Federation

The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond is hosting additional special training sessions. These are open to any member of a community board, security committee or...

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 David Cohen Director Jewish Community Relations, JCFR T’Shuvah is a major theme of the coming High Holidays. Jewish tradition asks us to take stock of our...

On Monday, April 4, 2022, Ellen Renee Adams, Sara Rosenbaum and I head to Poland as part of a fly-in with the Jewish Federations...

Thank you to our Super Sunday volunteers Ellen Renee Adams, Susan Adolf, Sylvia Farbstein, Jesse Feld, Janet Gale, Frances Goldman, David Galpern, Josh Goldberg, Robin Jackson, Wendy...

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...

By Skip Kozakewicz, Reflector Editor On Sunday, March 19, at the University of Richmond, Jeannie Opdyke Smith, daughter of Polish Holocaust rescuer Irene Gut Opdyke,...

By Alistair Bentley Building meaningful connections between young Jewish Americans and Israel has never been more important than it is today. Rising antisemitism, increased opposition to...

The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and Richmond Jewish Community Relations Committee congratulate Samuel Asher, Executive Director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum,  on being...

It had been a while, probably too long, since I had been in Shul. I had the pleasure of camp Shabbats this summer. However, while...