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Hundreds of workers at Jewish institutions signed a call for a ceasefire. Some say they've faced backlash from their employers
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News How the Jewish establishment helps fund Hasidic yeshivas
UJA-Federation of New York steers 400 schools in the region toward millions in public money
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News Boston federation hired private investigator to look into critics
CJP official acknowledges seeking information about lawyer and employees who criticized group
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Fast Forward Philadelphia Federation’s COO, subject of employee complaints, announces resignation
A top official of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is resigning three months after complaints that he bullied employees appeared in a Forward article about financial and other struggles at the federation. In an email obtained by the Forward, Chief Operating Officer Steven Rosenberg wrote to federation staff last week that he will step…
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News A Boston Jewish leader earns high praise amid lawsuits and allegations of a ‘toxic culture’
Rabbi Marc Baker, the newish head of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, seemed to be everywhere this summer. At a vigil in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, denouncing the stabbing of a Chabad rabbi. At a media event for the New England Holocaust Memorial, with the governor of Massachusetts and mayor of Boston. At a downtown…
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News After scandal, can the Philadelphia Federation’s new CEO turn it around?
People in the world of Jewish philanthropy talk about the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia like a troubled child with unmet potential. Its yearly fundraising has trailed millions of dollars behind peers with similar-sized Jewish populations, like Boston, since at least 2001. It has seen recent turnover in key leadership positions as well as pandemic-related…
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News Chicago’s Federation nailed its COVID-19 response. Now it wants other cities to follow its lead.
More than half a year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, much of the world is still figuring out how to adapt to a new way of doing things, including attending religious services, going to school, shopping and eating. But one Jewish community is reporting remarkable success in how it helps local organizations meet their community’s…
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