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The Limits of Cross-Denominational Partnership

June 6, 2010 By eJP

from Tablet Magazine:

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Last week, each of the three universities associated with the major American Jewish denominations received an $11 million grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation, a San Francisco-based Jewish philanthropy.

… But the relative ease with which this arrangement was made may less reflect a burst of newfound harmony among disparate monoliths as much as a loss of power experienced by each. During the period in which relations have improved, major Jewish community donors have eschewed giving to the denominations at all, often contributing instead to robust nondenominational organizations like Birthright and Hillel that target often-unaffiliated youth – and where such “megadonors” also have more control. What the Jim Joseph Foundation may have done is found a creative way to harness the decreased power of the denominations – by combining it.

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Filed Under: In the Media, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog Tagged With: Hebrew Union College/HUC-JIR, Hillel International, Jewish Theological Seminary/JTS, Taglit-Birthright Israel / Birthright Israel Foundation, Yeshiva University/YU

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