JCF Fundholders are among those who have generously supported the Ogen Group‘s Covid-19 relief efforts in Israel. The non-profit organization has raised $30 million in recent weeks to provide emergency loans and financial mentoring to small businesses, non-profits and unemployed and furloughed workers affected by the coronavirus crisis. We are excited to be working on…
Watch how Israeli artist Ronny Carny transformed the JCF conference room into a work of art highlighting our grant-making and the tremendous impact it has on so many facets of our community. Ms. Carny is an art teacher and lecturer at several institutions including the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and the…
Last year, Jewish Communal Fund granted $100,000 from its Special Gifts Fund to Olim Beyahad, an Israeli nonprofit that helps Ethiopian-Israelis gain employment and become self-sufficient. The gift—which was the result of a bequest to JCF earmarked for grant-making in Israel—enabled 40 Ethiopian-Israelis to participate in the organization’s Employment, Empowerment, and Leadership Program (EELP). Recently,…
A wave of more than 630 wildfires has spread throughout Israel in recent days, injuring 180 people and burning down 560 homes. Nearly 100,000 Israelis have been evacuated; in Haifa, hundreds of apartments were destroyed completely, leaving more than 1,000 people without homes. Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority reported that more than 4,900 acres of…
By David Roth (This blog post originally appeared on the JFN website and is reprinted with permission). On February 17, 2016, JFN held a joint event in Jerusalem with the Jewish Communal Fund. I was very moved by the partnership between the two organizations as I am both a JFN member and have a donor…