 04:19 PM
The New York Post, citing failedmessiah.com, is reporting that the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights, NY, has been disqualified from the Kohls Cares Challenge after allegations of cheating.

Obama remark misinterpreted, Cantor spokesman says

U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor's promise that the new GOP majority will "serve as a check" on the Obama administration was "not in relation to U.S.-Israel relations," his spokesman said.

Jewish groups slam anti-African refugee decrees

U.S. Jewish groups condemned rulings by rabbis in the Israeli city Bnei Brak that ban residents from renting apartments to African refugees.

Disgusted by Nazis safe haven

A writer wonders how a country that saved Holocaust survivors could also allow in the perpetrators of the horrors.

Survivors call for ombudsman in wake of Claims Conference fraud

In the aftermath of the discovery of a $42.5 million fraud at the Claims Conference, a group of Holocaust survivors has called for the appointment of an ombudsman.

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