Inclusivity, Creativity & Shavuot
Unlike Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah, there is no special communal worship. Shavuot does not focus on themes of rededication, liberation or personal salvation. Instead, it is a holiday of…
Purim: Embodied Joy
But probably not for the reasons you might expect. Having grown up as a secular Jew, as a child I understood Purim as the “Jewish Halloween”, a time for dress up and play, levity, and delight…
Edah – A New Approach to Jewish Learning After School
Rav Yoshi lives with his family in Berkeley, California. When not teaching or writing, he enjoys playing music, cooking, snowboarding, playing basketball, coaching youth sports, gardening,…
JFNA commends doubling of Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program funds
As a group, Holocaust survivors are subject to increased risk of depression, social isolation, and extremely poor outcomes if they don’t receive the proper care. “Since 2015, the Holocaust…
Jewish Learning “Plus” A Little Something Extra
A message from Laura Axler, a PJ Library mom: It’s funny, but on the same day that Federation asked if I would participate in the PJ Library program, I was rearranging our children’s…
Jewish School Becomes a Family for This Single Mom
Jewish School Becomes a Family for This Single Mom.
Jewish Federations Urge Inclusion of Israel in Visa Waiver Program
Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, and other officials have shown strong support for Israel’s inclusion in the program. As part of the September 30th deadline, and to overcome application…
How Federations Support America’s Family Caregivers
The phone rings or the text beeps, maybe for the first time, maybe for the hundredth time. Mom fell. Dad left the stove on again. The tumor is cancerous. She’s got COVID. “I can’t leave; can…
Federation's I&O Impact - February 2022
Following an initial focus on freedom of choice in marriage, iRep launched a second phase of work which celebrates the wide range of options in place from which Israelis can choose when it…
Birthright Sweethearts
This went on for a month! Then finally, it was Valentine’s Day and my mom convinced me to accept. We went out for beer and pizza and we ended up talking for five hours. Ten days on…
PJ Library Is The Gift For This Mom and Son
PJ Library Is The Gift For This Mom and Son.
IETA's Inaugural Convening Unveils Future of Israel Educational Travel
The Israel Educational Travel Alliance (IETA), a consortium of over 100 Israel educational travel organizations, programs, and philanthropies housed at the Jewish Federations, held its first…
Itzhak Perlman, a Blind Rabbi & More Highlight Need for Disability Advocacy
"But people still look at you sitting in a chair, and for some reason they stop talking to you, and instead they talk to the person with you. For example, at the airport, the person behind…
The Secret Sauce Behind Family Camp
In her role as camp director, she participated in the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Executive Leadership Institute and in the Bureau of Jewish Education’s Shofar Fellowship. Daily life was…
What do we mean by "lifelong learning?"
Many describe their work as “giving back” to the community – at the end of the year, one wrote that he had made it his personal mission “to be in a place where, when you see kid in the…
Jewish Federations applaud major priorities in FY22 omnibus bill
Last year, the NSGP was able to fund fewer than half of all applicants. The NSGP is just one element of the private-public partnership needed to secure Jewish communities, which is why…