tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post5030133224183041746..comments2023-07-27T04:33:11.719-05:00Comments on UJ Thee and Me: WE STAND FOR NOTHINGGracklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315763008609379449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-6558088244079723862014-09-12T13:52:41.120-05:002014-09-12T13:52:41.120-05:00Richie, I have noticed that every once in a while ...Richie, I have noticed that every once in a while your kvetching accomplishes something. Just now I received this from Board Chair Siegal:<br /><br />"Dear Federation Presidents and Trustees,<br /> <br />Given the serious deterioration of conditions in Eastern Ukraine, The Jewish Federations of North America is reopening its Ukraine Emergency Assistance Fund. Thousands of Jews in the Donetsk and Lugansk areas have been forced to flee their homes, or have been isolated in these war-torn regions. JFNA is asking all Federations to consider the urgent needs resulting from this situation and to respond to the best of their ability.<br /> <br />Attached is a document with a summary and talking points. <br /> <br />Shabbat Shalom,<br />Michael D. Siegal<br />Chair, JFNA Board of Trustees"<br /><br />Then again they NEVER read this thing, do they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-30257677795089766342014-09-07T17:31:00.257-05:002014-09-07T17:31:00.257-05:00My friend, your Comment may be true and any money ...My friend, your Comment may be true and any money reaching the Ukrainian Jewish communities is vital, but, assuming that federations are sending money for the work of the JDC doesn't that underscore the reality that JFNA is not leading anything here...nothing. There is a continental Allocations Committee whose decisions are presumably based on prioritized needs that is being by-passed by individual communal decisions that may not be, probably aren't, as well-informed as the JFNA Allocations Committee would be. And, what does JFNA do, does it even manage a process -- of course not.<br /><br />So, while the federations you mention stand for something, our Continental organization (1) doesn't even know what it should be doing; and (2) stands for nothing.RWEXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583858140298821830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-1234962364886514972014-09-07T16:09:32.160-05:002014-09-07T16:09:32.160-05:00JFNA may not be doing enough or talking about this...JFNA may not be doing enough or talking about this enough but Federations have responded -- I know of a few big cities that have made material supplemental JDC allocations now on top of what was done earlier in the year. I don't think the system has abandoned this issue. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-13438446291147352432014-09-06T07:47:16.621-05:002014-09-06T07:47:16.621-05:00Another "cease fire" was announced yeste...Another "cease fire" was announced yesterday. To JFNA this will mean that "our job is done and weren't we great." There is not even an iota of shame for another job not done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-71028869113921730122014-09-05T18:50:55.955-05:002014-09-05T18:50:55.955-05:00You probably know this but my federation CEO (and,...You probably know this but my federation CEO (and, I assume, others) received a call from JFNA asking us to send funds we haven't raised for the Ukraine emergency. There is no effort at JFNA to lift a finger to raise any money other than to dial up CEOs. <br /><br />A suggestion -- take $1,000,000 OUT OF YOUR BUDGET, the same amount you threw at the last Tribe Fest, as "seed money" for a real fund raising effort for Ukrainian Jewry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-58792974708064484052014-09-05T12:54:07.908-05:002014-09-05T12:54:07.908-05:00Now there is a cease fire. so, undoubtedly, JFNA t...Now there is a cease fire. so, undoubtedly, JFNA thinks it can move on to do nothing about some other crisis.<br /><br /> But the National Conference wrote today: "The ceasefire agreement doesn't alleviate the need to address the urgent humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. A significant part of Ukraine's population remains at risk. Some are internal refugees who have fled the violence, and are living without guarantees of food or shelter in western Ukraine. Others are still living in the battered cities in the east, where infrastructure is damaged, and militants roam the streets."<br /><br />So, as JFNA would say: "All's good?"RWEXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583858140298821830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-8720475517323671542014-09-05T11:00:39.280-05:002014-09-05T11:00:39.280-05:00Charles Krauthammer in yesterday's Washington ...Charles Krauthammer in yesterday's Washington Post column, wrote a brilliant piece "Ukraine Abandoned." Your Post deserves the same title. As you wrote, Richard, our organization abandoned the Ukrainian Jewish community almost immediately after announcing the need to raise funds. Its leaders could not care less that Jewish lives are very much at risk there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com