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Ari Teman, Founder of JCorps Wins Federation Award

By Jacob Berkman (JTA)

After weeks of deliberation and more than 600,000 votes, the Jewish Federations of North America has named its first Jewish Community Hero: Ari Teman.Read More


In One Week, Jewish Community Lands Obama, Brin

By Jacob Berkman (JTA)

The relative calm that annually settles in over the Jewish nonprofit world during the High Holidays season ended with a bang this week, as the Jewish communal world landed two big gets.Read More


Outgoing Brandeis President Has Strengthened School's Jewish Identity

By Jacob Berkman (JTA)

Jehuda Reinharz took many by surprise last week when he abruptly announced that he would be stepping down as president of Brandeis University at the end of this academic year.Read More


Budget Shortfalls Inspire Creative Approaches at Day Schools

By Jacob Berkman (JTA)

Rabbi Samuel Levine has a problem — and it’s echoing throughout the Jewish day school world.Read More


Study: Day School Lay Leaders, Boards Are Too Weak

By Jacob Berkman (JTA)

“We can’t just blindly throw money at our problems,” Scott Goldberg says at a lunch meeting at Yeshiva University’s mid-Manhattan campus, referring to the economic crisis that is imperiling the country’s Jewish day school system. “None of us can afford to do that in this economy,” Goldberg, the head of YU’s Institute of University-School Partnership, tells education officials and journalists Monday in a meeting to introduce a new study on the governance of day schools.Read More



 

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