THE JEWISH AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS UNIT THE POWER OF OUR COLLECTIVE

OUR VISION: A global and united Jewish people made up of a tapestry of strong, lively, flourishing and interconnected Jewish individuals, families and communities working together to enrich Jewish continuity, identity and cultural understanding between Jews in Israel and their peers around the world.

For 20 years, Partnership2Gether (P2G) has been: • Turning ‘Israel’ and ‘the global Jewish family’ from abstract concepts into tangible, vibrant, compelling realities • Strengthening Jewish engagement and identity for all involved • Growing genuine feelings of kinship, and an ever-expanding network of relationships within the Jewish people • Building mutual cooperation between communities on both sides of each Partnership • Inspiring Israelis with a rich variety of religious Jewish expression and renewal in the Diaspora • Helping Jews overseas to more fully understand life in the Jewish state

Partnership2Gether connects: 450 Jewish and Israeli communities in Each Partnership is led by a joint steering 46 city-to-city and region-to-region committee, comprised of volunteers in both Partnerships, engaging more than 400,000 communities dedicated to the creation of participants each year in meaningful, ongoing, fruitful, bilateral engagement: ongoing connections between Israelis and unique programs and one-on-one Jews from around the world. encounters based on mutual endeavor and shared Jewish identity. Partnership2Gether is the central The Jewish Agency provides a wide range platform for the promotion, of professional and educational support to empowerment, and development each Partnership and offers platforms for of deep connections between Partnerships to share their best practices, challenges, and successes. Jewish communities. LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN ISRAEL:

1 LOCATIONS1. Galilee Panhandle IN— Canada NORTHERN 11. Central ISRAEL: Galilee — Michigan 1. Galilee(Coast-to-Coast) Panhandle — Canada 12.11. HaifaCentral — GalileeBoston — Michigan 2 2. (Coast-to-Coast)Northern Galilee — Great Britain 13.12. NesherHaifa — — Boston Broward County 2.3. NorthernTzahar — GalileePalm Beach — Great Britain 14. Yokne’am-Meggido — 4 3 13. Nesher — Broward County 4. Nahariya — Northern New Jersey Atlanta-St. Louis 7 3. Tzahar — Palm Beach 14. Yokne’am-Meggido — Atlanta-St. Louis 5 4.5. NahariyaWestern Galilee— Northern — Dallas New Jersey 15. Sovev Kinneret — Milwaukee- 6 15. Sovev Kinneret — Milwaukee- 6. Western Galilee — Central Area St. Paul-Tulsa-Madison 8 10 5. Western Galilee — Dallas St. Paul-Tulsa-Madison 9 Consortium 16. Afula-Gilboa — Southern 12 11 6.7. WesternKarmiel-Misgav Galilee — CentralPittsburgh Area 16. NewAfula-Gilboa England —Consortium Southern New 13 15 Consortium England Consortium 8. Kiryat Motzkin — Orlando 17. Bet She’an-Valley of Springs — 14 7. Karmiel-Misgav — Pittsburgh 17. ClevelandBet She’an-Valley of Springs — 9. Kiryat Bialik — South Palm Beach 8. Kiryat Motzkin — Orlando 18. OrCleveland Akiva — Miami 16 10. Central Galilee — Ann Arbor 17 9. Kiryat Bialik — South Palm Beach 18. Or Akiva — Miami

18 10. Central Galilee — Ann Arbor LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL ISRAEL: 19 20 19.LOCATIONS Hadera-Eiron — Southeast IN CENTRAL 26. ISRAEL: Shoham — Venezuela Consortium 19. Hadera-Eiron — Southeast Consortium 27.26. RehovotShoham — — Minneapolis Venezuela 21 20. Netanya — Cincinnati 20. Netanya — Cincinnati 28.27. RehovotRechovot — — Switzerland Minneapolis 21. Kfar Saba — Columbus 29. Modiin — Rochester 21. Kfar Saba — Columbus 28. Rechovot — Switzerland 23 22 22. Rosh Ha’ayin — New Orleans 30. Beit Shemesh-Mateh Yehudah — 24 23.22. PetachRosh Ha’ayin Tikva —— NewHouston Orleans 29. SouthModiin Africa — Rochester 25 26 24.23. TelPetach Aviv Tikva — Los — AngelesHouston 31.30. IsraelBeit Shemesh-Mateh — New York Israel Yehudah — Washington DC — South Africa 25.24. BatTel Aviv Yam — — Los Toronto Angeles Connections 29 31. Israel — New York Israel Connections 27 25. Bat Yam — Toronto 28 30 LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL: 32 31 33 LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL: 32. Kiryat Malachi-HofMalachi-Hof AshkelonAshkelon — — 39.39. Ofakim-MerchavimOfakim-Merchavim — MetroWest 34 Southern ArizonaArizona MetroWestNew Jersey New Jersey 35 33. Kiryat Malachi-HofMalachi-Hof AshkelonAshkelon — — 40.40. Be’erBe’er Sheva-Bnei Shimon Shimon — — Montreal Western Region Network(WRN) Montreal 36 Western Region Network(WRN) 41. Arad-Tamar — New Jersey-Delaware 37 34. Yoav — Lehigh Valley 41. Arad-Tamar — New Jersey-Delaware 34. Yoav — Lehigh Valley 42. Dimona — JFNA Network of 35. Kiryat Gat-Lachish-Shafir — Chicago 42. Dimona — JFNA Network of 41 35. Kiryat Gat-Lachish-Shafir — Chicago Independent Communities 36. Sha’ar HaNegev — San Diego Independent Communities 36. Sha’ar HaNegev — San Diego 43. Yerucham — Miami 39 37. Netivot-Sedot Negev — Philadelphia 43. Yerucham — Miami 37. Netivot-Sedot Negev — Philadelphia 44. Central Arava — Australia 38 40 38. Eshkol — Mexico — 44. Central Arava — Australia 38. EshkolNortheastern — Mexico New — York Northeastern 45.45. RamatRamat HaNegev HaNegev —— DenverDenver New York 46. Eilat-Eilot — Toronto 42 46. Eilat-Eilot — Toronto

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44 ABOUT THE JEWISH AGENCY’S PARTNERSHIPS UNIT BeyondThe Partnership Partnership2Gether: Unit is the driving hub of Partnership2Gether. Some of the other stars in the unit’s constellation of Inprograms addition include: to Partnership2Gether, some of the other major 45 programs within the Partnerships Unit include: • The Global School Twinning Network, which creates school-to- • Theschool Global relationships School Twinning between Networkmore than creates 300 schools school-to-school in Israel relationshipsand more than between 300 Jewish 325 schools schools in Israel and 325 Jewish schools around thethe world, world with more schools added regularly. • 8 Loan Funds that support entrepreneurs and small businesses • in6 Loanthe Negev, Funds Galil that and support Jerusalem Israeli uniquely entrepreneurs connecting and philanthropy withsmall economic businesses resilience. in Partnership regions, uniquely connecting philanthropy with economic resilience • Support for Religious Streams, our allocations to the Reform, • ConservativeSupport for Religious and Orthodox Streams educational, our allocations and social to movements Israeli encouragingeducational andJewish social diversity programs and inclusion that encourage in Israeli society. Jewish diversity and inclusion in Israeli society – in addition to the Jewish engagement inherent in all our shared P2G projects in Jewish N learning, social activism, and community-building

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