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LONDON (JTA) -- A
statue honoring the
"British Schindler"
was unveiled at a train
station in Britain.
Sir Nicholas
Sir Nicholas Winton,
Winton
101, attended the
September dedication ceremony at the
Maidenhead railway station.
He smuggled 669 mostly Jewish boys
and girls out of Czechoslovakia in 1939.
The bronze statue shows Winton sit-
ting on a park bench reading a book
containing pictures of the children he
saved.

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NEW YORK (JTA)
-- The president of
the Jewish Funders
Network will step
down at the end of
Mark
2010,
according to
Charendoff
a letter sent by the
organization's chairman to members.
Mark Charendoff has led JFN, an orga-
nization for those who give $25,000 or
more per year to Jewish charities, for
nine years.
"Always a proponent of change, Mark
wants to take some time off to consider
his next career move," Murray Galinson
wrote in the letter sent before Rosh
Hashanah.
According to the letter, the JFN's vice
chair, Steve Geringer, will lead a search
committee to find Charendoff's replace-
ment.
The announcement came the day
after Charendoff wrote an Op-Ed in
the New York Jewish Week saying that
he felt no CEO of a Jewish organization
should stay in office for longer than 10
years.
"Too many agencies are becoming
extensions of the CEO — their person-
ality, their ideas, their friends in the lay
leadership and like-minded profession-
als in senior positions;' he wrote.
"Yes, there are exceptions, but if
government has taught us anything,
it's that we should not legislate for the
exception to the rule.
"How long is too long at the top? I'm
not dogmatic, but eight to 10 years feels
like it's enough."
Charendoff adds, "We should feel a
pressure to achieve our agenda; to affect
change."

Crystal's Gift
JERUSALEM (JTA)
-- Actor Billy Crystal
has made a "sub-
stantial" gift to the
Hebrew University in
Jerusalem to foster
activities in a per-
Billy Crystal
forming arts.
The gift,
announced by the American Friends
of the Hebrew University, will be used
to create and present workshops, pro-
grams and theatrical performances at
the university that bring Jews and Arabs
together as a means to promote toler-
ance and improved cultural and social
understanding.
The organization called the gift "sub-
stantial." It said it would endow the Billy
Crystal Peace Through the Performing
Arts Project to run in perpetuity.
Crystal became involved with the
university in 1999 when the American
Friends of Hebrew University gave him
the organization's Scopus Prize for his
work in the Jewish community and in
fighting global hunger. He established
the peace project in 1999.
"Billy has a great appreciation and
love for Israel and the Jewish commu-
nity and a major interest in education;
and I think the Hebrew University
meets all of his personal philanthropic
needs — plus he is very concerned
about the peace process and the human
condition in general," the American
Friends' national executive director,
Peter Wellner, told JTA. "He is a real
mentsh."

Answering
Israel's Critics

The Charge
A United Nations Human Rights
Council report released last week
said Israel's May 31 effort to stop a
flotilla of ships from reaching the
Gaza Strip was illegal.

The Answer
The United States cast a firm "no"
vote, expressing concern that the
report's language was unbalanced,
criticizing its tone and conclusions,
and worrying that the aftermath of
its release could disrupt the direct
peace talks currently being held
between Israelis and Palestinians.

- Allan Gale

Jewish Community Relations Council

of Metropolitan Detroit

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