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1. J E W I S H C O U N C I L O N U R B A N A F FA I R S
M M E N T U M
2004 ANNUAL REPORT

2. 2004 JCUA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Sidney Hollander
Vice Presidents Members
Patricia S. Gerbie Kay Berkson Burton Kaplan Richard Rhodes*
Peter Kupferberg Sonia Bloch* Joshua Karsh Lya Dym Rosenblum
Roberta Nechin Stanton Brody* Stephen Keen Jane M. Saks
Louis Rosenblum, M.D. Steven Derringer Rabbi Peter Knobel Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman*
Gregory Rothman Rabbi Bruce Elder Rabbi Philip Lefkowitz Carolyn Shapiro
Jonathan A. Rothstein Joel Freehling Jeffry Lewis Hon. Helen Shiller
Alan Saks Emily Friedman Robert B. Lifton* Evely Laser Shlensky
Stephen J. Siegel Sy Frolichstein Joshua Lowitz Ronna Stamm Dear Friends and Colleagues:
Eli Ungar Rabbi Capers C. Funnye Jessie MacDonald Nikki Will Stein*
Secretary Aviva Futorian Rabbi Robert J. Marx* John H. Strauss
Rabbi Lisa Greene Ethan Michaeli Evelyn Weltman Does one good turn simply deserve another? Jewish proverbs take the concept a step further: one good
Michael Marcus
James Hanig David Midgley Paul Weltman turn actually causes another. Our scholars have taught for centuries that mitzvot – good deeds – have a
Treasurer Peter Hanig Judson H. Miner Amy Zisook momentum of their own. “Mitzvah gorerret mitzvah as it says in Ethics of Our Fathers, a second-century
Mitzvah mitzvah,”
Robert J. Morris Mimi Harris Janet Morgan Jewish digest of advice: One righteous act brings about another.
Assistant Secretary Russell E. Hattis Alan L. Reinstein*
Robert A. Kaplan Jay Heyman Deborah Reznick *past presidents
One mitzvah. By any person. Each of us has the potential to start the chain reaction.
ADVISORY BOARD 2004 ASSOCIATE DIVISION In 1964, one Chicago-area leader, Rabbi Robert Marx, dreamed of enlisting others to improve the world
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Michael Alter through mitzvot. Then came a second individual, Lewis Kreinberg, who chose tikkun olam, fixing the
Miriam Apter Susan Marks, President world, as his career. And then came a third individual, the vice president of Merrill-Lynch Trust, who
Irwin Askow Anna Minkov, Vice President believed that a donation to JCUA could change the world, paying dividends far more important than
Sheldon Baskin Kristin Harris, Treasurer
Emily Rosenberg, Secretary
any financial returns.
Barbara Bluhm-Kaul
Leon Despres Rebecca Alfert
Leonard Fein Three led to many. The first mitzvah led to more and more.
Lauren Beznos
Aaron Freeman Daniel Block
Gerald Friedman Adam Bossov Forty years later, thousands of individuals have participated in the efforts of the Jewish Council on Urban
Dr. Lily Golden Liz Zoller Cohen Affairs, the country’ oldest explicitly Jewish urban social justice organization. Many have rolled up their
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Elliot Lehman David Feller sleeves and many have reached into their pockets to work for a more just Chicago.
Beatrice Mayer Peter Fidler
Thomas Meites Daliah Fritz
Jon Mills Kitty Gilbert JCUA operates in keeping with the Maimonidean teaching that the highest level of tzedakah is to enable,
Michael Perlow Shelley Goldman rather than simply to give charity. We empower those who are most vulnerable by helping them help
Robert B. Rosen Jim Hoffman themselves. When called upon, we partner with Chicago’ diverse community organizations in their
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Martin E. Rosenfeld Jordan Matyas activities to achieve affordable housing, job creation, community reinvestment, civil rights, criminal justice,
Judith Rothschild Lara Saidman Kaufmann
Ruth Rothstein public transportation, and neighborhood stability. We form alliances, advocate on issues of poverty and
Peter Newman
Hon. Seymour Simon Dan Protess racism, and mobilize a Jewish corps of volunteers.
