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Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford 2018 Roll of Honor from the Chair of the Board HINENI JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD 2018 ROLL OF HONOR FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD Dear friends, Inherent to the life of any community organization is the need to remain vital and to fulfill its mission. But what happens when the community itself begins to change? Programs and activities that once galvanized a community may no longer draw the same interest. Your Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford is committed to the survival and vibrancy of the Jewish community – and our leadership, programs and grantmaking help to ensure its vitality here, in Israel and around the world. We also recognize that it’s crucial to remain relevant. And as a convener and funder, we are committed to helping our partners remain relevant too. We worked hard during 2018 to ensure Federation’s relevance today and in the future. Several months ago we undertook a strategic planning process, forming the Community 21 Task Force with support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford. Our goal is to deploy Federation’s resources as strategically as possible in order to help create and sustain a vibrant future for Jewish Greater Hartford. A diverse group of task force members is evaluating our community’s evolving needs and identifying how Federation can meet them most effectively. They have sought input from leaders at Federation’s partner agencies and local synagogues as well as from folks who are less involved. They intend to address the needs of our multifaceted Jewish community: newcomers and longtime residents, young adults and seniors, individuals and families, people in need, and those in interfaith relationships. We expect to present recommendations to the Board in late spring or early summer. Another 2018 highlight was our HINENI event on October 4. HINENI, as many of you know, means “Here I am” in Hebrew. We wanted to convey the value of the Federation movement to the wider community in a concrete way. HINENI included powerful firsthand accounts of Federation’s response to crisis situations: Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas; the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting in Parkland, Florida; and Hurricane Maria, which brought more than 2,600 people from the Caribbean to Greater Hartford to start a new life. It was an incredibly impactful, emotional and meaningful evening, as the 500-plus attendees attested. This work will continue throughout 2019. We’re holding a series of small group HINENI Community Conversations to explore and discuss the work made possible by your Annual Campaign contributions. The first conversation focused on the Jewish Agency’s efforts to build positive 2 | Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Jewish identities on North American college campuses in the face of a strong Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The next will examine World ORT’s work to help Jews in the Former Soviet Union become more financially stable. In January, a delegation of 36 local Jews and Christians, both Black and white, participated in the four-day Interfaith Freedom and Justice Ride Whether your gift is to Alabama. They visited Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, stopping at historic sites of the large or small, we are Civil Rights Movement, attending church and synagogue services and hearing from residents profoundly grateful for who remember the 1960s. They got to know each your commitment to and other at shared meals and on long bus rides. Spearheaded by Federation’s Jewish Community love of our community. Relations Council, the Jewish Federation Our work to repair the Association of Connecticut and two local churches, the ride brought together disparate world through acts of communities to better understand the devastating loving kindness is only history of the Black American experience and Jewish Americans’ commitment to help address possible because of you. those wrongs. The group hopes to continue its work through joint advocacy and educational programs. Dear friends, Federation can only do its work because of your generosity. Whether your gift is large or small, we are profoundly grateful for your commitment to and love of our community. Our work to repair the world through acts of loving kindness is only possible because of you. With gratitude, Cary Lakenbach Chair of the Board of Directors Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Members of Federation’s 2019 Board of Directors. From left: Lois Siegal, Benjamin Adler, Anne Martha Pitegoff, Robert K. Yass, Cyral Sheldon, Kathy Fishman, David Rosenthal, Howard Sovronsky, Carolyn Gitlin, Rona Gollob, Stephen Rabb, Eric M. Zachs, Cary Lakenbach, Greg Patchen, Leigh A. Newman, Ted Zablotsky, Laurie Mandell, Dana Keller and David Brandwein. Not pictured: Gary Starr, Daniel Kaufman, Tracy Taback, Todd Berman, Shari Cantor, Jessica Fish, David Gelles, Jonathan Hoffman, Alan Parker and Richard Rubenstein. For a list of officers, designated board members and members- at-large, see page 41. 