Our Impact

Each year, the Jewish Federation distributes $10 million to nonprofits locally, in Israel and worldwide with nearly $6 million raised through our Community Campaign and the remainder coming from our endowment and related funds.

Ensuring a vibrant and connected Jewish community is an ongoing and multi-faceted challenge, one we are up to meeting. Together, we are building a bright Jewish future, meeting community needs and keeping people connected.

By focusing on the big picture, we help create partnerships and bring the broader community together to address key issues and target resources effectively.

Stories of Impact

The Jewish Federation makes numerous impacts locally, in Israel and worldwide. Here are just a few examples.

Story of Impact: Raising Awareness of Breast Cancer Worldwide

Posted on Thursday Jul 15, 2010 3:25 PM
Raising Awareness of Breast Cancer Worldwide

Breast cancer is undeniably a major issue in the United States. But has the issue of breast cancer worldwide been overlooked? The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a major overseas partner of the Jewish Federation, has created the Women's Health Empowerment Program (WHEP) to ensure it has not been overlooked.

WHEP has made great strides in education and helping the rest of Jewish world learn more about breast cancer, by giving international women the best tool when it comes to breast cancer: education for early detection.

Story of Impact: Kiryat Malachi Art City Dancers

Posted on Monday Apr 19, 2010 1:45 PM

The residents of Kiryat Malachi, Israel, come from many different backgrounds. Many families came to Israel from Ethiopia, the former Soviet Union, Iraq, Yemen, Romania and other nations, hoping that a new life in the Jewish state would provide their children with a safer and brighter future then they had as Jews in their native countries. As they settled into the largely immigrant community of Kiryat Malachi, most would never have dreamed that one day, their children would travel the world, performing in an award-winning dance troupe.

Story of Impact: Nodari

Posted on Friday Mar 5, 2010 1:27 PM

When war erupted last year in South Ossetia, between Russia and Georgia, thousands of Georgians were displaced. Among them was Nodari Putkaradze, a doctor whose family had been living in Gori for generations.

Nodari and his wife and daughter were at home one afternoon when they heard an explosion. Suddenly, their balcony came crashing into the living room. The walls shook, the floor trembled, and the house began to collapse around them. They barely escaped, crawling out through a shower of glass and plaster. But as they ran to shelter in a nearby garage, a bomb landed close enough to throw Nodari against a wall and critically injure him.

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