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Synagogue shooting keeps religious leaders on edge

POWAY, Calif. — The rabbi had just finished comforting a congregant as she prepared to say the traditional prayer for the dead in honor of her mother when a loud crack rang out in his synagogue. It was about halfway through the Sabbath service on Saturday when a gunman turned what was supp…

From Our Leadership: From San Diego to Mumbai: Enough is Enough

The Jewish Federations of North America are once again in the alarming position of having to condemn another despicable act of hatred, anti-Semitism, and the vilification of the “other.” Six months to the day after the devastating massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, its…

1 dead, 3 injured in San Diego-area synagogue shooting

A shooting at a Chabad synagogue in Poway, near San Diego, California, has left one person dead and three injured, including a child. Read more.

The liberation fight for Soviet Jews was a miracle. Most of us didn’t know.

Passover is the perfect time to remember the “modern-day exodus” of Soviet Jews, a movement in which Federation and its partners were instrumental. Read more.

Republicans & Dems hold positive views of Israelis but differ on gov't

More than half of Republicans and Democrats support the people of Israel, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. Read more.