Milestone: Every Jewish community now in LiveSecure process

Jewish Federations of North America are proud to announce that every Jewish Federation in North America is now involved in the LiveSecure process, a critical milestone in securing our Jewish communities.

Federations launched LiveSecure—the largest philanthropic effort to secure the Jewis…

Jewish Federations Announce 2024-25 Cabinet Co-Chairs

The Jewish Federations of North America’s National Young Leadership Cabinet (“Cabinet”) is proud to announce Beth Wayne (Palm Beach County) and Bobby Gibbs (Dallas) as its incoming Co-Chairs for 2024-2025.

In a term beginning July 1, 2024, they will build on the work of current Cabin…

Dvar Torah - Va'era: What can we learn from plagues?

We can learn from everything

Today, people are divided into two camps; those who read the news constantly and those who no longer read the news at all. The world, especially the Jewish world, is going through some difficult times. How are we supposed to make sense of things today?

First, t…

Dvar Torah - Shemot

Dvar Torah – Shmot

In this week’s Torah portion, we see G-d speaking to Moshe from the burning bush. At first glance, it seems a bit anti-climactic. Of all the ways for an infinite ineffable G-d to communicate, a bush seems rather humble.

Yet, on closer examination, we see that the bus…

Dvar Torah - Miketz

This is a special time of year

I love this time of year. It is not because I like breaking out the North Face or wearing gloves and hats. (even though I do) I love this time of year because of the inspiration.

Because Chanukah fits the Diaspora

Certain holidays just flow better in Israel.…