Impact360 – See How Far Your Gift Can Go

IMPACT360 SEE HOW FAR YOUR GIFT CAN GO

2013-2014 Federation Annual Campaign Guide To Funded Programs

WELCOME TO THE ULTIMATE GIFT GUIDE Ever wonder how far your gift to the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County goes?

The answer is right here in the 2014 Annual Campaign Guide to Funded Programs.

This booklet provides a comprehensive overview of the many programs and agencies Federation donors fund each year – from the Sarah and Max Pechter Center for Local Safety Net Services to Jewish Life and Learning to Israel and Our Global Family. It’s part of IMPACT360, designed to show how far, deep and wide each and every gift is distributed. So take a little trip to see the extraordinary things your gift can do for our Jewish community–and our people – whenever and whereever they need us.

For ongoing IMPACT360 updates visit www.jewishboca.org

YOU have the power to do extraordinary things.

For more than 30 years, people like you have been joining forces with the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County to FEED the hungry, CARE for the elderly, HONOR our heritage, RESPOND to emergencies, EDUCATE the next generation, INSPIRE hope and BRIGHTEN lives.

Thanks to contributions to our Annual Campaign from our family of donors in Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Highland Beach, we are able to respond to the needs of our community – here at home, in Israel and in 70 other countries around the world.

TOGETHER WE DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 01

Campaign Introduction

04-11 Sarah & Max Pechter Center for Local Safety Net Services 12-19 Jewish Life and Learning 20-27 Israel and Our Global Family 28 Impact Map – See How Far A Gift Can Go 30 Federation Facts

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Sarah & Max Pechter Center for Local Safety Net Services The need to tighten budgets and reduce funding in the recent economic environment has resulted in restricted budgets and fewer resources for vital safety net services. More than ever, people are turning to Federation for help. They find sustenance on the shelves of the food pantry and in the hot meals delivered to their door.

They find hope in the faces of volunteers, counselors and caring professionals who offer a helping hand in their hour of need. We reach out to the most vulnerable among us – to survivors of the Holocaust, to children with special needs and to families in painful transition. And, when the strong are weakened by an unforeseen crisis – by a natural disaster, the loss of a job or the even more devastating loss of a loved one – we are there, because of gifts to the Annual Campaign.

Food Financial Assistance Seniors and Holocaust Survivors Counseling/Families in Crisis Special Needs Services Transportation Volunteer Services

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Federation helps FEED the hungry, SUSTAIN seniors in need and COUNSEL families in crisis.

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Adolph & Rose Levis Alzheimer & Adult Day Care at The Volen Center is a full-time weekday program that serves those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. A caring staff leads participants in enriching mental and physical activities, and provides stimulating entertainment. Breakfast and lunch are served. The center also offers a support group for caregivers.

Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center – Helene and Roy Schwedelson Special Needs Programs/Marleen Forkas Camp Kavod provides highly qualified, nurturing staff to ensure that children and teens with special needs experience a safe, well – supervised, fun – filled camp program while acquiring vital life skills. In 2012 – 2013, nearly 70 campers in grades Pre-K through 12 participated in a myriad of activities on campus and in community venues through summer, winter and spring camps.

Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center – Marleen Forkas Summer Camp and Betty & Marvin Zale Early Childhood Learning Center Scholarships offer financial assistance that enables children to participate in meaningful Jewish experiences, explore their Jewish heritage and thrive, learn and play. Parents are able to have peace of mind that their children are in a safe, nurturing and caring place. Last year, nearly 200 local children received financial assistance to attend Levis JCC pre- school and summer camp, benefiting from rich Jewish programming and making critical social connections. Camp Kavod is the largest special needs camp for children and teens in Palm Beach County.

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Donna Klein Jewish Academy – SUN Center (Yad b’Yad) – All children learn differently, and under that premise, the SUN Center works to meet the needs of all of our Donna Klein Jewish Academy (DKJA) students. In a warm and nurturing setting, we provide support to students, families and teachers to address the wide range of academic, social, and emotional concerns that children experience. For students with documented learning needs, we implement Individual Student Plans, which provide classroom accommodations to help them succeed within the school curriculum. Additionally, in our Yad b’Yad program, our experienced learning specialists provide remediation and curricular support (at an extra cost) to Lower School and Middle School students. Finally, through our bullying prevention and character education programs, we strive to ensure that all DKJA students can learn in a safe and respectful environment.

