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JPost: Silverman and Manning look at overseas funding and young people before GA

In his run-up to the GA, to be held next week in Washington, the Jerusalem Post’s Haviv Rettig spoke with the Jewish Federations of America’s top professional and lay leader, Jerry Silverman and Kathy Manning.

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UJA-NY strikes natural gas deal

The board of directors of the UJA-Federation of New York voted unanimously Wednesday to allow the Hess Corporation to drill for natural gas on the property it owns in Wayne County, Pa.

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Young folks say that they feel left out by federations, Silverman agrees and invites them in

Check out the discourse on JTA’s Op-ed page between four young active Jews concerned about their place in the federation system and Jerry Silverman, the new CEO of the federation’s umbrella organization, the UJC.

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Loose Change: S.F. federations down, bailouts in St. Louis, $4.5 million for Baltimore school

From The Fundermentalist’s weekly roundup: Federation campaigns in the San Francisco area are down. Baltimore’s Cardin School is getting $4.5 million. A Chabad rabbi in Teaneck donated his kidney.

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Silverman to start a little early

Jerry will start at UJC Sept. 8 not Sept. 30

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The UJC will give $25k to one of your Jewish Community Heroes

The UJC makes its second foray into online social networking with online contest

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JTA: Who will get Obama to speak to the Jewish community?

My colleague Eric Fingerhut has a story about Jewish groups vying to get the President to address their conferences. He says the UJC may be the safest bet among the alphabet soup:

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Sharansky speaks

The new chairman of the Jewish Agency gives first interview since taking job

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