A plan to change the way American Jewish federations allocate funds to national agencies failed to come up for a vote at governance meetings of the United Jewish Communities. The proposal, which also would have set up a new domestic priority-setting committee of UJC, was taken off the table Tuesday after the Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia federations said they would abstain.
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