Organizing Partners

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Since 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has given global expression to the principle that all Jews are responsible for one another. Working today in over 70 countries, JDC acts on behalf of North America's Jewish communities and others to rescue Jews in danger, provide relief to those in distress, revitalize overseas Jewish communities, and help Israel overcome the social challenges of its most vulnerable citizens. JDC also provides non-sectarian emergency relief and long-term development assistance worldwide.  To learn more, visit www.jdc.org.

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life provides opportunities for Jewish students at more than 500 colleges and universities to explore and celebrate their Jewish identity through its global network of regional centers, campus Foundations and Hillel student organizations. Hillel is working to provoke a renaissance of Jewish life.  Hillel's mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Hillel student leaders, professionals and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming and inclusive environment for Jewish college students, where they are encouraged to grow intellectually, spiritually and socially. Hillel helps students find a balance in being distinctively Jewish and universally human by encouraging them to pursue tzedek (social justice), tikkun olam (repairing the world) and Jewish learning, and to support Israel and global Jewish peoplehood. Hillel is committed to excellence, innovation, accountability and results.

The Jewish Federations of North America
The Jewish Federations of North America represents and serves 157 Jewish Federations and 400 independent Network Jewish communities across North America.  The Federation movement, collectively among the top 10 charities on the continent, protects and enhances the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and Torah (Jewish learning).  In addition to meeting global Jewish needs, our Jewish Federation system also helps fund and partners with important Jewish organizations in North America. We do that primarily through the National Federation/Agency Alliance, the successor to the National Funding Councils. This structure helps allocate, evaluate and/or review national agencies that seek allocations from Federations.  For more information, visit Jewishfederations.org.

JCC Association of North America
JCC Association of North America is the continental umbrella organization for the Jewish Community Center Movement, which includes more than 350 JCCs, YM-YWHAs, and camp sites in the U.S. and Canada. JCC Association offers a wide range of services and resources to help its affiliates to provide educational, cultural, social, Jewish identity-building, and recreational programs for people of all ages and backgrounds. JCC Association supports the largest network of Jewish early childhood centers and Jewish summer camps in North America, and is also a U.S. government accredited agency for serving the religious and social needs of Jewish military personnel through JWB Jewish Chaplains Council.  To learn more, visit www.jcca.org.

JESNA
JESNA is a national organization created to ensure that the Jewish people thrive and its values flourish through education. We believe that first Jewish education is the best that it can be in all of its variety. JESNA's role -- to strengthen communities and their educational offerings by providing tested solutions, leveraging partnerships, promoting synergies, and building the connections that strengthen us all . We are currently engaged in a number of new projects and collaborations. In partnership with education leaders, funders, and dreamers, JESNA draws on its years of institutional experience and its expert staff to focus on a continuous cycle of improvement, progressing from learning to dissemination to active application in geographical and topical communities and back again. Building the capacity of Federations and their Central Agencies to improve Jewish education in local communities is a key means of accomplishing our mission.  To learn more, visit www.JESNA.org. 

Shefa
The Shefa Institute is the coordinating organization for Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s worldwide educational and publishing efforts. Its constituent institutions in Israel include the Mekor Chaim network of elementary and high schools, and the Tekoa yeshivat hesder, which together educate over 1,000 students. In the former Soviet Union, the Institute for Jewish Studies in the CIS runs informal education programs that have engaged over 21,000 individuals. For over 40 years, the Shefa Institute has been the spiritual home of Rabbi Steinsaltz’s Talmud project and scholarly endeavors.  To learn more, visit http://hashefa.co.il/.