Former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky has been awarded Israel’s prestigious 2020 Genesis Prize for a lifetime of work promoting political and religious freedoms; JFNA is among those offering congratulations. Read more.
UJA-Federation of New York is among the Jewish groups speaking out against new restrictions for food stamp recipients, saying they would “devastate” the poor. Read more.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has elected a new board president following the first contested election for the post in the group’s history. Read more.
Jewish Federations are among those selected for a new research project about Jewish educators in North America. Read more.
The number of Orthodox Israeli couples choosing to marry in private ceremonies outside the auspices of the Chief Rabbinate grew dramatically last year, according to a soon-to-be-published study funded by Federation's Israel Religious Expression Platform (iRep). Read more.