2018 Honor Roll of Donors | 3 YOUR GIFT AT WORK LOCAL FUNDING: $3,309,969 Federation is the only organization that touches every aspect of Jewish life. Your Federation supports 20+ local Jewish agencies and programs - and many more in Israel and around the world. The table below shows support for local programs and services provided through Federation in 2018. Organization or No. of Education Social Engagement Donor Total Program Programs and Commitment and Designated Funding Heritage ($) ($) Outreach ($) & Jewish through Community JFGH ($) Foundation Grants ($) Mandell Jewish 7 107,500 20,000 117,500 73,750 318,750 Community Center Jewish Family Services 7 260,500 16,500 277,000 (JFS) Solomon Schechter Day 1 188,967 10,000 198,967 School Hebrew High School of 1 60,864 60,864 New England Bess & Paul Sigel 1 106,728 106,728 Hebrew Academy Hebrew Senior Care 1 20,000 10,000 30,000 Jewish Association for 2 21,000 21,000 Community Living Birthright Israel 1 20,000 20,000 One Happy Camper 1 39,000 39,000 UConn Hillel 3 24,000 2,500 26,500 UConn Center for 1 10,000 10,000 Judaic Studies Trinity College Hillel 1 2,500 2,500 Maurice Greenberg 1 2,000 2,500 4,500 Center for Judaic Studies University of Hartford 1 35,000 35,000 Hillel Israel Programming 1 54,000 54,000 Jewish Historical 1 7,500 7,500 Society (JHS) Passport to Israel 1 1,250 1,250 Manchester Advisory 1 17,000 17,000 Committee 4 | Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Organization or No. of Education Social Engagement Donor Total Program Programs and Commitment and Designated Funding Heritage ($) ($) Outreach ($) & Jewish through Community JFGH ($) Foundation Grants ($) Mikveh Bess Israel 1 2,000 2,000 JTConnect 4 40,000 38,000 78,000 CJEL Fellows 1 8,000 8,000 BBYO 1 10,000 10,000 USY 1 2,100 2,100 WOW! in a Box 1 25,000 25,000 Reform Shabbaton 1 5,850 5,850 Local Funding Subtotal 667,309 321,500 259,950 112,750 1,361,509 Community Commitments Association of Jewish 131,292 59,896 191,188 Cemeteries Jewish Federation Association of 30,939 30,939 Connecticut Rental Subsidy - JHS 8,000 8,000 Rental Subsidy - JFS 22,000 22,000 JFGH Programming, 777,581 440,414 205,013 186,991 1,609,999 Services and Outreach Children's Reading 86,334 86,334 Partners Community 939,812 470,414 205,013 333,221 1,948,460 Commitment Subtotal LOCAL FUNDING TOTAL 1,607,121 791,914 464,963 445,971 3,309,969 2018 Honor Roll of Donors | 5 YOUR GIFT AT WORK ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS FUNDING: $422,944 Below are the grants Federation made to programs in Israel and other countries in 2018. 2018 Grant (Paid Donor Total Funding in FY19) ($) Designated through JFGH ($) Pledges (FY18) ($) Jewish Agency for Israel 120,600 120,600 Core Joint Distribution Committee 76,380 15,000 216,000 91,380 Funding 201,000 World ORT 4,020 4,020 Afikim Family Enrichment Association 10,000 10,000 Amutah for Children in Need 1,800 1,800 Beit Issie Shapiro 5,000 5,000 Emunah Children’s Center 3,200 3,200 JAFI: Mechina (Pre-IDF Academy) 5,000 5,000 Scholarships JAFI: After-School Enrichment 10,000 10,000 JAFI: Partnership Together (Afula-Gilboa 36,000 36,000 Sister Region) Elective JAFI: Youth Camps in Kharkov, Ukraine 15,000 15,000 Projects JAFI: Youth Futures Afula 201,000 10,000 201,000 10,000 JDC: Humanitarian Aid for Jews in the FSU 25,000 25,000 JDC: Jewish Renewal in the FSU 20,000 20,000 JDC: L'Merhak: Ethiopian Career 10,000 10,000 Advancement JDC: Preparing Ethiopian Students for IDF 5,000 5,000 Jordan River Village for Sick Children 5,000 5,000 Leket Israel: Afula-Gilboa Nutritional 5,000 5,000 Support Program Masorti Movement: Bar and Bat Mitzvah 2,000 2,000 for Children and Teens with Disabilities National Council for the Child 10,000 10,000 Ombudsperson National Council for the Child: Promoting the Rights and Welfare of Israeli 8,000 8,000 Arab Children Paamonim: Financial Recovery Program 5,000 5,000 World ORT: Russian Employment 10,000 10,000 Preparation Israel Action Network 5,794 5,794 5,794 5,794 ISRAEL/OVERSEAS FUNDING TOTAL 407,794 407,794 15,000 422,794 422,794 6 | Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford SUPPORTED PROGRAMS The following agencies and programs received financial or in-kind support from Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford during 2018.1 Your contributions to the Annual Campaign make all of this work possible. LOCAL AGENCIES & PROGRAMS • Israel Programming ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS PROGRAMS Education and Heritage • Special Needs Programming Afikim Family Enrichment Association: Hillels Reform Synagogues Grades 6 Afikei Shachar: Preparing Ethiopian • Trinity College: Shabbat at Trinity and 7 Shabbaton Students for University • UConn: Israel on Campus, UConn Hillel:
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