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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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UJC’s name change official

The board of trustees of the United Jewish Communities officially voted to change the name of the umbrella organization of the Jewish federation system to The Jewish Federations of North America, from the United Jewish Communities (UJC).

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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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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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Greensboro News: New UJC top lay leader likes to make souffles

The Greensboro News and Record has a lengthy profile on Kathy Manning, who is slated to take over this fall for Joe Kanfer as the top lay leader at the United Jewish Communities/Jewish Federations of North America.

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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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Nevzlin to be international chair of the GA

The UJC/Jewish Federations of North America has named ex-Russian oligarch Leonid Nevzlin, who now lives in Israel, as the international chair of its annual General Assembly, which will be held in Washington, D.C., in November.

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JDC faces significant budget crunch

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is facing a significant budget shortfall, according to recent communications from its CEO, Steven Schwager.

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