Federation Transportation Services (FTS) – Federation Transportation Services, Inc., referred to as FTS, was established in 1993 to respond to the overwhelming demand in South Palm Beach County for transportation services for the elderly and disabled in our community. Our organization services the continuing and growing need for transportation to get to medical and life-sustaining activities such as doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping, pharmacies and local congregate hot meal sites when families cannot provide assistance. Over the past two years, our services have expanded into Northern Broward County.

Even in tough economic times, FTS has been successful in ensuring over 52,000 trips to those in need. Financial assistance is available based on each client’s eligibility to qualify for government programs.

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Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) – Community Home Scholarship provides caring, nurturing, skilled staff to enable adults with disabilities to live in well -supervised, kosher homes within our community. Currently, JARC has 10 homes in Boca Raton and Delray Beach which enable extraordinary individuals to live ordinary lives. More than 500 adults with developmental disabilities (ages 19 to 77) and their families benefit from local residential facilities, adult day training, supported employment, social and recreational activities and support programs.

Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) – Resident Transportation Program provides subsidies and transportation to individuals with disabilities who have low or restricted incomes and would otherwise not be able to access the community for jobs, medical appointments, and necessary social and recreational activities. Federation funding addresses critical gaps created by cuts in government funds and changes in insurance regulations that have threatened the transportation of as many as 50% of JARC clients.

Kosher Konnection is a hot kosher meal program that serves as many 75 seniors each weekday and offers much needed opportunities for socializing. Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) hosts the program at Temple Anshei Shalom, provides Shabbat and holiday programming led by the JFS community chaplain and mobilizes volunteers to enhance Chanukah and Passover celebrations. This program is offered in partnership with The Volen Center, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County and JFS.

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Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) – Counseling to Individuals/Families in Crisis offers individual and group counseling, crisis intervention and a program for those living with mental illness. Federation funding helped provide 546 individuals and families with more than 500 hours of counseling, psychology and psychiatry services. In response to the community’s mental health needs, JFS also offers psychological testing, psychiatric evaluations and medication management, as well as parent coordination services for couples going through divorce.

Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) – The Jacobson Family Food Pantry at JFS provides non-perishable food, fresh fruit and vegetables and challah every other week, as well as holiday meals, to individuals and families in need, including isolated and low-income seniors. Over 600 individuals and families, ages two to 90, receive food from the pantry, an increase of 20% from the past year. Most receive their food packages right at home.

Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) – Volunteer Services Program engages 400 volunteers who provide transportation, telephone reassurance, home visits, food delivery, chaplaincy and support to people in need-contributing more than 25,000 volunteer hours per year. This past year, volunteers helped more than 1,700 people through Ruth Rales JFS.

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Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) – Direct Financial Assistance to Families and Individuals provides emergency assistance for families and individuals experiencing financial hardship and who are having difficulty paying for basic needs including mortgage/rent, utility bills, medication, home health aides and provisions for children.

This past year, with the help of Federation, Ruth Rales provided financial assistance to take care of emergency needs of seniors and families.

A full-time case manager also assists families in crisis by helping them obtain government and other community resources.

Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) – Senior Services Program offers several programs to enable older individuals to “age in place” and maintain independent lives in the community for as long as possible. JFS initiatives include geriatric case management, companions and the Feldman Family Diamond Club which provides social activities for seniors 75 and older. At the Shirley and Barton Weisman Delray Community Center, more than 1,600 residents partake in social and educational programming. More than 250 Holocaust survivors also receive home cleaning, personal care services and meal preparation through services provided by JFS. Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) Transportation Services Program is a newly funded initiative that helps seniors age in place by providing access to socialization programs at the Weisman Delray Community Center.

Throughout the year, JFS provides rides to seniors with disabilities. In addition, 35 to 40 volunteer drivers transport seniors to medical appointments and help them run errands or shop for groceries, providing a much-needed lifeline to the community.

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Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) Meals on Wheels is a newly funded program that delivers nutritionally balanced prepared kosher meals, allowing homebound seniors to age safely in their own homes for as long as possible.

JARC prepares the meals, which are offered for an affordable price with further subsidies available for qualified low-income seniors. JFS volunteers deliver the meals right to recipients’ doors.

Through this partnership, at least 50 people will receive one meal a day for an entire year.

Federation Special Needs Department employs a part-time professional who works with agencies, congregations and schools to obtain and facilitate the delivery of services for children and adults with disabilities.