John S. Wineman, Jr. Halle Ritter
Rabbi Arnold J. Wolf Gail Root JCUA seeks no glory; we work with the leadership of the organizations we seek to help. We create
Mike Rosenthal partnerships with communities and we maintain enduring relationships with them. We make our staff,
Shary Rubin
volunteers, reputation, and expertise available for as long as they are needed, and then we move on
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to our next challenge. We’re unstoppable.
* JCUA’s Executive Director Jane Ramsey,
founder Rabbi Robert Marx, and first staff
member Lew Kreinberg. (1985) STAFF Experience the momentum of mitzvot. Join us as we forge ahead – listening, responding, and contributing
to our neighbors’ efforts to create a more just society.
Jane Ramsey, Executive Director Noah Leavitt, Director of Advocacy and Policy
Guy Izhak Austrian, Director of the Jewish-Muslim Sara Rostolder Mandell, Director of Communications Sidney Hollander Jane Ramsey
Community-Building Initiative Susan Brent Millner, Director of Youth and Family Programming President Executive Director
Brian Gladstein, Director of Community Initiatives Susan Ostrov, Director of Development
Java Goldberg, Jewish Community Organizer Marco Perschon, Action Reconciliation Service for Peace Intern
Anna Goldberger, Community Liaison Sarah Phillips, Community Liaison
Annie Grossman, Associate Division Director Julie Putterman, Community Ventures Director
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Director of Outreach and Education Linda Roman, Director of Resource Development
Jennifer Jennings, Program Associate Sari Rubin, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Laura Katzin, Director of Outreach Events
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3. NEW WESTSIDE FEDERATION
JCUA Community Liaisons Brian Gladstein and Sarah Phillips received Legacy Awards
from the New WestSide Federation for their work on the Restoring the Legacy Project.
This project culminated in the publication of the State of the West Side Report, containing
Report
research and analysis on the assests and needs of Chicago’ West Side community.
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PILSEN IS NOT FOR SALE CAMPAIGN BLUE LINE VICTORY
The Pilsen Alliance requested JCUA’ help in preserving the
s Working with local members of the Blue Line Transit Taskforce,
working-class Mexican community of Pilsen through a successful JCUA played an important role in restoring full train service
community referendum. Alderman Solis has promised to to the primarily low-income African-American and Latino
establish the first-ever Pilsen Community Zoning Board. communities of Pilsen, Little Village, and North Lawndale.
Residents of those communities need the Douglas Blue Line
to get to jobs, schools, health services and recreational
activities. Yet this branch of the Blue Line was the only line
in the city without weekend service and one of the few without
late night service. In addition to winning full service back,
the Blue Line Transit Taskforce drew attention to the inequality
of the CTA’ service in differing neighborhoods.
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eACH OF US HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO START THE CHAIN REACTIoN.
1983 1992 COMMITTEE
In response to the proposed 1992 Chicago World’ Fair, JCUA brought together other local and city-wide organizations
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to insure that public resources would not be drained and neighborhoods would not be displaced or disenfranchised.
Specifically, the 1992 Committee succeeded in protecting Pilsen from becoming a parking lot.
1964
WESTSIDE FEDERATION
JCUA dispatched its first employee,
1967 Lewis Kreinberg, to help the WestSide
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Federation fight local West Side
JCUA conducted action-oriented
slumlords, promote desegregation,
research for Pyramid West
reduce overcrowding in schools,
Development Corporation and
and give residents a voice.
the Community Bank of Lawndale
(an offshoot of WestSide Foundation),
to assist them and Chicago Rehab
Network, a coalition of nonprofit
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4. Judaism and Urban
POVERTY CURRICULUM
THE FIRST MITZVAH LED TO
This year, JCUA launched a revised version of the JUP curriculum. In response
to requests from teachers and educational directors, it focuses more specifically on
Jewish approaches to social justice work and is built using current educational
MoRE AND MoRE.
models. For the first time, JUP classes will culminate in a family program, in which
students and parents will share their relevant knowledge and experiences.
Chicago
BETTER HOUSING ASSOCIATION
In February, a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place in Englewood for the first five homes built by the
CBHA with Community Venture Partners support – the first new housing in Englewood in many years.
Families moved into single-family and duplex homes in March, and loan repayment has begun.
