In an outpouring of support for honoree Burton P. Resnick, a record number of real estate industry professionals, along with New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and United States Senator Charles Schumer, attended UJA-Federation of New York’s Real Estate & Allied Trades Division Luncheon on May 13th. More than 600 guests turned out to honor Resnick, chairman and CEO of…►
Young people often get asked what they’d like to be when they grow up, but the 40 teens who took part in the second year of UJA-Federation of New York’s Teen Philanthropic Leadership Council (TPLC) aren’t waiting until they “grow up”; they’re already Jewish philanthropists. Over the course of the past year, the teens raised more than $118,000, as well…►
Day in and day out, executives at UJA-Federation of New York’s network agencies are dedicated to leading the organizations that serve our communities in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. On UJA-Federation’s annual Executive for a Day, held this year on May 8th, 14 network agencies opened their doors so 35 lay leaders could see the executives in action…►
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Weintraub’s free groups are part of the Connect to Care program created by UJA-Federation of New York in 2009 as a response to the…►
Who would have thought? Who would have thought that four modest grants made 12-plus years ago would not only strengthen the capacity of Israelis to respond in the aftermath of terror, but would also be an example of the best in Israeli-diaspora collaboration, and emerge as a globally recognized leader in treating psychological trauma for people of every background. Really,…►
Losing your job can be difficult for anyone, but it’s especially challenging when it happens later in life. That’s why UJA-Federation of New York, through a grant to its beneficiary agency, Hebrew Free Loan Society, is supporting an intensive 12-week entrepreneurship course geared towards baby boomers impacted by the recession. “Once people in that age bracket lose a good job,…►
At Women of Influence: The Event on May 7th at the JW Marriott Essex House New York, four prominent women in their fields were given UJA-Federation of New York’s Women of Influence award, after which they discussed their own careers and issues affecting women in the workforce. The honorees were Elana Drell-Szyfer, CEO of AHAVA North America; Bonnie Fuller, founding…►
Resilience — the ability to adapt after tragic, even catastrophic events — is one of the great mysteries of human life. From where do some draw these wells of strength? How are some people able to endure the unthinkable and somehow emerge, move forward, and even inspire? I thought of this twice on Monday, first walking along the hurricane-battered beaches…►
They were teens when the horrors of Nazi Germany first descended upon the lives of men like Alex Turney and Leon, who now reside in Manhattan. Turney, now 95, escaped from Germany in 1935, but said, in a recent interview, that the Hitler youth who attacked him and other Jewish boys living in Berlin remain a vivid memory. For Leon,…►