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The Jewish nonprofit Dayenu encourages Jewish groups to divest $3 billion in non-renewables and invest it in clean energy
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Fast Forward New Mexico’s cash-strapped, lawsuit-plagued Jewish federation announces dissolution
"We are almost out of money," the federation's newly elected president announced. "We have no employees. Critical insurance has been canceled. We cannot fulfill the purposes for which the organization was founded."
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News Who runs the largest Jewish federations? Not women.
Women run nearly half of North America's 150 federations, but men control almost all those in the largest cities — and 73% of the system’s $9 billion in assets
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