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Learn Professional Development Online from Expert Coaches

Build your skills with virtual professional development classes starting Feb. 22 and run by expert coaches, offer Federation staff the chance to build their supervisory and fundraising skills and lay/professional relationships, three core Federation functions. Thanks to a partnership with t…

Initiative Launched to Study Why Some Programs Work

Susan Crown launches an initiative to support and study eight after-school learning programs to determine why some philanthropic organizations succeed and why others fail.

Help for a Hero in Need

When he was 16, Gregory Margolin joined the Red Army as his family fled the Nazis. When, at 86, a rebel missile destroyed his house in eastern Ukraine and killed his daughter, his family knew they had to flee again—this time, to Israel.

Since fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine in 201…

Register Now for FedWeb Town Hall Feb. 11

Share your thoughts on FedWeb during a town hall call on Thursday, February 11 at 2 PM ET. The lead FedWeb team will cover new and forthcoming tools to make content management even easier for the 90 Federations using the system. RSVP here.

Latin American Aliyah Up 29% in 2015

Nearly 1,400 Jews from Latin America made aliyah in 2015, according to Federation partner The Jewish Agency for Israel, representing a 29% increase from 2014.