News from the 19th Floor

January 2026

Egle R., Lithuania

CHRISTMAS AWARDS SENT TO RESCUERS

In December 2025, the JFR sent each JFR-supported rescuer $6,000. This amount included a special Christmas gift of $4,000 for the purchase of food, home heating fuel, and medications. The remaining $2,000 is for the rescuer’s regular award for September through December 2025. This is the largest individual Christmas gift the JFR has sent to rescuers. Here is a link to thank you notes from the rescuers.

JFR 2026 ADVANCED SEMINAR

We are looking forward to welcoming 24 Alfred Lerner Fellows to the 2026 Advanced Seminar to be held January 17-18, 2026. The focus of this year’s program is “Challenges in Teaching the Holocaust.” The following scholars will be presenting Avinoam Patt, Andy Pearce, Paul Salmons, and Noah Shenker.

We are going to start planning the 2027 Advanced Seminar shortly. If you would like to have a specific topic addressed or to hear from a particular scholar, please let Stanlee know at sstahl@jfr.org.

Noah Shenker
European Study Program

2026 EUROPEAN STUDY PROGRAM TO POLAND

The JFR’s 2026 European Study Program will go to Poland in July. Professor Robert Jan van Pelt is our scholar for the European Study Program. The study program starts in Warsaw, we then travel to Lodz, Oswiecim, where we will spend three nights, and we leave from Krakow. The European Study Program is open is JFR Alfred Lerner Fellows.

JFR HAS 4-STAR RATING FROM CHARITY NAVIGATOR AND A PLATINUM RATING FROM CANDID

We have received a number of calls from folks who are unable to find the JFR on Charity Navigator – we are there with a 4-star rating! You can find us under Jewish and not “The.” Should you be interested, here is a link to our page on Charity Navigator.

On Candid, where we have a platinum rating, you can find the JFR by entering The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous or just Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. The JFR’s EIN is 13-3807016. Here is a link to our page on Candid.

CFC

The JFR is part of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) - the Federal government’s workplace charity campaign and covers all civilian, postal, and military employees. The end of the CFC’s campaign season has been extended to January 30, 2026. If you know of someone who works for the Federal government, the U.S. military, or the U.S. Postal Service, please ask them to consider selecting the JFR as the recipient of their gift. The JFR’s CFC number 10744.

KEEPING YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION CURRENT

If you change names, home address, place of employment, telephone numbers, emails – please do let us know so we can keep your record current.

Contact Us

For questions or additional information
PHONE
973.736.1800
Email
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