Single-Room
OCCUPANCY APARTMENTS
JCUA provided a pre-development loan of $120,000 for Heartland Housing, Inc.’ single-room occupancy project at
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the Leland Hotel. The first three floors have been renovated, and the project is expected to reach completion within
the first half of 2005. Leland Apartments will comprise approximately 130 single-room occupancy apartments for
low-income residents, with supportive services for mentally-disabled residents on the two lower floors.
1991Community Venture Partners was established to give
interest-free, pre-development loans for low-income
HUMBOLDT PARK
housing. First money in, last money out. CVP’ budget
s Community Venture Partners has allocated $125,000 to a 30-unit new construction project sponsored by the
is separate from JCUA’ , and decisions are made
s Latin United Community Housing Association, to develop housing in Humboldt Park.
internally by CVP committee.
* Kenwood Oakland Community Organization members
discuss plans for housing development. (1966)
HOMES IN ROBBINS
Robbins is one of the poorest areas in Illinois and the first to receive JCUA help outside of
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the City of Chicago. Community Venture Partners has transmitted over $100,000 to develop
1981Judaism and Urban Poverty curriculum was established. affordable housing for the very low-income residents of this neglected African-American community.
1971
TENANTS’ UNIONS AND REPRESENTATION
JCUA gave staff power and other assistance to the South Shore
Commission and the Chicago Housing Tenants Organization.
1970
SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CONGRESS
JCUA assisted SCC in fighting real estate panic peddling,
1966 racism, and anti-Semitism.
KENWOOD-OAKLAND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
A JCUA architect worked with KOCO
to develop an alternative urban
renewal plan halting demolition of
good housing stock and displacement
of residents. JCUA also assisted in the
publication of KOCO’ “ s Alternatives
for Planning” two years later.
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5. Telpochcalli Community
EDUCATION PROJECT
JCUA staff is helping TCEP organize parents and youth in a bid for a new school/community
facility in Little Village. The effort has won the support of two principals, and TCEP’ Organizing
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Committee has met with state politicians regarding the proposed $5 million project.
WE CREATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH CoMMUNITIES, AND
WE MAINTAIN eNDURING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.
God’s
GANG
God’ Gang, a project that began in the Robert Taylor Homes, runs a food pantry, a library, and
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a worm and fish farm for children. JCUA is assisting the organization in its bid for a permanent site.
Task Force to
OPPOSE CASINO GAMBLING IN CHICAGO
JCUA has been active and highly visible in challenging the various proposals to allow a casino
in downtown Chicago. The efforts have yielded a successful press conference and a statewide
1991 interfaith press event.
EDUCATE & MOBILIZE
The Associate Division was created to educate and mobilize Beautifying
20- to 40-year-old Jews on social and economic justice issues.
Through educational events, advocacy, and hands-on community
ENGLEWOOD
projects, Associate Division members come together to learn The Associate Division, along with local Englewood residents and organizations,
about pressing issues in Chicago’ low-income communities.
s broke ground on a community garden in the neighborhood.
1965
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
1977
ANTI-NAZI EFFORTS
JCUA worked with the African-American and Latino
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JCUA organized buses for
communities to rally in opposition of the Nazi march in
Chicagoans to join 26,000 others
Marquette Park. JCUA’ alliance with these communities
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demonstrating for voting rights in Selma,
is based upon their mutual respect and ongoing work
Alabama. The following year, a JCUA
together on issues that are important to each of them.
staff member was assigned to Martin
Luther King, Jr.’ staff while he was in
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Lawndale, and JCUA joined Martin 1967
Luther King, Jr. for the Marquette Park INTERRELIGIOUS COUNCIL
march for open housing. ON URBAN AFFAIRS
JCUA worked with the ICUA
to achieve desegregation in
housing policy.
1968
PROTECTING HOUSING
JCUA joined forces with the Contract
Buyers League to fight unfair real estate
practices by banks and real estate
companies and prevent the eviction of
African-American homeowners.
* Lew Kreinberg, Dr. Shelvin Hall of the WestSide Federation,
and Rabbi Robert Marx meet in front of Friendship Baptist
Church, formerly a synagogue. (1967)
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6. DAY LABOR WORKERS’ CENTER
In conjunction with Latino Union of Chicago, JCUA has achieved a major victory for day
laborers. In December, we celebrated the opening of the first democratically-run workers’
center in the Midwest, which now provides workers with shelter and protects them from
wage theft and other employer abuses.
