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Jewish Agency for Israel 2008 Donor Report / Activity Highlights 2007
then and now
history
2008
Israel PrizeWinner
Israel Prize 2
Leadership Letter 4
Israel Emergency Campaign 6
Aliyah and Absorption 12
Partnerships with Israel 20
Jewish-Zionist Education 30
Donor Recognition 38
Financial Highlights 45
Global Impact 54
Global Leadership 62
We share this honor with Jewish communities and donors around the world, and
especially our founding constituent partners: the World Zionist Organization, Keren Hayesod, United
Jewish Communities and the Jewish Federations of North America. We also want to recognize
the important contribution in more recent years of other Jewish Agency partners, including the
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and Israeli philanthropists. Together, we have dared to
dream. And thanks to your support, your leadership and your generosity, we have made the miracle
of Israel happen. Can there be a more profound demonstration of our impact together?
to youthanks As we celebrate Israel’s 60 years, your enduring commitment
to our work together has been recognized with Israel’s highest
civilian honor—the prestigious 2008 Israel Prize for Lifetime
Achievement and Special Contribution to Society and the
State of Israel. In granting the award, the Committee noted the Jewish
Agency’s “tireless efforts” as a pioneering force in the establishment
of Israel. And it cited our ongoing contributions: populating and
strengthening the Jewish state; bringing Israel into the lives and hearts
of the next generation and Jewish communities around the world; and
carrying their passion into Israel to help shape her society and destiny.
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Partnership Our impact during the war and
now in Sderot also reflects the ever-broadening
involvement of major Israeli philanthropists in our work.
We are reimagining the global Jewish partnership,
partnering Israeli business and philanthropic leaders
with our global partners to invest in initiatives
for new immigrants, children at risk and talented
young people from underprivileged regions, such as
through our groundbreaking ATIDIM program.
Innovation Creating transformative change through
innovative partnerships and high-impact solutions
characterizes our work together. YOUTH FUTURES, our
national program for the growing number of at-risk youth,
brings young trustees into our partnership to guide
personalized intervention for each child. Through our
Partnership 2000 program, we recently launched Business-
to-Business (B2B). Just as business leadership has proven
integral to the development of civic society worldwide,
we believe Israeli and Jewish business leaders around the
world can join forces to advance the agenda of Israel and
the Jewish people in unprecedented ways. MASA, our
flagship long-term Israel experience program, is a great
example of this. Partnering you directly with the people of
Israel, we are taking these transformative experiences to
an entirely new level because we all know the impact of
spending a formative year in Israel on tomorrow’s leaders.
Promoting aliyah remains a top priority, as it has been for
the 80 years of the Jewish Agency’s existence. This year we
launched the new ALIYAH JOB CENTER, an information-
rich and service-oriented approach designed to increase
the number of olim from Western countries.
Securing tomorrow In light of global changes in recent
years—and the repercussions of the declining value of the
dollar—we are realigning our current structure to further
maximize efficiency as we continue to implement the goals
articulated in our strategic plan. Our mandate to secure the
Jewish future with a strong Israel at its heart requires no
less. Since 1929, as the representative body of the Jewish
people prior to the State of Israel, and after 1948, as the
bridge between world Jewry and the people of Israel, our
global partnership continues to be one of the greatest
strategic assets of the Jewish people. As we look at our
accomplishments over the last 60 years, just imagine what
we can do in the next 60 years with redoubled effort.
Zeev Bielski Richard L. Pearlstone Chair of the Executive Chair, Board of Governors
Hagai Meirom Shoel SilverTreasurer Chair, Budget/Finance Committee
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dear friends2008We begin this leadership message with our deepest appreciation for your partnership. Receiving the Israel Prize on Israel’s 60th anniversary is truly a symbolic expression of the extraordinary capacity of our global partnership to meet whatever challenges lie in front of us. It is a capacity that we have demonstrated time and time again. And friends, it is one that we will need to call on now.
As Israel marks six decades, we stand at yet another
defining moment in its history. A time of paradox
and continuing challenge. Israel has grown into a
vibrant member of the global economic village, yet
the inevitable transformation that took place over the
last decade to bring this about has left many behind.
The recent Facing Tomorrow Presidential Conference
convened by JPPPI—the independent global think tank
established five years ago by the Jewish Agency—
attests to Israel’s place among the nations. And yet,
unimaginably, the existential challenges to the State of
Israel are far from over.
We are also at a defining moment as a global Jewish
community. As our next generations come of age, many
young Jews do not have the deep attachment and
connection that have been hallmarks of our peoplehood.
These are complex times of great challenge as well as
opportunity. As we have done for close to 80 years, the
Jewish Agency is not just identifying the issues. We are
leading the way with powerful and creative solutions.
Solidarity Even as we work together to rebuild and
strengthen communities across the North, life for the
people of Sderot and the surrounding area remains
untenable in the shadow of relentless Kassam rockets.
Once again, we have turned to our worldwide partners
for emergency assistance, such as taking thousands of
terrorized children out of the range of fire, and for activities
with a longer-term impact. The Jewish Agency is positioned
to rapidly deploy in times of crisis because of our dedicated
employees, and because of the truly extraordinary
partnership we have with UJC, Keren Hayesod, the
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and Jewish
federations and campaigns around the world.
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For more than 60 years, we have worked together to make Israel a place where Jews can live in freedom and safety … a place where children
can sleep at night without fear. Unfortunately, the path has not always been easy. From the earliest pre-State
days when vulnerable Jewish settlements were under constant threat, through today’s relentless siege on the
people of Sderot and the Western Negev, the Jewish Agency has mobilized the Jewish world time and time
again to stand on the front lines with the people of Israel. Every time, you have answered the call.
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then. 99-year-old Shmuel Sarig still remembers that night in 1936 when
he and a handful of friends were undeterred by the word “impossible” and struck out
to build the first “tower and stockade” reinforced settlement at Nir David. “It’s hard to
imagine how vulnerable Jewish settlers were under constant attack,” Shmuel says. They
set out to prove that with the right planning and preassembly of materials, they could
put into place the reinforced structures to change the equation overnight. Literally
in the middle of the night, they sprang into action. By morning, the settlement was
surrounded by security fencing and the crucial watch tower was in place. These young
pioneers had come up with the right response at the right time. The Jewish Agency,
with the support of our partners, stepped in to secure 55 more vital settlements.
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OUr FOcUS:>> Continuing our support of populations recovering in the North>> Standing on the front line with our people under attack in the South
now and always
by their side. Yarden, the girl on our cover, had
just begun summer vacation after her sophomore year at Kiryat Shmona’s
Danziger high school when her world turned upside down. Life for innocent
civilians across the North suddenly moved into shelters. After 33 days the sirens
stopped, and school started again within a matter of weeks. But returning to
normal life wasn’t as simple. Yarden and thousands of kids like her needed
our help. Throughout this past year, she has been participating in one of our
Enrichment Fund programs generously funded in Kiryat Shmona by UJA-
Federation of New York and made possible in many other locations thanks to
our global partners. Today, Yarden’s life is back on track.
But other children living in communities under attack in the Negev are still
experiencing that terror. You are there for them. It’s hard to overstate the
power of a fun field trip or camp to make a child feel safe again. This is just one
of a range of high-impact actions your support makes possible.
From the first hours of the second Lebanon war, the
heroic work of our partnership literally saved lives. Our
ongoing work in its aftermath is just as crucial.
Our wide-ranging support of populations under siege
in Sderot and the Western Negev ranges from camps for
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Support for Recovery Efforts in the North Jewish Agency Enrichment Funds are putting students back on
track through uniquely effective intervention programs. We’re
investing in capital infrastructure to ensure appropriate levels of
emergency response readiness, and our business loan initiative is
infusing critical resources to stabilize a small-business economy.
Jewish Agency Fund for Victims of Terror Providing emergency financial support to those directly affected
by the war in Lebanon and the relentless attacks in the South,
this Fund complements aid given to families from government
sources. These grants quickly cut through the red tape to provide
assistance for medical, living and educational expenses.
Support for Sderot and Surrounding Areas When Kassam rocket attacks escalated last spring, the
Jewish Agency immediately responded with emergency assistance. Again, we turned to our worldwide partners to provide
essential emergency supplies, renovations to bomb shelters and relief for thousands of children. We also brought the Israeli
business community into our partnership. Our To Sderot with Love campaign provides day-long outings and camps to give
children time away from the violence. In the face of a collapsing local economy, the Jewish Agency provides loans to small
businesses and brought some 110 small-business owners to a fair in Tel Aviv and an outpouring of support.
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7,000-plus Jewish elementary students in the North are learning Arabic in Language as a Cultural Bridge through the Abraham Fund Initiatives.
In a philanthropic partnership connecting major Israeli corporation IDB Group with our worldwide partners, hospital and educational capital projects totaling $30 million are underway to enhance emergency readiness.
The lives of 100,000 youth from the North and Western Negev were enriched through Jewish Agency Enrichment Fund extracurricular activities in cooperation with other NGOs.
To date, 672 families have been stabilized by close to $4 million in emergency financial aid through the Jewish Agency Fund for Victims of Terror.
Elementary school kids from 31 communities in the North who participated in extracurricular enrichment activity showed improved class performance. 6,000 special-needs and at-risk children showed significant improvement through special extracurricular programs.
Thousands of children from the North participated in day trips to the center of the country and cultural outings in Tel Aviv.
20-plus Jewish and Arab elementary schools in the North saw an increase in the levels of trust through our Personal Encounters program.
Summer camps for 3,000 youngsters from Northern Israel provided therapeutic support in a fun-filled setting.
Financial assistance from the Claims Conference provided critical short-term support for 60-plus Holocaust Survivors living in the North.
100-plus IDF soldiers received essential emergency financial assistance through the Fund for Victims of Terror.
learn more at jewishagency.org
IDF widows received crucial emergency aid from 24 grants distributed thanks to Keren Hayesod Australia.
Scholarships averaging $1,000 received by 1,600 students at Sapir College in Sderot in return for volunteering with children in the area, enabled them to continue their studies.
Elementary school students from five municipalities in Sderot and surrounding areas improved their academic performance after participating in extracurricular enrichment activities.
12,000-plus children from Sderot and the surrounding Western Negev communities were able to de-stress out of harm’s way during day-long trips or special week-long camp sessions during school-year holidays.
Twenty bomb shelters in the city of Sderot and in the Gaza perimeter communities were renovated to substantially increase protection.
The SOS fund of the Fund for Victims of Terror provided 360-plus victims of Kassam attacks with the financial assistance to stay afloat.
Some 300 educators in Sderot and Western Negev were trained to work with children living under stress and trauma.
More than 20,000 Israelis attending a two-day Sderot Merchant’s Fair in Tel Aviv provided critical support for 110 small-business owners from Sderot and surrounding areas.
Over 7,000 youngsters from Sderot and the surrounding areas participated in safe summer camps and activities.
impact 07You make it all possible.
Profound thanks to our partners Keren Hayesod, United
Jewish communities and the Federations of North
America. You provide the infrastructure through your
annual campaigns that enables us to respond in times of
crisis, and time and time again, you step forward through
emergency campaigns to stand with the people of Israel.
In addition, we are grateful for designated grants made to several programs in this area of work by:
Jewish communities of Western cT, Inc.
