Israel World Jewry Bureau

Provides free, first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for young Jewish adults from around the world.

At $3,000 a person our gift provides 2 people to experience a Birthright trip. In 2017, Birthright Israel sent 47,796 global participants and 8,204 Israeli participants. In 2018, Birthright Israel sent 48,104 global participants and 8,305 Israeli participants. Since inception in 1999, 413 participants from Birmingham have experienced Birthright Israel.

Empowers young Israelis from Ethiopia who have academic potential.

The SPACE (Scholastic Assistance) program reached 5,015 students in 28 cities in 2018-2019 school year.

Social services agency to assist severely disadvantaged children and their families, without distinction of religion or national origin, from the impoverished communities of Jaffa, South Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, and Bet Shemesh in Israel.

The Jaffa Institute serves over 4,000 children and adults in Israel annually. The Parent-Child Center (the specific program we fund) serves approximately 400 families annually. The Adjustment to Motherhood project serves approximately 40 families annually.

Feeds the hungry in Israel through a food rescue program that harvests excess fresh food from caterers, cafeterias, manufacturers, grocers, and farmers.

In 2019, Leket Israel’s meal rescue project increased its output by 14% over the prior year, to a record 2,500,000 meals – providing the equivalent of 6,850 needy people with a hot meal daily and saving 3.3 million lbs.

Helps new immigrants and their families who have experienced trauma including terror attacks.

In the past two years, Selah served 1,875 individual immigrants in disaster directly, through both emergency relief and through longer term care, and in considering the effect on their families, we have touched the lives of over 5,850 people.

Provides humanitarian assistance all over the world to overcome extreme crises and has provided millions with the vital support needed to move from destruction to reconstruction, and eventually, to sustainable living.

2019 Porject: Sindos Community Center for Refugees in Greece, creating a platform for meaningful interaction between some 70 refugees and local Greeks on a daily basis. Refugees from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Morocco, Algeria, Congo, and Kurdistan facilitate and teach the daily schedule of classes, supported by IsraAID’s Greek and international staff.

The world’s leading Jewish humanitarian organization that provides assistance to needy elderly in the Former Soviet Union breaking the cycle of poverty and connecting them to a caring Jewish community.

The heart of JDC’s mission is to save Jewish lives. Our continued partnership with the Birmingham Jewish Federation will ensure lifesaving care, dignity, and human connection to nearly 90,000 impoverished elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union.

Provides homes and mentoring for children and youth at risk.

Provides a combination of high-level science and technology education with a strengthened Jewish identity.

Offers free dental care to Jerusalem’s at-risk children and youth, regardless of race or religion.   

5,409 patients aged 4-26 have been treated at DVI during 2017 and 2018. In addition, 141 elderly patients have been treated in the special free dentures project. More than half of these elderly patients are holocaust survivors.

The only inclusive youth movement in Israel for children and youth with special needs, providing weekly social activities for young people with all types of mental and physical disabilities together with their able-bodied peers.

In 2018-2019 activity year Krembo Wings is serving approximately 6,000 children and youth – with and without disabilities. The branch in Rosh Ha’ayin currently has approximately 80 members with and without disabilities.

Provides above ground protective shelters for areas of the country vulnerable to incoming rocket attacks.

OL placed about 350 shelters throughout Israel since 2006. Between bell shelters and our larger shelters, let’s be conservative and say 10 people might be using each shelter. 10 people x 350 shelters would mean 3,500 people are served per year, so that would mean about 7,000 people have been served in the last two years. The IWJB has co-dedicated 5 shelters in the past 4 years. In 2015, the IWJB co-dedicated two bell shelters for the Israel Tennis Center in Tel Aviv; in 2016, the IWJB partially funded a bell shelter for a children’s library in Shaar HaNegev; in 2017, the IWJB’s contribution went towards the construction of a fortified room for Beit Malacha arts school in Shaar HaNegev; and in 2018, the IWJB co-dedicated a cuboid shelter to Haim B’Or Kindergarten in Ashkelon.

Introducing vocational training to provide graduates with a competitive edge when entering the job market.

Over 2017-2018, the estimate is that approximately 1,400 individuals have been served by the agency. This includes youth currently living in the Village, those who graduated last year, and graduates who remain in regular contact. This project will serve approximately 430 at-risk and immigrant youth attending Yemin Orde Youth Village during the 2019-2020 school year.