CULINARY TRAINING PROGRAM
Community Venture Partners lent $90,000 to Heartland Housing, Inc. to develop the old
Sutherland Hotel and to support a culinary arts training program in Kenwood. Construction
is slated for early spring 2005.
WE eMPOWER THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE
BY HELPING THEM HELP THeMSELVES. COALITION TO PROTECT PUBLIC HOUSING
With strategic help from JCUA and the CPPH, residents of Cabrini-Green have filed
a historic lawsuit, claiming that a recent relocation order violates their human rights.
1990 RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS LAWNDALE LOCAL BUSINESS AND
JCUA worked extensively to prepare Russian DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Jews for U.S. citizenship exams. JCUA is working with Lawndale residents in planning for a manufacturing
* JCUA staff trains local residents with the
18th Street Development Corporation. (1979) incubator with related support for businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
The incubator, which will be located on the site of an old armory building,
1979 18TH STREET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION will work to create jobs and upgrade the skills of community residents.
AND PILSEN HOUSING & BUSINESS ALLIANCE
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JCUA began its efforts in Pilsen with the job training and housing
rehabilitation work of the 18th Street Development Corporation and
the anti-gentrification work of the Pilsen Housing and Business Alliance.
1967
LAWNDALE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
JCUA supported the efforts of the Lawndale Peoples
Planning and Action Conference to promote economic
development toward a self-supporting community and
1966 to fight the building of a golf course that would have
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN meant the displacement of many Lawndale residents.
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
JCUA partnered with the SCLC and
the Lawndale Union to End Slums
to combat both slum housing 1968
and anti-Semitism. SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY
JCUA assisted the Southeast Council for Integrated
Communities to provide stability for new residents
in the face of “white flight” to the suburbs.
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7. 1970
YOUTH MITZVAH CORPS
JCUA and the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations began the Youth Mitzvah
Corps summer program.
1997 SHALEM
Educational and social programs held by JCUA helped
FORTY YEARS LATER, THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS HAVE
strengthen the relationship between African-American and
white Jews. Shalem (Hebrew for “whole”) creates a curriculum
PARTICIPATED IN THE EFFoRTS OF THE JEWISH COUNCIL
and other programs that increase awareness of racial and
ethnic diversity within the Jewish community.
ON URBAN AFFAIRS, THE COUNTRY’S OLDEST EXPLICITLY
JEWISH URBAN SoCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION. * Members of Shalem come together to improve race relations. (1995)
JEWISH-MUSLIM
COMMUNITY-BUILDING INITIATIVE
The Jewish-Muslim Community-Building Initiative is
an organizing effort to bring Jews into coalition with
NISHMA Muslim community organizations around local issues.
The Initiative began after September 11, 2001, when
More than 120 adults and 170 youths participated in
JCUA members helped to defend Muslim and Arab
Nishma, JCUA’ inaugural day-long program of learning
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mosques and community centers against vandalism and
on Judaism and social justice. The first of its kind in Chicago,
hate crimes. Today, in addition to political organizing
IMMIGRANT JUSTICE FREEDOM SEDER Nishma’ featured speakers included rabbis, activists,
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around civil rights and immigration policy, the JMCBI
academics, and authors. Nishma 2005 is slated for
On April 1, JCUA hosted an interfaith seder, honoring has created Café Finjan, an interfaith arts exchange.
Sunday, September 18.
the traditional order of the seder while including new ways The JMCBI is planning an Interfaith Youth Poetry Project
to apply the themes of the seder to the contemporary world. and an Oral History Project.
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The 2005 seder is planned for April 14.
LAPID NETWORK
In November, JCUA’ new network of synagogue social
s
justice leaders met for a workshop on “Advocacy after the
Elections.” Approximately twenty-five leaders from more than 2004
ten Chicago-area synagogues participated in training,
education, networking, and sharing ideas, and are now
on a listserv. URBAN MITZVAH CORPS
Ten college students spent a week in Uptown, engaging
in direct service and advocacy, learning how to be organizers
SOCIAL JUSTICE STUDY GROUP on their campuses, and exploring Jewish approaches to social
The social justice study group brings together twenty to forty justice. UMC is sponsored by JCUA in partnership with Koach,
post-college Jewish activists for monthly study, discussion, Kesher/URJ and Hillels of Illinois.
and Shabbat dinner. A member of the Associate Division
Executive Committee has spearheaded a second group,
the Immigrant Justice Study Group, to focus specifically on
Jewish perspectives on strangers.