Jewish community Board of Akron
Jewish community Federation of Louisville
Jewish Federation of central New Jersey
Jewish Federation of collier county
Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant county
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas
Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton
Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Jewish Federation of Orange county
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach county
Jewish Federation of San Antonio
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley
Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler counties
Milwaukee Jewish Federation
Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation
The ASSOcIATED: Jewish community Federation of Baltimore
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
UJA-Federation of New York
UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey
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7,000-plus Jewish elementary students in the North are learning Arabic in Language as a Cultural Bridge through the Abraham Fund Initiatives.
In a philanthropic partnership connecting major Israeli corporation IDB Group with our worldwide partners, hospital and educational capital projects totaling $30 million are underway to enhance emergency readiness.
The lives of 100,000 youth from the North and Western Negev were enriched through Jewish Agency Enrichment Fund extracurricular activities in cooperation with other NGOs.
To date, 672 families have been stabilized by close to $4 million in emergency financial aid through the Jewish Agency Fund for Victims of Terror.
Elementary school kids from 31 communities in the North who participated in extracurricular enrichment activity showed improved class performance. 6,000 special-needs and at-risk children showed significant improvement through special extracurricular programs.
Thousands of children from the North participated in day trips to the center of the country and cultural outings in Tel Aviv.
20-plus Jewish and Arab elementary schools in the North saw an increase in the levels of trust through our Personal Encounters program.
Summer camps for 3,000 youngsters from Northern Israel provided therapeutic support in a fun-filled setting.
Financial assistance from the Claims Conference provided critical short-term support for 60-plus Holocaust Survivors living in the North.
100-plus IDF soldiers received essential emergency financial assistance through the Fund for Victims of Terror.
learn more at jewishagency.org
IDF widows received crucial emergency aid from 24 grants distributed thanks to Keren Hayesod Australia.
Scholarships averaging $1,000 received by 1,600 students at Sapir College in Sderot in return for volunteering with children in the area, enabled them to continue their studies.
Elementary school students from five municipalities in Sderot and surrounding areas improved their academic performance after participating in extracurricular enrichment activities.
12,000-plus children from Sderot and the surrounding Western Negev communities were able to de-stress out of harm’s way during day-long trips or special week-long camp sessions during school-year holidays.
Twenty bomb shelters in the city of Sderot and in the Gaza perimeter communities were renovated to substantially increase protection.
The SOS fund of the Fund for Victims of Terror provided 360-plus victims of Kassam attacks with the financial assistance to stay afloat.
Some 300 educators in Sderot and Western Negev were trained to work with children living under stress and trauma.
More than 20,000 Israelis attending a two-day Sderot Merchant’s Fair in Tel Aviv provided critical support for 110 small-business owners from Sderot and surrounding areas.
Over 7,000 youngsters from Sderot and the surrounding areas participated in safe summer camps and activities.
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No matter what it takes, we will be there for the people of Israel.
United Jewish communities of MetroWest New Jersey
United Jewish council of Greater Toledo
United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh
United Jewish Federation of San Diego county
UIA Federations canada
The russell Berrie Foundation
Ellison Sderot community Protection Fund
International commission on Holocaust Era Insurance claims
The Eleanor M. & Herbert D. Katz Family Foundation, Inc.
Jean & Irwin Levy Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach county
The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family charitable Funds
Paktor Family Foundation
Bernard rapoport
Union for reform Judaism
Thelma S. rodbell charitable Trust
Nathaniel De rothchilde
Louis White Estate
Nochi Dankner, chairman & cEO, IDB Holding corporation Ltd.
Spirit of Israel
Designated grant recognition (continued):
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Together, over 60 years, we’ve brought more than 3 million olim home to Israel. Our unparalleled experience has shown us how vital aliyah is in building a strong
Jewish state. That task is not over. Israel’s very future and its character will be shaped by the actions we
take today. At this next stage of building a modern, Western-style democracy based on Jewish values,
aliyah will continue to be a source of Israel’s strength. And encouraging potential new immigrants to
explore life in Israel through innovative programming will continue to be a major focus of our work.
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then. Simon Alfassy was born in Casablanca, Morocco. At the age of 12, he left school to
support his family; in 1962, when he was 17, he promised his dying father to take the family to Israel.
After bribing officials to change the age on his identity card to 21, and with the help of emissaries working
clandestinely to bring Moroccan Jews to Israel, Simon’s family traveled under the cover of night from
Casablanca to Tangiers, and finally to Gibraltar. From there, the Jewish Agency flew the group to Israel and
settled them in the development town of Yokneam. The Jewish Agency gave the family its first two-room
apartment and a living stipend. But times were tough and Simon immediately went to look for work. “I
vowed that I would make it in Israel. I never wanted to be poor again,” he says. Simon looks back on the
support the Jewish Agency gave his family in the past, and the support it is giving him now to help the
people of Yokneam. “I feel like I am closing a circle,” says Simon. “The Jewish Agency helped my family
come to Israel and to integrate. Now they are helping me, as mayor of Yokneam, give other newcomers
this same assistance. This is how it should work—the person who receives then becomes the person who
gives. Because of the Jewish Agency, millions share my story. It is the miracle of Israel.”
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Our FOCuS TOdAY:>> Exploring life opportunities in Israel>> Accelerating successful integration
her own path. Four years into studying to be a pharmacist
at the university of Paris, Carine Sakh, 27, decided to leave her studies and volunteer
in Israel. “I didn’t feel that being a pharmacist was the right thing for me,” says Carine.
“I had been active in the student government trying to promote mandatory first aid
courses for all students. When I left university, I chose to volunteer for the Jewish Agency
Magen david Adom Volunteer Emergency Services program in Israel.” Following her
three months with MdA and life in our Beit Canada Absorption Center, Carine decided
to make aliyah. She passed her college entrance exams (which she took in French)
and is attending the david Yellin Teachers College in Jerusalem with a major in special
education for disabled children. Carine is building the life she has dreamed of because
of you. Your support makes our volunteer programs like MdA possible. Your support
ensures that Jewish Agency Absorption Centers are engaging, supportive environments.
Your support is helping finance Carine’s studies through a Jewish Agency-sponsored
Student Authority Scholarship. That’s impact.
Through the new Jewish Agency Flex Aliyah concept,
potential new immigrants can actually experience life
in Israel prior to obtaining Israeli citizenship.
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Our innovative approach to aliyah today is focused on
providing young people and families the options and
opportunities to build the life they dream of in Israel.
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Exploring life in Israel. The fact of the matter is that aliyah is a uniquely personal experience.
That’s why we encourage potential new immigrants to visit for an up-close look at the incredible range of
possibilities in 21st century Israel. Your support is bringing more young Jews like Carine to experience what life in
Israel can be like through a variety of work, study and volunteer frameworks. Participants on Jewish Agency pilot
trips explore the range of professional, educational and living opportunities. utilizing the full spectrum of today’s
technologies—in addition to worldwide shlichim—we offer real-time access to information. And through our new
Aliyah Job Center, a portal into Israel’s job market, we provide a continuum of personalized employment services.
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Accelerating successful integration. Aliyah depends on the successful integration
of all new Israelis. Our absorption centers are extraordinary “first home” environments—providing the
personalized attention and the tools required for each newcomer to achieve independence. We also offer a
range of uniquely effective integration frameworks for young adults, such as Kibbutz ulpan and SELAH. For
those moving directly into communities, our national At Home Together program recruits Israeli families
and businesses as volunteers to “adopt” newcomers during their first two years in Israel—connecting new
immigrants to a powerful community-wide network of support.
Our FOCuS TOdAY:>> Exploring life opportunities in Israel>> Accelerating successful integration
each step of the way. The word transformative is
most certainly subjective—but not when it comes to the impact of our continuum of support
for the most vulnerable immigrants. Case in point: Benjamin Aklom. It was 1978 in Ethiopia
and his parents were fleeing for their lives. Just as they approached the airfield in Addis Ababa,
Benjamin was born. The newborn returned to his mother’s village while his father continued
on to Sudan. At the age of seven, Benjamin and his mother came to Israel in the very last stages
of Operation Moses. Their first home was our Jewish Agency absorption center in Kfar Saba.
Transition wasn’t easy, but ultimately with your help and a Jewish Agency-supported Student
Authority Scholarship, Benjamin’s mother received her BA degree in sociology and became a
successful community social worker. Benjamin, now in his fourth year of biology studies at Bar
Ilan university, is also receiving a Student Authority Scholarship. Without this level of assistance,
he would not be able to stay in school. Like all scholarship recipients, Benjamin is a dedicated
volunteer in his community and a “big brother” for an exceptionally bright, but drug-addicted,
Ethiopian teenager. “I support him emotionally … helping him get back on the right track. “
At the Jewish Agency, we provide the essentials needed
for a smooth transition to life in Israel and more intensive
intervention for those with limited resources.
Our Making the Grade program with Office depot and
other donors provided nearly 6,500 at-risk immigrant
youth in Israel with back-to-school supplies last summer.
nowNo matter the circumstances or the year, you start with the basics … Jewish Agency ulpans give the gift of Hebrew to newcomers.
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learn more at jewishagency.org/aliyah
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2,400 individuals gained insight and information at Aliyah fairs and events in New York, LA, Toronto, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Montreal, Chicago and Washington.
The 12 percent increase in Latin American aliyah reflects Israel’s exceptional life opportunities.
In France, 10,000-plus individuals attended aliyah fairs; Aliyah Job Center consultants provided employment options to 700 aliyah candidates.
305 families from France made aliyah in our direct absorption program that moves families directly into Israeli communities.
850 French high school students toured Israel in cooperation with Jewish Agency partner AMI.
19,712 new immigrants who came to Israel in 2007 strengthened communities across the country.
3,074 olim who arrived from North America (exceeding 3,000 for the second time in 23 years) are a source of incredible human capital for Israeli society.
1,500-plus young people on our exploratory programs (467 in our Professional Internship program; 629 Magen David Adom Overseas Volunteers; and 453 doing voluntary military service through Marva) had a transformative experience.
1,191 potential olim gained invaluable insight participating in a Jewish Agency week-long exploratory tour to Israel, tailored to participants’ specific needs or interests.
40 olim from Iran were rescued and started new lives in Israel.
Young people in Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia were introduced to possibilities of life in Israel at Youth Seminars.
900 young people from the FSU started new lives on their own in Israel through Na’ale, Selah or Kibbutz Ulpan—our young-adult aliyah frameworks.
130,000-plus potential olim in the FSU explored aliyah possibilities through fairs, community and holiday activities, seminars, and individual counseling.
Over 300 physicians in the FSU registered for the Medical Licensing Program to receive medical licenses before aliyah.
17,500 newcomers living in one of 34 absorption centers are transitioning to life in Israel through a range of acculturation programs; 9,000 new immigrants studied Hebrew in our ulpan sites.
School performance has increased dramatically for 1,450 elementary-age Ethiopian children who participated in YESODOT/Foundations after-school enrichment programs in our absorption centers, including 450 preschoolers in “Preparing for First Grade.”
350 young adult olim from Ethiopia were put on a fast track to education through our Kedma absorption program.
2,178 olim families and singles connected to a community-wide network of support through our national At Home Together volunteer program.
1,519 young immigrant soldiers discovered the richness of Judaism through NATIV—our partnership program with the Israel Defense Forces that provides access to pluralistic Jewish studies, including the opportunity for conversion.
300 lone immigrant soldiers and their parents from the FSU had an incredible one-week reunion in Israel through our Keshet program.
