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Nov 11, 2025

Know Your Neighbor in Indianapolis

by Rabbi Joshua Stanton

It all started with a pilot program to bring together members of the Hindu and Jewish communities. 
The staff of the Indianapolis JCRC was inspired by the Student to Student initiative of the Jewish Federations of North America, which equips high schoolers to speak with their non-Jewish pee…

Nov 10, 2025

Jewish Federations Statement on the Return of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin’s Body

Jewish Federations are relieved that, after more than eleven long years in Gaza, the body of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin has finally been returned home to Israel. Lt. Goldin was just 23 years old when he was killed by Hamas terrorists and his body abducted on August 1, 2014 – only an hour after a…

Nov 10, 2025

Federations Shift to Rebuild Israel After Raising $908M in Emergency Funds

With the war in Israel winding down and all the living hostages safely home, Jewish Federations of North America are winding down the two-year Israel Emergency Campaign and transitioning into a new phase of work called Rebuild Israel, a holistic effort to support Israel’s recovery and to h…

Nov 6, 2025

How Federations’ Security Infrastructure Helped Avert Alabama Attack

Since the 2018 Tree of Life massacre, Jewish Federations have worked to build security infrastructure—professionally run Community Security Initiatives, often in partnership with the Secure Communities Network (SCN)—in every Federation community to meet the rising tide of antisemitic thr…

Nov 5, 2025

Jewish Federations’ Statement on Staff Sgt. Itay Chen z”l

After 760 days, American-Israeli IDF Staff Sgt. Itay Chen’s remains have been returned to his loved ones. Just 19 years old, Staff Sgt. Chen was killed by Hamas terrorists who attacked his tank on October 7 and later kidnapped his body to Gaza. He was the last American hostage being held b…