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8. FINANCIAL REPORT S U P P O R T E R S
JCUA gratefully acknowledges contributors of $150 or more.
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard J. Adams Mr. Don Flesch Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lawrence Mr. Steven Rosenfeld
Balance Sheet December 31, 2004 Mr. & Mrs. Larry Adelman Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Fogel Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Lehman Rabbi Jennie Rosenn
Ms. Susan Adler Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Foreman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Lehman Mr. & Mrs. Mike Rosenthal
Assets Ms. Cleopatra B. Alexander Ms. Lynn Sara Frackman Mr. Paul A. Lehman Mr. Vic Rosenthal
Ms. Beverly J. Alpern Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fragen Ms. Blossom Willens Levin Mrs. Ann Roth
Cash and cash equivalents xxxx
Ms. Lauri J. Alpern Mr. & Mrs. Bud Frankel Ms. Daniella Levitt Mr. Gregory Rothman
Receivables xxxx Mr. John Alschuler, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Harvey Freed Mr. Saul Levmore Mr. & Mrs. Edward I. Rothschild
Mr. Michael Alter Mr. Joel Freehling Mr. Irving A. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Rothschild
Investments xxxx
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas I. Altholz Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Freehling Mr. Jeffry Lewis Ms. Ruth M. Rothstein
Fixed assets, less accumulated Ms. Esther Altschul Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey L. Fried Dr. Peter Lewy Mr. Robert Sadowsky
depreciation of $ xxx xxxx Mr. & Mrs. Richard Amend Mr. & Mrs. Mark Fried Dr. Anne M. Lidsky Mr. Alan Saks
Mr. & Mrs. David Apter Ms. Emily Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Lieberman Ms. Natalie Saltiel
Other assets xxxx Mrs. Miriam G. Apter Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Friedman Ms. Sandy Lieberman Mr. & Mrs. Charles Saltzman
TOTAL ASSETS $ xxxx Ms. Robin Arbetman Ms. Daliah Fritz Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Lifton Dr. & Mrs. Paul Saltzman
Ms. Marie Aries Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fritz Mrs. Charlotte Lindon Ms. Laura Samson
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ascoli Mr. Michael Frolichstein Dr. & Mrs. Howard Lipton Rabbi David N. Saperstein
Mr. Irwin J. Askow Mr. & Mrs. Sy Frolichstein Ms. Linda Lipton Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman
Liabilities and Net Assets Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Baron Mr. Elliot Frolichstein-Appel Ms. Rochelle C. Lodder Mrs. Myrl Schuster
Liabilities Dr. & Mrs. William H.Barrows Rabbi Capers C. Funnye Mr. & Mrs. Henry Loeb Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Schwartz
Mr. Sheldon Baskin Ms. Aviva Futorian Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Segal
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities xxxx Ms. Alice T. Bechtolsheim Ms. Alicia M. Gejman Mr.& Mrs. Joshua Lowitz Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Seigle
Total liabilities xxxx Ms. JoAnn Beck Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Gerbie Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Lubin Ms. Lynne Serle
Ms. Eve R. Becker Ms. Kitty Gilbert Ms. Jessica K. Lundevall Rabbi Isaac Serotta
Net Assets Ms. Carol Anne Been Mr. Lawrence Gilford Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Macdonald Ms. Carolyn Shapiro
Unrestricted operating xxxx Professor Robert Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gilhooley Mr. & Mrs. Eric Macey Mrs. Henry Shapiro
Ms. Kay Berkson Mrs. Ruth Glassenberg Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mann Mr. & Mrs. Jerold Shapiro
Unrestricted invested in fixed assets xxxx Rabbi Marc Berkson Mr. Michael Glasser Mr. Antonio Manning Mr. Alexander E. Sharp
Dr. & Mrs. Harvey Berlin Mr. Joseph B. Glossberg Ms. Benetta Mansfield Honorable Helen Shiller
