JTA’s Oster, Rodman take Rockower Awards
JTA’s Marcy Oster and Edmon J. Rodman won first-place prizes in the annual journalism contest sponsored by the American Jewish Press Association. More ▸
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Young Judaea to become independent Zionist youth movement
By Sue FishkoffYoung Judaea will spin off from its parent body, Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, to become an independent youth organization. More ▸
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Hadassah to pay back $45 million of Madoff gains
Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America will pay back $45 million of the money it made in the Bernard Madoff scam. More ▸
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Hadassah to pay back $45 million of Madoff gains
Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America will pay back $45 million of the money it made in the Bernard Madoff scam. Hadassah President Nancy Falchuk in a letter Thursday told the organization’s supporters of the settlement reached by the group with the trustee of Madoff’s estate. The organization, which began investing with Bernard Madoff… More ▸
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Is Hadassah cutting a deal with Picard to avoid a clawback lawsuit?
The Forward reported Friday that Irving Picard, the trustee for Bernard Madoff’s estate, had filed lawsuits late last week against a number of Jewish charities and individuals who actually made money on their investments in the multi-billion dollar scam. Picard is trying to recover as much money as he can via these “claw-back” lawsuits to… More ▸
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Do Jews not give in the recession? Jewish charities do poorly in annual list
In its annual report, The Chronicle of Philanthropy found that fund raising at the largest American Jewish charities was down 18.5 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year — a decline about twice as steep as large U.S. charities generally. More ▸
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Taubman gives Hadassah $300,000 to fight ALS
Detroit-based philanthropist Alfred Taubman has given $300,000 to Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, for stem cell research to fight Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gherig’s disease. Taubman’s gift will be used to support the collaborative research of Dr. Benjamin Reubinoff, the director of the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Center at… More ▸
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Ex-Hadassah chief to become head of Birthright NEXT amid expansion
Birthright NEXT has announced new professional and lay leadership, among plans for expansion. NEXT, the well-funded, but somewhat embattled follow up program to Birthright Israel announced today in Phoenix that Morlie Levin will become its next CEO and that Al Levitt will become its chairman on May 10. Levin, who was previously the executive director… More ▸
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Canadian Jewish leader’s killer gets 10 years
By Ron CsillagThe ex-convict who killed a Canadian Jewish leader in Barbados last year was sentenced to 10 years in prison. More ▸
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Hadassah reaches deal with hospital director
By JTA StaffHadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America and the director general of its hospital in Jerusalem have reached what both sides are describing an “amicable agreement” about the doctor’s future. More ▸
