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UJA-Federation of New York taps Leffell School’s Michael Kay to serve as next CEO

JL;DR SUMMARY Michael Kay, currently head of the Leffell School in New York, has been appointed as the next CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, succeeding Eric Goldstein. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationJewish LeadershipDay SchoolsJewish EngagementNew York Jewish CommunityUja FederationCommunity RelationsEric GoldsteinMichael Kay

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New York, United States
"UJA-Federation of New York taps Leffell Schools Michael Kay to serve as next CEO"
White Plains, New York, United States
"Kay is also a senior lay leader and member at Temple Israel Center of White Plains, the egalitarian Conservative congregation that he attends with his wife, Rachel, and their two children."
Westchester County, New York, United States
"Kay, who currently serves as head of school at The Leffell School in Westchester County, N.Y., will succeed Eric Goldstein, 66, a former Wall Street lawyer who announced last June that he was stepping down after 12 years in the role."
Rockville, Maryland, United States
"Prior to Leffell, Kay also served as Upper School principal and director of Judaic studies at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Md., and led Camp Givah, a Jewish summer camp in upstate New York both pluralistic institutions."
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
"That period was bookended by 2017s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., and the 2018 deadly shooting at Pittsburghs Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 congregants and the recent set of deadly attacks on Jewish institutions following the Israel-Hamas war."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"That period was bookended by 2017s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., and the 2018 deadly shooting at Pittsburghs Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 congregants"

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