For months now, a debate has been raging in the Jewish community about whether its bedrock agency, the Jewish Community Federation, should move its headquarters from Euclid Avenue downtown to Beachwood.
The non-profit organization is basically a United Way for Jews — sponsoring social events, fundraising for Israeli causes, and doing charity work. Since 1965, its main office has been planted firmly in heart of the city. The question now is whether the group should mimic the mass exodus of its people to the eastern ’burbs. And it’s forcing people to acknowledge some uncomfortable truths…
This article appears in May 7-13, 2008.