Nacha Cattan
By Nacha Cattan
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News JCC Director Forced Out
The founding director of the acclaimed Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, Debby Hirshman, was asked to step down the day before Rosh Hashana after 13 years of service, the Forward has learned. A JCC press release states that Hirshman resigned, but the co-chair of the JCC board told the Forward that the board had asked…
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News Report Urges Using Funds To Help Indigent Survivors
The “special master” appointed by a federal judge to oversee distribution of the $1.25 billion Swiss bank settlement is recommending that all funds not claimed by owners of Holocaust-era Swiss bank accounts should eventually go to assist indigent Holocaust survivors. The October 2 recommendation by the special master, former New York deputy mayor Judah Gribetz,…
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News Charity Lays Off Survey Architect
The chief architect of the controversial National Jewish Population Survey, Jim Schwartz, has been laid off by the survey’s sponsor, United Jewish Communities, according to sources close to UJC. The philanthropy announced last week in an internal communication that Schwartz’s position as director of the North American Jewish Data Bank was being eliminated as part…
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News Rules for Religious Charities Drawing Fire
New White House regulations could force needy people seeking help from religious charities to sit through religious services before they can receive aid, Jewish civil-rights groups are charging. The civil rights groups say the new rules, which bar charities from forcing recipients of government aid to participate “actively” in activities such as reciting prayers, do…
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News Baltimore Shul Tests Conservatives’ Policy on Gay Vows
The board of directors of Baltimore’s largest Conservative synagogue has voted to allow its rabbis to perform same-sex commitment ceremonies in the sanctuary. Last month two women became the first couple to take advantage of the new policy at Beth El Congregation on Park Heights Avenue, a 1,750-family synagogue located in an area of the…
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News Report Finds Flaws in Population Survey
A recently released review by leading survey researchers has pointed to holes in the methodology of the National Jewish Population Survey 2000-2001 that could have led to an undercount of the Jewish population. The review comes as emotions over the controversial population survey conducted by United Jewish Communities are reaching a fever pitch, with much…
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News Survey Shows Conservative Judaism’s Numbers Dropping
Conservative rabbis are struggling to answer a key question raised by the results of the recently released National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01: How, after decades of predominance, did they lose their claim to heading the nation’s largest synagogue movement. The $6 million survey, commissioned by the United Jewish Communities, found that only 33% of all…
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News Layoff of Veteran Leader in L.A. Sparks Talk of a Split in Federation
Los Angeles’s Jewish federation’s sudden move to lay off the top professional of its public-affairs division, the Jewish Community Relations Committee, has sparked outrage and talk of a committee secession from the federation. Citing budget woes, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles eliminated the executive director position of the Jewish Community Relations Committee last…
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