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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Keir Starmer: ‘If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, you are calling for terrorism against Jews’

The British prime minister addressed the nation in the wake of the Golders Green stabbing. -- The post Keir Starmer: ‘If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, Learn more

Sheryl Sandberg endows scholarship at Camp Ramah in California in honor of late husband

The former Meta COO has long been a prominent donor to Jewish and Israeli causes. -- The post Sheryl Sandberg endows scholarship at Camp Ramah in California in honor of Learn more

NH lawmaker reprimanded for ‘final solution’ joke aimed at Jewish colleague

“We need a final solution for theater kids in politics,” Rep. Travis Corcoran had tweeted in response to a “karaoke caucus” invite. -- The post NH lawmaker reprimanded for ‘final Learn more

We want a widely celebrated Jewish American Heritage Month. But should we?

Delineating Jewish time might actually undercut efforts to boost Jewish pride, writes a lifelong Jewish educator. -- The post We want a widely celebrated Jewish American Heritage Month. But should Learn more

Senior IDF officer: “The writing was on the wall. We should have prepared long ago.” Learn more

As NASA astronauts highlight global cooperation, some countries remain “fixated on outdated narratives,” the Israeli envoy said. Learn more

The move follows a dispute over efforts to exclude Israeli and Russian artists from top awards at the prestigious global exhibition. Learn more

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