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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.

Learn how to tell your impact story at the 2015 GA

Tell your story and make the ask at the 2015 GA with guidance from Melanie Schnoll Begun, Morgan Stanley’s top wealth and philanthropy manager. She’ll help you analyze and deconstruct what makes personal impact stories so compelling that potential donors write checks on the spot. See the…

Meet Mexico City's Jewish Wunderkind

He’s an award-winning engineer, a filmmaker, athlete, Zionist and Jewish scholar, and one of Mexico City’s true renaissance men. He also just turned 18 years old.

Meet Alberto Buzali Berner, high school senior. Motivated by the hands-on, problem solving-centered classes at Federation p…

New lay leader development program open to Federations

Yesod, a new volunteer leadership development program from the Mandel Center for Leadership Excellence, is now open to all Federations. With a curriculum developed by Hebrew U.’s Melton School and written by Dr. Erica Brown, Yesod has empowered new members to assume leadership roles, rejuv…

Federations and Philanthropy News Update, September 4, 2015

Throughout this summer’s debate over the Iran nuclear agreement, Jewish Federations have worked to provide opportunities to hear from leaders on both sides of the issue, helping members of Jewish communities better educate themselves to form their own opinions.

Fifty percent increase in aliyah from Ukraine

Surging aliyah from Ukraine means a 50% year-to-date increase in immigration from that country to Israel vs. the same period in 2014. Federations continue to raise funds to help thousands of Ukrainian Jews who depend on us for urgent assistance amid ongoing conflict. With winter fast approac…