Restricted xxxx
Mr. & Mrs. Julian Berman Ms. Sally Gold Mr. Michael Marcus Ms. Evely Laser Shlensky
TOTAL NET ASSETS $ xxxx Mr. Sidney Berman Epstein Rabbi Sam Gordon Mr. S. Edward Marder Mr. Stephen J. Siegel
Ms. Barbara Bernstein Mr. David Goroff Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Marks Dr. & Mrs. Irvin Siglin
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ xxxx
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Bernstein Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gray Ms. Susan Marks Judge & Mrs. Seymour Simon
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Bernstein Mr. Stephen L. Green Rabbi & Mrs. Robert J. Marx Rabbi Judy Spicehandler
Ms. Lauren Beznos Rabbi Lisa Greene Mr. & Mrs. George Matetich Mr. Michael Stanek
Support and Revenue Mr. & Mrs. Robert Blatt Rabbi Suzanne B. Griffel Mrs. Robert B. Mayer Ms. Leah E. Staub
Grants and contributions $ xxxx Mr. & Mrs. Berle Blitstein Mr. Charles Frank Gross Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Meister Mr. & Mrs. Fred Stein
Mrs. Sonia Bloch Ms. Kitty Hall Rabbi Amy Memis-Foler Mr. Max Stein
Special Events Mr. David Block Ms. Janice Halpern Mr. & Mrs. David B. Midgley Mr. & Mrs. Mayer Stern
Proceeds xxxx Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Block Mr. & Mrs. James Hanig Mr. & Mrs. Abner Mikva Mr. & Mrs. David Stone
Ms. Barbara S. Bluhm-Kaul Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hanig Mr. & Mrs. Robert Millner Mr. Sherwin J. Stone
Less direct expenses xxxx Ms. Kim Bobo Mrs. Joan Harris Mr.& Mrs. Jon Mills Mr. & Mrs. John G. Strauss
Memberships xxxx Mrs. Julie Bokser Mr. Russell E. Hattis Mr. Judson Miner Mr. John H. Strauss
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Borzak Mr. & Mrs. Howard Helsinger Ms. Janet Morgan Dr. & Mrs. Howard Sulkin
Investment income xxxx Mr. Adam Bossov Ms. Nina Helstein Mr. Robert J. Morris Ms. Janet Surkin
Program xxxx Mr. & Mrs. Fred K. Bowers Mr. & Mrs. David Herpe Dr. Steven B. Nasatir Mr. & Mrs. Bernard M. Susman
Mr. Stuart Brent Mr. & Mrs. Milton Herst Mrs. Roberta Nechin Ms. Margery Tabankin
TOTAL SUPPORT REVENUE $ xxxx
MANY HAVE RoLLED
Mr. Stanton Brody Mr. Alan Heyman Ms. Sylvia M. Neil Dr. & Mrs. David M. Terman
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Brown Mr. Jay S. Heyman Mrs. Bernice Newberger Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Thaler
Mr. & Mrs. Ethan A. Budin Ms. Jennifer E. Heyman Ms. Marni Nissen Mr. & Mrs. Scott Turow
UP THEIR SLEEVES Expenses Ms. & Mrs. James Paul Butler
Ms. Liane Clorfene Casten
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Hirsch
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hodes
Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Oberman
Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Oppenheimer
Mr. & Mrs. Eli Ungar
Mr. & Mrs. Sharon Uslan
Program services $ xxxx
AND MANY HAVE Management and general xxxx
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Chase
Mrs. Charlotte Cherry
Mr. Sidney Hollander
Mrs. Ruth Horwich
Mr. Jonah Orlofsky
Mr. & Mrs. David Orr
Ms. Elizabeth Versten
Mrs. Isaac Wagner
REACHED INTO Development xxxx Mr. Irvin Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Saul Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Horwich
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Jablon
Mr. & Mrs. Jacques Ovadia
Mr. David M. Pateros
Mr. Denis G. Weil
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Weinberg
THEIR PoCKETS TO
TOTAL EXPENSES $ xxxx Mr. & Mrs. John C. Colman Mr. & Mrs. David Jacobs Mr. Herbert M. Perlman Mr. & Mrs. Warren Weisberg
Mr. & Mrs. William Cottle Mr. Michael Jacoby Mr. & Mrs. Michael Perlow Mrs. Robert Weissbourd
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ XXXX
Ms. Susan Crown Mr. Jack Jaffee Mr. & Mrs. Tom Philipsborn Mrs. Evelyn R. Weltman
WORK FOR A MORE Mr. Jeffrey Cummings Mr. Harvey Kaiser Mr. Arnold Pritsker Mr. Paul L. Weltman
JUST CHICAGO.
