Another JTA Headline Homer

The NY Post may have got the story, but the JTA, in its spanking new column, “The Fundermentalist,” crashes the cymbal with, “Man Bilks Dog.”

Leona Helmsley’s pooch *only* gets $100,000 for round the clock security, and that’s just one annual expense among many.

Pretty funny, right?

But this isn’t funny…the JDC is suffering from the weakness of the dollar and troubled economic times…and so are its clients. 32,000 elderly Jews in Russia “have been shaved from the JDC rolls of those who received aid since 2006, when the number peaked at 220,000, JDC officials said.”

Not good.

And it isn’t just the elderly.

In addition to cutbacks on social services to the elderly, JDC also has cut back dramatically on Jewish identity programs such as arts festivals and education activities.

In Moscow, communitywide Jewish outreach to the unaffiliated has been significantly reduced, according to a JDC impact assessment provided to JTA.