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Q&A with Federation head Jay Sanderson
Jared Sichel
November 12, 2014
At the Jewish Federations of North America’s annual General Assembly (GA), held this year in National Harbor, Md., Nov. 9-11, thousands of Jewish professional and lay leaders filled a conference center and hotel to listen to famous and powerful Jews, including two Supreme Court justices and the Israeli prime minister (via telecast), sit through breakout sessions and, most important, network with one another and share ideas that have been tested at Jewish Federations across the country.
U.S. Supreme Court justices talk about Jewish topics at G.A. opening
Jewish Journal
November 10, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court justices Stephen Breyer and Elana Kagan talked about their Jewish identities at the opening plenary of the 2014 General Assembly conference of the Jewish Federations of North America.
At G.A., Peres and Netanyahu strike different tones on Iran
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued his hard line against Iran’s nuclear program in an address to the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, repeatedly telling the gathering of American Jewish leaders in Jerusalem that the compromise being formulated is a “bad deal.”
Thinking big about littlest Jews
Jonah Lowenfeld
November 7, 2013
When Michael Siegal, chairman of the board of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), addresses the umbrella organization’s upcoming General Assembly (GA) in Jerusalem on Nov. 10, he may very well be thinking about a constituency not likely to be present at the Jerusalem International Convention Center: America’s Jewish 5-year-olds.
Attracting the younger generation at General Assembly
Jewish Journal
November 13, 2012
A dozen officials from The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles flew to Baltimore this week to attend the annual conference of the national body representing 155 federations, where they discussed many of the urgent challenges confronting American and Canadian Jewry.
General Assembly: Three Jews in Baltimore
David Suissa
November 13, 2012
If you’ve ever been to one of those giant auto shows where hundreds of gleaming new car models are lavishly displayed in a convention hall the size of Montana, you’ve got an idea of what it felt like last Sunday morning when I entered the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly (commonly known as the “GA”), which is being held this year at the Baltimore Convention Center.
As federations await new funding model, no big buzz at GA
Jewish Journal
November 13, 2012
A year since its creation, the grandly named Global Planning Table (GPT) remains the great white hope of the Jewish Federations of North America, which held its annual General Assembly in Baltimore this week.
Wasserman-Schultz to JFNA: defend Obama’s record
Jewish Journal
November 7, 2011
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the Democratic Party leader, urged Jewish leaders to push back against what she said were distortions of President Obama\’s Israel record.
Netanyahu cancels GA appearance
Jewish Journal
October 25, 2011
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled plans to address the Jewish federations\’ annual General Assembly.
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