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Oct 31, 2025

Federations Relieved by Federal Court Rulings on SNAP

Jewish Federations of North America are relieved by federal court rulings that will allow the use of emergency contingency funds to help ensure that millions of families, seniors, and people with disabilities continue receiving SNAP benefits in November. This provides critical, short-term st…

Oct 31, 2025

JTA: TikTok deal raises hopes for tougher rules against antisemitism

“At the Jewish Federations of North America, we are optimistic about this moment,” President and CEO Eric Fingerhut said Tuesday while moderating a panel on the deal at the organization’s Washington headquarters. “Frankly, the part that makes us the most optimistic is the parties tha…

Oct 30, 2025

Jewish Federations Set Up Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund

Jewish Federations of North America have established a Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund for Jamaica and other Caribbean islands after Hurricane Melissa–the most powerful hurricane ever recorded—tore through the Atlantic earlier this week, leaving behind a trail of destruction and despair.

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Oct 30, 2025

Op-ed: Sixty years since Nostra Aetate: The Catholic-Jewish Journey

My grandmother grew up in Catholic neighborhoods with rampant (and sometimes violent) antisemitism.

 

My parents came of age understanding that individual Catholics might relate to Jews in different ways. I have never experienced anything but respect and kindness from Catholic friends and…

Oct 30, 2025

Op-Ed: From ‘Surge’ to strength: Rebuilding community connection to Israel

by Mimi Kravetz and Anna Langer

For two years, the unspeakable atrocities of the Oct. 7 attacks and the events that followed upended Jewish life around the world. The focal point of this reorientation has been Israel — its people, its land, its pain and its wars.

 

In Israel, every day since has felt like Oct. 7, 202…