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2 unusual facts about Jewish Federations of North America


Jewish Federations of North America

In 1948, it distributed the predecessor of The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, a weekly Jewish newspaper, under the name The Phoenix Jewish News.

Tikkun olam

The United Jewish Federations of North America, one of the top ten charities in the world, counts tikkun olam as one of the three main principles under which it operates.


Keren Hayesod

According to the Reconstitution Agreement of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), Keren Hayesod is one of its three constituent bodies (along with the World Zionist Organization (WZO) and the United Israel Appeal in the United States, a subsidiary of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)) and provides 20% of the representatives on the Board of Governors and the Assembly.


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