May 17, 2007
Briefs: Rabbi Woody Allen; Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem case nears decision
Shalhevet kids raise funds for Israel
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In collaboration with the Jewish Home for the Aging's new Annenberg School of Nursing, which will train licensed vocational nurses, JFLA is trying to combat California's nursing crunch. The state ranks 49th nationally in nurses per capita, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with a shortage that is expected to grow 29 percent by 2020.The Brandman Foundation Loan Fund for Nursing Students was funded by a $250,000 donation from the Saul Brandman Foundation, which has also supported the Brandman Research Institute at the Jewish Home for the Aging and the Saul & Joyce Brandman Breast Center at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
For more information, visit www.JFLA.org or call (323) 761-8830.
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MAZON Distributes $1.4 Million in Grants to Hunger-Relief Organizations Worldwide
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger last week announced $304,000 in grants to 29 California hunger-relief organizations -- and $1.5 million worldwide.
Recipients ranged from programs that prepare and deliver meals to people with HIV/AIDS to those that provide meals to the elderly.
Since its founding in 1985 with the intention of raising money from the Jewish community and reallocating it to hunger-relief programs, MAZON has donated more than $40 million to fight hunger in the United States, Israel and elsewhere.
For more information, visit www.mazon.org.
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