Jewish Federation

Forging a Healthy Mission Experience

Drs. David Miller and Alan Woronoff, co-chairs of Federation’s Health Care Network along with Marc Rothman, DMD, are three men on a mission. They hope to create a unique trip to Israel with special appeal to physicians, dentists, health care professionals, practitioners and entrepreneurs. Participants in the Health Care Mission to Israel, slated for March 2-9, will experience the traditional...

Jewish Federation

WOV Invites Letters of Inquiry

Women of Vision, the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Greater Philadelphia, is now accepting Letters of Inquiry for its 2013-2014 Grants Cycle. The Foundation, which is managed by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, supports programs that benefit the lives of Jewish women and girls living in the Philadelphia region. Submission deadline is Friday, Dec. 21. Those organizations that meet Foundation...

Jewish Federation

Choice Is Key to New Northeast Food Pantry

On Friday, Oct. 5, Federation broke the wall on a revolutionary new food pantry on the grounds of the Klein JCC. Roy Neff, one of the lead donors for the project along with his wife, Lyn, Laurie Franz and Joy and Bennett Kaiser, took a hammer to the old racquetball court at the JCC, officially beginning construction of the Choice...

Jewish Federation

Getting Ready, Getting Set to Make a Difference

By:

Lynne B. Edelman, Jewish Federation Feature

Five hundred adults, ages 18 and older, will receive free flu shots and lunch at the Klein JCC in Northeast Philadelphia on Sunday, Nov. 11, courtesy of the Einstein Healthcare Network. This special Mitzvah Mania immunization project, being offered from 10 a.m.to 1 p.m., is one of the many examples of the life-changing, community-transforming opportunities available during the Jewish Federation...

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Surging Back After Sandy

By:

Bryan Schwartzman

While Jewish institutions in the Philadelphia area emerged from the recent storm relatively unscathed, such was not the case in New York and New Jersey, where the total cost of the devastation is still being assessed.