The Jewish charity federation’s drive gained $121,000 in contributions at two dinners held Sunday night. At the Biltmore the radio and music trades division of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies held a dinner at which a total of $41,000 in contributions was reported; and at the Concourse Plaza Hotel in the Bronx a gathering of 1,000 members of Federation’s Bronx Division brought contributions amounting to more than $80,000.
Election 2016
- Trump’s Israel advisor: Annexing West Bank won’t harm country’s Jewish character
- Netanyahu to meet with Clinton, Trump
- Orthodox Jewish group calls for day of unity to counter political rancor
- Study shows how Jewish vote could play crucial role in key states
- Bibi and Barack part amiably as chilly US-Israel relations thaw
- Marla Maples, Trump’s second wife, is a Christian who keeps kosher and Shabbat
