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Springboard Blog: Adding Some Jewish Into Your Week: Learning from the Other
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (940+ words) By Daniel Warshawsky Looking for some new thoughts on this week’s Torah reading? In this series, Daniel unpacks some of the questions that we can ask about the stories in the Torah. Below are his reflections on Parshat The Springboard…...
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…...
What makes a 'Jewish' home?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (451+ words) Jewish household, one that suits all flavors of Judaism. Whether your Friday nights consist of basketball...Chanukah comes with a custom that abets leaning into Judaism. By displaying a lit chanukiah in our window,...
Voices: The Jewish Teen Foundation
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (481+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. This prestigious, ten-month-long program offers 25 Jewish high school students from across the metro Chicago area the opportunity to learn the ins-and-outs of teen philanthropy and grant-making through a…...
A growing future for Jewish families
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (670+ words) population is incredibly important to me. It feels like Judaism is under threat from all fronts these days—especially...
Bringing Jewish values to American society
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (522+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. “At the time, there were simply not enough people in the room willing to tell their Jewish stories,” said White, JUF’s Associate Vice President of Campus Affairs and…...
An inside look at the Jewish Community Legacy Project
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (181+ words) “We did the best we could,” said Laura Schwartz, then-president of Bene Shalom. “We hired a wonderful rabbi who also served as our cantorial soloist, [Rabbi] Charlene Brooks. She did a phenomenal job for about four years. And then we…...
PJ Library helps people "do Jewish" at home
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (161+ words) “For our community, which is so diverse, but also so engaged, having that added push is a really powerful resource,” said Dara Cameron, Director of JUF’s Young Family Engagement. Cameron added that she used Get Together to host a group…...
Voices: The Chicago Jewish Teen Foundation
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (114+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. Thank you for your interest in applying to Voices: The Jewish Teen Foundation’s 2026-2027 Cohort! A complete application includes: Please note that you cannot save progress, so you may…...
Creating Jewish community, one teen at a time
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (245+ words) Check out JUF’s toolkit to help address antisemitism and talk about Israel. From left: Adri Lieberman, Maya Modlin, and Naom Altman at an event celebrating 18 Under 18 award nominees in January. As the weather warms up and teens begin planning for…...