Federation Impact

Opinion: Deepening Hindu-Jewish Collaboration in this Sacred Season

By Ankur Vaidya and Rabbi Joshua Stanton

 

It is the most highly educated and professionally ascendant community in America, with a deep sense of cultural identity, and growing diasporas which are adding to the already diverse religious practices of its homeland. 

 

We are speaking of…

How to Host Empowering and Safe Commemorations with October 7th Survivors

By Shelley Rood Wernick, Managing Director, Holocaust Survivor Initiative
 
Content warning: This piece mentions subjects some readers may find distressing.

In a little over a week, over 100 communities across North America will gather to commemorate one year since the atrocities of Oct…

JUF Invests in Initiatives to Strengthen Ties with Christian Leaders

This past July, the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Chicago (JUF) held its third mission to Poland since 2019 for Evangelical Christian leaders. Two dozen leaders that included presidents of universities from around the country, professors and professionals in the evangelical media p…

Florida Federations strengthen ties with legislators on Israel Mission

South Florida Legislators Mission to Israel at Knesset

This past June, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Broward County, and Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County participated in the first-ever South Florida Legislators Mission to Israel, bringing ten state senators and representatives from Florida to the Jewish State to lea…

A model of Black-Jewish relations grows in Philadelphia

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and its Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) have created a meaningful model for strengthening Black-Jewish relations.


Earlier this year, together with Culture Changing Christians, they launched an initiative known as New Golden Age aimed …