600-plus families made aliyah from the FSU through our community-direct absorption program; on Aliyah 2000; or through the First Home in the Homeland program.
The 237 percent increase in the number of aliyah-related inquiries to the Global Aliyah Center reflects the increased interest in aliyah.
The new Aliyah Job Center opened to provide in-depth personal employment services, advisors and an information-rich portal on the job market in Israel. Access to this new resource is provided pre- and post-aliyah.
700 immigrants participated in special licensing and professional retraining offered to accountants, dentists and pharmacists.
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You make it all possible.
Our profound thanks to partners Keren Hayesod, united
Jewish Communities and the Federations of North
America, who help support the Jewish Agency’s ongoing
work in aliyah and integration through their annual
campaigns. We are also grateful for the support of the
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and
other major funders.
In addition, we are grateful for designated grants made to several programs in this area of work by:
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan detroit
Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and desert Area
Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities
Jewish Federation of the Sacramento region
Jewish united Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Minneapolis Jewish Federation
The ASSOCIATEd: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
uIA Federations Canada
The AVI CHAI Foundation
Steve Beilowitz and the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern New Jersey
Chais Family Foundation
Ebenezer Emergency Fund
Alexander Feldman
Boris Gershtein
Lev Goldberg
Barnard Gottstein
John Hagee Ministries
Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York
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learn more at jewishagency.org/aliyah
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Israel PrizeWinner
2,400 individuals gained insight and information at Aliyah fairs and events in New York, LA, Toronto, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Montreal, Chicago and Washington.
The 12 percent increase in Latin American aliyah reflects Israel’s exceptional life opportunities.
In France, 10,000-plus individuals attended aliyah fairs; Aliyah Job Center consultants provided employment options to 700 aliyah candidates.
305 families from France made aliyah in our direct absorption program that moves families directly into Israeli communities.
850 French high school students toured Israel in cooperation with Jewish Agency partner AMI.
19,712 new immigrants who came to Israel in 2007 strengthened communities across the country.
3,074 olim who arrived from North America (exceeding 3,000 for the second time in 23 years) are a source of incredible human capital for Israeli society.
1,500-plus young people on our exploratory programs (467 in our Professional Internship program; 629 Magen David Adom Overseas Volunteers; and 453 doing voluntary military service through Marva) had a transformative experience.
1,191 potential olim gained invaluable insight participating in a Jewish Agency week-long exploratory tour to Israel, tailored to participants’ specific needs or interests.
40 olim from Iran were rescued and started new lives in Israel.
Young people in Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia were introduced to possibilities of life in Israel at Youth Seminars.
900 young people from the FSU started new lives on their own in Israel through Na’ale, Selah or Kibbutz Ulpan—our young-adult aliyah frameworks.
130,000-plus potential olim in the FSU explored aliyah possibilities through fairs, community and holiday activities, seminars, and individual counseling.
Over 300 physicians in the FSU registered for the Medical Licensing Program to receive medical licenses before aliyah.
17,500 newcomers living in one of 34 absorption centers are transitioning to life in Israel through a range of acculturation programs; 9,000 new immigrants studied Hebrew in our ulpan sites.
School performance has increased dramatically for 1,450 elementary-age Ethiopian children who participated in YESODOT/Foundations after-school enrichment programs in our absorption centers, including 450 preschoolers in “Preparing for First Grade.”
350 young adult olim from Ethiopia were put on a fast track to education through our Kedma absorption program.
2,178 olim families and singles connected to a community-wide network of support through our national At Home Together volunteer program.
1,519 young immigrant soldiers discovered the richness of Judaism through NATIV—our partnership program with the Israel Defense Forces that provides access to pluralistic Jewish studies, including the opportunity for conversion.
300 lone immigrant soldiers and their parents from the FSU had an incredible one-week reunion in Israel through our Keshet program.
600-plus families made aliyah from the FSU through our community-direct absorption program; on Aliyah 2000; or through the First Home in the Homeland program.
The 237 percent increase in the number of aliyah-related inquiries to the Global Aliyah Center reflects the increased interest in aliyah.
The new Aliyah Job Center opened to provide in-depth personal employment services, advisors and an information-rich portal on the job market in Israel. Access to this new resource is provided pre- and post-aliyah.
700 immigrants participated in special licensing and professional retraining offered to accountants, dentists and pharmacists.
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Partnerships withIsrael
Together, over 60 years, we have literally changed the face of Israel. We’ve built communities where there was desert, schools where there was sand. But our work in Israel is far from
over. Today, economic and educational disparities in opportunity are marginalizing more and more Israeli families
and children. Not surprisingly, the most dramatic rise has occurred in Israel’s social and geographic periphery—in
the Negev and Galilee. Israel in the 21st century will mirror our ability to create truly transformative impact for at-risk
youth and communities. With your support, the Jewish Agency for Israel is leading the way.
then. Imagine you are a new immigrant from Romania and arrive at a Jewish
Agency Youth Aliyah village looking and sounding unlike anyone else. You don’t know
Hebrew and you’ve missed out on eighth and ninth grades. That’s how life in Israel
began for the former head of Israeli intelligence, IDF Reserve General Aharon Zeevi
Farkash. “It was very difficult for me as a child. Even basic training isn’t as hard,” he says.
But he credits his time at the Ben Yakir Youth Aliyah village with his success traveling
the almost impossible road from disadvantaged new immigrant to army general. Today,
Zeevi Farkash volunteers as the chairman of Ben Yakir’s board. “I knew I had to give
something back for everything this place did for me,” he adds. “To help these children is a
tremendous privilege.” While the definition of “at-risk” children has changed throughout
the years, the care and support they receive at our villages has not. Farkash uses his
own personal story when he encourages kids living at Ben Yakir today to believe in
themselves. “You can achieve anything you want.”
Photo above: Aharon Zeevi Farkash with David, a recent Ben Yakir graduate now serving in an IDF Engineering Combat Unit; photo facing page, top left: Zeevi Farkash (first from the left) as a 15-year-old new immigrant living at Ben Yakir Youth Village
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one life at a time. Anat was a high school teacher for
five-plus years before she walked away from the profession. “There were so many problems
in the classroom … I had to be a policewoman, a psychologist—everything but a teacher,”
she says. Anat moved into the nonprofit sector, but two years ago, YOUTH FUTUREs gave
her the opportunity to come back to what she loved. “Now, working as a YF trustee one-on-
one with at-risk children, I see their frustrations and despair. My job is to be there for them—
not to judge them but to find the unique qualities in each, and have them see that potential
in themselves.” Kids like Benao, who was 13 and having problems in school, disrupting
classes and fighting with other children. Then Anat entered his life. she quickly discovered
that although he loved sports, his parents could not afford any extracurricular activities.
Through Youth Futures, Anat placed Benao in a Taekwondo martial arts class. He thrived,
rapidly advancing to take an award in an all-Negev regional competition and 4th place in a
national championship. The impact on Benao has been profound. “I can’t express in words
the change this accomplishment has made in every aspect of his life.”
Bridging gaps for Israel’s at-risk youth YOUTH FUTUREs, our innovative national
initiative, is leading the way to new opportunities for at-risk youth, ages 6-18, through holistic intervention that
engages the entire community. The goal is to bridge critical gaps—educational, social and extracurricular—in
order to dramatically increase the number of youth who reach their potential. Harnessing the partnership of
Israeli philanthropists in a collaborative model with worldwide philanthropic partners, we’re transforming lives
of risk into opportunity—and together, securing Israel’s tomorrow.
Every year, we’re transforming the lives of more than
18,000 at-risk youth through one of our innovative
programs. Nothing is more critical for Israel’s future.
YOUTH FUTURES, our flagship program, works with young
social change activists in the Negev and Galilee who act as
trustees to guide personalized intervention for each child.
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Transforming Israel’s periphery Today, communities in Israel’s geographic and social periphery are at a critical turning point. The Jewish
Agency has launched vital programs in the Galilee and the Negev to develop resources with the capacity to
create a new socioeconomic reality. We are encouraging business initiatives through small business loans and
working with young communities of social change activists to help bring new residents to the periphery.
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21st century pioneers. Cars, not goats; an
urban street scene instead of an open field. Clearly, a lot has changed over the decades, but
some things have not. Realizing David Ben-Gurion’s vision to transform Israel’s periphery is
still a challenge to be fully met. And just as early pioneers signed up in 1946 for the Jewish
Agency’s 11-Point Plan to build their lives on Israel’s frontiers, young people and families today
are following in their footsteps. But now our challenge goes beyond settling the physical
desert; we also need to transform the social desert. Partnering with these young communities
puts the original DNA of early Zionism into our efforts. Case in point: Gali Bassudo and the
Sderot young community, Migvan. From northern Israel, Gali first discovered sderot during
her army service in the early ‘90s. she never left. Together, with her husband and 13 other
families, they created an “urban kibbutz” within the city, raising their children while working to
improve the quality of life and education for the community. But as she is quick to point out,
“We came to build the country, but also to build ourselves.” Today, people don’t understand
why they choose to stay. “When you succeed in building the dream, you cannot give it away.”
At the Jewish Agency, we support and work with young
communities of activists building their lives in the Negev
and Galilee to achieve two goals: to bring thousands of
new residents to these regions, constituting a vital
asset for communities, and to provide continuity and
educational support to bridge gaps for at-risk youth.
1958. Early pioneers at Moshav Nevatim in the Negev (courtesy of Central Zionist Archive)
2008. Young Ayalim pioneers expand their efforts into the city
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Partnering Israel’s people with worldwide Jewish communities Through the energy and commitment of our partners, the Jewish Agency’s Partnership 2000 (P2K) program
has become the paradigm for successfully partnering global Jewish communities directly with Israeli
communities—the majority of which are in national priority areas. Every year, through this volunteer-driven
effort, the people-to-people connections and friendships that develop add a completely different dimension
to the Israel/Diaspora relationship.
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power of partnership. In 1981, as a teen
growing up in Or Akiva, Moshe Nakash remembers open sewage canals on the side of the
road. A tough community, Or Akiva had never moved far beyond its origins as an immigrant
tent city. Then the Jewish Agency launched Project Renewal and Miami began a 27-year
relationship with Or Akiva that would help transform this community. Moshe grew up in the
context of this partnership. Influenced by his father’s participation on the Project Renewal
steering Committee, Moshe became a leader on the teen council, involved in community
center programs funded by Miami. With the launch of Partnership 2000 in 1995, he became
the professional coordinator of teen programs at the center, including youth missions between
the two cities. Now, as the center’s director, Moshe reflects the new approach to partnership,
one based on mutual impact. P2K Miami chair Mikki Futernick, who has participated from the
earliest days of Project Renewal, describes what, to her, is a miraculous transformation. “On my
last trip there I met with a women’s leadership group. Each one had grown up in Or Akiva and
then left. But they have all have moved back—when people move back you know the town is
a great place to be.” In addition to Or Akiva, Miami is now also partnered with Yerucham.
In each of our 45 partnerships connecting over 550
communities, we are building living bridges into the
Jewish future based on a mutuality of impact.
A recent national survey documented the particularly
powerful impact of Partnership 2000 people-to-people
programs on thousands of Israelis participating every year.
Moshe contributes today to the vitality of Or Akiva, connecting the next generation through the ongoing partnership with Miami
Or Akiva in the early days of Project Renewal; in photo at far right, Moshe’s father tells him about the early challenges
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impact 0711,000-plus disadvantaged but bright students in 130 high schools, primarily in the Negev and Galilee, received enriched educational support to ensure they can compete equally for the prestigious IDF Academic Reserves through Pre-aTIdIM.
