UJA-Federation of New York hired Daniel Rosenthal, a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from Queens, to serve as its next vice president for government relations. He will succeed Louisa Chafee, who is moving to lead New York City’s Independent Budget Office…
Twitter is a-titter after online sleuths corrected a tweet claiming that crooner Ed Sheeran had garnered the attendance record at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey earlier this week, noting that in fact the honor goes to a 2012 celebration of Talmud, known as Siyum HaShas, which marks the completion of the seven-and-a-half year cycle of Daf Yomi…
A new study funded by the Jewish Federations of North America found that older American Jews, ages 55-74, are not currently engaged with the Jewish community but are interested in connecting with it…
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change hired Sarah Teichman to serve in the newly created position of director of global philanthropy partners. Teichman previously served as the vice president for international strategy and advancement at Hillel International…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation yesterday – by a wide margin – mandating the Biden administration to appoint a special envoy to advance the Abraham Accords…
Stanford University is forming a committee to “assess and enhance Jewish life” on campus, following a number of incidents over the past academic year, including a dispute over religious accommodation during the High Holidays and recent cases of antisemitic vandalism…
A pro-Palestinian activist, Waseem Awawdeh, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for attacking a Jewish man, Joey Borgen, along with four other assailants at a pro-Israel rally in New York in May 2021…
Israel allocated NIS 75 million ($20.8 million) in the coming budget toward establishing five new tech innovation hubs in the country’s geographic and socioeconomic periphery…
Hadara Ishak has assumed the role of president of both the Jewish Future Pledge and the Jewish Youth Pledge, which encourage Jews to leave a portion of their estate to Jewish and Israeli causes, in addition to her position as chief operating officer of the former. Debbie Campbell will also join the two initiatives as chief marketing officer…
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