The latest news from the New York Jewish Week.
Boston’s Jewish federation has laid off 25 employees as it plans for a year of decreased donations and increased need for services during the pandemic, JTA reports. The move, announced earlier this month, follows widespread layoffs at Jewish organizations across the country. “While our community continues to support CJP with extraordinary generosity, we are realistic in our […]
Moses’ complaint to God in this week’s Torah portion, Beha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16), that he should not be tasked with nursing a people that he did not conceive or bear, has always struck me as an expression of the Torah’s negative view towards women’s bodies and the life giving and life sustaining functions they perform. If […]
UJA-Federation of New York, which has awarded millions of dollars in emergency grants to help organizations survive the COVID-19 pandemic, is joining the ranks of organizations letting go staff members as it anticipates declining donations. JTA reports that 54 employees are losing their jobs, no open positions will be filled, and CEO Eric Goldstein will […]