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jewish institute of religion
Reform College Cuts Might Lead to Campus Closures
Jewish Journal
April 23, 2009
Due to unprecedented financial distress, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) is poised to make deep cuts to its programming that might include the closure of two of its three U.S. campuses. HUC-JIR has campuses in Los Angeles, Cincinnati and New York, as well as a fourth location in Jerusalem, which annually cost about $40 million to operate.
Embezzlement Heads for Court
Tom Tugend
March 16, 2000
The former fiscal administrator for the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has been arrested and charged with embezzling $1.179 million from the Reform movement\’s seminary.\nJean M. Thorbourn, 61, of Sherman Oaks, forged numerous checks between 1989 and 1997, using a dean\’s signature stamp, and apparently applied a considerable part of the money to finance production of independent films, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney\’s office.
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