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Topic: JFNA Jewish Federations of North America

March 20, 2013
12:28 am

Iranian Jews eligible to immigrate to the US because of the Lautenberg Amendment arrive at Los Angeles International Airport in 2009. (Courtesy of HIAS via JTA)

Lifeline for US law that aided Soviet, now Iranian Jews

Jewish groups are among those advocating a stronger status for effort to shelter persecuted religious minorities

By Ron Kampeas

March 13, 2013
6:17 am

Thessaloniki's Jews were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in railway cars like this one, currently on display at the city's Railway Museum. (Gavin Rabinowitz/JTA)

Were these train cars used in the Holocaust?

A retired Greek rail worker insists they were, and put them on public display. Jewish groups aren’t so sure

By Gavin Rabinowitz

February 20, 2013
6:12 pm

William Daroff, vice president for public policy and director of the Washington office of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), gives testimony at a hearing by the United States House Ways and Means Committee on "Oversight Plan for the 113th Congress and Tax Reform and Charitable Contributions" in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, February 14, 2013 (photo credit: Ron Sachs)

Charities grapple with Washington’s fiscal chaos

Congressional wrangling over looming ‘sequester’ and the deficit leaves Jewish and other groups bracing for potentially massive cuts

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 28, 2013
11:16 pm

White House Chief of Staff Jacob “Jack” Lew, left, and Jarrod Bernstein, White House Director of Jewish Outreach, speak to the media at the offices of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Jewish Community Relations Council, David Karp)

Outgoing White House Jewish liaison gets kudos

Jarrod Bernstein was ‘outstanding’ and enjoyed ‘tremendous access within the White House,’ say Jewish leaders who worked with him

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 17, 2013
4:21 am

A volunteer teaches English on behalf of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, one of dozens of Jewish organizations that may be severely harmed if budget negotiations remain at an impasse in Congress. (Steve Latimer for HIAS via JTA)

US Jewish charities brace for congressional budget deadline

Facing severe cuts, groups urge politicians to reach a deal on government spending

By Gil Shefler

December 28, 2012
2:03 am

Congressional Democrats join Bend the Arc to lobby on Capitol Hill for a tax hike on those with annual incomes of $250,000 or more, December 20, 2012. (photo credit: Courtesy of Bend the Arc)

‘Everybody is going to have to take a hit, and that includes us,’ US Jewish groups say

Standing at the ‘fiscal cliff,’ Jewish organizations rally to save federal anti-poverty programs from budget cuts

By Ron Kampeas

December 27, 2012
12:06 pm

US Congress (Photo credit: CC BY-SA Dougtone, Flickr)

Political showdowns will make 2013 a busy year for US Jews

From Iran’s nuclear program to the fight over gay marriage, Jewish groups are already gearing up for their next big battles

By Ron Kampeas

December 21, 2012
7:37 am

Jewish community security group urges ‘tabletop’ attack simulations

School shooting in Connecticut prompts call for practice drills replicating acts of mass violence

December 11, 2012
1:54 pm

Children in Ramat Hasharon paint with volunteers from Takdim, an Israeli charity modeled on the Jewish federation system in the US. (Courtesy of Takdim via jTA)

Philanthropy and Israel suddenly a two-way street

On the receiving end of charity for most of their history, Israelis are adjusting to a newfound ability to give back

By Ben Sales

December 11, 2012
3:58 am

Children from the Haitian town of Zoranje stand outside a school built with part of the $16.2 million donated by Jewish organizations after the deadly 2010 earthquake. (Courtesy of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee via JTA)

Three years after deadly earthquake, Jewish groups wrap up Haiti aid

As funds run low, most organizations are assessing successes and failures while shifting their attention elsewhere

By Gil Shefler

November 16, 2012
1:11 pm

Relations were expected to improve between US President Barack Obama (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in 2009, after the revocation of the Jackson-Vanik amendment. (photo credit: AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

US Congress set to replace historic law that helped free Soviet Jewry

With the support of Jewish groups, American legislators are expected to end Jackson-Vanik restrictions on Russia

By Ron Kampeas

November 16, 2012
8:21 am

A Bible covered with debris in a Kiryat Malachi apartment in which three people were killed from a rocket attack on Thursday (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

American Jews keep wary eye on situation in Gaza, examine their own security precautions

Support pours in from US Jewish groups as they prepare to help Israelis hurt or displaced by the recent escalation

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 14, 2012
9:33 pm

Rabbi Rick Jacobs (photo credit: Ben Fink Shapiro/Union for Reform Judaism)

Reform leader Rick Jacobs slams Israeli discrimination against non-Orthodox

US Jews applaud speech calling for pluralism, right of women to lead prayers at Western Wall

November 14, 2012
5:52 am

Young American Jews participate in a Birthright event in Jerusalem (illustrative photo: Dudi Vaknin/Flash90)

Experts call for major new study of American Jewry

‘How do young Jews develop Jewishly? What’s the extent of poverty? What’s the impact of intermarriage? We don’t have up-to-date answers,’ experts say

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 14, 2012
4:23 am

A rainbow flag of Israel at the gay pride parade in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Flash90)

First-of-its-kind LGBT ‘equality index’ calls on Jewish groups to strengthen inclusion policies

Fewer than 10% of groups surveyed on LGBT policies responded, but major groups such as JDC, JFNA, Hillel are aware of LGBT inclusion and willing to do more, report finds

By Haviv Rettig Gur

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