Postal officials refuse mailmen's request to be relieved of the job to deliver Baptist cult material that may be illegal.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Orthodox Union, B'nai Brith and the Houston Federation are pitching in.
Sing HaTikvah, eat kosher food, watch the basketball game and feel like a real Jew.
A video speech to the Federations GA focuses on Iran and Palestinian Authority incitement.
The Foreign Ministry has notified Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter that its consulate offices in Philadelphia will remain open following reports that they were to be closed. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman sent to the mayor a copy of the letter via Mid-Atlantic Regional Consul General Yaron Sideman, who was attending a board meeting of the Jewish […]
By JTA
Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein recalled the role of his rabbi and Jewish organizations in helping him realize he could succeed despite growing up in a working-class neighborhood. “The only person I knew who put on a suit everyday was our rabbi,” Blankfein told a crowd of 1,700 fellow Wall Street insiders and guests Monday […]
By JTA
A Washington Jewish theater funded in part by the local Jewish federation scaled back its plans to produce a controversial play concerning how Israeli Arabs were treated when Israel became a state. Rather than showing the entire play, Theater J instead will present “The Admission” as a workshop in which viewers will be invited to […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Everyone is “Pro-Israel” today. Jewish federations bankroll “Zionist” Gaza sympathizers and “Zionist” boycotters of anything over the “Green Line.” Fundraisers find they have crossed the “red line.”
By JTA
Approximately 90 percent of the $10 million in funding for non-profit organizations announced by the Department of Homeland Security to help nonprofit organizations protect themselves from terrorism went to Jewish institutions this year. The total amount of grants, announced Aug. 29, is slightly up from last year’s $9.7 million, while the total Preparedness Grant Program […]
By JTA
The UJA-Federation of New York raised $145.3 million in its annual campaign that ended June 30, exceeding last year’s total by $8.6 million. Adding bequests and endowments, $6.7 million raised for superstorm Sandy relief, and capital and special gifts, the federation brought in a total of $206.5 million. “This has been an extraordinary year of […]
Lovers of butter, rejoice – eating a high fat diet on a schedule may keep you svelter than eating a low-fat diet at random intervals, according to a researcher at Hebrew University.
The Jewish Federations of North America last week rejected the inclusion of the term "Zionism" in a major system-wide planning document.
An event sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles featuring controversial anti-Islamist Pamela Geller was cancelled on Sunday, just hours before it was to take place.
A massive merger between to United Jewish Communities federations will create a powerhouse of influence and funding for Jewish programs, projects, and social services in New Jersey.
A major backlash against a UJA-Federation and Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) decision to permit groups encouraging Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel to march in the upcoming Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City has led to a campaign to oust the groups from the event. “A coalition of community Jewish organizations urgently […]
