When Susie Sorkin and her daughter Abby attended the General Assembly (GA), an annual event sponsored by the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), in Washington D.C. last month, it
Earlier this year, with the Jewish community facing an alarming rise in antisemitism and Jewish professionals holding so much for the communities they serve, the Federation launched grant initiatives to
With over 500 people in attendance, including our CEO Joy Sisisky and a 20-member Federation contingent, this year’s Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC) Capitol Summit was the largest
The Robert Sinton Award for Distinguished Leadership is one of the Federation’s highest accolades. It is awarded annually to “extraordinary lifetime leaders” who have consistently given their time, leadership, and
Rarely has our community had so many simultaneous urgent matters calling for our immediate attention. From the pandemic to the war in Israel to a global upsurge in antisemitism to
In the last two weeks of April, we unfortunately witnessed a resurgence of neo-Nazi flyers in Marin, Santa Cruz, the Peninsula, and San Jose. The flyers do not signal an imminent violent
I remember my Bat Mitzvah like it was yesterday. Uncomfortable in my dress and the open-toed pumps I had insisted on wearing, I stood on the bimah* in front of
At the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund (The Federation), we challenged ourselves three years ago to think beyond our traditional model of providing grants to Jewish and other nonprofit
It’s hard to know who is more profoundly impacted by the work of the Jewish Pride Fund (JPF)—its grantees or its members. “This Fund has tapped into my passion for
When people ask me what the most difficult challenge is that I’ve faced, personally or professionally, my answer is: serving as the board president of my kids’ Jewish day school.