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The URGENT and the IMPORTANT We Are There: The URGENT and The IMPORTANT 2014 / 2015 Performance Report 2014-15 Making a World of Difference - at Home A sampling of Jewish Agency participant numbers in Israel In Response to Operation Protective Edge Providing a Better Future in Israel’s Young Activists and Volunteers 73,500 Social and Geographic Peripheries 3,000 Days of Respite experiences 12,000 P2G volunteers and 2,000 in Youth Futures (children & families) 2,100 hours of therapy for new immigrants 2,330 P2G home-hospitality hosts soldiers in Nativ or Wings seminars 1,150 30 Youth Futures children called daily Ketzev Social Businesses developed, drawing: 850 in Youth Villages 3,000 340 lone soldiers provided with mental health participants 140 intervention and financial support Small Business Loans approved 260 120 430 Choosing Tomorrow students: new recipients of grants from recipients of Pensions for created drew the Fund for Victims of Terror Former Prisoners of Zion 60 3,000 1,300 and programs participants Scholarships for students who live 0-4 km, or study 0-40km, from the Gaza border (distributed in March 2015) 550 in Shinshinui (Service-Year Enrichment) 150 Returned Shlichim in post-shlichut activism events 650 Israeli volunteers for At Home Together 80 in Hamitcham (Arad) 40 in Project TEN centers at Kibbutz Harduf, Kiryat Shmona Participants in Israel experiences Education/Scholarship Programs Aliyah and Absorption 11,240 310 26,500 Masa Israel Journey P2G Twinned Schools olim brought to Israel: 6,200 350 5,400 Taglit-Birthright ( Jewish Agency supported) in pre/post-army service-learning Mechinot of whom are ages 18-35 1,800 20,000 25,000 Cha’il days of hadracha at new and veteran olim served by Nitzana Educational Community Absorption Programs and Centers 860 Onward Israel 1,100 in Net@ 140 Russian-language campers: includes native 23,500 Israelis and campers from overseas in Atidim 1,500 student Scholarships in 2014 360 Consistent with the rest of this document, all Na’ale students from the former Soviet Union numbers represent a 12-month period: 2014 280,000 calendar year or 2014-15 program year. Numbers participants in have been rounded. 30 programs receiving support through Jewish Agency Religious Streams funding The Urgent and The Important | 2014-15 Performance Report 3 2014-15 Making a World of Difference - Globally A sampling of Jewish Agency participant numbers around the world United States & Canada Latin America (Rest of) Brazil Great Britain 5,500 460 570 630 on Masa Israel Journey olim on Taglit-Birthright olim 630 285 35 505 on Onward Israel on Masa Israel Journey on Onward Israel on Masa Israel Journey 3,540 12 250 1 olim on Onward Israel on Masa Israel Journey P2G community 280 250 250 11 P2G Twinned Schools on Machon L’Madrichim olim P2G Twinned Schools 6 1,120 1 8 Camp Shlichim P2G community shlichim Service-Year shlichim 70 65 3 11 Israel Campus Fellows P2G Twinned Schools on Machon L’Madrichim other shlichim $106,800 60 9 17 Service-Year Shlichim shlichim Emergency Assistance Fund on Machon L’Madrichim Security Allocations 115 $12,000 $10,000 other Shlichim Emergency Assistance Fund Emergency Assistance Fund Security Allocations Security Allocations 30 France campuses given post-Protective 7,230 Edge Israel advocacy training Argentina Europe (Rest of) olim 300 1,610 1,130 1,280 Russian-speaking campers on Taglit-Birthright olim 180 250 on Masa Israel Journey 360 60 Russian-speakers in on Masa Israel Journey on Masa Israel Journey Leadership Development on Onward Israel 55 17 on Onward Israel 6 shlichim shlichim Mexico 1,250 3 1 260 teachers in BAMA P2G Twinned Schools Educator Training P2G Twinned School on Masa Israel Journey $913,700 $200,000 1 900 Emergency Assistance Fund children and youth in BAMA- Emergency Assistance Fund Security Allocations P2G community supported informal Jewish Security Allocations 8 education Germany P2G Twinned Schools 300 350 olim 4 on Taglit-Birthright shlichim 7 130 shlichim 70 on Masa Israel Journey olim 5 100 P2G Twinned Schools 65 in Nevatim in Project TEN center-Oaxaca Grassroots Leadership 50 on Machon L’Madrichim 20 100 on Machon L’Madrichim olim $40,000 Emergency Assistance Fund $116,000 300 Security Allocations Emergency Assistance Fund at Student Convention Security Allocations 5 shlichim Hungary Middle East & N. Africa India Ukraine 1,250 100 30 5,920 visitors to new Herzl Center olim of rescue in Project TEN center-Hyderabad olim 200 16 10 400 on Taglit-Birthright on Masa Israel Journey on Masa Israel Journey resident displaced persons 17 2,150 on Masa Israel Journey Ukrainian children in overnight Asia and Africa (Rest of) FSU (excl. Ukraine) 130 camps in Ukraine, Belarus, the 25 5,910 Baltics, and Israel olim olim olim 255 10 1 3,530 day campers in Minyanim shaliach (China) Leadership Training Ulpan students 210 1 local camp counselors 2 960 P2G