A Jewish Federation is a confederation of various Jewish social agencies, volunteer programs, educational bodies, and related organizations, found within most cities in North America that host a viable Jewish community.
Jewish federations can wield a sizeable degree of influence in the Jewish communities where they are located. Many of the local federations hold annual fundraising drives (typically known as "Super Sunday"), that are expected to raise most of the next year's budgeting for many community programs. In return, in many communities the agencies which receive funding from the federation agree not to engage in major fundraising for themselves for a number of months often called the "primacy period" when the local federation's fundraising has primacy. As such, decisions made by the local federations can have a great impact on the community, including the opening or closing of programs, large-scale staff hirings and firings, and land purchases and sales.
The umbrella organization for the 157 North American Jewish federations is The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), formerly known as United Jewish Communities until 2009.
After the 2009 launch of the new logo for The Jewish Federations of North America, increasing numbers of local Federations are switching to some variant of that logo. An example is the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
Four hundred smaller Jewish communities in North America are members of the Network of Independent Communities, which are administered via the JFNA.
List of Federations
ALABAMA The Birmingham Jewish Federation
ARIZONA Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona
ARKANSAS Jewish Federation of Arkansas
CALIFORNIA Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay, Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County, Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Jewish Federation of Orange County, Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area, Jewish Federation of the Greater Sacramento Region, United Jewish Federation of San Diego County, Jewish Comm Fed of San Francisco, Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties, Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, Jewish Federation of Ventura County
COLORADO Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado
CONNECTICUT The Jewish Federation, Inc. (Danbury), Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut, Inc., UJA/Federation of Eastern Fairfield County, UJA/Federation of Greenwich, Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford, New Canaan and Darien, The Federation & Foundation Jewish Communities of Western Connecticut, Inc., UJA/Federation of Westport-Weston-Wilton-Norwalk
DELAWARE Jewish Federation of Delaware
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
FLORIDA Jewish Federation of Brevard, United Jewish Community of Broward County, Jewish Federation of Collier County, Jacksonville Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Lee & Charlotte Counties, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando, Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties, Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, Tampa Jewish Community Center & Federation, Inc., Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties
GEORGIA Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Augusta Jewish Federation, Savannah Jewish Federation
ILLINOIS Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation, Jewish United Fund/ Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Jewish Federation of Peoria, Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, Jewish Federation of Greater Rockford, Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois, Southeastern Missouri and Western Kentucky, Springfield Jewish Federation
INDIANA Fort Wayne Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis, Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana, Jewish Federation of St Joseph Valley
IOWA Jewish Federation of Des Moines, Jewish Federation of Sioux City
KANSAS Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City, Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation
KENTUCKY Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, Inc., Jewish Community Federation of Louisville
LOUISIANA Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge, Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, North Louisiana Jewish Federation
MAINE Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine
MARYLAND THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts, Fall River UJA, Inc., Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Greater New Bedford, Jewish Federation of the North Shore, The Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts
MICHIGAN Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Flint Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids
MINNESOTA Minneapolis Jewish Federation, United Jewish Fund and Council (St Paul)
MISSOURI Jewish Federation of St Louis, Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City
NEBRASKA Jewish Federation of Omaha
NEVADA Jewish Federation of Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE Jewish Federation of New Hampshire
NEW JERSEY Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties, Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey, Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic, Jewish Federation of Cumberland County, The United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey, Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County, Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County, UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey, Jewish Federation of Ocean County, United Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer-Bucks, Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon & Warren Counties, Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey
NEW MEXICO Jewish Federation of New Mexico
NEW YORK Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo, Jewish Federation of Dutchess County, Jewish Community Federation of the Mohawk Valley & Jewish Community of Utica NY, UJA-Federation of New York, Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County New York, Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester, Jewish Federation of Rockland County, Syracuse Jewish Federation
NORTH CAROLINA Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation, Greensboro Jewish Federation, Raleigh-Cary Jewish Federation
OHIO Jewish Community Board of Akron, Jewish Community Federation of Canton, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Columbus Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton, United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
OKLAHOMA Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City, Jewish Federation of Tulsa
OREGON Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
PENNSYLVANIA United Jewish Community of Greater Harrisburg, Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, Jewish Federation of Reading PA Inc., The Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre
RHODE ISLAND Jewish Federation of Rhode Island
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston Jewish Federation, The Jewish Federation of Columbia
TENNESSEE Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga, Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Memphis Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
TEXAS Jewish Community Association of Austin, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, Jewish Federation of El Paso, Inc, Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County, Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, Jewish Federation of San Antonio
UTAH United Jewish Federation of Utah
VIRGINIA Jewish Community Federation of Richmond, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula
WASHINGTON Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
WISCONSIN Jewish Federation of Madison, Milwaukee Jewish Federation
CANADA JEWISH FEDERATIONS
UIA Federations Canada: UIA Federations Canada is a trans-Canada Jewish agency created in 1998 by consolidating United Israel Appeal of Canada and the Council of Jewish Federations of Canada.
Calgary Jewish Community Council, Jewish Federation of Edmonton, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, UJA Jewish Federation Hamilton Ontario, London (Canada) Jewish Federation, Jewish Federation of Ottawa, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Windsor Jewish Federation, Federation CJA (Montreal)
References
- ^ "Jewish Federation of Greater Washington adaptation of JFNA logo". The Jewish Federations of North America . http://www.shalomdc.org/index.aspx?page=1 . Retrieved January 5 2010 .
- ^ "Network of Independent Communities". The Jewish Federations of North America . January 5 2010 . http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?ID=157084 . Retrieved January 5 2010 . ...
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