520 college students are involved today in atidim for Industry, in which 140 companies participate; 100 students participated in Atidim Cadets for Public Service at Hebrew University, of whom 28 graduates now work in the Israeli public service.
800-plus Ethiopian-Israeli students in Atidim programs are achieving extraordinary levels of academic success.
Receiving personalized tutoring in science, 200-plus Ethiopian-Israeli high school students are on a fast track for higher education through SPaRkS OF SCIEnCE, a four-year program at Technion and the Weizmann Institute.
High tech will be a pathway to success for 1,500 teens participating in nET@, a four-year after-school technology program with partners Tapuah, Cisco and Keren Hayesod in 24 communities.
30 young communities of social change activists who live and work in the periphery bring both new residents and energy to the Negev and the Galilee with our support.
5,800 at-risk youth, paired with 300 young adult trustees in YOUTH FUTURES, are gaining the self-confidence to excel through personalized intervention based on each child’s needs.
Youth Futures is operational in 28 locations. In the near future, the program will beexpanded throughout Israel.
1,100 youth at high risk, living full or part time in a YOUTH alIYaH village, are receiving the educational and emotional support to heal and thrive.
15,000 youth explored new ideas in a short-term educational or social program at the Nitzana Youth Village in the Negev.
Connecting communities in common purpose, 400 programs in the 45 P2k partnerships created a new level of mutual impact.
40,000 people, half of whom were youth and young adults, participated in P2K Living Bridge projects to build people-to-people connections.
P2K launched an Israel/Diaspora business-to-business initiative to engage business leaders as agents of social change. 26 young Israeli volunteers from five Partnership 2000 regions spent a year making Israel a vibrant part of 13 North American communities.
70,000-plus Israelis participated in educational, community and economic development P2K projects; over 200,000 people attended large-scale P2K events. Partnership 2000 steering committee members from around the world, P2K professionals, and mayors representing the 45 partnerships from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, came together to share best practices and chart new ways to connect at conferences held in both North America and in Israel.
ayalim Student Villages— consisting of four urban and five rural villages—are a primary funding recipient. Some 450 young pioneers are members of this unique initiative.
13 families live in the Jewish Agency-supported Sderot young community.
To stimulate the economy in the Galilee and the Negev, some 160 small business loans in excess of $5 million were granted.
Some 1,500 women in 40 communities participated in Project ISHa to advance women’s health in Israel, a collaborative initiative with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland.
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You make it all possible.
Our profound thanks to partners Keren Hayesod, United
Jewish Communities and the Federations of North
America, who help support the Jewish Agency’s ongoing
work in Israel through their annual campaigns. We are also
grateful for the support of the International Fellowship of
Christians and Jews, and other major funders.
In addition, we are grateful for designated grants made to several programs in this area of work by:
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation
Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation
Columbus Jewish Federation
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Jewish Communities of Western CT, Inc.
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey Ness Business Loan Fund for the Negev
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis
Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
Jewish Federation of silicon Valley
Jewish Federation of south Palm Beach County
Jewish Federation of st. Louis
Jewish Federation of Tulsa
The AssOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
UJA-Federation of New York
UJA Aspen Valley Campaign
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey
United Jewish Community of Monterey Peninsula
The AVI CHAI Foundation
Chais Family Foundation
Crown-Goodman Family through the Jewish United Fund/ Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Max M. & Majorie s. Fisher Foundation
Gainesville Jewish Appeal, Inc
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impact 0711,000-plus disadvantaged but bright students in 130 high schools, primarily in the Negev and Galilee, received enriched educational support to ensure they can compete equally for the prestigious IDF Academic Reserves through Pre-aTIdIM.
520 college students are involved today in atidim for Industry, in which 140 companies participate; 100 students participated in Atidim Cadets for Public Service at Hebrew University, of whom 28 graduates now work in the Israeli public service.
800-plus Ethiopian-Israeli students in Atidim programs are achieving extraordinary levels of academic success.
Receiving personalized tutoring in science, 200-plus Ethiopian-Israeli high school students are on a fast track for higher education through SPaRkS OF SCIEnCE, a four-year program at Technion and the Weizmann Institute.
High tech will be a pathway to success for 1,500 teens participating in nET@, a four-year after-school technology program with partners Tapuah, Cisco and Keren Hayesod in 24 communities.
30 young communities of social change activists who live and work in the periphery bring both new residents and energy to the Negev and the Galilee with our support.
5,800 at-risk youth, paired with 300 young adult trustees in YOUTH FUTURES, are gaining the self-confidence to excel through personalized intervention based on each child’s needs.
Youth Futures is operational in 28 locations. In the near future, the program will beexpanded throughout Israel.
1,100 youth at high risk, living full or part time in a YOUTH alIYaH village, are receiving the educational and emotional support to heal and thrive.
15,000 youth explored new ideas in a short-term educational or social program at the Nitzana Youth Village in the Negev.
Connecting communities in common purpose, 400 programs in the 45 P2k partnerships created a new level of mutual impact.
40,000 people, half of whom were youth and young adults, participated in P2K Living Bridge projects to build people-to-people connections.
P2K launched an Israel/Diaspora business-to-business initiative to engage business leaders as agents of social change. 26 young Israeli volunteers from five Partnership 2000 regions spent a year making Israel a vibrant part of 13 North American communities.
70,000-plus Israelis participated in educational, community and economic development P2K projects; over 200,000 people attended large-scale P2K events. Partnership 2000 steering committee members from around the world, P2K professionals, and mayors representing the 45 partnerships from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, came together to share best practices and chart new ways to connect at conferences held in both North America and in Israel.
ayalim Student Villages— consisting of four urban and five rural villages—are a primary funding recipient. Some 450 young pioneers are members of this unique initiative.
13 families live in the Jewish Agency-supported Sderot young community.
To stimulate the economy in the Galilee and the Negev, some 160 small business loans in excess of $5 million were granted.
Some 1,500 women in 40 communities participated in Project ISHa to advance women’s health in Israel, a collaborative initiative with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland.
learn more at jewishagency.org/partnerships
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Robert Goldberg
Irwin and Bethea Green
Hadassah—The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
Baron de Hirsch Foundation
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims
Jewish Funders Network
Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
Operation Blessing International
stephen s. Wise Temple
swiss Friends of Kiryat Yearim Youth Village
Youth Aliyah Germany
Zonligt Estate-Les Amis Belges de l’Alya Des jeunes
Giora Ackerstein, Chairman and Managing Director, Ackerstein Industries Ltd.
Yossi Avrahami Civil Engineering Works
Dan Hotels Israel
Nochi Dankner, Chairman & CEO, IDB Holding Corporation Ltd.
Elishar Food Agencies Ltd.
Gaydamak Endowment Fund
Ikea Israel
Kardan Group
Dov Lautman
Nike (Israel)
Yuli Ofer
Paktor Family Foundation
Perrigo Co. Agis Israel
spirit of Israel
Raya strauss Ben-Dror
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Working together for 60 years, we have made Israel a living part of worldwide Jewish communities because Am Echad is the heart of a secure Jewish future.
But with each passing decade, the challenge of connecting the next generation has become infinitely more
complex. We have to ask ourselves the tough question today: What will a Jewish future look like that is
comprised of isolated individuals who acknowledge their Jewish cultural identity, but have no engagement
with Jewish community? Using the power of Israel itself, the Jewish Agency is leading the way to connect the
Jewish world’s next generation through powerful, transformative experiences.
then. The contours of Brian Eglash’s life were being formed as he stood in the
fields of a kibbutz in December 1987 as a participant on OTZMA. He made his first visit to
Israel the summer before on a trip for college students and fell in love with the country.
As he says, “I knew somehow I wanted to get back.” Then he heard about a new year-long
service program called OTZMA—and what he heard convinced him it was the experience
he was looking for. “OTZMA,” he says, “was amazing because it let you connect on such an
incredibly personal level with the people. Project Renewal was the main focus and we lived
and volunteered in Or Yehuda.” After graduation, Brian made aliyah. Through the Jewish
Agency’s Ulpan Etzion for young people from around the world, he met his future wife,
who had emigrated from Ethiopia. After serving in the IDF, they moved to Pittsburgh, but
Brian’s life direction stayed true to his passion. Today, as director of Campaign and Resource
Development for the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, Brian understands the profound
impact of long-term programs on the future of communities. “The challenge is to get young
people to take a year off because it’s really a ‘year on’—an incredible, life-altering experience.”
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Bringing young Jews to experience Israel. Although we provide a range
of formative Israel experiences to tens of thousands of young Jews around the world every year, it takes
innovation to provide the broader range of experiences that deepen the impact and engagement. That’s
precisely what MASA is doing. This groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by the Jewish Agency, in
partnership with the people of Israel and worldwide Jewish communities, promotes some 140 long-term
Israel programs with a wide array of program providers. MASA’s vision: Ultimately 20,000 young Jews, ages
18-30, will come to Israel every year for at least five months—an entire generation transformed.
As a partner in Taglit-Birthright Israel, and through our
Israel Experience subsidiary, we provide transformative
short-term experiences as a critical first connection.
MASA takes this journey to the next level through
formative long-term study/intern/volunteer experiences
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life-transforming. Sometimes it takes
hindsight to realize the power of an experience. But not for Stephanie Fenio,
part of a new generation of leaders-in-the-making. Close to completing her
ten months in Israel as an Otzma XXII volunteer, she can already tell you how
her life will be forever changed by the experience. “A year-and-a half ago, I
hardly identified myself as Jewish. Now, I’ve learned so much about myself
and what I want for my life. Through my work with an incredible nonprofit
over the last three months, I’ve decided to refocus my career to the nonprofit
area so I can really make a difference,” she says. MASA is putting the promotion
of long-term programs like OTZMA higher on the community agenda by
dramatically increasing recruitment, matching grants to subsidize participants,
and working with program providers and Israel’s major universities to make
Israel a competitive study-abroad alternative.
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Bringing Israel into Jewish communities around the world. From Argentina to Australia, North America to the former Soviet Union, we work to develop strategies
tailored for each community. To ensure communities have access to the highest quality Israel-centered
education, the Jewish Agency employs a two-pronged approach: Inspiring educators from Israel go into
communities to add value to existing resources, while Jewish educators and young adults from around the
world participate in education, leadership and in-service professional development programs.
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igniting the connection. Growing
up in Russia, Kirill Demidov finally came face-to-face with his Jewish identity
in time for his own bar mitzvah. Although his mom had told him they were
Jewish, it had no meaning in their lives until she sent him to a Jewish Agency
summer camp. When a counselor discovered that Kirill was turning 13, he
arranged for him to celebrate his bar mitzvah with the entire camp at his side.
“At that moment, I felt the meaning of being Jewish.” And it would change
the course of his life. Back home, he became involved in Jewish Agency youth
activities. After graduating high school, Kirill made aliyah on his own. While
attending Hebrew University, after his army service as a paratrooper in the
IDF, he began working as a counselor in Jewish Agency summer camps in
Russia. Now the director of Counselor Recruiting, Kirill understands more than
anyone the impact of these camps. “Again and again, I have witnessed the
extraordinary transformation in kids. And for me, I’m still on the journey.
My work as a Jewish educator is not like a regular job—it’s a way of life.”
