Israel & Overseas

By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning, Temple Beth-El On a sticky July evening, this summer in Jerusalem, I sat in a low-ceilinged meeting...

By Conor Shapiro It was a great honor and a “heckuva” lot of fun to represent JCFR at the P2G Leadership 2Gether Retreat in Charleston,...

By Sara Rosenbaum, Chief Impact Officer, JCFR July 17th finally arrived and after months of planning and fingers crossed that Covid would not interfere, two...

By Alistair Bentley Building meaningful connections between young Jewish Americans and Israel has never been more important than it is today. Rising antisemitism, increased opposition to...

Editor’s Note: During the Ukraine Crisis, the JDC has distributed weekly emergency bulletins providing an ‘insider’s update” on current developments. This one from early...

By Benny Winkelmann As we approach the end of the school year, I have spent some time reflecting on all I have learned. The irony...

By Benny Winkelmann I want to preface this article by saying I love all of these things and putting them in any order in an...

Flag The colors blue and white were chosen according to the colors of the ‘Tallit’ – the Jewish prayer shawl. The Star of David appearing...

Editor’s note: Two Richmond community leaders - Josh Goldberg and Robyn Galpern - traveled to Israel in late March as part of a Jewish...

By Allie Vornholt Editor’s Note: Allie Vornholt traveled to Ukraine in May 2019 along with six other Susan and Mark Sisisky JDC Global Enrichment Fund...