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Press releases from Israel and around the pro-Israel and Jewish world.
The trademarked phrase reflects the organization’s community-based approach to neighborhood safety and crisis response.
With war wounds still fresh, the AFN 20th Anniversary Gala saw a record number of individual tickets sold and raised vital funds for trauma care, honoring resilience, and spotlighting the mental health crises Israel is facing.
Eighty-six years after Kristallnacht, its lesson still stands: When societies tolerate propaganda and excuse hate, it never stops with just words.
“On my very first day, I saw how urgently JCT’s work matters,” she said, describing her transition to the organization as a “trial by war.”
The program promotes endowment-building and legacy giving to benefit local Jewish organizations across North America.
The organization is “literally out there every single day, doing work that matters, that saves and changes lives,” said Jewish podcaster Jonah Platt.
David Ben-Gurion said in 1949: “Only with the compass of vision in our hands will we find our way in the stormy waves of our conflicted time.”
Excusing anti-Jewish, racist or violent rhetoric for partisan gain corrodes public trust and normalizes extremism.
“I have no doubt that we will rise and grow from this devastation. This growth is partly thanks to organizations and people like you, who stand by our side during difficult times,” said single mother Hanna Cohen.
“Gratz College is expanding digital access to Jewish history, culture and education at a time when it is more important than ever,” said Gemma Birnbaum
Leora Freedman draws on Hasidic legends and her rabbinic family background to craft her latest novel.
Cracks and broken surfaces appear alongside furrows and blooming anemones, a powerful symbol of hope and renewed growth.