Our Goal for creating this blog is to give the Utah Jewish community a platform to have their voices heard. Topics for the blog will range from What does being Jewish mean for local individuals, parenting Jewish, favorite recipes to local & global frustrations with the Jewish community.
From September 19th-21st, I had the opportunity to attend the Eradicate Hate Global Summit 2022, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania along with a delegation from Utah including, Jay Jacobson of the antisemitism task force, Reverend France Davis of the Cavalry Baptist Church, Efren Garcia from the ED…
In the past 12 months, our community has stepped up to support refugees in very significant ways. In December 2021, you responded to an appeal asking for support of the Afghan Refugees that were being relocated to Utah. In a short time, $50,000 was raised and was split evenly between Catholi…
In 1923, Jack Findley, Dan Alexander, and other friends put up the cash to buy the Enos Wall Mansion at 411 East South Temple, and renamed it “The Covenant House.” It was a social center for all Jewish community meetings other than those in the synagogue and held banquets, dances, USO ho…
We wanted to share our incredible gratitude for the life-changing opportunity the United Jewish Federation of Utah provided us with this summer. We were able to build personal connections to the history of the Holocaust which we will share with students for years to come. It shaped the way w…
Chicagoans Michele and Joe Wein, both have long family traditions of Jewish community involvement and met as members of the UJA National Young Leadership Cabinet. Tzedakah is a natural part of their lives and inspired their involvement in both the Los Angeles and Chicago Jewish Federations.
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