Congress extends Lautenberg amendment
An extension to the Lautenberg Amendment, a law facilitating immigration for victims of religious persecution, including Jews, was included in the funding bill passed by Congress. More ▸
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Shared office space for Jewish nonprofits to open in N.Y.
The Jewish environmental group Hazon will open a shared space for Jewish nonprofits in New York City. More ▸
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Obama inks measure with security funds for nonprofits
By Ron KampeasPresident Obama signed into a law a homeland security bill that includes funds for nonprofits. More ▸
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Obama: We need innovative nonprofits
it gets nonprofity around the seven minute mark. the Prez: If anyone is out there waiting for the government to solve all of their problems, they are going to be disappointed. Because ultimately the best solutions don’t come from the top down, from Washington, they come from the bottom up. More ▸
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Loose Change: More day school trouble (and a few solutions), JCCs open on Shabbat, and American Idol
The Jewish media may be dollar poor right now, but it had a rich week in terms of coverage: The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia announced its allocations for the next year, and made some significant shifts to account for the recession. Among them: More money percentage wise will stay in Philly and less will… More ▸
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Hadassah to start military medical school
I will have more on this tomorrow after I talk with Hadassah’s president, Nancy Falchuk, but it seems that Hadassah will partner with the Israeli government to form Israel’s first military medical school. Here’s the release from Hadassah: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2009 CONTACT: Alix Fried, Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications HADASSAH –HEBREW UNIVERSITY TO OPEN FIRST… More ▸
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GUEST SIDEKICK: Invest in innovation
What is now a crisis of economy must not become a crisis of vision. The recent economic downturn gives us a rare opportunity to rethink the way the Jewish community is organized. The extreme contraction of resources, which we believe has only just begun, forces us all to have difficult and often painful conversations about… More ▸
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JFL ceases print edition of Babaganewz and goes totally digital
The nonprofit group JFL Media, which publishes several niche Jewish magazines and Web sites, is maging significant cuts to one of its flagship periodicals, the organization’s CEO told the Fundermentalist Friday. JFL is ceasing the print edition of Babaganewz, a Jewish publication and learning supplement for school children. The magazine, which was published eight times… More ▸
