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In 2016, UJA-Federation's annual campaign raised $ 153.4 million. Including bequests, endowments, and capital and special gifts, the total amount raised in the year was $ 207.6 million. In 2021, UJA-Federation's annual campaign raised $ 63.2 million. Including bequests, endowments, and capital and
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on Israel, the UJA-Federation created an "Israel Emergency Fund." As of December 2023, the UJA-Federation has allocated $ 156 million - $ 75 million from Wall Street donors alone for humanitarian aid for Israelis, including support for the residents of southern Israel, the supply and equipping of
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UJA-Federation has allocated grants to 78 unique organizations operating in Ukraine, Europe, Israel, and New York. Grant allocations focus on humanitarian aid ($ 7.7 Million), rescue efforts ($ 1.1 Million), refugee support ($ 13 Million), and other critical response areas.
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UJA-Federation allocates funding to social service organizations, healthcare organizations, non-governmental organizations, Jewish institutions, and community agencies in New York, Israel, and 70 countries.
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assumed the position of Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar-in-Residence of UJA-Federation. In 2021, UJA-Federation appointed former Israeli Minister of Labor, Welfare, and Social Services,
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Nissim, Hanna Shaul Bar. "The Adaptation Process of Jewish Philanthropies to Changing Environments: The Case of the UJA-Federation of New York Since 1990."
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To honor its centennial in 2017, the American Jewish Historical Society produced an exhibition exploring a timeline of UJA-Federation from 1917–2017,
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living in Ukraine at the start of the war, UJA-Federation began crisis response efforts on February 24, 2022, the same day the war began.
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joined UJA-Federation as vice president of Government Relations. Linda Mirels was appointed president of UJA-Federation on July 1, 2023;
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Berkman, Matthew. “Transforming Philanthropy: Finance and Institutional Evolution at the Jewish Federation of New York, 1917–86,”
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More, Deborah Dash. “From Kehillah to Federation: The Communal Functions of Federated Philanthropy in New York City, 1917–1933,”
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Liebman, Charles S. “Leadership and Decision-Making in a Jewish Federation: The New York Federation of Jewish Philanthropies,” in
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special gifts, the total amount raised in 2021 was $ 249.6 million. UJA-Federation's endowment was $ 1.2 billion as of 2021.
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Wenger, Beth S. “Federation Men: The Masculine World of New York Jewish Philanthropy, 1880–1945,”
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Berman, Lila Corwin. "How Americans Give: The Financialization of American Jewish Philanthropy"
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hospitals, assistance with trauma support, support for Arab residents and Bedouins, and more.
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Eric S. Goldstein assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2014, replacing
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Feldstein, Donald "The Jewish Federation: The First Hundred Years". in Norman Linzer, ed.
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As of July 2023, UJA-Federation has allocated more than $ 25 million to respond to the
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of New York, Inc.) is the largest local philanthropy in the world. Headquartered in
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with its Passage to Freedom campaign to help Jewish Émigrés from the Soviet Union.
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Guide to the Records of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York, 1909-2004
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UJA-Federation, as it is known today, was created from the 1986 merger of the
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produced a documentary for its Treasures of New York series, and a book,
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Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry
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As Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York (1917–1986)
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on behalf of UJA-Federation of NY, Retrieved 2022-04-21
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As United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York (1942–1986)
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Philanthropic organizations based in the United States
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Federation of Jewish Philanthropies

501(c)3
Nonprofit
New York City
Westchester
Long Island
Jerusalem
Marc Rowan
USD
Endowment
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www.ujafedny.org
United Jewish Appeal
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
New York City
United Jewish Appeal
Center for Jewish History
American Jewish Historical Society
the Smithsonian
UJA-Federation's archives
Soviet Jewry Movement
PBS
John S. Ruskay
Menachem Creditor
Itzik Shmuli
Daniel Rosenthal
Marc Rowan
Felix M. Warburg
I. Edwin Goldwasser

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