2024 Annual Campaign

We’re here for good


With your gift, we continue to maximize our resources to strengthen our community across five areas of impact prioritized by the Community Strategic Plan. Let’s continue working towards our vision of “One community empowering Jewish journeys, driven by tradition, innovation, and sustainability.”

ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS

Israel World Jewry Bureau (IWJB)

  • Humanitarian support and crisis intervention
  • Bomb shelters for Isroelis in critical locations
  • Empowering young Israeli Ethiopians and children at risk and or with special needs with educational vocational, and recreational support.

JDC, JAFI, ORT

  • Provide disaster relief and critical support for Jews in need around the world. 

Partnership2Gether*

  • Cultural, social, and educational interaction between our sister cities of Rosh Ha’ayin Israel, and New Orleons, LA

Subsidized Travel to Israel

  • Momentum*
  • Young Leadership Israel Trip*

Shinshinim*

  • Two young Israeli emissaries who live in Birmingham and work with community organizations and synagogues to provide Israeli programming

    *Funding for local Israel initiatives.

Direct donations for Ukrainian Jews

Securing Our Jewish Community

Regional Security Advisor

  • Threat Vulnerability Risk Assessments for all our Jewish facilities.
  • Counter Active Threat Training and Stop the Bleed trainings for specific groups in our Jewish community.
  • High Holiday usher training.
  • Security for special events in our community.
  • Liaison to local, state, and federal low enforcement officials.
Fundraising/Donor Development/Administration
  • Engaging and building our donor community
  • Salary, expenses, insurance
  • Technology support and enhancements
Community Engagement and Collaboration

Jewish Community Relations Council

Sponsorship of community events and programs

Annual Community Meeting

Community Calendar

Jewish War Veterans

Young Leadership Development Program

United Way Partnership

Presidents’ and Executive Directors’ meetings

Investing In Our Youth

PJ Library and Shalom Baby

Young Jewish Philanthropy

B’nai Brith Youth Organization

Hillel Connections

  • Work experience for college students to keep them in Birmingham

You Belong in Birmingham

  • Social and networking group for Jewish community members 21 – 35
Community Allocations

Collat Jewish Family Services

N.E. Miles Jewish Day School

Levite Jewish Community Center

Alabama Holocaust Education Center

Hillels of the University of Alabama and Auburn University

  • Creating community and a safe Jewish space for Jewish students

ADL and AJC

  • National Jewish Advocacy groups
JFNA

Support national partner, Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), which provides us with training, materials, and a network of 300 communities.

Your Gift Makes a Difference

Whether you Make a Pledge, a One-Time Gift, or send a Tribute Card, your gift makes a difference.