Israel & Overseas

By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning, Temple Beth-El On a sticky July evening, this summer in Jerusalem, I sat in a low-ceilinged meeting...

Shahar Vaknin, our new community Shaliach (community emissary) to the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond, recently visited the Hadera-Eiron region and learned about the...

By Benny Winkelmann I want to preface this article by saying I love all of these things and putting them in any order in an...

By Nancy Nelson My first connection to Israel was when Israeli cousins I had never met randomly showed up in Richmond. I was in middle school...

Elhanan Kalmanson died a hero on Oct. 7 while helping to save 100 lives and will forever be remembered as a person who put...

Editor's Note: The following commentary appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.  On Oct. 7, 2024, a large community gathering -...

By Conor Shapiro It was a great honor and a “heckuva” lot of fun to represent JCFR at the P2G Leadership 2Gether Retreat in Charleston,...

By Conor Shapiro I had the pleasure of participating in the 4th Partnership2Gether’s Leadership2Gether (L2G) cohort where I was paired with an engaging Israeli named...

Do you enjoy bagels?  Do you love Israel?  If so, please join JURVA (Jewish National Fund USA, Richmond, VA) at JNF USA’s Breakfast for...

By Rebecca Caspi Director, Israel Office JFNA Whenever he called me from the United States, my uncle asked the same question, “Do you think you’re going to...