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U.S. Rep. Cicilline looks to the future Progress through compromise is goal By Philip M. Eil Contributing Writer
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U.S. Rep. David Cicilline
PROVIDENCE – David Cicilline has a long list of New Year’s resolutions. In a recent phone interview, the re-elected congressman told this reporter that, once he is sworn in with the 113th U.S. Congress in early January, his to-do list includes putting more Rhode Islanders back to work; fi ghting for funds to train and educate the state workforce to 21st century levels of competitiveness; rebuilding roads, bridges, ports and other pieces of the country’s infra-
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Reform movement, AIPAC differ on penalizing Palestinians Israel opposed cuts in aid to Palestinian Authority
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Guttin, Camp JORI director, shines in prestigious FJC program Valedictorian chosen to nurture new camp initiative
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – Two major Jewish groups are at odds over the prospect of penalties for the Palestinians in the wake of their enhanced U.N. status. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee in recent weeks has backed two congressional bids to at least shut down the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington in the wake of the Nov. 29 United Na-
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Foundation for Jewish Camp Chairman Lee Weiss, Foundation for Jewish Camp CEO Jeremy J. Fingerman, Camp JORI Director – and valedictory speaker – Ronni Guttin and Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot and chairman of The Marcus Foundation pose, in Boca Raton, Fla.
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Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union of Reform Judaism
PROVIDENCE – The valedictory speech that Ronni Guttin gave at the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Executive Leadership Institute almost didn’t happen: She came close to bypassing the opportunity to apply to the program. Guttin, Camp JORI’s director since 1997, said that she feared ELI’s mandatory 360-degree evaluation, which included sub-
stantial input from no fewer than 10 people who work with her. Proud of her self-awareness about her strengths and weaknesses, she feared that the intense evaluation would reveal some disconnect between her perceptions of herself and others’ perceptions of her. “The joke was on me,” she said in her speech in Boca Raton, Fla., on Tuesday, Dec. 18, to a group that included 14 ELI Fellows and FJC staff, faculty advisors and coaches. “I discov-
ered that I knew myself pretty well, and had the confidence to approach my board president with the results.” Asked why Guttin was chosen to deliver the valedictory speech, Jeremy Fingerman, chief executive officer of FJC, said that Guttin “shined throughout as a leader in the group. The program truly impacted her; she grew a lot personally and professionally from
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