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Pages in category "Jewish Federations of North America" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In October 2009, the UJC was renamed the Jewish Federations of North America. [11] After the 2009 launch of the new logo for The Jewish Federations of North America, increasing numbers of local Federations are switching to some variant of that logo. An example is the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. [12]
Liebman, Charles S. "Leadership and Decision-Making in a Jewish Federation: The New York Federation of Jewish Philanthropies", in American Jewish Year Book (1979): 3–76. More, Deborah Dash. "From Kehillah to Federation: The Communal Functions of Federated Philanthropy in New York City, 1917–1933", American Jewish History 68#2 (1978): 131–146.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington was founded in 1976 as the UJA Federation of Greater Washington. [1] During the 2023 Hawaii wildfires, the Jewish Federation created a fund to benefit relief work in Maui, raising nearly $25,000. [2]
When the secular "people's lawyer" Louis Brandeis became involved in the movement in 1912, just before World War I, support for Zionism increased. [9] By 1917, Brandeis' leadership had increased American Zionist membership ten times to 200,000 members, and "American Jewry thenceforth became the financial center for the world Zionist movement," [10] greatly surpassing its previous European base ...
NFTY: The North American Federation for Temple Youth (formerly known as the National Federation for Temple Youth, often referred to simply as NFTY, commonly pronounced "nifty") is the organized youth movement of Reform Judaism in North America (commonly making it referred to as The Reform Jewish Youth Movement).
Julie Platt was elected chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America in 2022. She is the second woman to be the chair for the organization, which oversees 146 Jewish federations across the United States and Canada that distribute over $3 billion each year.
CJE SeniorLife is a not-for-profit partner with the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago in providing direct social services, healthcare, and support to Chicago-area residents of all faiths. Originally founded as the Council for Jewish Elderly, the organization was renamed CJE SeniorLife in 2008.