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USCJ: Community Connection

Posted on September 3, 2024

Featured Content Deadline Extended to September 18! The deadline to submit applications is now September 18! We heard you! Some synagogues need more time to complete their Sulam for Imagineers application, so we are extending the deadline to Wednesday, September 18th. Applications already received will receive priority responses soon. Click here to view the recording Continue Reading »

Resources for your High Holy Day Plans

Posted on September 3, 2024

Dear Friend, As we look ahead to the High Holy Days and embrace the challenges and blessings of a new year, one truth persists: too many people in the United States and Israel face food insecurity. I hope you will join MAZON to raise awareness about the injustice of hunger, and ask your community to support Continue Reading »

Jewish Gun Violence Prevention Roundtable DV/Guns Webinar

Posted on August 15, 2024

Webinar Overview Almost 15% of American women and 6% of American men experience gun threats by an intimate partner in their lifetimes. Most women who are murdered in the US are killed by a male abusive partner, and most of these homicides are committed using firearms. A male abusive partner’s access to a firearm increases Continue Reading »

The World Zionist Organization: October 7 marks a year

Posted on August 15, 2024

Nearly a year has passed since the horrific events of October 7th, which shook our world. The Department of Irgoon and Israelis Abroad has prepared a comprehensive booklet containing materials for organizing memorial ceremonies. This booklet is structured as a complete ceremony outline and includes videos, songs, reading selections, prayers that were composed after October Continue Reading »

Encore performance, “From Varshe and Vilne to Vashington Heights”, tickets now on sale!

Posted on August 15, 2024

The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus​  Binyumen Schaechter, conductor​  Seth Weinstein, pianist From Varshe and Vilne to Vashington Heights **ENCORE PERFORMANCE** ~ ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED ~Sunday, September 15, 2024 3:00 PM ETMerkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center 129 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023   The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus, led by Binyumen​ Schaechter, will perform an Continue Reading »

National Bone Marrow Donor Program

Posted on August 15, 2024

ClearView is hosting a cheek swabbing event in collaboration with Gift of Life, a National Bone Marrow Donor Program. If you are in the New York area, the next swabbing events are: Friday, September 13, 2024 – 11:00am – 4:00pm ET Saturday, September 14, 2024 – 5:00pm – 11:00pm ET Monday, September 16, 2024 – Continue Reading »

MAZON’s Hunger Action Month

Posted on August 4, 2024

  July 2024: Congress is in Recess, But Our Fight to End Hunger Continues As summer continues and Members of Congress head home to their states and districts for August recess, MAZON knows that hunger does not take a break. This August, we are taking action — and we hope that you will join us. Continue Reading »

Introducing YALA, A New Young Adult Engagement Initiative by USCJ

Posted on August 4, 2024

USCJ Launches YALA, A New Young Adult Engagement Initiative Run by a volunteer committee of young professionals, YALA will offer Shabbatonim, events, micro-grants, and much more! Dear Friends,  USCJ proudly announces our new young adult engagement initiative: YALA (Young Adults, Leaders, and Alumni). You may have heard rumblings of our pilot programs over the past Continue Reading »

American Jewish Leaders Demand Hamas Release Hostages

Posted on July 22, 2024

      American Jewish Leaders Demand Hamas Release Hostages July 22, 2024, New York, NY – Harriet P. Schleifer, Chair, and William C. Daroff, CEO, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, issued the following statement: As the families of the US hostages held in Gaza arrive in Washington this week, Continue Reading »