Dorothy and Jack Bender, Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen, and Minnie and Abraham Kay aboard ship en route to Israel in the late 1950s.
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Photo courtesy of Beacon House Community Ministry.
The Foundation supports organizations that seek to maintain and enhance the core communal programs of the Jewish community of Greater Washington, with particular emphasis on programs that seek to engage Jews who are not yet affiliated with traditional Jewish communal institutions. The Foundation also supports national Jewish social justice organizations that mobilize philanthropic investments and hands-on volunteer support to help alleviate poverty in America’s inner cities and in developing countries worldwide.
Jewish Programs in the United States
Adas Israel Congregation Endowment Fundwww.adasisrael.org
The Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Endowment Fund at Adas Israel Congregation supports an annual lecture on "The State of the Jewish People" for residents of the metropolitan Washington community.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
www.jdc.org
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee provides rescue and relief to Jews in need both in Israel and abroad.
American Jewish World Service
www.ajws.org
American Jewish World Service supports more than 200 grassroots organizations working towards sustainable agriculture, increased access to education and health care, women’s empowerment, and economic self-sufficiency in 30 countries throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
American University - Center for Israel Studies
www.american.edu/israelstudies/
The Center for Israel Studies exists to present the creative and intellectual contributions of modern Israel in the arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities.
*Avodah-DC:The Jewish Service Corps
www.avodah.net
AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps engages young people to live out and deepen their commitments to social change and Jewish life through a year of full-time work at anti-poverty organizations in Washington, DC.
*Hillel Foundation at Tuft University
www.tuftshillel.org/
Hillel Foundation at Tufts University works to promote Jewish life at Tufts and beyond, through broad programming and a commitment to building a diverse Jewish community.
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
www.imninc.com/jcrcgw/index.cfm
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington is the public affairs and community relations arm of the Jewish Federation and 210 regional constituent organizations.
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
www.shalomdc.org
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington develops financial and human resources, as well as programmatic initiatives and partnerships, all geared toward building and maintaining a strong Jewish community locally and worldwide.
Jewish FundS for Justice
www.jewishjustice.org
Jewish FundS for Justice educates and involves Jews in the problems of poverty by making grants and providing technical assistance to grassroots groups working to eliminate poverty and leverages Jewish money for investment in low-income neighborhoods that need revitalization.
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington
www.jhsgw.org
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and its Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum preserve, chronicle and present the story of the local Jewish community through archival collections, exhibits, educational programs, publications, and the restoration and preservation of the oldest synagogue building in the nation’s capital.
Jewish Outreach Institute
www.joi.org
Jewish Outreach Institute works for the development of Jewish community-based outreach programming through national conferences, publications and informational resources.
*Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute
www.jypi.org
The Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute provides tools that help teens to become community activists, empowered citizens and generous and responsible adults.
*Jews United for Justice
www.jufj.org
Jews United for Justice leads Washington-area Jews to act on their shared Jewish values by pursuing justice and equality in their local community.
*PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership & Values
www.panim.org
PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership & Values works to train the next generation of Jewish leaders through the integration of Jewish learning, values and social responsibility.
Temple Emanuel(Concert Fund)
www.templeemanuelmd.org
In honor of Israel's 60th birthday, area congregations, cantors, youth and adult choirs held a concert at Strathmore Performing Arts Center on March 2, 2008.
Ziv Tzedekah Fund
www.ziv.org
The Ziv Tzedekah Fund collects and distributes funds to various little known projects in the United States and Israel that offer direct, significant and immediate services with a minimum of overhead and bureaucracy.
* NNCF makes a limited number of board-directed grants to pre-selected organizations.
Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
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