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…Jewish Center Gets Additional Funding Jackie Headapohl I Contributing Writer j ewish Federation and United Jewish Foundation board members agreed to disburse another $800,000 from the General Fund to the Jewish Community Center for its opera- tional expenses and to pay down its vendor debt at a board meeting Feb. 21, according to Federation CEO Scott Kaufman. This follows a disbursement last month of $950,000 to keep the JCC operational thr...…
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