RE: JCC Funding

[Katie Marcus <kmarcus...>]

Hey, can you talk to me about the Annual Midwest Klezmer Institute, I'm from
a JCC in the midwest...
 
-Katie Marcus
Program Coordinator
Jewish Life & Learning
6600 West Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 432-5470


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of MaxwellSt (at) 
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Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:08 PM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: JCC Funding


Yes, after seven years of sponsoring the Annual Midwest Klezmer and Yiddish
Music Institute, the Kaplan JCC (Skokie) is pulling out.  They feel they
can't justify any cultural programming that cannot pay for itself.  (I even
worked out a proposal that almost paid for everything, including Illinois
Arts grant money which was promised).  It looks like other arts
organizations are going to have to take over the job of preserving Yiddish
culture!

Shabbat Shalom,
Lori in Chicago

In a message dated 2/8/2002 10:34:11 AM Central Standard Time,
Willadance (at) aol(dot)com writes:




>From your mouth to the JCC's ears.  The organizations that profess to
represent the Jewish communities and look out for our interests think we are
only interested in exercise equipment and boys basketball.  There's
supposedly money in this.
Jewish programming?  Supposedly no money in this.

Because of lack of interest on the part of the JCC's and synagogues and
Jewish Day schools to sponsor Israeli and Jewish recreational dance at their
facilities, there are few dancers around with which to form these troupes. 
And nobody will pay the organizer, leader, choreographer.