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Achieving excellence in person-centered care

Delivering human services while ensuring a person-centered approach can be challenging, and JFNA's Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care, along with many partner agencies in the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies, are leaders in this approach. Read more.

Former DHS secretaries join ADL, JFNA to protect vulnerable communities

Former DHS Secretaries Michael Chertoff and Jeh Johnson will co-chair a new Community Safety and Security Task Force convened by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), a leading anti-hate organization, and the Secure Community Network (SCN), the homeland security and safety initiative of The Jewi…

Jewish Agency Fellow Waga Brok receives special tribute at AIPAC

Jewish Agency Israel Fellow Waga Brok received a special tribute yesterday at the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference, honoring her with the Campus Ally of the Year Award. Brok is the Jewish Agency’s Israel Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was acknowledged for her effo…

U.S. State Dept. to fund programs fighting surge in anti-Semitism abroad

The U.S. State Department is offering to pay up to $1 million each for up to two projects that counter the rise of anti-Semitism in countries in Europe and Central Asia. Read more.

Two civil engagement initiatives awarded Lippman Kanfer Prize

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is recognized for its innovative approach to Jewish education and civic engagement by the prestigious Lippman Kanfer Prize for Applied Jewish Wisdom, an example of the critically important role Federations play in launching and nurturing education…