Jewish Federations

Israel allocates NIS 26m. for education excellence centers in northern border communities

Jewish Federations said the government initiative expands a regional education model developed with Homeward/Habaita following the mass evacuations after October 7.

The Western Galilee.
 Druze have been serving in the IDF since the state was born.

University of Haifa unveils program to help Druze after IDF service

STUDENTS PARTICIPATING in the National Days of Jewish Service campus cleanup.

Activating Jewish service through partnerships, collaboration - opinion

Wissahickon Superintendent of Schools Mwenyewe Dawan, second from left, and School Board President Amy Ginsburg, third from left, speak at a press conference on Dec. 19, 2025.

School board votes to fire Pennsylvania principal over antisemitic voice message


A needed change: Shaking up the Federation economic model

The Federations not only need to re-think their advocacy strategy within Israel but also their financial strategy.

DON’T YOU want to be part of this? Why aren’t Federations investing in Israel, asks the author.

Break-lines: How conservative Israelis and Reform U.S. Jews are torn

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen

A poster promoting Israeli-Diaspora dialogue at the GA, due to take place in Tel Aviv from October 22-24

San Francisco foundation once funded a blacklist of anti-Israel students

San Francisco’s Jewish Community Federation said the funding was a one-time grant of $100,000 made in 2016.

ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS with a ‘boycott Israel’ sign.

Column One: Jewish Federations, we need to talk

AMERICANS TAKE part in the annual Salute to Israel parade in New York City

Elite private academy in Rio pressuring the city’s Jewish day schools

The school is seen as a long-awaited El Dorado for some, and a threat to Jewish continuity by those who fear that the city’s traditional Jewish schools may be not survive the competition.

Statue of Jesus in Rio de Janiero

Head of JFNA announces he is stepping away from organization

The search for a new CEO could take more than a year.

Jerry Silverman standing at the Western Wall.

U.S. Senate Tax Bill Deals a Devastating Blow to Jewish Organizations

The Jerusalem Post

Federations rally around pluralism — but wish they didn’t have to

In a nutshell, America’s non-Orthodox Jewish majority wants Israel to be a more welcoming place for Reform, Conservative and other non-Orthodox Jewish expressions.

Jamie Halper raises the Torah with Women of the Wall on July 24, 2017.

Comment: Israel-Diaspora rift looms large at General Assembly opening

The deputy chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel reports his first-hand account of the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Los Angeles.

Conflict at the Kotel. Members of the Reform Movement clash with Orthodox worshipers at the Western Wall last week

Israel and the Diaspora: Rectifying a strained relationship

Michael Fridman