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- Building a Jewish World
- Contemporary Jewish Demography
- DataJEM
- Concepts: Israel - Diaspora
Relations
- Israel - Diaspora
- Jewish Education and Identity
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http://www.jafi.org.il/ed/index.htm
Tens of thousands of people each year reconnect with their spiritual and
cultural heritage through Jewish Identity Programs of the Jewish Agency:
educational projects and services, educator training, young leadership
training, Israel Experience.
- Keren Hayesod
- http://www.kh-uia.org.il/
Sister organization of the Jewish Acency, representing and strengthening
Jewish communities in Israel and worldwide through educational and social
projects.
- Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael
- http://www.kkl.org.il/
Sister organization of the Jewish Agency; founded as a land redemption
organization. KKL-JNF is intensively involved in water conservation and
preservation of the environment in Israel. Raises funds through educational
projects in the Diaspora.
- One People with Israel
- Partnership 2000
- http://www.partner.org.il/
An innovative program, which addresses two prime challenges facing the
world Jewish community today: developing Israel's priority areas - the
Negev, Galilee and Jerusalem; and linking Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora
to promote Jewish continuity. A project of Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod.
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Resources
- aish.com
- Being Jewish
- http://www.beingjewish.org/
Easy access to the 3 components of the Jewish Way of Life: Ethics, Spirituality
and Peoplehood. Articles and questions from the public.
- Beth Hatefutsoth - The Nahum
Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora
- http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/jewpopworld.aspx
View the database of worldwide Jewish population statistics; Search the
database of Jewish family names, the Jewish Genealogy Center, learn about
various Jewish Communities or see the community exhibitions.
- CDGolem
- Central Bureau of Statistics
- European Route of Jewish
Heritage
- Institute for Jewish Policy
Research
- Israel among the Nations
- JewishGen: The Home of Jewish
Genealogy
- http://www.jewishgen.org/
Offers JewishGen Discussion Group, JewishGen Family Finder (a database
of over 280,000 surnames and towns), comprehensive directory of InfoFiles,
ShtetLinks for over 200 communities, and a variety of databases such as
the ShtetlSeeker and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland. JewishGen's online
Family Tree of the Jewish People contains data on over two million people.
- Jewish Identity Development
Project
- http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~melias/index.html
This project explores the role of Jewish identity in the experience of
the developing adolescent. Works together with schools and community organizations
to investigate these issues, and to incorporate the findings into Jewish
educational practice.
- Missing Identity
- ORT - Roots of Israel
- Social Action
- http://www.socialaction.com/index.phtml
Jewish resources for social change activists: torah portion teachings,
Tzedakak, holidays, life cycle events, peace, co-existence. Watch a small
film about Maimonides discussing Tzedakah.
- Test Your Jewish IQ
- Tzedakah Partnership Program
- http://www.jfjustice.org/EDU_TzedDesc.html
The Tzedakah Partnership Program for middle school students in synagogue
religious schools and Jewish day schools provides an avenue for Jewish
youth to critique the world around them, work on solutions to the problems
of poverty, and explore their role as Jews in creating social change.
- World Jewish Congress -
Publications
- World Jewish Population
Data
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Organizations
- American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee
- http://www.jdc.org/
Aid of Jews in distress, relief of Jews in need,
special attention to elderly Holocaust survivors, restoring and strengthening
Jewish community life.
- B'nai B'rith
- http://bnaibrith.org/
B'nai B'rith carries out global programming in public
policy, Jewish identity, community action, and youth and senior services.
- European Association for Jewish Culture
- http://www.jewishcultureineurope.org/
The organization aims to enhance Jewish life by
fostering and supporting artistic creativity and achievement, assisting
scholarly research, and encouraging access to Jewish culture across Europe.
- Global Jewish Assistance and Relief Network
- Hadassah
- http://hadassah.org/
Committed to the centrality of Israel based on the
renaissance of the Jewish people in its historic homeland, Hadassah promotes
the unity of the Jewish people and meet the country's changing needs.
- Jewish Heritage Society
- http://www.jewish-heritage.org/starte.htm
The Jewish Heritage Society is an independent scholarly
institution for the development and coordination of research in history
and culture of the Jewish people in the Russian Empire and the USSR, and
documenting the Jewish historical legacy.
- JCC Association
- http://www.jcca.org/
The association's ultimate goal is to create a community
of learning Jews who are consciously Jewish, respectful of Jewish differences,
knowledgeable of and committed to Jewish values and practice.
- Leatid Europe - European Center for Jewish Leadership
- http://www.leatid.org/
Offers intensive seminars, to enable participants
exchange to develop the practical skills and knowledge for community leadership
abd development.
- Ronald S. Lauder Foundation
- http://www.rslfoundation.org/
With a broad array of educational programs and community
projects and the international student exchange program the foundation
is committed to rebuild Jewish life in that parts of Europe where the
holocaust was followed by communism.
- WJUS - International Center for Hebrew and Jewish
Studies
- http://www.wujs-arad.org/
The WUJS Institute was founded in 1968 by the World
Union of Jewish Students and has functioned ever since as an independent
institute, providing one of Israel’s finest Ulpan programs. In addition
to Ulpan, WUJS offers extensive courses in Jewish and Israel studies.
- Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO)
- http://www.wizo.org/intro.html
International movement dedicated to the advancement
of the status of women, welfare of all sectors of Israeli society and
fostering of Jewish education in Israel and the Diaspora.
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