Current News From The Jerusalem Post

• Committee suggests ways to expand fertility May 20, 2012
  Experts present a wide range of recommendations to amend laws on IVF, ova and sperm donations, surrogate parenthood. […]
• Israel’s gay rights record touted in NY May 20, 2012
  Birthright Israel alumni placed a mural in Manhattan’s West Village which contrasts gay rights in Israel with discrimination elsewhere. […]
• Ministry to invest NIS 1m. yearly for Negev doctors May 20, 2012
  Ministry trying to bring 150 more young physicians to work at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba over 5 years. […]
• Ministers fix Independence Day to Thursdays May 20, 2012
  Ministers unanimously voted in favor of the bill proposed by MK Lia Shemtov (Yisrael Beytenu). […]

FEDERATION NEWS

JEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK Nominating Committee Report The following individuals have been nominated for election to the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Central New York for a 2-year term ending in 2014: Michael Balanoff Francine Berg Mark Field Philip Holstein David Horowitch Martin Irwin Gary Lavine Helen Marcum Leslie Neulander Ruth... Read More →

 Sudan Micro-grants IAN on Alert Urging Action in Sudan A malnourished child in Sudan JCPA President Rabbi Steve Gutow and Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, were at the White House today to meet with Samantha Power and Grant Harris of the National Security Council. Raising... Read More →

Israel Action Network January 30, 2012     IAN Insider JANUARY 30, 2012     IAN Insider Spotlight: Campus Edition The high season for challenges to Israel’s legitimacy in North America is underway, with threats and opportunities... Read More →

Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life… The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) deepens and broadens the Jewish community’s commitment to stewardship and protection of the Earth through outreach, activism and Jewish learning. Through a network of Jewish leaders, institutions and individuals, COEJL is mobilizing the... Read More →

The Mission of the JCPA The mission of the Council is to serve as the representative voice of the organized American Jewish community in addressing the principal mandate of the Jewish community relations field, expressed in three interrelated goals: To safeguard the rights of Jews here and around the world; To dedicate ourselves to the... Read More →