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Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day: February 10

Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day

Tuesday, February 10, | 8 A.M.

Join more than 250 Jewish community leaders across the Commonwealth and meet with legislators during the Virginia General Assembly session.  

We will raise awareness about issues critical to our community, including combattin…

A Super, Super Sunday Once Again

Thank you,  community members, for answering your phones and supporting Super Sunday and the Annual Campaign on Sunday, Dec. 7.

At the Federation office, 60 volunteers closed 152 gifts, raising over $120,000 for the 2026 Annual Campaign! We could not have done this without our fantastic …

Federation Addresses Urgent Food Insecurity Across RVA

Thanks to a few generous donors, the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond  - acting in urgency -  in November was able to deploy $50,000 to support multiple local organizations in response to various food emergencies.

The organizations – large and small – work inside and outside th…

Kristallnacht And The 3379 UN Resolution

By Tal Bahar

On November 9th this year, I was invited to speak as the keynote speaker at the Emek Sholom Kristallnacht commemoration ceremony. 

But almost every word I had spoken suddenly felt insignificant the moment Alex Keisch began, and delivered the most moving speech I’ve heard si…