At the Jewish Agency, we reach out with innovative,
energetic strategies and work with our global partners
to deepen community engagement with Israel.
Every year in the FSU, thousands are transformed by our
camping experiences; each summer, young Israelis serve as
counselors to bring Israel into the American camp experience.
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500-plus youth enrolled in our SHORASHIM (“Roots”) program and other Holocaust study experiences deepened their understanding of Jewish identity in the context of 20th century history.
18,000 students enrolled in formal Jewish education, and 2,000 children in LOMDIM supplementary Jewish education classes at 66 centers in Argentina are receiving the foundation for building Jewish lives with our help.
11,000 youth and 2,000 teachers in Buenos Aires and surroundings are being enriched through our identity programming.
To increase and deepen the engagement of their community with Israel in creative new ways, 13 federations across North America participated in our community-wide Makom initiative.
30,000-plus students and educators from around the world had online and on-demand access to Jewish Agency e-learning programming, including 20 e-academy courses.
Throughout the FSU, more than 13,000 youth discovered their Jewish identity in one of our transformative summer or winter camp experiences.
Some 10,000 children attending 44 Heftziba Jewish day schools in the FSU and 2,000 in one of 90 Sunday schools benefited from the power of a Jewish education.
A connection to Jewish heritage, identity and Israel was ignited for 40,000-plus individuals in Jewish and Israel-oriented programs at our cultural centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev; 8,000 participated in classes at the Open University.
impact 07Hundreds of Eastern European youth were transformed by an Israel experience program.
2,171 young people from the FSU discovered a bridge from a highly assimilated life to their Jewish identity and our people on Taglit-Birthright Israel.
3,000-plus worldwide Jewish educators had their horizons widened in our advanced training courses in Israel.
Through Machon Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad, a record 377 young adults trained to become leaders for Israel-centered education in their own communities.
More than 100,000 youth were connected to Israel on a more personal level by Jewish Agency professionals in Jewish day schools around the world.
More than 750 educators served as vital educational resources, including 400 young volunteers/educators.
1,400 young Israelis served in North American summer camps impacting tens of thousands of Jewish youth by bringing the vitality of Israel into the camp experience.
400 young Israelis served in summer camps throughout the former Soviet Union.
60,000-plus young Jews were transformed through participating in either a short- or long-term Israel experience.
22,000 young Jews were introduced to Israel on short-term programs through the Jewish Agency-supported Taglit-Birthright Israel, and our Israel Experience subsidiary.
8,000-plus young adults from 48 countries took their Israel connection to a deeper level through one of more than 140 MASA long-term programs.
41 young North Americans volunteered through the year-long Jewish Agency and UJC/Federation Otzma program.
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Our profound thanks to partners Keren Hayesod, United
Jewish Communities and the Federations of North
America, who help support the Jewish Agency’s ongoing
work in education through their annual campaigns. We are
also grateful for the support of the International Fellowship
of Christians and Jews, and other major funders.
In addition, we are grateful for designated grants made to several programs in this area of work by:
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Minneapolis Jewish Federation
Syracuse Jewish Federation
The ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
UIA Federations Canada
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
UJA-Federation of New York
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey
Dr. Alfred Bader, through the Milwaukee Jewish Federation
The AVI CHAI Foundation
Chais Family Foundation
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Ed & Leah Frankel through the United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey
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500-plus youth enrolled in our SHORASHIM (“Roots”) program and other Holocaust study experiences deepened their understanding of Jewish identity in the context of 20th century history.
18,000 students enrolled in formal Jewish education, and 2,000 children in LOMDIM supplementary Jewish education classes at 66 centers in Argentina are receiving the foundation for building Jewish lives with our help.
11,000 youth and 2,000 teachers in Buenos Aires and surroundings are being enriched through our identity programming.
To increase and deepen the engagement of their community with Israel in creative new ways, 13 federations across North America participated in our community-wide Makom initiative.
30,000-plus students and educators from around the world had online and on-demand access to Jewish Agency e-learning programming, including 20 e-academy courses.
Throughout the FSU, more than 13,000 youth discovered their Jewish identity in one of our transformative summer or winter camp experiences.
Some 10,000 children attending 44 Heftziba Jewish day schools in the FSU and 2,000 in one of 90 Sunday schools benefited from the power of a Jewish education.
A connection to Jewish heritage, identity and Israel was ignited for 40,000-plus individuals in Jewish and Israel-oriented programs at our cultural centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev; 8,000 participated in classes at the Open University.
impact 07Hundreds of Eastern European youth were transformed by an Israel experience program.
2,171 young people from the FSU discovered a bridge from a highly assimilated life to their Jewish identity and our people on Taglit-Birthright Israel.
3,000-plus worldwide Jewish educators had their horizons widened in our advanced training courses in Israel.
Through Machon Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad, a record 377 young adults trained to become leaders for Israel-centered education in their own communities.
More than 100,000 youth were connected to Israel on a more personal level by Jewish Agency professionals in Jewish day schools around the world.
More than 750 educators served as vital educational resources, including 400 young volunteers/educators.
1,400 young Israelis served in North American summer camps impacting tens of thousands of Jewish youth by bringing the vitality of Israel into the camp experience.
400 young Israelis served in summer camps throughout the former Soviet Union.
60,000-plus young Jews were transformed through participating in either a short- or long-term Israel experience.
22,000 young Jews were introduced to Israel on short-term programs through the Jewish Agency-supported Taglit-Birthright Israel, and our Israel Experience subsidiary.
8,000-plus young adults from 48 countries took their Israel connection to a deeper level through one of more than 140 MASA long-term programs.
41 young North Americans volunteered through the year-long Jewish Agency and UJC/Federation Otzma program.
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International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims
The Nadav Fund
ORT France
Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation
Nathan T. Sedley Memorial Fund
Elie Horn, Lev Leviev, Aaron and Zev Wolfson
Gaydamak Endowment Fund
Motti Zisser, Chairman, Elbit Medical Imaging
Designated grant recognition (continued):
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With deepest gratitude, we recognize our partners in purpose who have made our history-making work possible. Every step of the way has required
your unwavering commitment and financial support. Every safe passage to Eretz Yisrael was made possible
through the generosity of those who would never be known to the beneficiary. Although this generosity of spirit
has defined the Jewish people, it certainly has never been more evident than in our sacred work together.
then. In 1963, David Ben-Gurion saw an inequity in access to
education that could forever alter the fabric and face of Israeli society. Only
19 percent of Israeli kids received a high school education—and they had to
pay for it. Of even greater consequence was the disparity of opportunities
available to “veteran” kids and new immigrants. He decided to do something
about it and turned to the Jewish Agency. In 1963, the Israel Education Fund
was born. Joseph Meyerhoff and the leadership of UJA, the government of
Israel, and the Jewish Agency put together a plan to build high schools and
libraries throughout development communities. The rest, as they say, is history.
The Jewish Agency is
leading the way in uniting
a growing number of
Israeli business and
philanthropic leaders with
our supporters worldwide
in dynamic partnerships.
(From left) Israeli philanthropist Nochi Dankner, chairman & CEO, IDB Holding Corporation, Ltd, with his wife Orly; Marcel and Jacky Sabag; and Zeev Bielski, chair of the Executive of the Jewish Agency, at the dedication of the new Naharia Athletic center.
Photo below: David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister and a former chair of the Executive of the Jewish Agency, and the late Joseph Meyerhoff, former chair, UJA
Photo below: Raya Strauss Ben-Dror, Israeli business leader and co-chair, Jewish Agency Board of Governors Partnerships Subcommittee, meets David Cape of Montreal during launch of P2K’s Business-to-Business Initiative.
(From left) Jane F. Sherman, co-chair, Jewish Agency Board of Governors Israel Committee; a young Ben Yakir Youth Aliyah Village resident; and director Yossi Krothamer. Ben Yakir is a recipient of a major grant from the Max M. & Majorie Fisher Family Foundation.
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United Jewish Communities UJC
Jewish Federation of Ocean County
Jewish Federation of Omaha
Jewish Federation of Orange County
Jewish Federation of Ottawa
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area
Jewish Federation of Peoria
Jewish Federation of Reading, PA Inc.
Jewish Federation of Rhode Island
Jewish Federation of Rockland County
Jewish Federation of San Antonio
Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley
Jewish Federation of Sioux City
Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon &
Warren Counties
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona
Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois,
Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky
Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey
Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Inc.
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley
Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities
Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region
Jewish Federation of Tulsa
Jewish Federation of Ventura County
Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties
Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County
Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts
Jewish Federation of Winnipeg-Combined
Jewish Appeal
Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Chicago
Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Inc.
London Jewish Federation
Madison Jewish Community Council
Memphis Jewish Federation
Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation
Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation
Milwaukee Jewish Federation
Minneapolis Jewish Federation
North Louisiana Jewish Federation
Raleigh-Cary Jewish Federation
Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation
Savannah Jewish Federation
Springfield Jewish Federation
Syracuse Jewish Federation
Tampa Jewish Community Center/Federation, Inc.
The ASSOCIATeD: Jewish Community Federation
of Baltimore
The Birmingham Jewish Federation
The Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania
The Jewish Federation of Pinellas/Pasco Counties
The Jewish Federation, Inc.
The United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
UJA Federation of Greenwich, Connecticut
UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey
UJA Federation of Westport-Weston-Wilton-Norwalk
UJA Jewish Federation of Hamilton
UJA/Federation of eastern Fairfield County
UJA-Federation of New York
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey
United Jewish Community of Monterey Peninsula
United Jewish Community Jewish Federation
of Las Vegas
United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula
United Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg
United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford,
New Canaan and Darien
United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York
United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh
United Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks
United Jewish Federation of San Diego County
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater
United Jewish Federation of Utah
United Jewish Fund and Council/The Jewish
Federation of Greater St. Paul
Windsor Jewish Federation
Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado
Augusta Jewish Federation
Calgary Jewish Community Council
Canton Jewish Community Federation
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation
Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation
Charleston Jewish Federation
Columbia Jewish Federation
Columbus Jewish Federation
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation
Fall River UJA Inc
Federation CJA
Flint Jewish Federation
Fort Wayne Jewish Federation
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Greensboro Jewish Federation
Jacksonville Jewish Federation
Jewish Communities of Western CT, Inc.
Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine
Jewish Community Association of Austin
Jewish Community Board of Akron
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga
Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester
Jewish Community Federation of Louisville
Jewish Community Federation of Richmond
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco,
the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties
Jewish Community Federation of the Greater east Bay
Jewish Community Federation of the Mohawk Valley
Jewish Federation of Arkansas
Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties
Jewish Federation of Brevard and Indian
River Counties
Jewish Federation of Broward County
Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts
Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati
Jewish Federation of Collier County
Jewish Federation of Cumberland County
Jewish Federation of Delaware
Jewish Federation of Dutchess County
Jewish Federation of eastern Connecticut, Inc.
Jewish Federation of edmonton
Jewish Federation of el Paso, Inc.
Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County
Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge
Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo, Inc.
Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic
Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas
Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton
Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis
Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City
Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West
Orange County
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County
Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County
Jewish Federation of Greater New Bedford
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans
Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City
Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County
Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix
Jewish Federation of Greater Rockford
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre
Jewish Federation of Lee & Charlotte Counties
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
Jewish Federation of New Hampshire
Jewish Federation of New Mexico
Jewish Federation of North Shore
Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana
We would like to thank each donor supporting federation annual campaigns, as well as our valued volunteer and professional partners at United Jewish Communities and in Jewish federations across North America. Your enduring commitment provides the vital support to ensure the ongoing core work of the Jewish Agency. And together, with our partners worldwide, we are securing the Jewish future.
