Israel News
With your Federation support, these organizations will continue to strengthen Israeli society and ensure that Israel will continue to be a light unto the nations.
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Whether in Pittsburgh or Israel, Federation invites you to return again, return to the land of your soul.
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Over 2.5 million Israelis live in poverty, among them 1.1 million kids, Latet report finds.
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Moona is an extracurricular program that brings Jewish and Arab Israeli high school students together to learn high tech skills.
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Your support for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Community Campaign flows through our international partners, including JAFI, to help people responding to the crisis in Israel.
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In much of the country (largely invisibly, sadly), cooperative relations between Jewish and Arab Israelis remains very much intact
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We are devastated by the violence that has been indiscriminately targeting Israeli civilians and perpetuating terror.
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You are invited to two separate Jewish Federations’ webinars on the situation in Israel.
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Over the last week, I have heard stories leaving me with a real sense of gratification and satisfaction regarding our Federation focus this past year in sustaining Jewish community and Jewish life.
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Each of you, our Federation donors, are making modern Jewish history and impacting the lives of real individuals.
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Yesterday, 316 Jews lifted off from their native country of Ethiopia to arrive in their new home in Israel.
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Remote education will probably prevail for the foreseeable future, so teens and young adults are yearning for meaningful alternative learning.
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While we are still practicing social distancing and dreaming of a time when we are able to travel, to sign up to receive more information as details continue to be hammered out.
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Hello everyone! Every week I’m teaching my students about a different part of the Israel Trail. This week we were talking about Ramon’s crater, and one of the most touristy places there, the colored sand. Where basically colored layers of rocks were created when the mountain was broken down. Therefore, we were making colored sand […]
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This fall, my eight-year-old twins enrolled in the Har Schenya School, an elementary school situated on Mount Schenya in Misgav, Israel.
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Growing up in America, I played dreidel and learned that a great miracle happened there, far away in the Land of Israel. Today, my children are growing up in the modern State of Israel, where the miracle of Chanukah happened so many years ago and where they can sing with pride and joy that a […]
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Read about the Shinshinim’s first “Peak Week” doing activities together with students from Pre-K to Eighth grade where everyone learns about a special subject.
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Monday So our week started with two visitors from Columbus! We will let you know that they are planning to do something a little similar to what we are doing here in Pittsburgh. 😉 We had a wonderful time showing them around CDS, which is our main line of work for this year. After that […]
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