Tag: Jewish Organizations
Largest US Jewish donor-advised fund announces $1 million in emergency grants
Jewish Communal Fund (JCF), the largest and most active Jewish donor-advised fund in the United States, approved $1 million worth of emergency coronavirus-related grants through its endowment the JCF Special Gifts Fund, according to...
Pro-Israel, Jewish leaders react to massive rocket fire from Gaza
Jewish and pro-Israel organizations condemned the more than 150 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel on Tuesday, following the latter assassinating Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior leader Baha Abu al-Ata in coastal enclave.
A U.S. State...
Jewish groups slam Ocasio-Cortez for comparing US border control to ‘concentration camps’
Outrage from pro-Israel and Jewish groups is growing at U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for her remarks on Monday on her Instagram account that the United States is “running concentration camps on our southern...
Pompeo to meet with Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be meeting next week with the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, reported Jewish Insider on Tuesday.
The Conference of Presidents is an umbrella organization consisting of groups, including the Zionist...
Controversial initiatives on abortion from New York, Virginia elicit Jewish commentary
Jewish groups sent mixed reactions to the latest string of controversial late-term abortion initiatives.
New York enacted a law last week that allows abortions to be performed by non-doctors until the point of birth, while Virginia Democratic...
Jewish groups seek to minimize tax increase on nonprofits
Providing fringe benefits neither taxable to the employer nor the employee has been a crucial perk that nonprofits, including Jewish synagogues and other institutions, can offer.
But the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017...
Sen. John McCain: A ‘brave hero’ and a ‘stalwart friend’ of Israel
U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) died on Aug. 25 at the age of 81. He was a Vietnam War hero, a two-time presidential candidate and a 35-year member of Congress.
A longtime friend of the...
With theme of ‘Together We Will,’ BBYO convention sounds prescient note on teen action
Mike Signer, who served as the mayor of Charlottesville, Va., during the rally and protests last August that brought white supremacists to the forefront of international attention, recalled that he was about 8 or...
New coalition of Jewish organizations urges continued relief for Houston Jewish community
A new coalition of national Jewish organizations has issued a call to other Jewish communal groups across the United States to send volunteers to support the still-urgent recovery needs in Houston following the devastation...