Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
13-1659707 [3]: Legal status: 501(c)(3) religious organization [3] Purpose: To strengthen kehillot; to ensure there are thriving centers of Jewish practice across North America, Israel, and beyond that celebrate both tradition and contemporary life; to demonstrate what an authentic and dynamic Judaism looks like, inspire people to be a part of it, and advance its critical role in the world.
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]
Birthright Israel delegation, winter 2012. The Birthright Israel program was founded in 1994 by philanthropists Charles Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt in cooperation with the Israeli government, the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Jewish diaspora communities, [11] with the first program trip in 1999.
More than 900 donors and guests were expected to attend the largest single fundraising event in Miami-Dade’s Jewish community, including Israel’s former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
As an example, in 2008, the Overnight Camp Incentive Program provided grant money to 18 campers to attend Pinemere Camp. The program is a joint project of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, the Foundation for Jewish Camp, and the Neubauer Family Foundation. [7] [8] [9] The program provided grants of $750 to $1,250. [7]
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).
A group of American soldiers who served during World War II will be the focus of the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Program set for 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at Bishop McGuinness High School, 801 ...
It also operates the Released Time Program, which provides Jewish educational classes to children in public schools through released time programs.. [6] Additional initiatives include distributing toys to hospitalized children, managing a food pantry in Brooklyn, New York, the Anti-Shmad program, the JSF summer fellowship program (formerly ...