Twinned School (Hong Kong) P2G Twinned Schools on Masa Israel Journey 340 $5,000 15 sunday school children Emergency Assistance Fund Australia and New Zealand on Onward Israel 1,600 Security Allocations Ulpan students 380 680 on Masa Israel Journey on Jewish Agency- 940 administeredTaglit-Birthright trips on Masa Israel Journey Ethiopia 25 4,650 on Onward Israel 20 210 overnight campers on Onward Israel olim 18 200 shlichim 305 65 day campers on Jewish Agency-administered- in Project TEN center-Gondar 200 730 Taglit-Birthright trips olim 1 camp counselors 4,150 1 shaliach 2,700 children in Heftzibah Schools P2G community sunday school children 2,000 2 South Africa 2,600 in Youth & Student activities P2G Twinned Schools 190 in Youth & Student Activities 5 140 olim 5,330 P2G Twinned Schools Russian-speaking campers and 120 children in Heftzibah Schools Sunday school children 4 on Masa Israel Journey 800 14 regular and mobile shlichim 10 P2G Twinned Schools Russian-speaking Jews at $430,000 community events on Onward Israel 8 Emergency Assistance Fund 1 40 regular and mobile shlichim Security Allocations on Machon L’Madrichim P2G community $92,200 Emergency Assistance Fund 6 $14,000 Security Allocations P2G Twinned Schools Emergency Assistance Fund 6 Security Allocations shlichim 10 on Machon L’Madrichim $80,000 Consistent with the rest of this document, all Emergency Assistance Fund numbers represent a 12-month period: 2014 Security Allocations calendar year or 2014-15 program year. Numbers have been rounded. The Urgent and The Important | 2014-15 Performance Report 5 Our Vision: To ensure the future of a connected, committed, global Jewish People with a strong Israel at its center. Our Mission: Inspire Jews throughout the world to connect with their People, heritage, and homeland, and empower them to build a thriving Jewish future and a strong Israel. We Are There: The URGENT and the IMPORTANT In 2014 we were reminded: a crisis for the global Jewish people could happen any time. Eastern Ukraine burned with conflict between Ukrainian and separatist forces. In Israel, increasing missiles from Gaza led to near-constant air-raid sirens in southern Israel, and the country was drawn into Operation Protective Edge. In France, increasing anti-Semitism combined with a floundering economy led to a dramatically higher Aliyah. The Jewish Agency already had infrastructure in these places, so we were able to quickly and effectively meet new needs. And while meeting those needs we continued connecting Jews to Israel and to each other, in dozens of countries across the globe. We continued our important work to provide Jewish education, facilitate Aliyah, and help people in need. We revitalized Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union and Central Europe, and empowered the next generation of Jews, around the world, to develop vibrant Jewish communities and global peoplehood. In Israel, we continued to nurture a caring society, offer opportunities to disadvantaged population groups, and promote diverse expressions of Jewish culture. For 85 years, wherever the Jewish people have been found, we have been there — and we continue to be there, thanks to our friends and partners who believe in the power of the Jewish collective. To all those who continue to trust us to lay the groundwork for the Jewish future: we are there, and we always will be, thanks to you. The URGENT and The IMPORTANT Our Vision and Mission 6 Opening Thoughts by Our Leaders 8 The URGENT: Crisis in Israel 10 Crisis in Ukraine 14 Crisis in France 18 The IMPORTANT: Connecting Young Jews to Israel and Their Jewish Identity 23 Connecting Young Israelis to the Jewish People and Their Jewish Identity 29 Meaningful Connections for a Global Jewish Family 32 Leadership Development 35 Supporting Vulnerable Populations 36 Aliyah 42 Our Friends and Partners 46 Board of Governors & Senior Management 52 2014 Financial Highlights 55 About data in this document: • Participation numbers for programs always represent a 12-month period, either calendar year 2014 or program year 2014-15 • Numbers have been rounded • Data for Masa Israel Journey about the 2014-15 program year is accurate as of April 2015 The Urgent and The Important | 2014-15 Performance Report 7 We Are There: The URGENT and The IMPORTANT June 2015 Dear Friends, Throughout our existence, The Jewish Agency for Israel has risen to meet whatever challenges have faced the Jewish people. Prior to 1948, we rose to the challenge of building the state-in-waiting, creating the infrastructure for the vibrant society Israel was to become. After Israel’s establishment, we rose to the challenge of ingathering the exiles, bringing more than three million Jews home from the four corners of the globe. Today’s reality presents the Jewish people with a new set of challenges, and The Jewish Agency is rising to the occasion once again.
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