The department also offers resources to help families become better advocates for their loved ones’ needs. Last year, more than 500 persons with special needs and their families received services from one or more of Federation’s beneficiary agencies and/or Jewish day schools to address their individual challenges.

Hillel Day School – ETGAR Program provides intensive intervention and services for children with moderate learning disabilities. The Hebrew word etgar is literally translated as challenge.

In the modern Israeli idiom, the word represents the concept of fulfilling one’s potential through the achievement of goals that are not always easily attainable. Hillel Day School also provides services for children whose intelligence level makes it difficult for them to handle the dual curriculum of the Jewish day school.

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Jewish Life and Learning Federation invests in the strength of our people by making experiences that build and bolster Jewish identity available to all ages. Our help strengthens families who could not otherwise afford a Jewish day school education for their children. Every month, PJ Library mails more than a thousand books that celebrate important aspects of Jewish culture, values and tradition directly to the homes of children in our community. Teens grow aware of our people’s darkest chapter on the March of the Living program. Young adults from South Palm Beach County are transformed every year through the Birthright Israel experience, but hundreds more are waitlisted due to a gap in financial aid. Adults can continue to enrich their lives through the Florence Melton Adult School for Adult Jewish Learning. These are just a few of the programs that bolster Jewish identity with your help.

Educational Financial Aid Jewish Identity Programs Teen Programs Summer Camps College Programs Infant Care Advocacy Adult Education Professional Development 12

Federation helps TEACH Jewish values and BUILD Jewish identity. We plant seeds and NURTURE dreams.

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Birthright Israel offers Jewish young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 a chance to discover the wonders of Israel on a unique identity-building trip, at no cost to the participants. This year, 285 young adults from south Palm Beach County traveled to Israel on winter or summer educational trips with Jews from around the world. Our Federation allocates dollars to support Birthright Israel.

Moreover, our Federation partnered with the Palm Beach Federation to co-sponsor a community Birthright Israel bus. Nearly 20 of the participants are local residents who plan to become more involved in the Jewish community.

B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) – Teen Leadership Training and Development is a national program for high school students offering a Jewish teen experience that builds character and confidence, preparing participants to take on life’s challenges with the support of their community. Under the leadership of a BBYO professional, students meet regularly to serve their community, investigate issues that matter to them, and explore their Jewish heritage. Locally, the organization will close the year with more than 584 members, 1,446 teens engaged in both Palm Beach and Broward counties with 85 attending leadership programs in the U.S., Europe and Israel.

Community Outreach Initiative was created by a task force of Federation’s Planning and Allocations Department in 2009. Since its inception, the initiative has helped design the roadmap for building a larger, thriving Jewish community in south Palm Beach County

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for years to come. This year, the Planning & Allocations Committee approved recommendations from the Outreach Task Force to distribute dollars to fund the following engagement initiatives:

Organization

Funded Program/Event

Anshei Emuna Congregation

Friday Night Live

B’nai Torah Congregation

Friday Night Live

Boca Raton Synagogue

Community Purim Carnival

Chabad Student Center (at FAU, Lynn & PBSC)

Scholar in Residence Shabbaton

Congregation Beth Adam

Shabbat and Schmooze

Congregation Shaarei Kodesh

Davening Divas Concert Series

Congregation Shirat Shalom

Jewish Meditation & Healing: Reclaiming Our Heritage

Congregation Torah Ohr

Century Village Connects

Delray Orthodox Synagogue Power of the Mezuzah– And Does Mine Still Work?

Hillel of Broward & Palm Beach

Hillel presents Blue and White

Jewish Student Connection

JSCares (Tikkun Olam Mitzvah Project)

Liumi - Israel Center for Jewish Life

Shabbat Dinner & Coffeehouse Series - Young Adults

Temple Anshei Shalom

Life-Long Learning

Temple Beth El

Shabbat on the Go

Temple Sinai of PBC

All Access Jpass

Boca Raton Jewish Experience

Jewish Day Schools Experience

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Day School Financial Assistance – Donna Klein Jewish Academy (DKJA), Hillel Day School (HDS), Torah Academy and Weinbaum Yeshiva High School – One of the most significant factors influencing Jewish students and their long-term involvement in the Jewish community is their number of years of education at a Jewish day school. Federation scholarship assistance makes it possible for many students to receive a Jewish education that their families would otherwise not be able to afford.

This year, our Federation will be able to assist 549 students at Hillel Day School, Torah Academy, Donna Klein Jewish Academy and Weinbaum Yeshiva High School. Total financial assistance to these four schools will be $786,160, 12% greater than last year’s allocation.

