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Category Archives: Jewish Federation
Demographer Pini Herman Assaulted At Jewish Federation Of Los Angeles Meeting
Pini Herman posts: People have been asking what happened at the Members Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles this Tuesday, on June 12. Well, I was assaulted and battered in the Sanders Board room of the Jewish … Continue reading
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Jewish Federation To Jewish Community Member Elections?
Pini Herman writes: The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles Board of Directors is proposing to END pesky Jewish community member elections in a little publicized election (Jewish Journal 4/20, p.39) it is proposed that the largest group comprising the Jewish … Continue reading
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Employee Reviews At Jewish Federation Of Los Angeles
Link: * I have been working at Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles full-time (More than 5 years) Pros Relatively stress free environment, fairly easy work when compared to for-profit businesses and agencies, low pressure. Decent work-life balance, very rarely … Continue reading
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UJA-President, Alisa Doctoroff, and Her Radical Support of Palestinian Non-Violent Activism
Jews are a serious people. They take their survival seriously. They don’t react well when their members offer aid and comfort to the enemy. Whites, on the other hand, are not a serious people. They don’t even conceive of themselves … Continue reading
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Jewish Family Service Of Los Angeles
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2013, which listed salaries as follows: * Paul S. Castro: ~$340,000 * Susie Forer-Dehrey: ~$285,000 * Lawrence Trent Maggard: ~$211,000 * Vivian Sauer: ~$230,000 * Suzanne Bookbinder: ~$155,000 * … Continue reading
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Jewish Federation Of Greater Philadelphia
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: Ira M. Schwartz: ~$465,000 Jerome Nachlis: ~$120,000 Leonard Zimmerman: ~$200,000 Alex Stroker: ~$220,000 Rachel Gross: ~$156,000 Carol Prushan: ~$167,000 Duke Nave (controller): ~$160,000 … Continue reading
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Jewish Federation Of Greater Washington
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: Steven A. Rakitt (CEO): ~$351,000 Eileen Frazier: ~$220,000 Vickie Marx (Chief of Staff): ~$143,000 Avital Ingber: ~$138,000 Judith I. Fien-Helfman: ~$150,000 Stacye N. … Continue reading
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Jewish Federation Of Chicago
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: Steven B. Nasatir: ~$600,000 Jeffrey L. Cohen: ~$340,000 David Brief: $479,279 David Rosen: $413,725 Michael Tarnoff: ~$320,000 Louis Lazovsky: ~$283,000 Peter Friedman: $282,717 … Continue reading
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Jewish Federation Orange County
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: Jasna Baron (CFO): ~$115,000 Shalom Elcott (CEO): ~$299,000 Kathleen Mellon: ~$131,000
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Jewish Federation Silicon Valley Salaries
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: * Jyl Jurman: ~$247,000 * Cathlyn Whalen: ~$74,000
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