Helen Chernikoff is the Forward’s News Editor. She came to the Forward from The Jewish Week, where she served as the first web director and created both a blog dedicated to disability issues and a food and wine website. Before that, she covered the housing, lodging and logistics industries for Reuters, where she could sit at her desk and watch her stories move the stock market. Helen has a Master’s of Public Administration from Columbia University and a BA in History and French from Amherst College. She is also a rabbinical school dropout. Contact her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at @thesimplechild.
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News Major Jewish Foundation Turns to the Fold for New CEO
A major Jewish foundation recently named a veteran Jewish professional – instead of a businessman or white-shoe lawyer – its first president and CEO on Feb. 17. Barry Finestone, who started his climb up the ranks as a camp director in the 1990s, will succeed Chip Edelsberg, the Jim Joseph foundation’s first executive director, on…
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Breaking News Jim Joseph Foundation Names Barry Finestone as New Chief
A major Jewish foundation with a focus on Jewish education named its first president and CEO on Feb. 17. Barry Finestone will succeed Chip Edelsberg, the Jim Joseph foundation’s first executive director, on Jan. 1, 2017, according to a press release from the foundation. Currently the executive director of the Lisa and John Pritzker Family…
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