As a lifelong Zionist and a former 19-year Jewish federation chief executive, I was dismayed by to encourage members to urge their congressional representatives to vote against the Iran nuclear deal. While I can imagine that federation boards and executives are under no small amount of pressure to weigh in on this important issue, I…
UJA-Federation of New York raised $207.8 million in its recently completed fiscal year, nearly a 10 percent increase over last year. The Jewish federation said it raised the money from nearly 53,000 donors in the fiscal year that ended June 30. Of the $207.8 million raised, $150.8 million came through its annual campaign, while $33.9…
Over the past several decades, federations have lost their place as the centerpiece of our communities. We believe that revitalizing them is critical for the Jewish future. In fact, we would argue that the current organizing model does not serve us well. A scattered community without any kind of overall framework is a recipe for…
Philadelphia’s Jewish federation has named its top marketing official as the new publisher of the city’s local Jewish newspaper, The Jewish Exponent. Steven Rosenberg, the chief marketing officer for the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, is taking over as the publisher’s representative as well as the vice president and general manager of the Exponent, replacing…
Does the New York Jewish federation’s network of charities have a corruption problem? New York’s Jewish not-for-profits are falling like dominoes. Scandals have rocked some of the most prominent agencies in UJA-Federation of New York’s network in recent weeks, with one agency announcing in February that it would shut down, another losing its executive director…
The Brooklyn warehouse building in Brooklyn destroyed by a seven-alarm fire this weekend was home to over 300 boxes of archival material belonging the UJA Federation. The warehouse also once housed a trove of documents belonging to the American Jewish History Society, but these were moved over a year ago, AJHS Executive Director Rachel Lithgow…
(JTA) — There was the vice president of the United States, two Supreme Court justices and an Academy Award-winning actress with a compelling Jewish story. There were Jewish professionals, lay leaders, clergy and recent college graduates. The West Point cadets’ Jewish choir performed. The Israeli prime minister appeared via satellite from Jerusalem. Part pep rally, part…
(JTA) — Joe and Bibi? Still buddies. U.S. and Israel? Still allies. Agreement on Iran and the Palestinians? Well, not so fast. The governments of President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were back on joshing terms this week, but the deep differences that led to recent name-calling exchanges still percolated. Netanyahu and Vice…
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