Jewish Federations
School board votes to fire Pennsylvania principal over antisemitic voice message
The school district voted unanimously to fire Lower Gwynedd Elementary School Principal Phillip Leddy during a Tuesday special board meeting, replacing him with Susan Kanopka as interim principal.
After $908m. in wartime aid, Jewish Federations of North America pivot to ‘Rebuild Israel’
Partnering for progress: Amitim founder on helping Israelis get out of the rut - opinion
New York becomes latest experiment in subsidies for Jewish day school tuition
3D-printed firearms plot exposes alarming antisemitism surge in LA
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles revealed its role in the arrest of a white supremacist in California.
Jewsweek: Inaugural episode with Zvika Klein
Chikli’s meeting in DC will take place, despite cancelation of the organizer
The local Washington DC Jewish Federation has decided not to host this event, presumably because of the planned protests by anti-judicial-reform Israelis and Americans
Mayhem breaks out at Jewish Federations conference in Tel Aviv
Panelists sniped at each other over the Israeli government’s attempt to overhaul Israel’s judiciary and its threat to tighten immigration rules.
Aliyah minister visits schools, cultural institutions in first US visit
Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer is on a week-long trip touring American and Canadian Jewish communities for the first time since taking office.
American Jewry umbrella group hits out at Israeli judicial reform
They wrote in an open letter urging that "a 61-seat Knesset majority should not be allowed to override Supreme Court decisions."
JFNA urge Congress to increase funding for faith communities’ security
They also advocated the committees to fund programs that would fight antisemitism and hate crimes, care for Holocaust survivors and other vulnerable populations.
Over 50 Jewish communities donated to earthquake relief efforts
Global Jewish communities have sprung into action to help those suffering from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Bob Born, Jewish maker of Peeps marshmallow candies, dies at 98
Birn was the former president of Just Born Quality Confections, the 100-year-old family-owned candy company in Pennsylvania.
Molotov cocktail thrown at front door of New Jersey synagogue
An unknown masked person threw a Molotov cocktail at the front door of a synagogue around three in the morning.
