AND, THEN, THERE'S JDC

As I was finishing a Post on JAFI wandering in the desert of No Relevant Purpose, soon to be published here, I read Debra Nussbaum Cohen's brilliant Jewish Insider article exposing the turmoil at the Joint -- The chaos disrupting the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Read the entire article at https://jewishinsider.com/2019/11/the-chaos-disrupting-the-american-jewish-joint-distribution-committee/

Sadly, another organization suffering from, among other things, a terrible senior professional leadership choice --  who, after being awarded compensation egregious by any standard now claims to have to return to the law school from which he came to preserve his "tenure;" declining federation allocations to the JDC core budgets; a drastic reduction in Claims Conference income; and a too shaqrp focus on creating endowments at the expense of current fund-raising.

One can only wish Stan Raben, a great lay leader, every success with his leadership in righting the JDC ship. The Joint is too important.

Kal ha'kavod to Debra on this great reporting.

Rwexler