Representative Barbara Flynn Currie Mr. & Mrs. Arnold B. Kanter Mr. J. B. Pritzker Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Westhoff
These condensed financial statements are unaudited. Audited financial statements are available Ms. Camille De Frank Mr. Burton Kaplan Mr. James N. Pritzker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wieseneck
at the office of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. Mr. & Mrs. Seymour S. DeKoven Mr. Robert A. Kaplan Ms. Nancy Radner Mr. & Mrs. Marc Wilkow
Mr. Steven Derringer Mr. Emile Karafiol Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Radov Mrs. Betty J. Willhoite
F o UNDATIONS
Mr. William DeWoskin Ms. Susan Karlinsky Ms. Jane L. Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. Kale A. Williams
Mr. Peter Dubrow Mr. Richard Jacob Keen Mr. Irving Z. Rapaport Mr. & Mrs. John Wineman
Mr. Howard W. Edison Mr. & Mrs. Robert Adam Keen Mr. Alan L. Reinstein Mr. & Mrs. Maynard I. and
Rabbi Laurence L. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Keen Ms. Deborah Reznick Elaine Wishner
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eisen Rabbi Allen Kensky Mr. Richard S. Rhodes Ms. Jane Woldenberg
Alphawood Foundation Herbert B. Fried Foundation Edmond and Alice Opler Foundation
Rabbi & Mrs. Bruce S. Elder Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Kersten Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Richman Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Wolff
Big Cat Foundation Generations Fund Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ettlinger Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Kessler Mr. Sidney Robbins Mrs. Gladys L. Wolff
Chicago Community Trust Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Polk Bros. Foundation Mr. David Evans Rabbi Peter Knobel Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Rohde Dr. Frank E. Yeoman
Circle of Service Foundation Jewish Fund for Justice Righteous Persons Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Feinstein Ms. Heidi Kon Ms. Anna E. Roosevelt Mrs. Bobette Zacharias
Nathan Cummings Foundation Kaplan Family Foundation Rothman Family Foundation Mr. David Feller Mr. John Kretzmann Ms. Gail Root Ms. Judy Zahn
Dr. Sandra Fernbach Mr. & Mrs. Paul Krouse Mr. Robert B. Rosen Mr. Jeff Zaluda
Deutsche Bank Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Synapses Foundation
Mr. Peter Fidler Rabbi & Mrs. Harold Kudan Ms. Emily Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Marc Zionts
The Epstein Foundation Landau Family Foundation Washington Mutual Bank Ms. Laura K. Fisher Mr. Peter Kupferberg Dr. Louis Rosenblum Mr. & Mrs. Albert Zisook
Fel-Pro Mecklenberger Foundation Albert and Anne Mansfield Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Guy Fishman Mr. & Mrs. Ronald D. Lachman Mr. Martin E. Rosenfeld Ms. Amy Zisook
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9. COMMUNITY
We partner with members of low-income
and minority communities to
address their needs.
OUTREACH
JCUA draws more and more Chicagoans
each year, and we’ve begun to reach
out nationally to encourage Jewish social
justice organizations in other cities.
COLLABORATION
ADVOCACY Synagogues that are JCUA-affiliated receive
We work to secure changes in legislation support for their own social justice initiatives,
in order to create a more just society. JCUA-led workshops or talks, and social justice
materials for holidays.
ACTION
PARTNERSHIP
JCUA is not a think tank. We are
active participants in the work that We give of our time, resources, and enthusiasm
we believe needs to be done in to community organizations in low-income areas.
order to improve society.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Our programs teach college students JCUA’ Community Development Committee and
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and young adults to address problems, Community Venture Partners help to develop and fund
advocate on issues, and mobilize support. affordable housing.
EDUCATION
We create and implement Jewish social justice
programs and activities for children, college students,
and adults.
VOLUNTEERING
JCUA invites you to be involved in a cause you
believe in! In addition to our regular programs and
activities, we have a special Associate Division for
young professionals between the ages of 20 and 40.
JCUA IS PERPETUAL MoTION
JEWISH COUNCIL ON URBAN AFFAIRS
618 South Michigan Ave, Suite 700
Chicago Illinois 60605
Please visit our web site at www.jcua.org, or call us at
(312) 663-0960 for further information on our ongoing activities.