Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares opened an investigation into the nonprofit American Muslims for Palestine, which has in the past been accused of sending money to Hamas…
A delegation of 28 rabbis and Jewish leaders from New York are in Israel this week as part of a delegation organized by UJA-Federation of New York. The group will visit “numerous communities to provide support and trauma assistance to evacuees and families of hostages and [engage] in chaplaincy work at major medical centers”…
Jim Berk, a veteran entertainment executive, was named the next CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. He will succeed Rabbi Marvin Hier, who founded the group in 1977…
The Senate confirmed the nomination of former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to become the next U.S. ambassador to Israel…
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces has raised nearly $60 million in an emergency campaign launched after the Oct. 7 massacres…
Neville Goldschneider is retiring as CEO of the British Camp Simcha next year after 18 years in the role. He plans to immigrate to Israel…
JIMENA released a new Fall 2023 issue of its Distinctions journal, focused on “Unity in Israel.” The articles were written before the Oct. 7 attacks, but some have since been updated…
The Times of Israel profiled 13 young Israelis volunteering in Jewish communities around the world who discussed how it feels to be away from a home that is at war…
In response to rising antisemitism around the world, a growing number of Jews around the world are purchasing a “Camozuzah,” a mezuzah that is meant to look like the sensor of an alarm system, so they cannot be as easily targeted for antisemitic attacks…
The National Council of Jewish Women, Israel Women’s Network and more than 140 other women’s rights groups penned an open letter criticizing UN Women for failing to condemn the rape, murder and kidnapping of women in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks…
The Israeli Shaharit Institute and the U.S.-based Fund for New Leadership have created a new joint fund that will offer grants of less than $5,000 for small-scale initiatives. Recipients so far include birthday cakes for displaced children, sending volunteers to visit mourners and assisting Bedouin children with special needs…
Israel’s Kibbutz Movement, which represents communities across the country, has created a new emergency fund specifically for the kibbutzim that were attacked on Oct. 7…
An estimated $100 trillion wealth transfer from the silent and baby boomer generations is underway, resulting in a shift in philanthropic priorities and methods, according to a newly released report from CitiBank…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered an independent investigation into antisemitism in the City University of New York system…
In Inside Higher Ed, Marina Umaschi Bers argued that Jewish faculty, not just students, need more support on college campuses…
Patty Simonson, the associate executive director of the Buffalo, N.Y., Jewish Community Center, has been hired as its next CEO. She will take over for Mike Rawl, who is leaving the position after three years to become CEO of the New Orleans JCC…
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