From the Director's Desk

Updates on CUJF from our Executive Director, Ma'ayan Weinberg.

Reflections on the Movie "Golda"

Reflections on the movie Golda by Brett Ashley Kaplan

On August 23rd, the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation in collaboration with the UIUC Department of Jewish Studies hosted a private showing of the upcoming film Golda. Prior to the film, a panel of three local female poitical leaders …

Local High School Senior Wins 2nd Place in National Film Contest

Under Tutelage of CUJF's Holocaust Education Center, Local High School Senior Wins 2nd Place in National Film Contest

On March 10th, Natalee Hunter, a senior at Sullivan High School in East Central Illinois, received a second place award in the high school film division of the Holocaust Art…

Dvar Torah - Re'eh - In Honor of Elliot Weinberg

Dvar Torah - Parsha Re'eh

by Ma'ayan Weinberg

Delivered on August 27th, 2022 at the Egalitarian Traditional Minyan at Sinai Temple

In honor of Elliot Weinberg

 

 

Growing up in CU I was often the only Jew in the room. There were so many facets of how I did things that made me unique …

Commemorating Mary Lou Brotherson’s Contributions to Holocaust Education

Commemorating Mary Lou Brotherson’s Contributions to Holocaust Education in Central Illinois

by Dr. Brian Kahn, Co-director, CUJF Holocaust Education Center

Co-written and edited by Robin Goettel and Becky Lawson

As you may already be aware, on June 6, 2022, a dear friend and colleague …

Women in Power, D’Var Torah July 20, 2022 by Andrea Aguiar

During the month of July we read the book of Numbers or Bamidbar in Hebrew which means “in the desert”. This is the fourth of the five books of Moses.  The Israelites’ wondering in the desert is coming soon to an end and so is Moses’s leadership.  There is conflict and chaos in Ba…