tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post7645132580991846089..comments2023-07-27T04:33:11.719-05:00Comments on UJ Thee and Me: FIDDLINGGracklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315763008609379449noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-61264895709312259492014-11-08T00:46:23.990-06:002014-11-08T00:46:23.990-06:00Moses has finished his gig. The voice of god is sp...Moses has finished his gig. The voice of god is spoken. Thunder and lightening provide background as the people contemplate what next. Get to a chinese restaurant before closing time? an alternative happening with a golden calf? Express our fealty naaseh vnishma, we will act and we will internalize the truths just spoken? Drop a thousand shekel check on the closest Cohen, take a selfIe with Miriam and her dancers and tell your Grandkids 40 years later that vou were a delegate at the Sinai GA and thought Joshua ben Nun was a comer and a hunk to boot. Travel safely chevra!The first GAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-53768634282721343282014-11-04T10:31:01.778-06:002014-11-04T10:31:01.778-06:00I am embarrassed to admit that I sit on the Global...I am embarrassed to admit that I sit on the Global Planning Table Committee. I and my fellow members have wasted I don't know how many hours and how much money watching nothing being accomplished. The Committee is a captive of Kathy Manning with David Butler as her faithful servant. They and those who are tied to them as if by rope, talk about all they are doing, will do and then don't do at all. The Strategic Initiatives Advocacy Committee under Bruce from Baltimore accomplished nothing and never even reported to us.<br /><br />Will this never end?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-72906350512724273492014-11-03T17:32:52.990-06:002014-11-03T17:32:52.990-06:00jana's own allocation numbers for 2013-2014 di...jana's own allocation numbers for 2013-2014 disclose that federations made a little over $40 million in designated allocations, but fail to disclose how much of those dollars went to JAFI/JDC/ORT. Thanks to the many excellent Comments to this Post, I will will devote a Post in the coming days/weeks to the subject.RWEXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583858140298821830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-11045592149508552562014-11-03T16:47:13.037-06:002014-11-03T16:47:13.037-06:00To the last anonymous: There are two problems with...To the last anonymous: There are two problems with your assumption. 1. Even if the three are receiving designated funds I would be astounded if it is anywhere near the $80 mil drop in core. Furthermore there has always been designated funds since the creation of Project renewal and P2K. Ten percent of the total allocation was always allowed to be designated. So if core funding was $200 million then designated was about $20 million = total of $220 million. Do you still think that JDC, JAFI and ORT are receiving $100 million in designated on top of the $120 million in core? Richard may have some up to date information but I would be very surprised if designated funds exceed $30 million or so, nowhere near $100 million. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-4757953803290917072014-11-03T15:40:12.032-06:002014-11-03T15:40:12.032-06:00The bridge sits in CEO Jerry's backyard.The bridge sits in CEO Jerry's backyard. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-90169688891633213762014-11-03T13:37:13.118-06:002014-11-03T13:37:13.118-06:00Regarding the last comment, commenting on the '...Regarding the last comment, commenting on the '4th or 3rd' comment, my point wasn't that federations might be sending additional undesignated money directly to the 3 'partners'.... I don't understand why they would do that: My guess is that if they are not sending the money through JFNA, that it is 'designated, and not part of the 'core'. <br />I would also think that the 3 are spending time with the GPT for 2 reasons: 1) Not wanting to offend the JFNA leadership who have been pushing this losing cause for close to 6 years now and, 2) To shore up their relationships with the individual federations so they might receive 'designated/project' dollars.<br />The point I was trying to make is, why waste time on the hypothetical? Doesn't JFNA have the numbers? <br />Also, where is that bridge?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-49491109528222117232014-11-02T20:27:06.176-06:002014-11-02T20:27:06.176-06:00To the 4th (or is the 3rd) anonymous. Do you reall...To the 4th (or is the 3rd) anonymous. Do you really think JAFI, JDC and ORT would spend all the time and money that they do on the GPT if they were receiving more un-designated money (core) from federations directly? If you do, I have a bridge I would like to sell you. <br />It wasn't that many years ago that the combined amount of core funding exceeded $200 million. If, as Richard points out, the collective is rapidly approaching about $120 million, that means for you to be correct, the federations have to be allocating over $80 million directly to the three organizations - forget the impact of inflation. No chance. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-39554814324386608062014-11-02T17:28:25.135-06:002014-11-02T17:28:25.135-06:00The conversation on advocacy needs to shift and fo...The conversation on advocacy needs to shift and focus on three basic truths:<br />1. The indivisible nature of local and overseas needs- hence a single Jewish agenda built around peoplehood and community<br />2. The unique set of deliverables provided by global partners (what we once described as "the franchise")<br />3. The acknowledgment that for 3/4 of our Federations or more local needs alone cannot maintain the loyalty of their biggest donorsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-1064667924059635302014-11-02T16:35:54.241-06:002014-11-02T16:35:54.241-06:00While the answer is "probably not," your...While the answer is "probably not," your point is an excellent one. <br /><br />Wasn't one of the demands of the dystopian Global Planning Table when it established the wholly illusory "Second Membership Criterion" that member federations send ALL allocations to "Israel" through JFNA? How's that Second Membership Thing working?RWEXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583858140298821830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-40074651341607537772014-11-02T16:31:02.421-06:002014-11-02T16:31:02.421-06:00A lot of time has been spent discussing the drop i...A lot of time has been spent discussing the drop in core allocations to JAFI, JDC, and World ORT.<br />For all we know, JAFI, JDC, and World ORT may, in fact, be receiving more total dollars annually from the federation system than at any time in history....or maybe not.<br />Doesn't JFNA have the data on not only how much each federation sends JFNA for allocations to the core, but also in addition to the core allocation, how much each federation allocates directly to JAFI, JDC, and World ORT?<br />That, it would seem to me, would lay all the cards on the table for a transparent analysis of the situation.<br />And it would seem that this information should, in fact, be public information for the members of the JFNA System.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-80361103291004398012014-11-02T11:37:36.111-06:002014-11-02T11:37:36.111-06:00I assume that Chicago which raised millions for th...I assume that Chicago which raised millions for the last emergency and only sent maybe 30-40 percent to JFNA did so because they wanted to control where their money was going. Is Chicago doing the same thing now with "core". If not why not? As the second or third largest funder of core wouldn't that make the same statement that they do not want the ineffective system making terrible decisions for them? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-5216784038419189912014-11-02T08:00:26.730-06:002014-11-02T08:00:26.730-06:00Add JFNA's failure to advocate for the support...Add JFNA's failure to advocate for the support of JDC and/or JAFI to the extreme cut by the International Fellowship of Christian and Jews to the Jewish Agency's core and you have a financial catastrophe. jana's leaders act as if they have neither responsibility nor obligation. Awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-73658491979146158912014-11-02T08:00:23.893-06:002014-11-02T08:00:23.893-06:00Add JFNA's failure to advocate for the support...Add JFNA's failure to advocate for the support of JDC and/or JAFI to the extreme cut by the International Fellowship of Christian and Jews to the Jewish Agency's core and you have a financial catastrophe. jana's leaders act as if they have neither responsibility nor obligation. Awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com