Federation Impact

Houston’s Innovative Approach to Hispanic Outreach

As has so often been the case, local Federations have a long standing tradition of pioneered outreach and collaboration with the Hispanic community. They have started surfacing best practices, which we would all do well to emulate. Among them is the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston. 


The Day the Jews Went to Church

For the first time in two millennia, 200 Jews were invited to 50 influential churches, each with hundreds, if not thousands of members. But the churches were not pressuring them to come in order to proselytize or to have them defend their tradition – but as honored guests, speakers, and te…

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…