UJC leaders, meanwhile, described Wexler’s announcement as a pre-emptive move, saying that the nominating committee was poised to choose against him because his continued assault on the ...

UJC has struggled to define its role in the annual fund-raising campaign of the federations, which raised $825 million last year, down from $851 million in 2001.

Both sides stated their claims at UJC’s New York headquarters. “I think people learned a lot about people’s differences of opinions,” said Rabbi Israel Singer, the Claims Conference president.