The Jewish Federation of NEPA

The Jewish Federation of NEPA is your central address for everything Jewish in Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties.

What’s Happening in NEPA

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In the News

  • Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  • JNS.org
Sidelined at Pride celebrations, pro-Israel LGBTQ Jews find breathing room in Tel Aviv

Anti-Israel sentiment in queer communities can feel like "being forced back into the closet," said the leader of a recent delegation from the United States. -- The post Sidelined at Learn more

Marco Rubio says he’s blocking Palestinians from coming to UN meeting where statehood is on the table

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who had been scheduled to attend, decried the move; Israel applauded it. -- The post Marco Rubio says he’s blocking Palestinians from coming to UN Learn more

Ottawa police say knife attack on Jewish woman in her 70s was hate-motivated crime

The suspect in the incident is alleged to have posted antisemitic and anti-Israel content on Facebook. -- The post Ottawa police say knife attack on Jewish woman in her 70s Learn more

Bodies of 2 hostages, including Ilan Weiss, recovered from Gaza, IDF says

Weiss’ body was recovered along with the remains of another hostage who has yet to be identified. -- The post Bodies of 2 hostages, including Ilan Weiss, recovered from Gaza, Learn more

The U.S. carrier is restarting daily nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Ben-Gurion International Airport. The post Delta Air Lines returns to Israel appeared first Learn more

The magnificent magnum opus of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

"The Koren Shalem Humash" features the late British chief rabbi's singular Torah translation and commentary, which his brother, Alan Sacks, told JNS was his "last major project." The post The Learn more

Why Israel killed Hamas’s propaganda chief and why Mahmoud Abbas still doesn’t belong at the United Nations. The post War and symbols appeared first on JNS.org. Learn more

The district superintendent claimed people were in danger, because journalists appeared to report that the district would fly Israeli flags on flagpoles outside schools. The post Days after voting to Learn more

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