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Keren-Hayesod United Israel Appeal
We would like to thank each donor supporting the 58 annual community campaigns throughout the 45 countries of Keren Hayesod, as well as our valued volunteer and professional partners at Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal. Your commitment provides the vital support to ensure the ongoing core work of the Jewish Agency. And together, with our partners worldwide, we are securing the Jewish future.
English-SpeakingCountry Campaigns
United Israel Appeal Australia
UIA Federations Canada
United Jewish Israel Appeal Great Britain
Israel United Appeal-UCF South Africa
United Israel Appeal New Zealand
United Israel Appeal Hong Kong
and the Far east
Keren Hayesod, Singapore
European RegionCampaignsKeren Hajessod – Vereinigte Aktion Fuer Israel, Austria
Keren Hayesod – Verenigde Israel Actie, Antwerpen
Solidarité avec Israël et le Peuple Juif – Keren Hayesod,
Brussels Apple Unifié Juif de France
Keren Hayesod – Vereinigte Israel Aktion e. V., Germany
Keren Hayesod – Appello Unificato per Israele, Milano
Keren Hayesod – Appello Unificato per Israele, Roma
Keren Hajessod Schweiz – Vereinigte Israel Aktion, Zurich
Keren Hayessod Action Israël – Suisse Romande, Genève
Collectieve Israel Actie Holland
Christenen Voor Israel, The Netherlands
Keren Hayesod españa
Keren Hayesod, Portugal
Förenade Israelinsamlingen Sweden
Keren Hayesod – Dan Danske
Israelindsamling, Denmark
Förenade Israelinsamlingen Finland
Patmos Foundation, Finland
Hjelp Jews Home, Norway
Fellesinnsamlingen for Israel , Norway
Keren Hayesod, Faroe Islands
Eastern Region CampaignsKeren Hayesod AthensKeren Hayesod Thessaloniki Keren Hayesod UkraineKeren Hayesod Latvia and Lithuania Keren Hayesod CIS
Latin American Region CampaignsKeren Hayesod BoliviaKeren Hayesod Chile Keren Hayesod Costa RicaKeren Hayesod ColombiaKeren Hayesod ecuadorKeren Hayesod PanamáKeren Hayesod Guatemala
Keren Hayesod MéxicoKeren Hayesod ParaguayKeren Hayesod PerúFundo Comunitário Porto AlegreFundo Comunitário Rio de JaneiroFundo Comunitário São PauloFundo Comunitário CuritibaKeren Hayesod Republica DominicanaKeren Hayesod UruguayC.U.e. VenezuelaC.U.J.A. Campaña Unida Judeo Argentina
FoundationsNadav Fund
Strategic AllianceInternational Fellowship of Christians and Jews
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We would like to thank our many partners who have infused Israel’s communities with the educational, cultural and sports facilities to support community growth. Nowhere has their impact been greater than in communities in Israel’s geographic periphery: the Galilee in the North and the Negev in the South. The Israel Education Fund is a partnership of the Jewish Agency and United Jewish Communities.
Anchorage, Alaska Barnard J. Gottstein
Baltimore, MarylandThe Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable FundsThe Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Bergen County, New Jersey The Joseph Appleman FamilyNorman Seiden
Boca Raton, Florida
Rose and Solomon Turetsky
Charlotte, North Carolina
John Belk, z”l
Chicago, Illinois
The estate of Mollie Goodman
Collier County, Florida Lorie Mayer
Hollywood, FloridaThe eleanor M. and Herbert D. Katz Family Foundation
Houston, TexasJohn Hagee Ministries Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Los Angeles, CaliforniaBenjamin D. & Harriet Bagno The Chais Family FoundationAnita Hirsh The Levy-Marcus Foundation Shelters for IsraelSinai TempleStephen S. Wise Temple; Metuka Benjamin, Director of education
MetroWest, New Jersey Mortimer J. Harrison Trusts
Miami, Florida
Joseph, z”l & Betty, z”l KopelowitzHenry, z”l & eve Rose The Russell Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana The Woldenberg Foundation
New York, New YorkThe Jacques Asseoff estate Adele Becker Diane BelferCouncil of Organizations/Labor Zionist Organization; Isaac Pulvermacher, ChairmanThe ernst & Paula Deutsch Foundation Henry, z”l and edith everett The Gould-Shenfeld Foundation Joseph Gurwin
The Stella & Charles Guttman Foundation Paula & Henry HanoverThe Dr. Bernard Heller Foundation Myrtle Hirsh Family The Jesselson Family Foundation Bobi Klotz Leon Miller The Claire F. Perlman Family Thelma Rodbell Yisroel Schulman Harriet Sloane Leonard SternDavid & Marietta Teitler UJA-Federation of New York Lily Wajnberg elaine Winik
Omaha, NebraskaThe M.H. Newman Foundation
Palm Beach County, Florida
Sidney, z”l & Mildred edelstein The eugene & estelle Ferkauf FoundationDaniel M. & Bente S. Lyons
Palm Springs, California
Helene Berman, z”lJewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area
Rochester, New York The Futerman Supporting Foundation, Inc.Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester
Sarasota-Manatee, Florida
Alfred R. Goldstein Lucien Levy The Sheldon Foundation
Tulsa, OklahomaThe Shusterman Family Foundation
Waco, TexasThe Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation
Washington DC
Hershel W. & Goldene Blumberg
Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania
Grass Family Foundation
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financials2007
In addition, the Jewish Agency would like to express special appreciation to the following Israeli individuals and business partners for their outstanding support and volunteerism this past year.
The Spirit of Israel/people of IsraelThe Jewish Agency would like to recognize those who have worked by our side to change the face of philanthropy in Israel. We are
especially appreciative of our main partner, the Spirit of Israel, and the 230,000-plus donors to the Spirit of Israel campaign. Since
1997, when the Spirit of Israel was founded by the Jewish Agency for Israel and Keren Hayesod-UIA, our partners there have made
an extraordinary impact in creating opportunities for Israel’s most disadvantaged populations.
Avi Naor – Oran Foundation
Ben & evelyn Lipshitz Charity Trust
Bezeq
Moshe and esther Bronshtein
Carasso Group
Cellebrite
Channel 10
The United Israel Appeal, a subsidiary of United
Jewish Communities, is a principal beneficiary of
UJC’s United Jewish Appeal Federation Campaign.
For more than three decades, through UIA, the Jewish
Agency has been the recipient of a US Government
Grant to bring humanitarian migrants from countries
of distress to Israel. A considerable portion of the
funds are used to bring ethiopian Jews to Israel and
to settle them in temporary housing.
Initiated by Congress during the early 1970s in response to the first large
influx of Soviet Jews to Israel, the State Department’s Bureau of Population,
Refugees and Migration supervises grant programs. Key members of the US
Senate and House of Representatives have provided the leadership to assure
continued support. Over the years, members of Congress have recognized
the continuing responsibility to help bring Jews to Israel from countries
of distress based on the principle that free emigration is a hallmark of a
democratic society, and therefore a priority of the US Congress. They look
upon this grant as a concrete expression of these values.
The United Israel Appeal UIA
Every effort was made to be as accurate as possible in recognizing our partners. Please advise us of any inaccuracies.
Channel 24
Check Point
COMPeDIA
Comsecure
eithan & Ala First
exLibris
Fritz Companies Israel T.Ltd
HyperMedia Systems Ltd.
Keshet
Joel And Riva Koschitzky
Leumi Card
Mashbir Lazarhan
MATRIX
Israel McDonald’s
Microsoft R&D
Premiera
Reshet
SANO
Shalmor Avnon Amichai /Y&R
SHIBOLeT & CO
Smile Media
Bennet Aaron
Joan Benstock
Herschel Blumberg
The Crown-Goodman Family
We would like to recognize these visionaries who have made a legacy commitment to support the vital work of the
Jewish Agency for Israel in perpetuity—a legacy to secure the Jewish future.
The Jewish Agency Endowment
Alex Grass
Arlene Kaufman
H. Irwin Levy
Norman Lipoff
Neil Moss
Julie Wise Oreck
Richard Pearlstone
Myra Reinhard
Jay Sarver
Ronald A. Sedley
Mike Shapiro
Jane Sherman
Alan Shulman
Carole Solomon
Richard Wexler
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Kibbutz Hashomer Hatzair In Rishon Lezion
financial highlights2007Despite the implementation of IEC projects, an increase of more than 9% in the scope of the Jewish Agency’s activities, and the strengthening of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar by some 9% during the year (see below), the Jewish Agency succeeded in maintaining a balanced budget. By continuing its commitment to fiscal responsibility and by working hard to further improve efficiencies in the use of revenues from donors, the Jewish Agency ended the year with a small budgetary surplus of $0.4 million.
The impact of the exchange rate difference was
minimized as a result of the financial hedging
activities undertaken by the Jewish Agency. These
activities were critical in managing our budgetary
control and thereby enabling the Jewish Agency’s
activities to continue at their planned levels.
As a result of the strengthening of the shekel, shekel-
denominated liabilities were revalued and their dollar
amount increased by 9% on average over the course
of the year. This was especially significant with regard
to the Jewish Agency’s liability to the Pension Fund.
While the actual shekel-denominated liability was
reduced from 606 million shekels at December 31,
2006 to 601 million shekels at December 31, 2007, the
dollar-denominated liability rose from $143.5 million
to $156.3 million, an increase of close to $13 million.
Revenues from asset realization of nearly $47 million
were available to use for the improvement of the
Agency’s financial position. Almost all this income was
derived from the payments by the Government of
Israel in respect to the sale of apartments owned by
the Jewish Agency and by some of its major supporters
under an agreement signed in February 1999. Under
the terms of the 1999 agreement, this revenue stream
is expected to continue for the next seven years.
As a result, the Jewish Agency’s accumulated deficit
in net unrestricted assets declined by almost $22.5
million during 2007, from $223.5 million at the end
of 2006 to $201 million at December 31, 2007.
revenuesThe Jewish Agency’s total revenues
increased by 9.2% during 2007
to a total of nearly $600 million
compared to $549 million in 2006.
This is the highest revenue for the
Jewish Agency in over 15 years.
2007 saw a $3 million decrease
in contributions provided by the
campaigns towards the Jewish
Agency’s unrestricted activities. 2007
unrestricted contributions totaled
$186 million as compared to $189
million in 2006. Designated income
received during 2007 for the Jewish
Agency’s projects, not including the
U.S. Government grant, was $122
million as compared to $135 million
in 2006, a decrease of 9%.
expenditures2007 saw an expansion in the scope
of the Jewish Agency’s operations,
not including financial expenses,
of almost 10%, the expenditures
for which totaled $594 million
compared to $541 million in 2006.
During the reported year, the
Jewish Agency’s operations within
the framework of designated
projects and allocations, other than
projects funded by the grant from
the U.S. Government, amounted
to $234 million compared to $200
million in 2006, a 17% increase.
liquidityThe significant achievement of a
surplus in working capital at the
2004 year-end has been sustained
in subsequent years. Bolstered
by the cash receipts from the sale
of apartments (see facing page),
the Jewish Agency has enjoyed
a substantial improvement in its
liquidity over the past several
years. The Jewish Agency’s working
capital surplus was $58 million at
December 31, 2007 as compared
to $69 million at December 31,
2006. The reduction in the 2007
year-end working capital surplus
is due to the $25 million current
commitment to the Pension Fund
being recorded as a current liability.
