Jewish Federations Push for Lipstadt Hearing in Wake of Colleyville

In light of the recent hostage crisis in Colleyville, Texas, 96 Jewish Federations and Community Relations Councils urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold a hearing “without delay” on the nomination of Professor Deborah Lipstadt for the post of State Department Special Envo…

Record $5.3m in Grants Serving Holocaust & Older Trauma Survivors

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27, 2022

The Jewish Federations of North America’s Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma is proud to award 55 grants totaling $5,325,000 to organizations across the U.S. This represents the largest number of…

Project EM: Empowering and Employing our Community

The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (NJHSA), in partnership with the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), is pleased to announce the launch of Project EM: Empowering and Employing our Community, a nationwide network providing jobseekers with all the assistance, resources, and…

"We should be very careful about closing the borders”: Minister Shai

Diaspora Affairs Minister Shai: “We should be very careful about closing the borders”
By Ted Merwin

Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Nachman Shai says Israel’s government should think twice before closing borders to tourists, a move that limited world Jewry and other faiths from …

The Israel Travel Alliance (ITA) welcomes Tal Gozani as Executive Director

The Israel Travel Alliance (ITA) is pleased to announce Tal Gozani as its first Executive Director. The ITA is a multifaith coalition of immersive Israel education travel programs housed at the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA).

“We see time and time again how important Israel t…