Article: Focus on Issues: Jewish Agency leaders convene to face most severe

Cynthia Mann
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
10-23-1995
FOCUS ON ISSUES: Jewish Agency leaders convene to face most severe fiscal. crisis

The Jewish Agency for Israel's Board of Governors will grapple with its most severe fiscal crisis to date at meetings scheduled to begin at the end of this week in Jerusalem.

Heated debate is certain as the board is called upon to slash coveted social service and educational programs to the tune of $110 million during the next two years.

These cuts mark the first phase of a dramatic five-year austerity and reform plan made necessary by yawning deficits caused in part by flat fund-raising campaigns overseas.

The Agency is the primary recipient of United Jewish ...

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