The Jewish Federation of NEPA

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

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  • Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  • JNS.org - Jerusalem News Syndicate
Trump envoy’s push to eliminate standalone Holocaust office divides Jewish leaders

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun’s efforts have exposed a divide among Jewish leaders over the future of Holocaust diplomacy. -- The post Trump envoy’s push to eliminate standalone Holocaust office divides Jewish Learn more

JD Vance: Israeli Cabinet shouldn’t be criticizing ‘only powerful ally’ left in the world

The vice president said those thinking Trump is Israel's biggest problem need to 'wake up and smell the reality.' -- The post JD Vance: Israeli Cabinet shouldn’t be criticizing ‘only Learn more

Former antisemitic activist Lucas Gage explains to Jewish podcast why he left the movement

Gage, who spent more than a decade promoting antisemitic conspiracies online, said his fixation on Jews had become “like a disease.” -- The post Former antisemitic activist Lucas Gage explains Learn more

Trump nominee defends college cartoon of Jewish student with devil horns at Senate hearing

Charlton Allen's conservative magazine was criticized as antisemitic over the cartoon in 1996. -- The post Trump nominee defends college cartoon of Jewish student with devil horns at Senate hearing Learn more

JNS has learned that the victims told detectives that they were considering converting and consider themselves part of the Jewish community. Learn more

When FBI agents visited Dale Ankney to question him about his social media activity, he allegedly threatened to "cap" them, according to court filings. Learn more

Forrest Kendall Pemberton allegedly scouted what he thought was an AIPAC office in South Florida and planned to return with concealed guns, prosecutors allege. Learn more

‘It's been a pretty long run,’ says rabbi retiring after 45 years running OU kosher, 'it's time'

“The challenges facing American Jewry are also very profound,” Rabbi Menachem Genack told JNS. “The risk of rapid assimilation. The level of antisemitism that we’re seeing. The security challenges facing Learn more

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