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Public Interest

May 4, 2013

Bet Tzedek plans to slash staffing this year amid budget cuts

Faced with a decline in public funding, the free legal advice and representation service that helps Holocaust survivors, the poor, sick and elderly, will be forced to lay off some employees this year, the nonprofit said.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Faced with a decline in public funding, Bet Tzedek, a free legal advice and representation service - the clients of which include Holocaust survivors, the poor, sick and elderly - will be forced to lay off some employees this year, the nonprofit said this week.


By August, Ben Tzedek must slash $700,000 from its $8 million annual budget, said President and CEO Sandy Samuels. To lower costs, the or...

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