Volatility of the Shekel / Dollar Exchange Rate 1998-2007 Accumulated Deficit in Net Unrestricted Assets 1998-2007 Working Capital Surplus / Deficit
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consolidated balance sheets as of December 31,
Shoel SilverChair, Budget/Finance Committee
Yaron NeudorferChief Financial Officer
Hagai MeiromTreasurer
Date of approval of financial statements: May 21, 2008
2007 2006 Thousands US $ Thousands US $
assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 123,659 88,989Accounts receivable 88,635 108,216 Current maturities of investments and other assets 5,076 11,869 Total current assets 217,370 209,074 Investments and other assets 31,453 33,329
Fixed assets 142,380 135,265
total assets 391,203 377,668
2007 2006 Thousands US $ Thousands US $
liabilities, net of deficit in net assets Current liabilities Short-term credit from banks 270 1,484 Accounts payable 117,920 121,317 Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net 25,000 - Current maturities of long-term bank loans and deposits payable 16,009 17,349
Total current liabilities 159,199 140,150
Long-term liabilities Bank loans and deposits payable 62,282 88,866 Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net 174,233 183,073 Other liabilities 16,880 19,384 Total long-term liabilities 253,395 291,323 Minority interest 261 249 Deficit in net assets Deficit in unrestricted net assets (200,985) (223,479) Temporarily restricted for projects 172,124 162,125 Temporarily restricted for allocations 7,209 7,300 Total temporarily restricted 179,333 169,425
Total deficit in net assets (21,652) (54,054)
total liabilities, net of deficit in net assets 391,203 377,668
Please refer to the companion document “2007 Financial Report” to review accompanying notes that are an integral part of these financials.
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consolidated statements of operations for the Year Ended December 31,
2007 2006 Thousands US $ Thousands US $
revenues: Unrestricted donations and contributions: United Israel Appeal, Inc. 135,439 139,466 Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal 45,539 44,017 International Fellowship 3,451 4,678 Direct donations & Spirit of Israel 1,303 476 Net assets released from restrictions: United Israel Appeal, Inc. 126,077 108,159 U.S. Government grant 39,827 39,801 Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal 43,091 52,650 Direct donations & Spirit of Israel 26,100 27,400 International Fellowship 38,720 12,483 Other income 140,224 120,120 Total revenues 599,771 549,250 Cost of activities and other expenses: Immigration and absorption department 114,472 112,880 Education department 93,886 92,093 Israel department 88,622 69,202 Amigour social housing 25,914 24,388 Allocations and social programs 127,834 101,386 JAFI - wide projects and organizational activities 101,219 101,504 Support functions 30,081 27,738 Allocation to World Zionist Organization 7,800 7,800 Global management 4,256 3,747 594,084 540,738 Income from ordinary operations 5,687 8,512 Financial expenses, net 5,315 8,727 Income (deficit) from activities 372 (215) Other income (expenses): Income from asset realization, net: Sale of Amigour apartments 43,670 42,489 Sale of other JAFI owned assets 3,257 2,332 Increase in pension liability, net (27,860) (6,841) Other income, net 19,067 37,980 Net income for the year 19,439 37,765
Unrestricted in use Temporarily restricted For operations For projects For allocations Total Thousands US $ Thousands US $ Thousands US $ Thousands US $
Balance at January 1, 2006 (264,110) 133,753 3,606 (126,751)
changes during 2006: Temporarily restricted donations and Contributions received: United Israel Appeal, Inc. - 94,129 38,867 132,996 U.S. Government grant - 39,801 - 39,801 Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal - 11,514 40,528 52,042 International Fellowship - 2,032 11,249 13,281 Direct donations & Spirit of Israel - 27,079 10,226 37,305 Total received - 174,555 100,870 275,425 Released from restriction - (143,317) (97,176) (240,493)Net income for the year 37,765 - - 37,765 Funds transferred as recovery of depreciation expense 2,866 (2,866) - -
Net change during 2006 40,631 28,372 3,694 72,697 Balance at December 31, 2006 (223,479) 162,125 7,300 (54,054)
changes during 2007: Temporarily restricted donations and Contributions received: United Israel Appeal, Inc. - 93,122 46,440 139,562 U.S. Government grant - 40,075 - 40,075 Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal - 10,994 31,042 42,036 International Fellowship - 4,338 34,888 39,226 Direct donations & Spirit of Israel - 13,979 11,900 25,879 Total received - 162,508 124,270 286,778 Released from restriction - (149,454) (124,361) (273,815)Net income for the year 19,439 - - 19,439 Funds transferred as recovery of depreciation expense 3,055 (3,055) - -
Net change during 2007 22,494 9,999 (91) 32,402 Balance at December 31, 2007 (200,985) 172,124 7,209 (21,652)
statements of changes in Deficit in Net Assets
Please refer to the companion document “2007 Financial Report” to review accompanying notes that are an integral part of these financials.
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2007 2006 Thousands US $ Thousands US $
cash flows from operating activities: Net income for the year 19,439 37,765 Adjustments required to reflect the cash flows from operating activities (see Appendix) (19,533) (13,752) Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (94) 24,013
cash flows from investing activities: Purchase of fixed assets (18,067) (16,578)Purchase of long-term investments (2,389) (11,064)Proceeds from property realization 73,203 40,068 Net cash provided by investing activities 52,747 12,426
cash flows from financing activities: Long-term loans and deposits received 10,736 21,146 Repayment of long-term loans and deposits (40,468) (26,389)Increase in temporarily restricted assets, net 12,963 34,932 Short-term credit from banks, net (1,214) (1,222) Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (17,983) 28,467 Increase in cash and cash equivalents, net 34,670 64,906 Balance of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 88,989 24,083
balance of cash and cash equivalents at end of year 123,659 88,989
2007 2006 Thousands US $ Thousands US $
appendix: Adjustments required to reflect the cash flows from operating activitiesIncome and expenses not involving cash flows: Erosion of principal and accrual of interest on long-term assets and liabilities, net (801) (322) Capital gain on asset realization (46,927) (44,821) Share in losses of equity investments, net of minority interest (387) (473) Depreciation 10,952 10,808 Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net 16,160 11,555 (21,003) (23,253) Changes in operating assets and liability items: Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable 7,372 (15,187) Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other liabilities (5,902) 24,688 1,470 9,501 (19,533) (13,752)
Please refer to the companion document “2007 Financial Report” to review accompanying notes that are an integral part of these financials.
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New Zealand: Auckland Panama: Panama Peru: Lima Poland: Warsaw Romania: Bucharest Russia: Irkustk, Khabarovsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk,
Pyatigorsk, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg Scotland: Glasgow Singapore: Singapore South Africa: Capetown, Durban, Johannesburg
Spain: Barcelona, Madrid Sweden: Goteborg, Malmo Switzerland: Zurich Turkey: Istanbul Ukraine: Dnepopetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkov, Kiev, Lvov, Odessa,
Simferopol Uruguay: Montevideo USA: Akron, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boca Raton, Boston, Champaign, Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, College
Park, Columbus, Davis, Dayton, Detroit, Ft. Myers, Gainesville, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Madison, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee,
Minneapolis, Mobile, Nashville, New Jersey, New York City, Oakland, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Quad City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Savannah,
South Bend, St. Louis, St. Luis Obispo, Stanford, Syracuse, Tucson, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach, York, Youngstown Uzbekistan: Tashkent Venezuela: Caracas
Argentina: Bahia Blana, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, La Plata, Paranha, Rosario, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman Australia: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth,
Sydney Austria: Vienna Azerbaijan: Baku Belarus: Minsk Belgium: Antwerp, Brussels Brazil: Bela Horizonte, Curitiva, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Saõ
Paulo Bulgaria: Sofia Canada: Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, St. John’s, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg Chile: Santiago Costa Rica: San Jose
Czech Republic: Prague Denmark: Copenhagen Ecuador: Quito England: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester
Ethiopia: Addis-Ababa France: Bordeaux, Enghien, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Rouen, Toulouse Georgia: Tbilisi Germany: Berlin,
Cologne, Frankfurt, Hanover Greece: Athens, Salonika Holland: Amsterdam Hong Kong: Hong Kong Hungary: Budapest Italy: Firenze, Genoa, Milan,
Rome, Trieste, Turin Kazakhstan: Almaty Kenya: Nairobi Latvia: Riga Luxemburg: Luxemburg Mexico: Mexico City, Monterrey Moldova: Kishinev
impactglobal
Jewish AgencyEmissaries a worldwide team… bringing Israel into lives and communities.
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The P2K Awards of Excellence showcase and applaud those programs that have made
an outstanding contribution in their P2K region. Winners of Awards of Excellence are chosen by an ad hoc
committee comprised of lay and professional leadership. Recognition is bestowed based on merit and creativity.
in 2006 Western Galilee/Central Region Consortium Emergency Response Group (ERG)
Tel Aviv/Los Angeles School Twinning
Afula/Gilboa/Southern New England Consortium (SNEC) Young Emissaries (Shinshinim)
United Kingdom/Confrontation Line Limud Galil
the P2K award of excellence
was presented to the following partnerships:
in 2007Haifa/Boston Teens For Tzedek
Carmiel/Misgav/Pittsburgh The Joint Women’s Forum
Kfar Vradim/Belgium Youth Delegation Exchange
Hadera/Eiron/UJC Southeast Region Consortium YP2K (Youth Partnership 2000)
Eilat/Eilot/Toronto Internship Program
P2K550 Global Communities in 45 Partnerships with Israel. The Jewish Agency would like to thank our partner communities in Israel and the
Diaspora—you are building living bridges that will carry us into the Jewish future.
