Actors Shira Haas, Ben Platt and Josh Malina were among the stars who joined a virtual ceremony on Wednesday celebrating Israel’s 72nd Independence Day. The hourlong ceremony, organized by the Jewish Federations of North America and broadcast on YouTube and Facebook, also featured a musica…
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to the Jewish community across the globe, said Eric D. Fingerhut, president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America. “There’s nothing like this that’s ever affected the Jewish community because we’ve never had …
Unwillingly to sit idly by, a group of “next generation” young communal Jewish leaders and heads of nonprofit Jewish organizations have mobilized, along with the mainstream Jewish community, to launch a world-wide emergency campaign—called Pledge to Protect—to purchase and deliver li…
Ben, Henry and Jonah Platt share why participating in JFNA's Worldwide Virtual Celebration for Israel's Independence Day is so important to them. Read more.
Eric D. Fingerhut, President and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America said that despite the current lockdown, a number of Jewish organizations in the US still planned to hold "virtual" Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebrations. Read more.
