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CJF's 2017 Annual Meeting: Celebrating Our Communal Impact

On Monday, December 11th, Charleston Jewish Federation hosted our annual open board meeting. Our conference room at 176 Croghan Spur Rd was filled with members and leadership from across the Charleston Jewish community as all in attendance celebrated the extraordinary impact we have made to…

Building an Educational Bridge: Israel Partnership 2Gether

On December 12-13, CJF's Director of Strategic Initiatives, Rebecca Engel, and our professional partner from Israel, Dana Barzuri Battat, visited Northwood Academy and Montessori Community School to teach about Chanukah and Israel to 1st -6th graders. They also met with administrators at…

Annual Night of Giving a Huge Success

In a communal night of shopping on the first night of Chanukah, three teams of generous congregants at Synagogue Emanu-El purchased and delivered 1,596 lbs of food to our Kosher Food Pantry! Summerville brought 230 lbs, West Ashley brought 903 lbs, and Mt Pleasant brought 463 lbs. Thanks t…

Summerville CommUNITY Diversity Lightfest a Success

CJF was thrilled to support the first annual Summerville CommUNITY Diversity Lightfest celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa and the diverse ways our community celebrates this “most wonderful time of the year”! This was a collaborative effort between any organizations including the…