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Hear for Good on the Rocket Attacks Against Israel

As the violence in Israel and Gaza developed this week, our Hear for Good podcast taped a special episode to update our community on developments and Federation’s involvement with organizations providing aid to those affected. Host Karen Sher interviewed Mindee Fredman, who recently returned from a trip to Israel, and on Skype, Michael Oberlander, who was Federation’s Chief Philanthropy Officer and recently moved to Israel.

Shaked Blog – October 25, 2019

Hi everyone! How was your week?? Mine was amazing! On Saturday I went to Champaign, Illinois with my host family and another family, Tenenbaum family, for a college football game: Wisconsin vs. Illinois. Was an amazing experience, although Wisconsin lost :( On Sunday...

Guy Blog – October 25, 2019

Hello everybody!  I’d really like to share my week with you! On Sunday morning I went with my host family to an event about the movie “Harry Potter” in the bird sanctuary. It was so fun! We saw a lot of kind of birds and some shows about the movie. On Sunday evening I...