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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Jerry Silverman

Eric Fingerhut, the CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America. (Hillel)
May 17, 2019, 7:58 am
Eric Fingerhut tapped to head Jewish Federations of North America
Former Ohio state Senator leaving top post at Hillel to replace Jerry Silverman later in 2019
By Ed Carroll
Head of the Jewish Federations for North America Jerry Silverman speaks at the JNFA GA meeting in Tel Aviv, Tuesday October 22, 2018. ( Photo/Eyal Warshavsky via JTA)
October 24, 2018, 2:58 am
American Jews seek dialogue with Israelis, but which Israelis, and to what end?
As the annual conference of the Jewish Federations of North America unfolds in Tel Aviv, the world’s two biggest Jewish communities seem further apart than ever
By Ben Sales
People watch the military airshow in Saker Park on Israel's 69th Independence Day in Jerusalem, May 2, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 17, 2018, 5:03 am
Does Israel need a Jewish nation-state law?
Jewish Federations of North America head says there are portions of legislation that ‘American Jews would struggle with’
By Marcy Oster
Jerry Silverman, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaking at his organization's General Assembly, November 10, 2015. (JTA)
April 24, 2018, 12:04 am
Jerry Silverman to step down in 2019 as head of Jewish federations network
After 10 years, president and CEO of Jewish Federations of North America won’t seek term renewal, saying ‘family comes first’
By JTA
Members of the Reform movement and the Hebrew Union College confront ultra-Orthodox protesters and security guards while trying to enter the Western Wall plaza, in Jerusalem's Old City, November 16, 2017. (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 27, 2017, 5:34 pm
Conservative Jews skewer PM for ‘alternative truth’ about Western Wall deal
‘Shame on you, prime minister’ says a new video clip, which shows Benjamin Netanyahu enthusing about the unity of the Jewish people
By Sue Surkes
Lawmakers argue during a meeting of the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee on November 1, 2017. (Screen capture/Knesset Channel)
November 1, 2017, 8:27 pm
MKs, Diaspora leaders quarrel in Knesset meeting on Western Wall deal
Justifying objections to a pluralistic prayer space, Shas MK Malchieli says there are certain places that ‘you don’t enter with dogs’
By ToI Staff
Shas leader Aryeh Deri (left), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman at the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2017, 3:04 pm
Netanyahu announces six-month delay of controversial conversion bill
New committee will seek compromise between demands of ultra-Orthodox parties and US Jewish leaders; no progress on Western Wall dispute
By ToI Staff
Jerry Silverman, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, at the 2012 General Assembly in Baltimore, Maryland (photo credit: JFNA/JTA)
June 27, 2017, 3:14 pm
US Jews plan campaign to get Israelis in their corner, reverse Western Wall ‘sucker punch’
After meeting with Netanyahu, Federations head Jerry Silverman outlines two-pronged strategy to unfreeze pluralistic pavilion; will also fight conversion bill
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A group of American Conservative and Reform rabbis and members of the Women of the Wall carry Torah scrolls during a protest march against the government’s failure to deliver a new prayer space, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, November 2, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 25, 2017, 9:29 pm
US liberal Jews decry ‘slap in the face’ from Netanyahu on Western Wall prayer
Conservative and Reform leaders may not be surprised by the latest development – years of experience have taught them better – but the sense of betrayal is powerful, and they’re determined to fight
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
View of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, February 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2016, 12:16 am
JFNA trustees asked to rule on visits to settlements
Jewish Federations chief Jerry Silverman requests green light for missions to enter ‘Israeli-controlled territories beyond Green Line’
By JTA
Mark Wilf, a co-owner of the Minnesota Vikings, at the team's gigantic Nordic horn in its new $1.1 billion stadium. (Hillel Kuttler/via JTA)
September 8, 2016, 3:10 pm
Minnesota Vikings’ owner thinks big with new stadium and Holocaust philanthropy
The son of two survivors, Mark Wilf loves a touchdown almost as much as he cares about ensuring a dignified lifestyle for impoverished survivors today
By Hillel Kuttler
The Western Wall (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
June 1, 2016, 7:07 pm
US non-Orthodox Jewish leaders meet PM on Western Wall prayer deal
Netanyahu and Reform, Conservative movements seek new compromise after January agreement torpedoed by Haredi parties
By ToI Staff
Jerry Silverman, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaking at his organization's General Assembly, November 10, 2015. (JTA)
November 11, 2015, 1:36 pm
Post-Iran deal, Federations’ GA works to mend divided US Jewry
With 3,000 Jewish communal professionals, lay leaders and college students at annual meet-up, healing was the order of the day
By Gabrielle Birkner
Jerry Silverman, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, at the 2012 General Assembly in Baltimore, Maryland (photo credit: JFNA/JTA)
November 11, 2015, 1:26 am
JFNA head calls for civil debate, open tent
In wake of row over Iran nuclear deal, Jerry Silverman says ‘too much of the language was vicious, has no place in our community’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Jerry Silverman, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, at the 2012 General Assembly in Baltimore, Maryland (photo credit: JFNA/JTA)
November 8, 2015, 5:48 pm
After Iran deal rhubarb, Jewish federations look to bury hatchet
Ahead of JFNA’s annual meeting, head says community can be united without toeing same line
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
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