Sandy stories: Destruction, recovery and human kindness

Published on November 6, 2012

A week after Sandy swept into the New York area with fierce winds, driving rain and a high tide for the history books, the nation’s largest Jewish community was still picking up the pieces. JTA gathered stories from around the storm zone about Sandy’s destruction, the recovery and the remarkable tales of human kindness.

In Sandy’s aftermath, N.Y.’s UJA federation releasing $10 million in emergency aid

Published on November 5, 2012

UJA-Federation of Greater New York released $10 million in Hurricane Sandy emergency relief aid to its network agencies and synagogues.

N.Y. federation worker sentenced in $2 million scam

Published on October 22, 2012

A UJA-Federation of New York employee was sentenced to six to 18 years in prison for stealing and selling the personal information of donors.

Leadership means taking the reins—and sharing them

Published on August 20, 2012

Philanthropist Charles Bronfman once told me, "Leaders lead. That’s what they do."

Who knows who L.A.'s Jews are?

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on July 25, 2012

Susan Goldberg, rabbi of Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock, grew up in nearby Echo Park. “There were no Jewish families around when I was growing up,” Goldberg, 38, said. Now that these neighborhoods are being gentrified, and a young, creative crowd is moving in, the Jews are coming, too.

The most surprising findings of the New York Jewish community study

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 12, 2012

New York’s UJA-Federation sets event fundraising record

Published on November 9, 2011

A record $44 million was pledged at the inaugural event of UJA-Federation of New York’s 2012 annual campaign.

Symposium on caring for survivors set

Published on March 28, 2011

A symposium on caring for Holocaust survivors will bring together specialists from around the world. “Perspectives on Caring: Current Practice, Future Trends,” hosted by of Nazi Victim Services of Selfhelp Community Services and co-sponsored by the UJA-Federation of New York and the Claims Conference, will be held in New York City this week. Health care professionals, psychologists, authors, educators and social workers are set to attend what is being called the most comprehensive Holocaust survivor care symposium of its kind.

Fundraising Just a Mouse Click Away

By Tzvi Kahn
Published on July 21, 2005

Flying Aces

Published on March 2, 2000

If you closed your eyes and sat very still, you could almost feel history unfolding last week in Conference Room No. 1 at national United Jewish Appeal headquarters in New York.