Federation
Jerry Silverman Will Step Down As Federations Chief
“My decision is bittersweet,” Silverman wrote. “However, as I have always stated, family comes first.”
Federations Demands Israel Reverse ‘Divisive’ Moves On Western Wall And Conversion
The Jewish federations called on Israel to reverse its “divisive and damaging” steps to freeze an agreement on egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.
Netanyahu To Skip Federation Convention As Rift With Diaspora Grows
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be appearing this year at the annual conference of the Jewish Federations of North America.
Chicago Federation Offers $425K Grants To Reduce Violent Crime
— Chicago’s Jewish federation is giving $425,000 in grants to help reduce a cycle of violence gripping the city. Awarded through the Unit…
Jewish Groups Decry House Approval Of GOP Healthcare Bill
Among those that criticized the passage were the Reform movement, the Jewish Federations of North America, B’nai B’rith and Jewish Women International.
In Defense of the ‘Jewish Establishment’
The work of the “Jewish establishment” has gifted us with a level of comfort in the United States that our grandparents’ generation never had.
I Moved From Chicago to Nashville — And Found My Jewish Soul in a Red State
It was a Friday night in mid-August, and about a dozen Jews, most under 30, congregated around a coffee table in Nashville.
Want to Prevent BDS? Speak Out Against the Destruction of Susya.
Before November 15, Jewish communal leaders in Boston and around the country have the opportunity to speak out against destructive settlement activity which undermines the two-state solution. But will they?
Los Angeles Federation Chief Bluntly Tells Israel to Stay Out of American BDS Fights
A senior Jewish federation executive has unusually blunt words for Israeli government officials planning to take up arms in the anti-BDS struggle on U.S. college campuses: Back off, he says.
New York Federation Seeks $40M From Bankrupt FEGS
The biggest unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy case of the massive social service charity FEGS Health & Human Services are seeking tens of millions of dollars for a joint retirement plan serving thousands who work for New York Jewish charities.
