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1949 Jewish fraternity and sorority gathering in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, U.S. This is a list of historically Jewish fraternities and sororities in the United States and Canada. [1] [2] These organizations exemplify (or exemplified) a range of "Jewishness"; some are historically Jewish in origin but later became strictly secular. Some ...
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva ( Hebrew : ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism .
A Jewish Community Center or a Jewish Community Centre (JCC) is a general recreational, social, and fraternal organization serving the Jewish community in a number of cities. JCCs promote Jewish culture and heritage through holiday celebrations, Israel-related programming, and other Jewish education. However, they are open to everyone in the ...
Jewish Community Relations Councils (JCRC) are Jewish local advocacy arms in the United States. [10] Most major centers of Jewish populations have a JCRC, and are either constituent departments of the local Jewish federation, totally independent, or functioning as a joint office. Typically, the board of directors of a JCRC includes local ...
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.
By the early 20th century, most cities with meaningful Jewish populations had formed country clubs, and by 1928, there were 34 Jewish social and country clubs in the greater New York area, [2] though many Jews still saw the inability to join non-Jewish social organizations as an impediment to assimilating and Americanizing. [3]
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 .