Jewish communities across the country, including JFNA, join in reaching out to the Houston community as massive floods inundate the region. A Houston-based reporter reflects on his experiences from this week. More and more Jewish volunteers in Houston are stepping forward to aid the victims …
A new study shows that nearly 90 percent of wealthy adults feel that charitable giving is an important part of their lives.
Meanwhile, Federations are featured in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Philadel…
United Israel Appeal protects donors’ tax deductions to ensure that gifts made by individuals in the U.S. to organizations or projects in Israel are applied as intended. This week, the UIA helped specific donors, through their Federations, rethink contributions that the IRS would not have …
Aliyah numbers from the first quarter of 2015 increased by 41% over the same period last year. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, 72 olim from Ethiopia, 2,506 from Ukraine and 1,985 from Russia have arrived in Israel so far this year with the help of the Federation-funded…
The worst flooding in Houston in 15 years has inundated hundreds of homes in high-density Jewish neighborhoods and shut down municipal services, highways and schools. The Emergency Committee has allocated $25,000 to provide urgent assistance to the 50,000-strong Jewish community. To make a c…
