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Juf - Together for Good

JUF amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place — for everyone. Community powered, we consider the totality of local and global Jewish needs and how to address them. From generation to generation, we help people connect to Jewish life and values, fueling a dynamic, enduring community that comes t

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juf.org > jewish-chicago > defending-the-israel-illinois-connection

Defending the Israel-Illinois connection

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (100+ words) Annie Warshaw (JUF), Sarah van Loon (American Jewish Committee), Benjamin Gould (Simon Wiesenthal Center), Daniel Margolis (Anti-Defamation League), Alison Pure-Slovin (Simon Wiesenthal Center), and Yossi Held (StandWithUs) advocate together at the Illinois State Capitol. New novel examines how Jewish ritual…...

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juf.org > guide > jewish-agency-for-israel

Jewish Agency for Israel

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (117+ words) Regional office for all Jewish Agency services and programs throughout the Midwest. Works with people who want to make Aliyah (immigration to Israel), serves as the regional office for all Shlichim (Israel emissaries) serving in the Midwest as well as…...

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juf.org > jewish-chicago > seeing-the-pain-beyond-the-headlines

Seeing the pain beyond the headlines

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (339+ words) People take cover in their shelter as sirens warn of incoming missile fired from Iran, in central Israel, March 4. 2026. (Chen Leopold/Flash90) For two and a half years, Israel has been in a constant state of war on multiple fronts, with…...

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juf.org > jewish-chicago > all-20-living-hostages-back-in-israel-2-years-after-hamas-oct-7-attack

All 20 living hostages back in Israel, 2 years after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

11+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (114+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. The youngest guests at our seders will likely ask the four traditional questions, but here are four other questions to chew on over matzah this holiday. ‘Walking encyclopedia…...

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juf.org > guide-category > conservative-religious-organizations

Conservative Archives

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (124+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. Zionist membership organization of the Conservative movement, the voice of Conservative Jewry within the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Zionist Movement and the…...

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juf.org > jewish-chicago > a-path-forward

A path forward

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (422+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. The author and her mother, Deni Rosen, in Tel Aviv. When we were younger, health felt simple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Wellness was something…...

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juf.org > jewish-chicago > the-rebuilding-of-kibbutz-nir-oz

The rebuilding of Kibbutz Nir Oz

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (619+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. On October 7, 2023, Israel suffered the greatest massacre in its 75-year history. Proportionally, no community suffered a greater loss on that day than Kibbutz Nir Oz, a mere mile…...

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juf.org > young-adults > giving-societies

Giving Societies

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (301+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. What is Level Up? A society for young adults in their 20s who make a minimum contribution of $18 a month, or $216 a year, to the Jewish United Fund Annual…...

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Regrowing the ‘Meadow of Strength’ | Jewish Chicago (The JUF Magazine) @ Jewish United Fund

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (246+ words) The image Liat Algrissi paints of her community--Kibbutz Nir Oz--before October 7 is idyllic. "It was really one big family," she described to a group of JUF staff during her October visit to Chicago. "It was a peaceful, calm…...