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Evangelicals’ rabbi wants to know why the Jews aren’t saving FSU Jewry

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, which raises about $100 million per year from evangelical Christians for Jewish and Zionist causes, is miffed that the Jewish people are not coming up with more money to help Jews in the former Soviet Union. In particular, he says Israel is failing to deliver on a pledge to support Jewish schools in Russia.

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How did your organization weigh in on Mumbai?

It is something of a ritual now that once a global tragedy occurs, the PR machines for various non-profits go into full motion, trying to weigh in on the situation.

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UJC, JAFI and JDC officially thank Eckstein

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, got the thanks from the organized Jewish world that he’s been looking for on Monday at a reception at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly (video included).

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