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Topic: William Daroff

February 20, 2013
6:12 pm

William Daroff, vice president for public policy and director of the Washington office of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), gives testimony at a hearing by the United States House Ways and Means Committee on "Oversight Plan for the 113th Congress and Tax Reform and Charitable Contributions" in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, February 14, 2013 (photo credit: Ron Sachs)

Charities grapple with Washington’s fiscal chaos

Congressional wrangling over looming ‘sequester’ and the deficit leaves Jewish and other groups bracing for potentially massive cuts

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 28, 2013
11:16 pm

White House Chief of Staff Jacob “Jack” Lew, left, and Jarrod Bernstein, White House Director of Jewish Outreach, speak to the media at the offices of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Jewish Community Relations Council, David Karp)

Outgoing White House Jewish liaison gets kudos

Jarrod Bernstein was ‘outstanding’ and enjoyed ‘tremendous access within the White House,’ say Jewish leaders who worked with him

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 3, 2013
12:38 am

William Daroff of the Jewish Federations of North America (courtesy JFNA website)

Jewish federations praise fiscal cliff agreement for sparing America’s ‘most vulnerable’

Besides preventing tax hike, bill staves off cuts, maintains charitable contribution tax deduction for ‘critical community-based services,’ umbrella group says

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 28, 2012
2:03 am

Congressional Democrats join Bend the Arc to lobby on Capitol Hill for a tax hike on those with annual incomes of $250,000 or more, December 20, 2012. (photo credit: Courtesy of Bend the Arc)

‘Everybody is going to have to take a hit, and that includes us,’ US Jewish groups say

Standing at the ‘fiscal cliff,’ Jewish organizations rally to save federal anti-poverty programs from budget cuts

By Ron Kampeas

December 26, 2012
6:47 am

Jewish federations bid to save billions in lost charity from ‘fiscal cliff’ fallout

William Daroff, head of public policy for JFNA: ‘Whatever cuts are made shouldn’t be made disproportionately on the backs of vulnerable populations’

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 1, 2012
6:17 am

JFNA fights to preserve charitable tax deductions

Jewish groups organize as US government searches for more sources of revenue

November 12, 2012
11:04 pm

Jewish Republicans say the party should expect to hear from donors such as Sheldon Adelson, pictured at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, about how to do better in the next election. (Photo credit: Ron Kampeas/JTA)

Jewish Republicans regroup after Romney rout

Top donors and commentators advocate a more moderate stance on immigration and social issues — and suggest avoiding any discussion of rape

By Ron Kampeas

November 7, 2012
11:16 am

David Harris, the president of the National Jewish Democratic Council, speaking to a British journalist outside the NJDC bus in Charlotte N.C., Sept. 3 (photo credit: Ron Kampeas/JTA)

Obama wins big among Jews, with 69%-30% victory over Romney

Despite millions of dollars spent and unprecedented grass-roots work by Republican Jewish groups, exit polls of Jewish voters show only slight decline in support for Democrats

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 31, 2012
5:34 pm

A Haredi couple awaits the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Monday in Brooklyn. (Azi Paybarah via Twitter/JTA)

Jewish communities race to find, provide aid following Hurricane Sandy

Storm targeted largest concentration of Jews in the US, where full recovery is expected to take months

By Adam Soclof

July 12, 2012
1:45 am

President Obama, flanked by Nathan Diament, left, and Dr. Simcha Katz of the Orthodox Union, displays the framed reproduction of President George Washington’s letter to the Jewish community of Newport, R.I., that he was given at the conclusion of his Oval Office meeting with Orthodox Jewish leaders last July.(photo credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza/JTA)

Nathan Diament walks the line

Representing the ‘Jewish perspective’ of a minority within a minority, the Orthodox Union’s Diament bestrides the Orthodox and Washington worlds

By Ron Kampeas

July 4, 2012
1:41 am

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, January 13, 2011. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/JTA)

Visit to Israel gives Romney chance to shore up foreign policy, evangelical cred

Presidential hopeful needs to overcome perception that he’s a ‘foreign policy lightweight’ and too similar to Obama on strategy

By Ron Kampeas

April 19, 2012
10:31 am

Napolitano talks security funding cuts with Jewish leaders

Jewish Federations of North America, Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel of America are among the nonprofits receiving special grants from the Department of Homeland Security

April 19, 2012
9:32 am

House votes unanimously for Wallenberg medal

The Swedish diplomat in Budapest issued Swedish travel documents — known as ‘Wallenberg passports’ — to at least 20,000 Jews

February 22, 2012
9:54 am

Alan and Judy Gross at the Western Wall in the spring of 2005. (Courtesy of the Gross family)

Alan Gross, jailed for providing Internet to Cuba’s Jews, not going anywhere soon

An Associated Press report earlier this month has exacerbated concerns that Cuba will hang tough on its stated determination not to release Gross

By Ron Kampeas

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: William Daroff

Charities grapple with Washington’s fiscal chaos

Congressional wrangling over looming ‘sequester’ and the deficit leaves Jewish and other groups bracing for potentially massive cuts

Outgoing White House Jewish liaison gets kudos

Jarrod Bernstein was ‘outstanding’ and enjoyed ‘tremendous access within the White House,’ say Jewish leaders who worked with him

Jewish federations praise fiscal cliff agreement for sparing America’s ‘most vulnerable’

Besides preventing tax hike, bill staves off cuts, maintains charitable contribution tax deduction for ‘critical community-based services,’ umbrella group says

‘Everybody is going to have to take a hit, and that includes us,’ US Jewish groups say

Standing at the ‘fiscal cliff,’ Jewish organizations rally to save federal anti-poverty programs from budget cuts

Jewish federations bid to save billions in lost charity from ‘fiscal cliff’ fallout

William Daroff, head of public policy for JFNA: ‘Whatever cuts are made shouldn’t be made disproportionately on the backs of vulnerable populations’

JFNA fights to preserve charitable tax deductions

Jewish groups organize as US government searches for more sources of revenue

Jewish Republicans regroup after Romney rout

Top donors and commentators advocate a more moderate stance on immigration and social issues — and suggest avoiding any discussion of rape

Obama wins big among Jews, with 69%-30% victory over Romney

Despite millions of dollars spent and unprecedented grass-roots work by Republican Jewish groups, exit polls of Jewish voters show only slight decline in support for Democrats

Jewish communities race to find, provide aid following Hurricane Sandy

Storm targeted largest concentration of Jews in the US, where full recovery is expected to take months

Nathan Diament walks the line

Representing the ‘Jewish perspective’ of a minority within a minority, the Orthodox Union’s Diament bestrides the Orthodox and Washington worlds

Visit to Israel gives Romney chance to shore up foreign policy, evangelical cred

Presidential hopeful needs to overcome perception that he’s a ‘foreign policy lightweight’ and too similar to Obama on strategy

Napolitano talks security funding cuts with Jewish leaders

Jewish Federations of North America, Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel of America are among the nonprofits receiving special grants from the Department of Homeland Security

House votes unanimously for Wallenberg medal

The Swedish diplomat in Budapest issued Swedish travel documents — known as ‘Wallenberg passports’ — to at least 20,000 Jews

Alan Gross, jailed for providing Internet to Cuba’s Jews, not going anywhere soon

An Associated Press report earlier this month has exacerbated concerns that Cuba will hang tough on its stated determination not to release Gross

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