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Op-Ed: From ‘Surge’ to strength: Rebuilding community connection to Israel

For two years, the unspeakable atrocities of the Oct. 7 attacks and the events that followed upended Jewish life around the world. The focal point of this reorientation has been Israel — its people, its land, its pain and its wars.

 

In Israel, every day since has felt like Oct. 7, 202…

Federations' Letter to Congress: Act Now to Avoid SNAP Disaster

With less than two days before the federal government shutdown cuts off SNAP benefits, Jewish Federations of North America issued an urgent letter to Congressional leaders late Wednesday, warning of the imminent lapse in the nation’s largest food assistance program — a lifeline for 42 …

JI: Jewish leaders, tech experts hopeful, but realistic about TikTok deal

As a deal to split off TikTok’s U.S. business is set to be finalized between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, antisemitism experts expressed mixed views over how likely the agreement will be in transforming the social media platform’s approach when it …

Jewish organizations are responding to the looming SNAP deadline

Soon after the government shutdown began on Oct. 1, the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Long Beach and Orange County (Calif.) realized that funding for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, would run out by the end of the month. Knowi…

Fingerhut: Trump’s TikTok deal is an opportunity to tackle hate

The deal President Trump engineered forcing the sale of TikTok from Chinese government-owned ByteDance to American companies represents a rare opportunity to tackle the problem of online hate and antisemitism, Jewish Federations of North America President and CEO Eric D. Fingerhut said Tuesd…

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