After 20 years at the S.F.-based Jewish Community Relations Council, the last four as executive director, Abby Porth is moving on. In January Porth will leave JCRC and begin a new job as executive director of the Bay Area-based Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund, where she will focus on “Jewish community, health and emotional well-being,…
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U.S.
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U.S.
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U.S.
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Bay Area
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