Israeli region Diaspora community 1. Galilee Panhandle Coast to Coast, Canada 2. Tzfat-Hatzor-Rosh Pina Palm Beach County 3. Confrontation Line Great Britain 4. Western Galilee UJC Central Region Consortium 5. Kfar Vradim Belgium 6. Haifa Boston 7. Carmiel-Misgav Pittsburgh 8. Central Galilee Michigan 9. Sovev Kinneret Milwaukee-St. Paul-Tulsa 10. Yokneam-Meggido Atlanta-St. Louis 11. Afula-Gilboa UJC Southern New England Consortium (SNEC) 12. Hadera Charlotte 13. Hadera-Eiron UJC Southeast Region Consortium 14. Beit Shean Cleveland 15. Or Akiva Miami 16. Yerucham Miami 17. Netanya Cincinnati 18. Tel Aviv Los Angeles 19. Ramle-Gezer Kansas City 20. Shoham Venezuela 21. Beit Shemesh-Yehuda Plains South Africa-Washington, D.C. 22. Ramat Hanegev-Nitzana Denver 23. Ashkelon Coast-Kiryat Malachi UJC Western Region Consortium 24. Ashkelon Coast-Kiryat Malachi Tucson-Phoenix-Seattle (TIPS) 25. Sderot-Sha’ar Hanegev Holland-Italy 26. Kiryat Gat-Lachish-Shafir Chicago 27. Netivot-Sedot Negev Philadelphia 28. Beer Sheva-Bnei Shimon Montreal 29. Ofakim-Merchavim MetroWest, New Jersey 30. Eshkol Mexico-Northeastern New York 31. Jerusalem New York 32. Dimona Network of Independent UJC Communities 33. Arad-Tamar UJC New Jersey Consortium and Delaware 34. Central Arava Australia 35. Eilat-Eilot Toronto 36. Kiryat Bialik South Palm Beach County, Florida 37. Emek Hefer Richmond, Virginia 38. Kfar Saba Columbus, Ohio 39. Yoav Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania 40. Yoseftal-Petach Tikva Houston 41. Nahariya Northern New Jersey 42. Modiin Rochester, New York 43. Rosh Ha’ayin Birmingham-New Orleans 44. Nesher Broward County, Florida 45. Kiryat Motzkin Orlando
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1979 37,222 17,614 3,273 1,648 1,058 1,577 978 45
1980 20,428 7,570 2,550 1,430 900 1,036 346 259
1981 12,599 1,770 2,670 1,430 882 949 220 650
1982 13,723 782 2,934 1,682 1,154 1,165 271 950 10,674
1983 16,906 399 3,806 2,094 1,294 1,283 324 2,393
1984 19,981 367 2,827 1,539 786 841 281 8,327
1985 10,642 362 2,090 1,017 577 836 246 1,886
1986 9,505 202 2,179 927 568 772 565 236
1987 12,965 2,096 1,986 888 577 1,078 737 231 8,306
1988 13,034 2,283 1,700 920 528 1,546 487 595
1989 24,050 12,932 1,533 900 452 1,853 262 1,448
1990 199,516 185,227 1,546 864 488 2,045 175 4,121
1991 176,100 147,839 1,703 966 472 666 135 20,014
1992 77,057 65,093 2,068 1,182 459 356 267 3,648
1993 76,805 66,145 2,280 1,372 647 375 437 863
1994 79,844 68,079 2,398 1,512 626 538 595 1,197
1995 77,382 64,848 2,752 1,933 703 1,095 325 1,311
1996 72,009 59,048 2,926 2,052 581 1,391 323 1,411
1997 67,670 54,626 2,775 2,279 553 1,280 367 1,661
1998 57,950 46,034 2,296 1,990 486 770 236 3,110
1999 77,737 66,848 2,148 1,557 473 949 276 2,290 9,889
2000 61,025 50,817 1,735 1,366 394 1,095 225 2,201 699
2001 44,247 33,601 1,653 1,144 352 1,421 187 3,274 538
2002 34,847 18,508 2,040 2,481 316 6,225 215 2,656 413
2003 24,434 12,383 2,385 2,083 402 1,465 117 3,029 436
2004 22,139 10,130 2,641 2,415 435 494 97 3,695 331
2005 22,710 9,431 2,987 3,005 481 426 126 3,571 288
2006 20,966 7,472 3,202 2,838 738 318 157 3,595 250
2007 19,712 6,502 3,074 2,717 660 342 178 3,591 377
3,046,153 1,171,014 130,624 84,557 35,815 68,117 20,558 82,715 759,167
Year Total FSU North France UK Argentina South Ethiopia Middle Olim America Africa East
Notes:
Statistics based on data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics and the Jewish Agency.
Data since 1995 includes returning Israel adults and minors.
Year Total FSU North France UK Argentina South Ethiopia Middle Olim America Africa East
1948 101,828 1,175 336 640 501 62 178
1949 239,954 3,255 659 1,665 796 326 228 1 326,105
1950 170,563 290 888 672 662 435 205 5
1951 175,279 196 618 401 347 325 72 1
1952 24,610 74 353 246 257 291 51
1953 11,575 45 234 196 192 427 46 3
1954 18,491 30 349 201 181 398 73 13
1955 37,528 139 380 206 204 363 111 25
1956 56,330 470 209 199 176 505 234 1 173,181
1957 72,634 1,324 313 267 223 665 96 5
1958 27,290 729 409 274 227 515 106 4
1959 23,988 1,362 379 326 229 420 114 3
1960 24,692 1,923 462 371 268 337 154 3
1961 47,735 224 348 372 235 495 116 2
1962 61,533 194 677 580 363 693 195 11 130,908
1963 64,489 314 968 546 536 4,255 409 17
1964 55,036 541 1,122 731 408 1,998 381 8
1965 31,115 895 1,016 830 356 1,154 310 9
1966 15,957 2,054 826 700 351 664 301 21
1967 14,469 1,403 739 893 299 547 233 13
1968 20,703 224 1,035 2,523 467 559 160 17 69,451
1969 38,111 3,019 6,419 5,292 1,763 1,274 715 14
1970 36,750 992 7,158 4,414 1,585 1,457 803 13
1971 41,930 12,839 8,122 3,281 1,381 2,107 647 7
1972 55,888 31,652 6,034 2,356 1,030 2,598 605 40
1973 54,886 33,477 4,786 1,473 760 2,809 577 41
1974 31,979 16,816 3,393 1,345 832 1,625 432 24
1975 20,028 8,531 3,065 1,382 707 892 415 19 27,321
1976 19,754 7,279 2,979 1,416 592 1,616 585 10
1977 21,429 8,348 2,906 1,226 840 2,158 1,448 90
1978 26,394 12,192 3,285 1,302 1,005 1,960 1,403 37
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bringing over 3 million togetherolim to Israel
*According to the Central Bureau of Statistics. Numbers include returning Israeli adults and minors.
Country Aliyah 2007
Total Asia 398
Russia 3,663Ukraine 1,632 Southern Caucasus and Asia 1,185 Rest of FSU 22
Total FSU 6,502
Bulgaria 33Poland 22 Hungary 49 Former Yugoslavia 17 Romania 37 Rest of Eastern Europe 19
Total Eastern Europe 177
Italy 68 Belgium 113 Germany 123Holland 51 United Kingdom 660 Spain 33 France 2,717Switzerland 96Scandinavia 49 Rest of Western Europe 27
Total Western Europe 3,937
Country Aliyah 2007
Ethiopia 3,591 South Africa 178Morocco 48 Rest of Africa 19
Total Africa 3,836 Mexico 66 Uruguay 143 Argentina 342 Brazil 284 Venezuela 140Peru 184Chile 71 Columbia 235Rest of South America 172
Total South America 1,637
USA 2,762Canada 312
Total North America 3,074
Australia 122New Zealand 10
Total Oceania 132
Other 19
Total Olim 19,712 *
fast factsaliyah
*According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, there are an additional 290,000 immigrants living
in Israel who are not registered as Jews by the Ministry of Interior.
**According to Jewish Agency statistics, the total number of people in the FSU eligible for aliyah
is approximately one million.
aliyah by country of origin (2007)
Israel 5,393,400*
North America 5,649,000
Europe 1,149,300
South America 392,300
Former Soviet Union 356,700**
Oceania 111,000
Africa 71,500
Asia 19,500
estimated world Jewish population (2007)
olim from the west (2002-2007)
Region Number of Olim
North America 16,329
Britain 3,032
France 15,539
Latin America 16,331
Total 51,231
western aliyah overview
Age 2004 2005 2006 2007
0-34 62% 63% 62% 61%
35-59 24% 23% 24% 24%
60+ 14% 14% 14% 15%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%
age breakdown by year (2004-2007)
Over the last six years, the number of olim and aliyah-eligible individuals who have arrived in Israel
stands at more than 51,000. And this was a period in which there were two wars—the Intifada and
the Second Lebanon War. The implications of this aliyah are even more impressive: The majority of
these olim are young and educated, bringing with them a wealth of knowledge and energy.
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board of governors: Carole Solomon 2003-2007Alex Grass 1999-2003Charles Goodman 1995-1999Mendel Kaplan 1987-1995Gerald Hofberger, z”l 1983-1987Max Fisher, z”l Founding Chair 1971-1983
executive:Sallai Meridor 1999-2005Avraham Burg 1995-1999Simcha Dinitz, z”l 1987-1994Arye L. Dultzin, z”l 1978 -1987Joseph Almogi, z”l 1976-1978Pinchas Sapir, z”l 1974-1975
Arye L. Pincus, z”l 1965-1973Moshe Sharett, z”l 1961-1965Zalman Shazar, z”l 1956-1961Berl Locker, z”l 1948-1956David Ben-Gurion, z”l 1935-1948Arthur Ruppin, z”l 1933-1935
senior management
Moshe Vigdor, Director General
Eli Cohen, Deputy Director General and Director of Human Resources
Leah Golan, Director General, Israel Department
Alan Hoffmann, Director General, Jewish-Zionist Education Department
Jeff Kaye, Director General, Resource Development and Public Affairs Department
Shuki Menashe, Acting Director General, Aliyah and Absorption Department
Yaron Neudorfer, Director General, Finance Department
Josh Schwarcz, Secretary General
Arie Abir, Regional Manager, Europe
Maxyne Finkelstein, CEO, Jewish Agency for Israel, North America
Alex Katz, Regional Manager, Former Soviet Union
David Roche, Regional Manager, France
Yehuda Sharf, Regional Manager, Israel
Rony Steinitz, Regional Manager, South America
past chairmen
Richard L. Pearlstone, Chairman of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors
Zeev Bielski, Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency
Hagai Meirom, Treasurer of the Jewish Agency
World Zionist OrganizationReuven Adler Mark S.Anshan Meir AzariGavri Bar-GilNir BarkatOved BenozairHarvey BlitzDavid BreakstoneMeir CohenDanny Danon
Stanley DavidsAvraham DuvdevaniPaula EdelsteinJerome EpsteinNancy FalchukMiriam FeirbergSami FriedrichAdi GaiHelena GlaserGael Grunewald
Eitan HaberRichard HirschDavid KolitzGad KomeranShlomo KostinerAvi KrampaYitzchak KrichevskyVernon KurtzOfer Laufman Dov Lautman
Menachem LeibovicJoel MeyersShlomo MollaAvi NaorEhud NaorYaakov Ne’emanArik NudelmanAvi PaznerAmir Peled Leon Recanati
Uri RegevUriel ReichmanSteve SavitskyGabriela ShalevAlan SilbermanMoshe SmithSondra SokalEfi StenzlerOfra StraussKalman Sultanik
Moshe TheumimRani TraininJune WalkerYehiel WassermanEitan WertheimerEric YoffieYaffa Zilbershatz
Bruce ArbitRichard BernsteinMarion BlumenthalStephen BreslauerAlisa DoctoroffGary Erlbaum
Jake FarberDede FeinbergIris FeinbergMichael GelmanBetsy GidwitzDavid Gill
Herb GimelstobAndrew Groveman Michael HorowitzLarry JosephArlene KaufmanJoe Kanfer
Murray LaulichtMark LevyNathan LewingerNeil Moss Robert NaboicheckChuck Ratner
Myra ReinhardLester RosenbergJay SarverStephen SeligJohn ShapiroJane Sherman
Bruce SholkRichard WexlerToni YoungFred Zimmerman
United Jewish Communities / United Israel Appeal
Charles Goodman, Honorary MemberAlex Grass, Honorary MemberCarole Solomon, Honorary Member
Ronni BenatoffSimy BentataPierre BesnainouSami BollagLaurence Borot
Mick Davis Nelly De BobrowYechiel EcksteinAnita FischerMarc Gold
Adnan KandiyotiMendel KaplanRobert KaplanBrian KernerJulia Koschitzky
Mark Leibler Danny LiwerantLeonid NevzlinMenno PaktorStanley Plotnick
Sruel PrajsShoel SilverJack SmorgonHarvey Wolfe
Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal
Jewish Agency
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