A multi-denominational group of civic leaders in upstate NY defeated a national effort to boycott Israeli goods at a local food co-op with help from the Federation-funded Israel Action Network. It was successfully argued that the targeted boycott would violate NY’s human rights laws, and t…
Experts from the Berman Jewish Databank, a project of Federations, reviewed a new Pew study on religion in America. They highlighted that media reports that 1 in 6 Jews are “new to the faith” do not reflect the complexity of the situation, including larger questions of Jewish parentage, …
Federations welcome the new CEO of the Jewish Federation and Endowment Fund of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, Danny Grossman, a Bay Area native, brings decades of leadership experience in diplomacy, business and Jewish communal affairs to this large city Federatio…
Ukrainian Jews continue to relocate to Israel, with aliyah numbers increasing nearly 100% this year. Since March 2014, Federations have raised $5 million to help Jews caught in the conflict in Ukraine. But 9,000 people, who have either been displaced or are unable to leave their homes, still…
A group of Jewish workers remain in Nepal to continue their work after a second earthquake hits the country.
Meanwhile, Federations are featured in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Toronto, Cleveland and Western Massach…
