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Milwaukee Jews march in the community's annual Walk for Israel, part of the federation's celebrations for Israel's independence day. (Courtesy of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation via JTA)
July 10, 2026, 6:10 pm
US Jewish federations grapple with surveys indicating fewer Jews identify as ‘Zionist’
Terminology may be ‘tainted’ by anti-Israel sentiment post-Oct. 7, says Milwaukee federation CEO, pointing to new poll that shows mainstream attachment to Israel but not to label of Zionism
By Andrew Lapin
Makeshift buses, including a rented limousine, arrive to replace the ones hired by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, in this picture taken from a plane chartered by the federation to the March for Israel, Nov. 14, 2023. (Courtesy of Jennie Levy via JTA)
November 15, 2023, 11:32 am
Alleged bus driver boycott snarls 900 Detroit Jews’ trek to DC pro-Israel rally
Conference of Presidents CEO William Daroff tells crowd ‘antisemitic bus drivers refused to drive participants’ to the event; bus company promises to take action
By jacob gurvis
Los Angeles high school students held a bake sale that raised $5,000 for the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' Israel Crisis Fund, Nov. 6, 2023. (Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles via JTA)
November 12, 2023, 10:44 pm
US Jews are raising money for an Israel in crisis, but is there enough to go around?
Some worry attention will shift away from local communities’ needs as Jewish organizations donate millions in emergency funds to support Israelis affected by war
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Writer-comedians Benji Lovitt (left) and Joel Chasnoff, authors of 'Israel 201,' a primer about Israeli life, launched in February 2023. (Courtesy: 'Israel 201')
February 10, 2023, 8:23 am
US-born Israeli comics explain local life (and cats) in fun, wise book ‘Israel 201’
Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt launch their ‘Next-Level Guide to the Magic, Mystery, and Chaos of Life in the Holy Land’
By Jessica Steinberg
The building housing the Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque and the Jewish Federation of New Mexico (Courtesy of the JCC/ via JTA)
November 5, 2022, 3:12 am
New Mexico’s cash-strapped, lawsuit-plagued Jewish federation announces dissolution
After years of legal and boardroom battles, the organization’s new president calls for an ‘orderly shutdown,’ while JFNA CEO Eric Fingerhut promises to rebuild
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
February 2, 2022, 4:01 pm
Scarred by attacks, Jewish communities in US consider enhancing security measures
Push comes amid heightened fears about the vulnerability of Jewish institutions and antisemitic incidents
By Haleluya Hadero
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, California, May 1, 2018. (AP Photo/ Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
December 1, 2021, 11:29 pm
Florida Jewish federation: Facebook algorithm blocked our ad against antisemitism
Heads of Broward County Jewish organization pen letter to social media giant criticizing rejection of post as a ‘calamitous consequence of your effort to curb hate speech’
By Asaf Shalev
Steve Nasatir speaks at an event commemorating his 40 years as president of the Jewish United Fund in Chicago, May 29, 2019. (Robert Kusel/via JTA)
July 8, 2019, 4:47 am
Longtime director of Chicago’s Jewish federation hands empire over to his son
As 40-year head of the Jewish United Fund, Steve Nasatir helped bring in $8 billion from the city’s 300,000 Jews
By Ben Sales
Tributes are left near the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 16, 2019, after a deadly shooting. (Fiona Goodall/Getty Images/via JTA)
June 30, 2019, 4:48 pm
Pittsburgh Jewish federation gives over $650,000 to Christchurch victims
Of the sum, more than $60,000 raised by Tree of Life congregation, which was targeted by anti-Semitic gunman five months before attack on New Zealand mosques
By Marcy Oster
Rabbi Rachel Rubenstein is trying to engage young families in her role as executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County, New York. (Gail Conklin for the Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County/via JTA)
January 7, 2019, 2:24 am
Meet the 27-year-old rabbi leading a NY Jewish federation
In an age when Millennials cherry-pick their charitable causes online, Rachel Rubenstein says donating to a local federation is counter-cultural — and constituents are responding
By Josefin Dolsten
These are stones found on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, part of a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue to the 11 people killed during worship services Saturday Oct. 27, 2018 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
November 2, 2018, 9:10 am
How to pick up the pieces? Pittsburgh’s Jewish leaders debrief on a tragic week
The heads of the Jewish federation, JCC and Jewish Family and Community Services talk about the practical steps taken and those still left uncharted
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A Jewish emergency crew and police officers at the site of the mass shooting that killed 11 people and wounded six at the Tree Of Life synagogue, on October 28, 2018, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)
October 29, 2018, 8:19 pm
Bennett, Jewish leaders to discuss Israeli help to US synagogues after massacre
Diaspora minister scheduled to meet officials from Conference of Presidents, ADL, Jewish Federation in New York following Pittsburgh attack
By Judah Ari Gross
Alice Shalvi, Israeli professor and educator, at her home in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 18, 2018, 5:29 am
Dr. Alice Shalvi: Equal education of Orthodox women is changing Israeli society
The fight for parity in Israel is only just getting started, says the 91-year-old champion of religious feminism
By Tracy Frydberg
Stephen Hoffman (YouTube)
February 17, 2018, 10:06 am
Cleveland Jewish Federation’s Stephen Hoffman to retire
Influential executive partnered with philanthropist Morton Mandel and the Israeli ministry of education to focus on teachers’ salaries and youth programs in his community
By JTA
Dr. Arnold Eisen, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, discusses Jewish American-Israeli divide at Beit Avi Chai on January 25, 2018. (Omri Adar)
January 26, 2018, 4:24 pm
JTS head says Israel’s close relations with Trump ‘delegitimize’ American Jewry
In a Jerusalem lecture on the future of the Diaspora-Israel relationship, keynote speaker Dr. Arnold Eisen tells crowd: ‘Zionism should make Jews proud wherever they are’
By Tracy Frydberg
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