Blog
January 24, 2019
WATCH: Sylvia Goes to Camp
Last summer, thanks in part to a Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia “One Happy Camper” grant, 13-year old Sylvia went ...
Blog
Blog
January 24, 2019
Photoessay: What is the NORC?
In Northeast Philadelphia, there’s a free retirement community — one where older adults can age safely and with dignity in ...
Press Room
January 22, 2019
JFCS helps furloughed workers with emergency meal preparation day
A local agency is hoping to do a good deed to help furloughed government workers who are preparing to miss ...
Press Room
January 18, 2019
How two Philadelphia groups want to spark tough conversations about race and faith
When Stefanie Kitchner, a white woman, asked Rasheeda Ahmad of East Falls what it was like to be a black, ...
Press Room
January 7, 2019
STATEMENT ABOUT MARC LAMONT HILL
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia strongly condemns hate speech in our community and throughout the world. When anti-Semitic hate ...
Podcast
December 19, 2018
Jewish Philly Podcast Episode 10: Stars of Matilda the Musical
We’re wrapping up 2018, beginning with a review of how Jewish communities fared this year, followed by a conversation on ...
Press Room
December 17, 2018
An African-American synagogue in Philly: ‘We don’t want people to come to shul and go to sleep.’
Mikaela Pleasant, clad in a white, sequin dress and a purple tallit, poked her head around the large blue Torah ...
Press Room
December 15, 2018
The super hectic life of a Pennsylvania camel
Einstein is pacing on a muddy driveway in Bucks County, occasionally stealing kisses from a tall woman, but mostly looking ...
Press Room
December 12, 2018
Poverty among older Philadelphians on the rise
At the end of the month, when her food has run out, Alice Foley, 71, will call a friend in her ...
Press Room
November 30, 2018
U.N. speech by Temple prof draws fire from university’s board chair
The chairman of Temple University’s board came out firing Friday against professor Marc Lamont Hill for a speech he ...