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Feb 2, 2024

D.C. Fly-In by guest writer board chair, Jeffrey Handelman

Four hundred Jewish leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., to advocate for emergency supplemental aid to Israel, passage of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, and procurement of increased funding for FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Jewish Federation of NENY was represented at this week…

Jan 26, 2024

Israel

Like many of you, I’ve been trying to follow the UN’s International Court of Justice case brought by the South African government accusing Israel of genocide. I’ve been reading the articles and I watched some of the proceedings. Today, the court announced its complex and confusing deci…

Jan 19, 2024

Solidarity Mission to Israel

In 1982, on my first trip to Israel, I climbed Masada. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve climbed this mountain since. I jokingly refer to the first sight-seeing tour of Israel as the “climbing Masada trip.” Whether it’s the high-school trip, the summer trip, the Birthright tri…

Jan 12, 2024

My Busy Week

On Monday, we met with Governor Hochul’s director and deputy director of Jewish affairs to prepare for the anti-Israel rally planned for Tuesday during the governor’s state-of-the-state address at the Capitol.
 
On Wednesday, we met with the United States attorney for New York’s nor…

Dec 29, 2023

Year-End Potpourri

I’m very sad to share that our dear friend Judih Weinstein Haggai, assumed to be one of the hostages in Gaza, was confirmed dead yesterday. Out for a walk on the fateful morning of October 7, Judi and her husband, Gadi, were both mortally wounded by Hamas terrorists and their bodies were t…