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Category Archives: AJU
Los Angeles Jewish Camp Denies Exposing Children to Radiation
From JTA: The organization that oversees a popular Jewish summer camp near Los Angeles denied reports that it knowingly may have exposed tens of thousands of its campers to radioactive waste and toxic chemicals — calling reports to that effect … Continue reading
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American Jewish University Salaries
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2013, which listed salaries as follows: * Robert Wexler (president): ~$296,000 * Zofia Yalofsky (VP): ~$151,000 * Gady Levy (VP): ~$130,000 * Brad Artson: ~$145,000 * Jay Strear: ~$163,000 … Continue reading
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When God Called Upon The Jews To Be A Holy People, Did He Mean Tango Classes?
I was just rereading Abraham Joshua Heschel’s book The Prophets: While ancient societies most highly valued wisdom, wealth, and power, to the prophets “such infatuation was ludicrous and idolatrous.” For them, kindness, justice, and righteousness were the highest ideals and … Continue reading
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Tagged abraham joshua heschel, jitterbug dancing, lindy hop, social survival, supreme manifestation, tango classes
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Dancing With The Rabbis
Oh man, I want to go to this so bad. Who wants to buy me a ticket? Mixed-dancing is one of the big no-nos of Orthodox Judaism, but not of Conservative Judaism as this email from AJU (the West Coast … Continue reading
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Tagged bradley shavit artson, Conservative Judaism, karina smirnoff, louis van amstel, orthodox judaism, rabbi elliot dorff
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They Got Me!
I opened up my email this evening to find one from an “Al Ha-madaf.” Oh, man, I thought. The terrorists have got me. They’re coming to get me. I open it up and find out it is from AJU. Why … Continue reading
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Tagged jewish community library, judith viorst, miriyam glazer, Naomi Ragen, rabbi harold kushner, rare bible collection
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