Hillel – Florida refers to Federation’s support of Hillel on college campuses and throughout the State of Florida. Hillel’s welcoming and inclusive environment fosters growth, inspiration and dedication to Jewish life among Jewish undergraduate and graduate students.

Approximately 10,000 of the 35,000 Jewish students attending colleges in Florida are engaging in Shabbat and holiday programs, Israel awareness/activism projects and social justice initiatives through Hillel.

Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) – Florida Association of Jewish Federations – Our Federation helps underwrite the cost of advocacy and lobbying efforts in support of Jewish causes in Tallahassee. The Association proposes and monitors legislation on health, education and social services, and seeks support of the State of Israel.

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Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) – Government Officials Advocacy enables our JCRC to establish and maintain relationships with government officials and community leaders in order to 1) advocate for government funding of Federation’s agencies, 2) promote U.S. -Israel relations and 3) safeguard the Jewish community from terrorism. The JCRC also convenes an annual Legislative Send-Off to brief elected representatives on matters of concern and interest to our community.

Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) – Iran Initiative is designed to fund education, rallies and programs through a well-coordinated, community-based strategy that mobilizes both the Jewish and general communities in matters relating to Iran.

Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) – Israel Action Network is an initiative launched by the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), primarily designed to counter efforts to de-legitimize the State of Israel. It issues statements for dissemination by our JCRC, which are used to educate our elected representatives and the Jewish community as a whole.

Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) – Public Education & Awareness Programs include leadership briefings and public programs for local residents, where they can engage in dialogue about relevant issues of concern to our Jewish community.

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Jewish Education Programs – Florence Melton School for Adult Jewish Learning is an acclaimed international two-year program that provides adults with a curriculum developed by the Melton Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Federation’s Department of Jewish Education monitors, staffs, coordinates and promotes this program. After completion, students have the opportunity to join the Melton Israel Seminar and take a variety of Melton graduate courses offered by the school.

This year, a Melton-based leadership training course will be held at a local synagogue, and a class for early childhood educators will focus on the importance of parents teaching Jewish values to their young Jewish children.

Jewish Education Programs – The March of the Living Program is a two-week, international educational program that annually brings 10,000 Jewish teens from all over the world to Poland on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built during World War II. The trip continues to Israel to observe Yom HaZikaron, Israel Memorial Day, and Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. This year, our local chapter sent 52 teens, the largest group in the southeast U.S., to Poland and Israel for this life-changing experience. Students participate in a 15-week preparatory course prior to the trip, with follow-up after returning to the U.S. In 2014, 80 local adults on two buses will parallel the students on this journey.

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Jewish Education Programs – School Educational Services provides the educators of our early childhood centers, congregational schools and day schools with professional development opportunities focusing on intellectual development, Jewish values and traditions, training in innovative educational technology and methodologies to enhance both academic content and the knowledge, joy and richness of Jewish life within the diversity of Judaism. Community wide student events are also coordinated through School Educational Services. Professional development programming is provided for nearly 500 teachers impacting some 4,800 students.

PJ Library® may be new to this area, but it has long been engaging families – many of whom were not actively involved in Jewish life-in other communities. Each month, free Jewish books, music CDs and resource materials will be delivered right to the mailboxes of 3,000 local homes with Jewish children ages six months to eight years. The program also sends parents a monthly e-newsletter with Jewish holiday tips and hosts family activities around the community. The PJ Library-South Palm Beach County partnership is made possible by generous support from Federation, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Union for Reform Judaism, Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.

Temple Beth El – Infant Care Program offers a Jewish infant care program for children ages two months through 24 months with the mission of providing an entree into the Jewish community and helping young families affiliate early. Federation allocates dollars to help fund the cost of this program.

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ISRAEL & OUR GLOBAL FAMILY There are Jews in Israel-and in more than 70 countries around the world – who suffer from hunger and fear, from lack of opportunity and from oppression. There are those who do not have the strength or the knowledge needed to keep the light of Judaism burning brightly in their homes. They need us. Last year, we warmed the hearts and hands of thousands of frail and elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union during one of the harshest winters in recent memory. We reached out to troubled young Israelis, offering safety, security and hope.

We strengthened the bonds with our sister city, Kiryat Bialik, in Israel, paved the way to a brighter day for Ethiopian Jews and rekindled the light of Judaism in Cuba.

