Posts from — December 2005

In the Jewish Week’s article on mega - philathropist Michael Steinhardt’s rebuke at YU, Gary Rosenblatt reported the following,

The day after the alumni event I spoke with Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, president of the Orthodox Union, who said there was “some truth� to Steinhardt’s thesis, particularly in Orthodox Jews giving less to federation out of a sense that the charity should be doing far more to offset the high cost of Jewish education.

“But the trend [in communal participation] is going in the other direction,� he said, pointing out that a number of Orthodox Jews are increasingly active in secular Jewish organizations, from AIPAC to federations, as both lay and professional leaders.

“More and more people are becoming involved,� Rabbi Weinreb said, “in a giving way, not a taking way.�

Full story.