A third of the seniors that JFVS serves are below the poverty level, she stated. They may need food. They may need medicine. Individual Jewish ritual observance is on the upswing and Jewish day school education is in, Arna Poupko Fischer told the Lions of Judah at their 2001 United Jewish Campaign event on Thursday, November 9. But there is one area of Jewish life that is in decline, she observed.
People have a hard time connecting with one another.
That is the message members of the Pomegranate Division heard on January 26. She is a partner in a Chicago law firm, a wife and mother of two. In addition, Kleper is the National Chairman of the Women's Constituency of the United Jewish Campaign. As such, she travels extensively to Israel and many of the far-flung sites where money raised through the United Jewish Campaign is at work. She also is a much sought after speaker at local Campaign events across the country.