Jewish Organizations
The challenges have affected every sector of Jewish communal life, including organizational closures, staff layoffs, canceled programs, a pivot to online education and an increase in financial-aid needs.
The JCF Special Gifts Fund Committee selected the grantee charities with the assistance of UJA-Federation of New York, which has already pledged $34 million to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Jewish federations, denominations, day schools, Hebrew classes and synagogues are adapting to weeks and possibly months of social distancing and quarantines due to the pandemic.
With a population of some 15,000, Rome is home to the oldest Jewish community in the world, making them especially vulnerable to this particular disease.
Accompanying U.S. Attorney General William Barr was U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Richard Donoghue and head of New York’s FBI office William Sweeney.
“It is now essential that Palestinians forego the path of violence, boycotts and the criminalization of differences at international forums and return to peace talks with Israel,” stated AIPAC.
From its beginning in 1880 in Russia teaching Jewish farmers new technology following the Industrial Revolution, ORT has remained tuned in to changing economies.
Alums for Campus Fairness executive director Avi Gordon told JNS, “This executive order reflects the thinking of past bipartisan efforts to stem the rising tide of anti-Semitism. We believe it’s time to act now to safeguard these Jewish students on and off campus.”
“Once again, Israelis are being barraged by rocket attacks, which have disrupted life for millions,” said Jewish Federation of North America spokesperson Rebecca Dinar. “Federations stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel’s resilient citizens across the nation and send prayers for peace.”
“We have been watching the unfolding events in Syria regarding the Kurdish community with horror and anguish,” said David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, which is planning to hold a solidarity rally in New York for the Syrian Kurds.
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged the Holocaust survivors on the line and went on to talk about his administration’s pro-Israel accomplishments.
The strained relationship stems from the president’s controversial rhetoric, such as accusing Jews who support Democrats as “disloyal” to Israel and the Jewish community, policies on immigration, gun violence and what at times seemed like a soft response to white nationalism.
