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
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Jewish man says he was attacked after speaking Hebrew in London’s Golders Green

The assault marked the latest in a string of attacks on Jews in the heavily Orthodox neighborhood. -- The post Jewish man says he was attacked after speaking Hebrew in Learn more

Two polls find growing split among Republicans over support for Israel

As support for Israel declines nationally, new polling reveals widening cracks within Trump’s coalition over U.S. support for Israel. -- The post Two polls find growing split among Republicans over Learn more

Pop star Harry Styles to ‘Viva Palestina’ concertgoer in Amsterdam: ‘Correct’

Styles, who has described feeling affinities to Jewish culture, had not previously commented publicly on Gaza. -- The post Pop star Harry Styles to ‘Viva Palestina’ concertgoer in Amsterdam: ‘Correct’ Learn more

Israeli ambassador calls J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community’

Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, called the liberal pro-Israel lobby “duplicitous” over its opposition to U.S. military aid to Israel. -- The post Israeli ambassador calls J Learn more

“At their core, sanctions are not acts of aggression,” Scott Bessent said at an annual terrorism funding conference. “They are instruments of peace.” Learn more

Prosecutors said that he tried to bring a man, who was hiding under luggage in the back of a vehicle, into the United States through a border crossing. Learn more

The Philadelphia Police Department said that the suspect entered a child's bedroom before a neighbor intervened. Learn more

The department said that it is reorganizing to better fight Jew-hatred, anti-Christian bias and unlawful discrimination. Learn more

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