Boston-Area Jewish Schools Get $45-Million; Other Gifts

Several institutions have received large gifts:

An anonymous group of families from the Boston metropolitan area has donated $45-million to Combined Jewish Philanthropies, in Boston, to improve educational programs at local Jewish day schools. The nonprofit organization will oversee the distribution of $10-million each to the Maimonides School, in Brookline; the Rashi School, in Newton; and the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston, also in Newton. The remaining