Strengthening Jewish Communities in Ithaca and Beyond
Ithaca Area United Jewish Community is building a strong Jewish future in Ithaca by providing programming for our youth, helping Jews in need and forging connections with Israel. To achieve these goals, IAUJC raises and allocates more than $100,000 each year to Jewish organizations in Ithaca and nonprofits in Israel and the former Soviet Union.
Learn more about our impact, ways to get involved, and help us create a vibrant local Jewish community.
Holocaust Commemoration 2026
Week of Yom HaShoah | April 14 and 15
The Jacob and Jeannette Geldwert Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, April 14, 7 p.m.
Temple Beth-El, 402 N. Tioga St.
Jud Newborn, coauthor of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, will speak about the White Rose, a group of University of Munich students who deifed the Nazi regime by producing and distributing anti-Nazi leaflets. Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans, and a fellow student, Christoph Probst, were executive by guillotine for their resistance activities on February 22, 1943.
This event is sponsored by Ithaca Area United Jewish Community, Tompkins Community Bank and Area Congregations Together.
Registration is required to attend this lecture at this link.
Film Screening
Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
Wednesday, April 16, 6 p.m.
Cornell Cinema. Free Admission
A film documenting Elie Wiesel's life, including his passions, conflicts and legacy as one of the most public survivors of the Holocaust.
This event is sponsored by Greenspoon Hillel, the Cornell Jewish Studies Program and Ithaca Area United Jewish Community.
Combatting Antisemitism in Ithaca
IAUJC has created an antisemitism task force to address the growing number of antisemitic incidents that have occurred in Ithaca since October 7, 2023.
The task force's first event was a panel discussion held on May 5, 2025 at the First Congregational Church of Ithaca. Our panelists were: Rev. David Kaden of the First Congregational Church; Menachem Rosensaft, adjunct professor at Cornell Law School; and Rabbi Caleb Brommer of Temple Beth-El.
