Cool Facts About Israel

 

As a small country with limited natural resources, Israel depends on its most important natural resource -- its people. Israel's achievements are uniquely its own, a mixture of high idealism, ingenuity and self-reliance. In almost 60 short years, Israel has accomplished what many nations haven't been able to do in centuries. Israel's one natural resource is its brainpower, with a driving demand for survival and success against all odds, Israel developed an energetic and ambitious society. Cool Facts About Israel Video


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From the Executive Director

June 2008, Michal Kohane

My 16-year old daughter and I are up at the top of a ladder, with a cloth contractor’s belt, hammer, nails, tape-measures, caulking guns and cutting knife. We’re working on our house, except it isn’t in Sacramento.

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A Word From Our President

June 2008, Dana Edelstein

In March, Christians United for Israel (CUFI) held its second “Night to Honor Israel” in Sacramento.  CUFI, a national grassroots movement with the single focus - Christian support for Israel - was created by Pastor John Hagee in February, 2006.  The Jewish Federation has participated in Sacramento’s two “Nights to Honor Israel” and I know that this has caused concern among some members of the Sacramento Jewish community.

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The Final Farewell

(Ziev Bielski - Jewish Agency For Israel)

The Israeli nation is plunged into deep grief and sorrow at the news of the death of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, may their memory be blessed. The two abducted soldiers who were handed back to Israel this morning in the framework of the prisoner exchange agreement with Hezbollah, returned in coffins. It was not what their families, or as every Israeli and Jew across the world, had hoped and prayed for. Full Article

Israel Scholarships for you!

The Jewish Federation, in partnership with MASA, is pleased to offer our college students and young adults scholarship grants for an amazing and unforgetable educational experience in Israel!

Isreali Dance Sessions

We are proud to offer Israeli folk dancing in the Sacramento Capitol Region. Dance classes are open to anyone who wants to have fun and exercise! We offer Classic and New Dances for group, line and partners. All are welcome, beginer and intermediate.

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ADULT FLOOR HOCKEY

What better way to spend a Monday
than hang out with a group of fun
and progressive people and get
some exercise?  Come check us out
every Monday, 7 pm at the Federation
Gym.  Check here for more info!

 

Free the Soliders

Help bring them home

Advocate for the safe return of the abducted israeli soldiers by signing a petition uring ban ki-moon, the incoming secretary general of the un, to demand the release of ehud goldwasser, eldad regev and gilad shalit.

Jewish Holidays Calendar

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