Two overseas aid organizations have launched major initiatives aimed at securing more funding from U.S. donors that could significantly impact the North American network of local Jewish charitable federations.
A policy committee at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has issued a slew of recommendations for revamping how it raises money — many of which could significantly impact the network of local Jewish federations.
As U.S. Jewish organizations ponder how to respond to the massive quake that rocked Chile, they report that the infrastructure of the country’s Jewish community suffered little damage, though one synagogue in Concepcion was destroyed.