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Your support of our local Jewish community in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys connects us to an incredible network of important work that supports Jewish communities around the world.

Sep 6, 2016

School as a Place of Healing in Haifa

Wherever he was, Tom wished he were somewhere different. Though only in seventh grade, his difficult family life left him emotionally withdrawn and underachieving in school.

He seemed a perfect candidate for School with a Heart—Yuval, a school program for troubled youths in Haifa funded i…

Aug 25, 2016

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Through IAN, Jewish Federations work to defeat BDS

The globally coordinated delegitimization movement, started primarily by groups that do not support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) supporters are waging an economic, political and cultural battle on…

Aug 16, 2016

How JDC Helped an Orphan Lift Herself Up

After losing her parents and older brother before turning 8, Tashkent, Uzbekistan native Angelina was sent to live with her 70-year-old disabled grandmother in her cramped apartment. Her $80/month pension stretched to its limit to provide for both of them. But with help from Federation partn…

Aug 11, 2016

Successful Leadership Starts With the ‘Who’

As I walk the halls of our offices at The Jewish Federations of North America, I look at the photos of great volunteer leaders of the past: Max Fisher, Frank Lautenberg, Shoshana Cardin, Jim Tisch and Mort Mandel, to name just a few. I also view the great professionals of the past: Stanley H…

Jul 26, 2016

Nourishing in Times of Drought

The young woman approached Dr. Johnson in silence, but her eyes were pleading. Modestly dressed despite the scorching heat, she beckoned the volunteer JDC doctor to follow her past shriveled trees and dead crops until they were safely behind a latrine. Then she lifted her skirt. “Please,�…