Posted by David Bernstein: United Jewish Communities Lobbies for "Stimulus" Bill: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_02_01-2009_02_07.shtml#1233887059
The UJC, the American Jewish community's umbrella charity, sort of a Jewish United Way, has generally steered clear in the past of taking positions on controversial economic policies. However, the UJC is now [1]actively lobbying for the Democrats' atrocious "stimulus package." Donors to UJC (I give a modest amount every year to the local Federation, which in turn sends "dues" to the UJC) who oppose the stimulus package should redirect their charitable giving accordingly, and [2]let the UJC know why. There are plenty of local Jewish charities that will take donations directly. And one very worthwhile Israel-related charity, which gets no money from the Israeli government, is [3]Yad Sarah. References 1. http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c37_a14813/News/National.html 2. http://www.ujc.org/contact_us.aspx 3. http://www.yadsarah.org/index.asp?id=198 _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
