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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
JULY 12, 2007 TAMMUZ 26, 5767
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Alyssa LaFrankie, senior counselor at J&R Day Camp, leads her squad in a cheer. Jewish day camps are tweaking their
schedules and programs to accomodate busy families. See story, page 4.
UJF distributes $24 million here, overseas
BY LEE CHOTTINER
Executive Editor
The United Jewish Federation
Trustees have announced $24.4 million
distributions for the 2007-08 year. The
money, which represents a $4.7 million
increase over last year, will go to pro-
grams and projects here, in Israel and
around the world.
The core agencies that receive the
bulk of UJF funding are largely un-
changed from last year.
However, one core agency — the Jew-
ish Family & Children’s Service — per-
formed well enough this past year that
it is giving back $100,000 from its oper-
ating surplus to the UJF for redistribu-
tion.
UJF officials could recall only one
other time that has happened, with the
Jewish Association on Aging.
“I wish it could happen more often,”
said JF&CS Executive Director Aryeh
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Sherman, who noted the giveback from
his agency’s 2006 distribution. “Of
course when you do a budget, you pro-
ject what you’re going to need. Some-
times, you’re fortunate and money
comes from other sources.”
He doesn’t expect this giveback to af-
fect the JF&CS future allocations.
“This is not like a government
process where the government says you
have to spend this money or next year
we’ll cut your allocations,” he said. “We
look for the best way to allocate for
needs.”
The distributions reflect the $12.4
million raised in the just-completed
Community Campaign as well as $5.1
million from the Israel Emergency
Campaign, $1.6 million from designat-
ed programs, $750,000 from the United
Jewish Federation Foundation, and $3.4
million in government funding.
In addition, $900,000 came from the
Jewish Healthcare Foundation;
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Area Jewish
leaders reserved
about Latin Mass
BY LEE CHOTTINER
Executive Editor
Area Jewish leaders are concerned
about the Catholic Church’s decision
to further revive the Latin Mass, which
historically contained a prayer for the
conversion of the Jews, but they are
not sure the prayer itself will be part
of the restored Mass.
It won’t, according to one Pittsburgh
Catholic official.
This past weekend, Pope Benedict
XVI permitted the recitation of the
Latin Mass, without the approval of a
bishop of any given diocese. The Mass
has been said in some parishes with
bishop approval, including in Pitts-
burgh where it is said at St. Boniface
on the North Side.
Generally, though, the church moved
away from the Latin Mass following
the Second Vatican Council in the
1960s — also known as Vatican II — in
Please see Mass, page 27.
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$798,000 from other foundations;
$634,000 from directed funding;
$167,000 from other revenue; $138,000
from the Holocaust Center; $80,000
from United Jewish Communities; and
$41,000 from the United Way of South-
western Pennsylvania.
David Ainsman, chair of the UJF
Funding Committee, was out of town
and unavailable for comment, but in his
report to the UJF Trustees, he said,“It
is also important to keep in mind all
that we are accomplishing in terms of
educating our community and our kids,
in terms of outreach to teens, young
adults and the less affiliated, and in
supporting the most vulnerable and, of
course, in direct support to Jewish
communities in Israel and around the
world.”
Among the programs or agencies that
will see funding increases are: Some summer reads, like Michael
• The Agency for Jewish learn- Chabon’s latest novel,take on a
ing($36,000); Chanderlesqe feel as they tackle“the
Please see UJF, page 27. Jewish question.” See story, page 16.
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