Jewish Federations Distribute Grants for Empoverished Holocaust Survivors
Jewish Federations distribute $2.8 million in grants to provide services for the more than 100,000 survivors in the United States, a quarter of whom are living in poverty.
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Federations award funding for historic Holocaust survivor initiative
Jewish Federations’ Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care awards $2.8 million to 23 social service agencies as part of U.S. Government’s first grants for Holocaust survivor care.
Planning for Day School Success
Day school thinkers and planners from nine communities create the North American Day School Strategy and Planning Group (NADSSPG) in reaction to a new era of reform and innovation for Jewish day schools.
U.S. Sympathies to Israel Increased in 2015
An increase in U.S. sympathies to Israel is noted in a new Gallup poll released this week, which shows American sympathies toward Israel outweigh those toward Palestinians 4 to 1. View the full study.
Leading a Jewish Revolution in Cuba
The Cuban government may have tried to suppress religion, but they couldn’t suppress Monica del Pino’s Jewish soul. When the government eased religious restrictions in 1991, eight-year-old Monica jumped at the chance to enroll in Federation partner JDC’s newly-opened Sunday school. Si…