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Letter to the Editor: It’s a demographic cliff; not a fiscal cliff

Last week, (16-22 Kislev) Mark Pearlman wrote an erudite proposal for minding the Jewish communal coffers. He asks how we can adequately fund an engaging and vibrant Jewish community. Eight causes are given for the fiscal deterioration of the community. Unfortunately he missed entirely the main and intractable cause: not enough Jewish children.

Friends Found a World Away

Every other year, our congregation travels to a different part of the Jewish world to meet and, if necessary, help our fellow Jews. Having traveled to Israel, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union many times, as well as Turkey, Morocco, Spain, Argentina and Brazil, our experiences have mostly been with communities under political, demographic or economic siege. This trip was different.

Olmert Withdrawal Plan Stirs Up Israel

In a single passionate interview recently, Ehud Olmert, Israel\’s deputy prime minister, managed to do what most politicians only dream about — recast a nation\’s political and diplomatic agenda.

The Jewish Future

I have seen the Jewish future and, to my surprise, it still belongs to the Baby Boomers. By now I\’d guess that Boomers would happily cede attention and civic responsibility to Gen Xers and Gen J but nothing doing. One in three Jews today are between ages 35-53, and the needs and demands of this group will dominate Jewish life well into the coming decades.

19 Years Ago: East Coast vs.West Coast

Anyone from the Western part of the United States aspiring to national Jewish leadership has \”got to be an 11 on a scale of one to 10,\” Burton Levinson says.

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