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Jewish Federations board approves first-ever West Bank trip
Eitan Arom
November 2, 2016
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) for the first time has approved travel to the West Bank for an Israel trip falling under its jurisdiction.
Jewish Federations to debate travel to West Bank settlements
Eitan Arom
October 25, 2016
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) is considering a change to its policy that could allow its missions to Israel to visit Jewish settlements in the West Bank but not areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority (PA).
At Federation’s General Assembly, grappling with less authority and more division
Jared Sichel
November 10, 2015
What’s our mission? How will young Jews react? How do we not alienate the growing number of Jews with left-leaning views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Israel vows big investment in world Jewry project, though details remain fuzzy
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2014
Its leaders call it a “historic development,” a “paradigm shift” and a “change in the relationship” between Israel and Diaspora Jewry.
Thinking big about littlest Jews
Jonah Lowenfeld
November 7, 2013
When Michael Siegal, chairman of the board of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), addresses the umbrella organization’s upcoming General Assembly (GA) in Jerusalem on Nov. 10, he may very well be thinking about a constituency not likely to be present at the Jerusalem International Convention Center: America’s Jewish 5-year-olds.
The Disability Inclusion Initiative: The sound of the breaking dam
Jewish Journal
November 20, 2012
A conference on inclusion of people with disabilities may mark the beginning of a new era in Jewish communal attitudes.
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