Loose Change

Loose Change: Backlash over UCSJ plan, cuts in Baltimore and plans in North Boston and St. Louis

Here’s your pre-holiday Jewish news from the local Jewish papers: Rabbi Steve Wernick, the new head of the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism, is catching flack from some segments of the Conservative movement for his recently announced plans to revamp the USCJ, reports The New York Jewish Week. The Washington Jewish Week has also been […]

By Jacob Berkman September 18, 2009 9:03 pm

Loose Change: S.F. federations down, bailouts in St. Louis, $4.5 million for Baltimore school

In the Jewish media this week: The Jewish federation in St. Louis and the Jewish Family and Children’s Services department there have given out some $176,000 as part of the federation’s new Lifeline Fund to 60 Jewish families in the area who have been hit hard by the recession, reports the St. Louis Jewish Light. […]

August 28, 2009 7:21 pm

Loose Change: Silverman talks, cuts in Milwaukee and Phoenix and PresenTense to Boston

Busy week in the Jewish news, despite the slowdown in the news cycle: Jerry Silverman, who will take over as the top professional at the United Jewish Communities/Jewish Federations of North America in September, spoke with Gary Rosenblatt at The Jewish Week. (I will unpack this further.) And, reports the Jewish Week, the 92 Street […]

July 31, 2009 7:26 pm

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Loose Change

Loose Change: Backlash over UCSJ plan, cuts in Baltimore and plans in North Boston and St. Louis

Loose Change: S.F. federations down, bailouts in St. Louis, $4.5 million for Baltimore school

Loose Change: Silverman talks, cuts in Milwaukee and Phoenix and PresenTense to Boston

Loose Change: Gratz president steps down, Hebrew schools and shuls adapt and courting Saudis

Loose Change: No allocations cut for Baltimore, $500k for the AJC, Madoff victims talk

Loose Change: Day schools and Conservative shuls struggle, fighting neo-Nazis with Heschel

Loose Change: Troubled day schools, BHU-Towson merger and yeshiva Home Ec

Loose Change: Chabad in Buffet land, recession hits AZ synagogues, and changes in Jewish higher ed

Loose Change: Layoffs at Hillel, none at local Hadassahs and Jews push for healthcare

Loose Change: National Hebrew charter schools, Rutgers drops Israel program and OU on day school woe

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