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Oct 16, 2016

Triathlon Training – a great way to cross train and challenge yourself!

The JCC Tri Training Club worked out together three times a week to prepare for the Madison Triathlon held on September 10.  Consisting of swimming, running or walking and indoor cycling the group of 16 participants were committed to the goal of finishing their first Triathlon.  Under the …

Oct 14, 2016

UNESCO's resolution on the Old City of Jerusalem

Today, Friday, October 14, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted in favor or a resolution that aims to change the status quo of the Temple Mount and declare the Western Wall a part of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The Jewish Federation of Greater …

Oct 13, 2016

Haiti Emergency Situation Update

Federation's Overseas Partner JDC Brings Emergency Support to Victims of Hurricane Matthew​

By Rebecca Caspi

As Floridians and others along the southeastern US coast braced for the impact of Hurricane Matthew last week, Haiti was already in the midst of its biggest humanitarian disaste…

Oct 7, 2016

HURRICANE MATTHEW RELIEF FUND

With winds topping 140 miles per hour, Hurricane Matthew has left a path of destruction in its wake. The powerful storm has wreaked havoc and forced hundreds of thousands to flee for their lives. The full scope of the devastation is still being assessed.

 

The Jewish Federation of Greater…

Oct 7, 2016

Prober’s Quest for Justice Changes His Life, Deepens His Faith

By Jeannette Brodeur

In November 1942 in eastern France, Leo Bretholz pried open the bars and jumped to escape from a moving train carrying him and a thousand other deportees to Auschwitz.

More than 60 years later, Bretholz stood before Congress and demanded that the French government be h…

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