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Avodah teen program shelved—for 2003
by With the primary funding source for the Avodah teen program dried up and no donor found to step in at this time, the high school, "I see this summer as a loss for the Jewish community for a couple of significant reasons," said Abby Snay, executive director o
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Modeled after the Kohn Internship program, Avodah -- literally "work" -- placed high-school-age Jews in jobs with Jewish community organizations. Over the past few years, 20 to 25 students received a stipend of roughly $750.
Last summer, the Jewish Community Endowment Fund informed the JVS that it would no longer be picking up the tab for the $70,000 program. The JVS was unsuccessful in lining up another primary donor, but it hopes to do so by 2004.
Said Snay: "We prefer to look at this as a pause in the program rather than a scrapping or cancellation."
-- Joe Eskenazi
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