With your help, Federation will continue to reach into every corner of the Jewish community around the world, inspiring lifelong connections, breaking the cycle

GLOBAL:

ISRAEL:

Food Programs Vulnerable Populations Elderly Israel Experiences Poverty Rescue Medical Care Aliyah Winter Relief Promoting Pluralism Employment Jewish Renewal Children & Family Services

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Federation helps INSPIRE lifelong connections, BREAK the cycle of poverty and RESPOND to emergencies.

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of poverty and responding to emergencies.

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) – Core Funding – JDC is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. Since 1914, JDC has exemplified that all Jews are responsible for one another and for improving the well-being of vulnerable people around the world. Today, JDC works in more than 70 countries and in Israel to alleviate hunger and hardship, rescue Jews in danger, create lasting connections to Jewish life and provide immediate relief and long – term development support for victims of natural and man-made disasters.

Throughout the Former Soviet Union last year, 24,563 elderly and 7,971 children survived the bitter winter thanks to boots, coats, blankets, coal, wood and help covering heating costs. In Europe, more than 945,200 home care hours helped more than 2,900 elderly Jews with bathing, cooking, cleaning and laundry. And, to date, the JDC- funded Ariel Job Center in Argentina has trained nearly 18,150 people in marketable skills, helped 7,300 individuals find viable jobs and created 415 small businesses by issuing short-term loans.

JDC – Former Soviet Union Welfare Relief Program sponsors 17 Chesed Relief Centers throughout the Volga Region that serve nearly 6,000 poverty-stricken elderly Jews, nearly half of whom are not considered victims of Nazi persecution. With no other source of help to alleviate their grinding poverty, the Federationfunded relief services provided by Chesed centers in the Volga Region are literally lifesaving. Cheseds offer these participants material relief such as food and medicine to ensure their survival and assure their dignity, while also providing a connection to their

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Jewish community.

JDC - PACT (Parents and Children Together) Program in Kiryat Yam addresses the toppriority need of Ethiopian Israelis for multifaceted early childhood education (birth to age six). With no single government agency responsible for the welfare of young children, PACT closes educational and social gaps and increases parental involvement. A total of 195 children and parents benefit from direct funding from our Federation that provides education and municipal services to narrow the social gap with their non-Ethiopian Israeli peers.

JDC – Turning Point initiative uses entrepreneurship and employment to help Israel’s most disadvantaged 15 – 18-year-olds break out of the cycle of risk and alienation to build paths to productive adulthood. Turning Point has helped more than 9,550 high-school dropouts and struggling teenagers in 66 localities successfully integrate into Israeli society. Thanks to direct Federation funding, our community enabled the JDC to launch three new entrepreneurship groups reaching 75 at-risk youth this year.

JDC Szarvas Summer Camps – following the fall of communism, the Ronald S. Lauder-JDC International Jewish Summer Camp in Szarvas, Hungary, has become central to Jewish renewal in renascent Jewish communities across Europe.

Szarvas has connected thousands of Jewish children with their Jewish heritage and their Jewish counterparts from some 20 countries since 1990. Each summer, more than 1,000 Jewish children between the ages of eight and 17 come together to experience the beauty of communal Jewish life.

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Because a majority of the camp participants have only remote Jewish background and affiliation, the camp serves as the first step in a journey of Jewish self-discovery and commitment.

Through this new project for our Federation, our direct funding will provide scholarships for approximately 35 children to attend Jewish camp.

The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) – Core Funding – for 80 years, JAFI has served as the link between the Jewish people and Israel, working to ensure the future of a connected, committed, global Jewish people with a strong Israel at its center. JAFI’s mission is to inspire Jews throughout the world to connect with their people, heritage and land, and empower them to build a thriving Jewish future and a strong Israel. JAFI helped create and build the state and brought over 3 million Jews to Israel.

Today, core funding continues to provide a lifeline to Jews around the world, including: absorption and resettlement of new immigrants, strengthening communities in Israel and the FSU, empowering at-risk Israeli youth, educational assistance and scholarships, a business loan initiative, support to immigrant soldiers who have fought in wars, and immediate aid for victims of terror. In 35 vulnerable locations in Israel, for example, 400 mentors and community managers served 10,000 children and their families in a program called Youth Futures. More than 3,000 Jews from Ethiopia and countries hostile to Jews found safety in Israel last year. And nearly 2,000 immigrant soldiers studied Judaism last year through a program called Nativ, experiencing a warm, welcoming and pluralistic environment to connect with their Jewish heritage and to

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life in Israel.

