Jewish Community Foundation Awards $3 million in COVID-19 Relief to 19 L.A. Groups
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The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (JCFLA) announced Dec. 21 it has awarded $3 million in grants to 19 organizations as part of the institution’s comprehensive COVID-19 relief efforts.
The distributions are part of the foundation’s effort to sustain local Jewish non-profits experiencing economic hardship because of the pandemic.
“The human suffering and economic toll on our communities – which we are closely monitoring locally, nationally and in Israel – are devastating,” Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Marvin I. Schotland said in a statement to the Journal. “As the pandemic rages on, those with the capacity to give must continue to step up. The Foundation and our 1,300 generous donor families remain steadfast in our commitment to ensuring the viability of programs and organizations as they navigate through these dif
Amid pandemic, UJA-Federation of New York announces $3.5 million in emergency grants
December 25, 2020
NEW YORK CITY As the number of Israeli families suffering from financial hardship and related challenges increases dramatically amid the coronavirus pandemic, UJA-Federation of New York announced nearly $3.5 million in new emergency Covid-19 relief grants in Israel. UJA will award grants to several organizations that support the most at-risk Israelis, including children, the newly poor, and struggling small businesses.
In addition, the grants will help strengthen Israel’s ability to respond to Covid-related challenges with enhanced leadership and volunteer networks and technological i. For access to this article please
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FDR, the Nazis, and the Jews of Morocco: A troubling episode
FDR, the Nazis, and the Jews of Morocco: A troubling episode
Increased public interest in the history of North African Jewry is a welcome byproduct of Israeli-Moroccan normalization, but the less pleasant side of that history must not be glossed over.
(December 21, 2020 / Jewish Journal) The normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco, and the U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara, have stirred interest in the history of Morocco’s Jews, including during the Holocaust years.
Unfortunately, somepundits, in their enthusiasm over these developments, have misleadingly portrayed the Allied liberation of North Africa in 1942 as the simultaneous liberation of the region’s Jews from their Nazi and Vichyite persecutors. That narrative papers over the harsh reality of what happened after the Allies’ victory. The full story of how President Franklin D. Roosevelt treated the Jews
FDR, the Nazis, and the Jews of Morocco: a Troubling Episode
The normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco and the U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara have stirred interest in the history of Morocco’s Jews, including during the Holocaust years.
Unfortunately, somepundits, in their enthusiasm over these developments, have misleadingly portrayed the Allied liberation of North Africa in 1942 as the simultaneous liberation of the region’s Jews from their Nazi and Vichyite persecutors. That narrative papers over the harsh reality of what happened after the Allies’ victory. The full story of how President Franklin D. Roosevelt treated the Jews in Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa is a deeply troubling chapter in his administration’s history.