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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  • Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  • JNS.org - Jewish News Syndicate
Poll shows wide lead for Brad Lander as he and Dan Goldman weigh in on food coop’s possible Israel boycott

Plus, a Yiddish newspaper defends Mamdani against his Jewish critics. -- The post Poll shows wide lead for Brad Lander as he and Dan Goldman weigh in on food coop’s Learn more

Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence

The death of Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the 1994 bombing on a Buenos Aires Jewish center, has roiled Argentine politics for a decade. -- The post Argentine official who Learn more

Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street

The signatories, including prominent rabbis and former U.S. ambassadors, called on Yechiel Leiter to rescind remarks calling the liberal pro-Israel lobby a “cancer.” -- The post Hundreds of Jewish leaders Learn more

Gaza and Israel go unmentioned in Democrats’ 2024 election autopsy report

Rumors swirled for months that the DNC withheld the report from the public because of its Middle East conclusions. -- The post Gaza and Israel go unmentioned in Democrats’ 2024 Learn more

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, of Park Avenue Synagogue, told JNS that he will address "Yizkor, memory and revelation," rather than politics, during Shavuot morning services. Learn more

"The bill will continue to return our intelligence agencies back to their core mission: the collection of clandestine foreign intelligence to protect our homeland," said Sen. Tom Cotton. Learn more

"There's much that goes into a security-layered approach, and as far as I'm concerned, you can never have too many layers," the village's police chief told JNS. Learn more

Diary of a first responder: From Baltimore to Beit Shemesh

Emergencies remind you that behind every dispatch alert are real families and real lives. Learn more

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