Har Bental Take a short hike to a peak of the Golan Heights, with an overview of the Israel/Syria border. Orientation Program You and your Israeli peers begin to learn about each other and review the ...

Community powered, we consider the totality of local and global Jewish needs and how to address them. From generation to generation, we help people connect to Jewish life and values, fueling a dynamic ...

Rosalyne Smith’s most recent Shabbat Lady—“Rivkah”—was created last year to mark the one-year anniversary of October 7. When artist Roslyne "Ros" Leeb Smith lost her father, she searched for a way to ...

Masa Israel Journey, is home to the widest variety of mid-and-long term (5-12 months) international experiences in Israel for young Jewish adults (18-30). Masa Israel will help you find the right ...

Nick Fradiani as 'Neil - Then' (center) with Tasheim Ramsey Pack (left) and Cooper Clack and Jeilani Rhone-Collins (right) in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. (Photo credit: Jeremy Daniel) ...

Deanna Drucker achieved her last wish--to attend her granddaughter Maya's wedding before she died. Drucker born in Harvey, Illinois, died in her Highland Park home on Oct. 6, two days after the ...

People dance around worshipers holding Torahs during the "hakafot" ritual of Simchat Torah in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo credit: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) On Simchat Torah ...

YLD Big Event Fundraiser will star Iliza Shlesinger (right). Jared Freid will open. The hilarious Iliza Shlesinger will perform her stand-up comedy for the Young Leadership Division's annual Big Event ...

I met Agnes Shwartz while doing a JUF video about Holocaust Community Services, and she became a close friend. We are pictured together here in 2018. I am the child of a Holocaust survivor who grew up ...

Linda with JUF colleagues Joel Schatz (left) and Aaron Cohen at JUF’s Israel Solidarity Day in 2017. To reflect the light of Jewish life; to illuminate human needs; to inform and inspire; to highlight ...

Thanksgiving, my favorite national holiday, is just around the corner. The holiday feels like an extension of the High Holiday season because it focuses on themes of gratitude so prominent in Jewish ...

On Sept. 1, not long before Rosh Hashanah, Elad Strohmayer stepped into the role of Consul General of Israel to the Midwest. What a monumental couple of months it has been since he took the helm, ...