Join a Group
Find networking, volunteer, and philanthropic opportunities you can find only at the Federation.
the Wire: Ensuring the Jewish Future
our story-as it unfolds
Introducing our 2013 Brawerman Fellows
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles proudly announces its 2013 Brawerman Fellows. Each of this year’s four Fellows, select graduating high school seniors residing in the Los Angeles area, will receive a $10,000 annual college scholarship. The Brawerman Fellows were chosen based upon demonstrating academic strength, financial need and a commitment to leadership, community service and Jewish engagement. During their college years, the Fellows will participate in The Geri & Richard Brawerman Leadership Institute, building leadership skills and deepening their connection to Jewish life. Read More »
Launch Night Inspires Our Community!
If you weren’t at The Jewish Federation’s PresenTenseLA Launch Night on Wednesday, you’ve probably heard about it because the 300+ people in attendance are still buzzing and spreading the word throughout our community! The Writer’s Boot Camp space at Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station was filled with a lively and diverse crowd who were there to celebrate the innovative collaboration between dreamers and doers. Read More »
Diller Teen Fellows North American Seminar 2013
When I initially told my friends that I would be taking part in a Jewish teen leadership program known as Diller Teen Fellows, they immediately asked: “What’s Diller?” Read More »
We Celebrate Israel Every Day: Just Watch
Today is Israel Independence Day, celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Jewish state. At our Passover seders just a few weeks ago, we re-told the story of our people’s Exodus from Egypt and return to the land of Israel. Please take a short moment to watch this story of a young man in Israel who is building on our ancestor’s vision for our Jewish homeland thanks to your support Read More »
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Remembering those lost and those who survived
"Today, we remember the 11 million lives taken during the Holocaust — a catastrophe that thoroughly transformed our world. As we take time to honor lives lost, we look towards people like Viktor Frankl, who gave this talk “Why to believe in others.” Read More »
Discovering Your Pain Point
I had just given my practice “pitch”—a 3 minute rationale for my PresenTenseLA venture—and our guest speaker, Adlai Wertman, Director of the Society and Business Lab at USC, clearly was not impressed. “Your venture sounds cool. But you spoke about a very broad problem—I’m not clear at all what the ‘pain point’ is, nor why you are the one best suited to address it.” Read More »
Cultivating Innovation in L.A.’s Jewish Community
In the last month I have had the great privilege to be part of the inaugural cohort of PresenTenseLA. As a part of this fellowship of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, I have met some of L.A.’s Jewish community’s most creative and exciting innovators. Through a variety of workshops, seminars, brainstorming sessions and networking opportunities our cohort is able to help one another from within the PresenTense infrastructure. Read More »
You Made Sunday Super
Our Federation’s annual Super Sunday was a huge success thanks to our 475 volunteers who raised money on behalf of our life-changing work or joined us for community service projects throughout Los Angeles. We raised a total of $1,942,736 from 1511 donors on Super Sunday – thanks to the 225 callers who hit the phones at our Federation headquarters Read More »
Small Grants + Collaborative Programs = Impact: NEI Microgrants
When you first hear the name “NextGen Engagement Initiative,” you might assume that this program is like many other community programs designed to engage Jewish young adults – involving massive parties, or gatherings around Jewish food, holidays and culture. Read More »
Surprised and Proud: My First School Twinning Trip
About a week ago, I returned from Israel where I was privileged to be accompanying my students on The Jewish Federation’s Tel Aviv-Los Angeles-Vilnius School Twinning program. A total of thirty 8th grade students from Kehillat Israel Religious school in Pacific Palisades, Shalom Aleichem school in Vilnius, Lithuania and Shevach Mofet school in Tel Aviv, traveled, studied and came together for 10 amazing days. Read More »
Happy Birthday YALA!
It’s been one year since we launched YALA (Young Adults of Los Angeles), the Jewish Federation’s young adult group. 365 days. Or, as I like to think of it, 80 programs, 11 Clusters, one trip to Las Vegas, one new website (www.yala.org), six community service days, and one unforgettable journey to Israel. Read More »
Twinning Builds Friendship
My daughter, Madeleine, and her new friend, Adi, from Israel sit across the table from me and I am completely overwhelmed with the ease in their conversation. My daughter is speaking Hebrew and her friend is speaking English. Five days ago, they didn’t even know each other. Our school Pressman Academy is twinned with the Magen School in Tel Aviv, Israel. Read More »
Introducing the Sandra & Lawrence Post Israel Grants Program
One of our Federation’s top priorities is getting more community members to visit Israel – especially teenagers as we know these trips have a profound impact on participants and strengthen their lifelong Jewish identities. That’s why we’re proud to introduce the Sandra & Lawrence Post Israel Grants Program. Read More »
College Campus Student Engagement Grants for 2012-2013
College campuses are places of great opportunity for young Jews, but also present substantial challenges to Jewish identity and engagement. Our College Campus Activities Committee, a group of committed lay leaders from The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, is charged with examining how Jewish students are impacted by Jewish life on campus. Read More »
PresenTenseLA - Transforming the Jewish Community, One Idea at a Time
PresenTenseLA is a five month fellowship program that gives Jewish innovators the business tools, leadership skills and connections to turn their creative dreams into ventures that will successfully engage, inspire and transform the our community, our city, or our world. Applications are now being accepted. Read More »
Introducing the Brawerman Fellows
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles proudly announces the inaugural Brawerman Fellows of The Geri & Richard Brawerman Leadership Institute. A select group of five high school seniors were chosen, and each will receive a $10,000 annual college scholarship and participate in a program that will build their leadership skills and further strengthen... Read More »
Los Angeles Lions Roar in New York
Last week, more than 100 Los Angeles Lions of Judah ventured to New York City for the 20th Annual International Lion of Judah Conference (ILOJC), making our community the largest one represented at the Conference! Among many highlights, we’re delighted that Roz Goldstine and Sandra Kussin of our Federation’s Sylvia Weisz Women’s Campaign and... Read More »
Our Federation’s Forcefully Combating the Delegitimization of Israel
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is not only spearheading our community’s fight against growing efforts to delegitimize Israel, we’re also at the forefront of a national effort to combat those who seek to isolate it internationally through boycotts, divestment and sanctions. Read More »
Birthright Israel Registration Now Open!
With the generosity of our community, our Federation’s funding of and partnership with Birthright Israel will strengthen Jewish identity and foster a love for Israel for over 2,000 L.A. 18-26 year-olds this year. We also offer a number of ways for them to stay connected with Israel after they return home. Read More »
Zionism Today: The 2012 School Twinning Program Joint Teachers’ Seminar
“Whatever you do in the School Twinning Program, bringing together students and families from Los Angeles and Tel Aviv is much bigger than you think. You bring back the collective memory… from sharing the same religion to being part of one nation.” These words were spoken by Professor Avraham Infeld, President of the Chais Family Foundation and Read More »
