The Association for Jewish Outreach Programs, (formerly the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals),[1] also known by its abbreviation AJOP,[2] is an Orthodox Jewish network which was established to unite and enhance the Jewish educational work of rabbis, rebbetzens, lay people, and volunteers who work in a variety of settings and seek to improve and promote Jewish Orthodox outreach work with ba'alei teshuvah guiding Jews to live according to Orthodox Jewish values. AJOP was the first major Jewish Orthodox organization of its kind that was not affiliated with the Chabad Hasidic movement.
Rabbis, rebbetzens, and activists in the field of "Jewish outreach" working in the various areas of Orthodox Jewish education are often referred to as "kiruv professionals" or "kiruv workers" as well as "kiruv volunteers" in the Orthodox community.
- ^ Arnold Dashefsky; Ira Sheskin (19 November 2014). American Jewish Year Book 2014: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities. Springer. p. 542. ISBN 978-3-319-09623-0.
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