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JDC faces tough choices at board meetings

On Sunday and Monday, the JDC’s board of trustees will gather at the Helmsley Hotel in New York City to decide on next year’s budget. They must make serious budget cuts primarily, the JDC says, because of drastic reductions in the allocations it receives from local Jewish federations via the Jewish Federations of North America (formerly the UJC).

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Giving in England is down

The recession is not just hurting charity here, it is also affecting giving overseas.

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More on financial woes at day schools and synagogues

The Jerusalem Post has a bit more on the fate of day schools. 

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Sun-Times: Synagogues in Chicago grapple with High Holiday seat prices

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg has a piece today about the catch-22 that synagogues find themselves in annually this time of year.

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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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J-Vibe to shut print publication and maybe online mag, as JFL sunsets

J-Vibe, the bimonthly print and online magazine for Jewish teenagers, will publish its last print edition in the beginning of September and then will most likely shut down its online publication. It’s the latest step in the planned sunset of Jewish Family & Life.

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JDC, Jewish Agency mull more cuts

The North American Jewish federation system’s overseas partners are warning of a brewing financial crisis facing the organized Jewish community in the former Soviet Union.

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Crawling out from under the rock of day-school tuition

Publicist rails in The New York Jewish Week about against the high cost of day-school tuition.

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AJWS gives out $3.2 million, slight decline from last year this time

The American Jewish World Service announced Tuesday that it was giving out $3.2 million in new grants.

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