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Federation Partner JDC Hosts Chanukah Celebration for Displaced Ukrainians

Chanukah celebrations in Ukraine supported by Federation partner JDC drew thousands of revelers—including many of the 9,000 Jews caught in or displaced by ongoing conflict—to concerts, meals, children’s programs and more. View photos from the events and learn more about Federations' U…

Federations and Philanthropy News Update, December 9, 2015

Citing Prime Minister Netanyahu’s remarks at the General Assembly this year, Women of the Wall question how long it will be until they are able to pray freely at the Wall. The expansion of emigration by French Jews to Israel, which has increased by 10% so far in 2015, is made possible by T…

Choosing Fun Over Fear in Hungary

Peter Berenyi thinks it’s impossible for Jews in Budapest not to be worried by rising anti-Semitism in Hungary.

But rather than cower in fear, he helps organize Judafest. Supported by Federation partner JDC, Judafest is a public celebration of Jewish culture and tradition that draws thous…

Paying Operation Exodus Forward

Growing up in the Soviet Union, “Jewish” was just a word Michael ben Aharon saw on packages of medicine or food smuggled in by Federation partner JDC. When the seven-year-old and his family escaped during Operation Exodus, they arrived in Israel with nothing but the clothes on their back…

Federations and Philanthropy News Update, December 7, 2015

Mark Zuckerberg defends the structure of his plan to put 99 percent of his family’s Facebook stock towards charitable donations, private investments and community projects. 
 

 

Meanwhile, Federations a…

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