San Francisco JCC lays off 150 Employees, slashes budget by more than 40%
The highest-paid employees, in senior and executive positions, will take salary cuts of 6 to 40%.
Fliers Claiming Jews Were Behind 9/11 Appear In Bay Area
The police chief condemned the pamphlets but said there would be no investigation, citing First Amendment protection.
Neshama Carlebach To Wed Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Rabbi Menachem Creditor met Neshama Carlebach 10 years ago. Now they are getting married.
Urban Adamah Cancels Kosher Slaughter Workshop
A Berkeley workshop on kosher slaughter — during which 15 hens were to be killed — was canceled this week amid public outcry from animal rights groups and others.
Jennifer Gorovitz, First Woman To Head A Major Federation, Leads In Time of Controversy and Layoffs
In May, Jennifer Gorovitz became a communal pioneer as the first woman ever to head a big-city Jewish philanthropic federation. Now, two months later, she has become the first woman heading a big-city federation to implement major layoffs in the face of a budget shortfall.