The Wexner Foundation
Proudly Announces
Its Sixth Class of
Graduate Fellows
Fellow
Graduate Program
Career Area
Jennifer Bayer
Assaf Bednarsh
Matthew Berkowitz
Kenneth Chasen
Fred Dobb
Ron Fortgang
Shai Franklin
Wesley Gardenswartz
David Hoffman
David Kessel
Fred Klein
Eli Kornreich
Herbert Levine
Michelle Lynn
Or Mars
David Osachy
Wendy Rosov
Michal Smart
Scott Sokol
Abigail Sosland
Teachers College/JTS
RIETS-Yeshiva University
Jewish Theological Seminary
Hebrew Union College-JIR
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Harvard University
UCLA
Jewish Theological Seminary
Jewish Theological Seminary
Hebrew Union College-JIR
RIFTS-Yeshiva University
Columbia University/JTS
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Hebrew Union College-JIR
HUC-JIR/USC
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
University of Judaism
Cornell University
Jewish Theological Seminary
Jewish Theological Seminary
Jewish Education
Rabbinate
Rabbinate
Rabbinate
Rabbinate
Jewish Communal Service
Jewish Studies
Rabbinate
Rabbinate
Rabbinate
Rabbinate
Jewish Communal Service
Rabbinate
Jewish Education
Jewish Communal Service
Rabbinate
Jewish Education
Jewish Education
Cantorate
Rabbinate
The Wexner Foundation was created by Leslie H. Wexner, the founder
and chairman of The Limited Inc., and his mother, Mrs. Bella Wexner.
The Foundation is committed to the recruitment and enhancement of
Jewish leadership.
The Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to encourage the
most promising and talented Jewish men and women to pursue full-time
graduate studies leading to careers in professional Jewish leadership.
The program provides full academic tuition, generous living stipends
and annual Foundation-sponsored institutes and learning experiences.
Fellowships are awarded to outstanding candidates who demonstrate
the potential to assume major leadership positions in the fields of Jewish
Education, Jewish Communal Service, the Rabbinate, the Cantorate and
Jewish Studies.
The Wexner Foundation welcomes inquiries about its fellowship program
as well as about career opportunities in professional Jewish leadership.
For more information, please write to:
The Wexner Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program
41 South High Street, Suite 3390, Columbus, Ohio 43215
1111 ghe
ht. ng ouch
ginis
.
1204 S. Woodward, Royal Oak (Just North of 696)
Furniture
Refinishing,
Upholstery
and Restoration
FREE In Home Estimates
-
Custom Paints,
Wall Coverings
and Window
Treatments
313-548-9515
AIPAC Dismisses Staff
Over Budget Concerns
Washington (JTA) — The
American Israel Public Af-
fairs Committee, which had
been rocked this summer by
top-level resignations, has
dismissed nine employees,
citing budgetary concerns.
The cuts in August includ-
ed two secretaries in the Los
Angeles office of the influen-
tial pro-Israel lobby;
Chicago-based employee
Ariel Schaffner; Joseph
Blumenfeld, a mid-ranking
political division employee
Toby Dershowitz:
in Washington; and a
Announced the layoffs.
longtime administrative
employee in Washington.
Harvey Friedman, a Florida
Earlier this summer, four
businessman
who served as
other employees were laid
a vice president of the lobby.
off, mostly in AIPAC's
He was forced to resign after
research and development
calling Israeli Deputy For-
divisions.
eign Minister Yossi Beilin a
Also, Murray Wood of the
"slimeball."
Los Angeles bureau, a
Ms. Dershowitz noted that
longtime AIPAC official who
"while actual contributions
served as the regional edu-
are slightly below projected
cation director, recently re-
estimations," to date this
signed, according to AIPAC
year there is an 11 percent
spokeswoman Toby Der-
rise in the level of the
showitz.
average donation.
This now totals at least 11
AIPAC fund-raising
firings and two resignations
within
the last few weeks
since January — equal to
has picked up steam, she
roughly 7 percent of
said, and though there is a
AIPAC's work force.
minor shortfall of pledges
"It's not a surprise to me
received
as compared with
that they're letting people
what was expected, "(we've)
go," said a source close to
AIPAC. AIPAC likes to
"spend what they bring in,"
the source said. This person
said AIPAC had suffered a
drop in revenue, and needed
to cut $100,000-$150,000 per
month to balance its books.
AIPAC President Steven
Grossman recently predicted
appeared to close the gap"
some layoffs due to a
compared with last year at
modest shortfall" of
this time, she said.
revenue raised. But, he add-
Other recent areas of
ed, they did not augur a
success, Ms. Dershowitz
major restructuring of the
said, included a "positive"
organization.
response to AIPAC's tele-
When asked if more cuts
marketing efforts, as well as
were being planned in the
increased amounts brought
near future, spokeswoman
in from recent fund-raisers.
Dershowitz said "none are
According to another
being contemplated.
knowledgeable source, the
"We've taken steps to
Los Angeles dismissals were
maintain fiscal prudence
not necessarily made for
without compromising our
budgetary reasons. There
mission, and anticipate con-
were, the source claimed,
tinued growth and strength
"discussions about the ade-
for the rest of the year," she
quacy of the bureau."
said.
But AIPAC will "rebuild
AIPAC's image has suf-
that
office," the source
fered since the resignation
predicted.
in June of Thomas Dine, its
Also, this source, who re-
widely respected executive
quested anonymity, said the
director. He agreed to step
shortfall in cash receipts for
down after making remarks
this year will amount to only
about Orthodox Jews that
"a slight curtailment of
were seen as derogatory.
(AIPAC's) growth."
Mr. Dine's resignation was
Although AIPAC officials
followed shortly by that of
This now totals at
least 11 firings
and two
resignations.