JAFI – Ben Yakir Youth Aliyah Village is one of four residential Youth Aliyah Villages that offer salvation and intervention for teens (ages 15 – 18) from dysfunctional families and weak socioeconomic conditions. Many are newcomers to Israel, from countries of distress including Ethiopia and underdeveloped areas of the FSU. Ben Yakir provides a protective, therapeutic and normative environment for 120 at-risk Israeli boys.

The village offers all the basic amenities as well as an educational and therapeutic experience to overcome emotional and behavioral problems.

Residents also receive scholastic support in order to fully integrate into a regular high school, enter the army or live independently in their respective communities, ultimately becoming contributing members of Israeli society. Our direct funding will ensure high-quality enrichment programs for the students at Ben Yakir.

JAFI – Jewish Identity Summer Camps in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) are among JAFI’s most successful Jewish-identity building programs that JAFI operates. For the past 18 years, the summer camps have served as the cultural lifeline for thousands of world Jewry’s most remote and detached children. Many camp graduates continue their involvement in Jewish Agency youth activities and leadership training programs, and a significant portion later enroll in MASA programs and other Israel education experiences. Last year, approximately 6,400 campers from across 84 cities and towns strengthened their connection to Judaism by participating in summer camps in 27 locations in the former Soviet Union. Our Federation’s direct funding will allow more than 70 children from the FSU to participate in a sevenday summer camp experience.

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JAFI – MASA – Israel Journey – Assimilation and the deteriorating connection among young Jews to their heritage and to Israel is triggering anxiety among Jewish communities worldwide. Established in 2003, MASA seeks to establish long-term Israel experiences as a new rite of passage among Jewish young adults. MASA sends recent college graduates and young professionals from around the world to Israel every year for four to 10 months with hopes of strengthening the connection between the next generation of young Jews and Israel. Since 2004, more than 65,000 young Jewish men and women from more than 50 countries have participated in this Israel journey program, supported in part

by Federation funding. This year, 15 students from the United States and FSU will receive scholarships from our direct funding.

JAFI – Partnership 2000 – Kiryat Bialik – Though 6,500 miles away, Federation’s sister city Kiryat Bialik keeps getting closer through bonds of friendship, collaboration and understanding. Our “living bridge” with this growing community north of Haifa continues to blossom through many shared projects and educational, business, women’s, teen and other types of exchanges, forming longlasting relationships. Our March of the Living delegation visits Kiryat Bialik each spring, enjoying warm hospitality and opportunities to socialize with Israeli peers, among other planned visits from our community.

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CHAMAH, an international humanitarian organization, is dedicated to alleviating hunger among the elderly, providing medical assistance for the ill and offering education for the young in Russia, Israel and the United States.

In addition to providing critical aid to the elderly and homebound in the FSU, CHAMAH also runs Chesed programs, which are supported by JDC. Our funding supplements JDC’s support, allowing non-Holocaust survivors to receive aid. Program services include soup kitchens, meals on wheels, food packages, food stamps and adult diapers.

Ethiopian National Project (ENP) – Scholastic Assistance Program and Youth Outreach Center – in Kiryat Bialik is designed to offer Ethiopian-Israelis equal opportunities and enable the community’s youth to achieve their full potential. ENP- SPACE provides scholastic assistance for low-performing students, addresses the needs of youth in crisis and strengthens community through leadership development programs. In Kiryat Bialik, 75 students are enrolled in the Scholastic Assistance Program and 90 students participate in programs at the Youth Outreach Center.

World ORT is a Jewish education and training organization that has historically conducted activities in more than 100 countries, with current operations in Israel, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Baltic States, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

Since its inception, more than three million individuals have benefited from ORT’s educational services.

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LATIN AMERICA

IMPACT MAP: SEE HOW FAR A GIFT CAN GO LOCAL SAFETY NET SERVICES Food/Financial Assistance Seniors and Holocaust Survivors Counseling/Families in Crisis Special Needs Services Transportation Volunteer Services

JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING Education/School Aid Jewish Identity Programs Teen/College Programs Summer Camp Advocacy Community Outreach

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EUROPE

FORMER SOVIET UNION

ASIA

ISRAEL AFRICA

ISRAEL AND OUR GLOBAL FAMILY ISRAEL:

LATIN AMERICA:

Vulnerable Populations Israel Experiences Rescue and Aliyah Promoting Pluralism

Food Programs Medicine Employment Baby and Child Help

FORMER SOVIET UNION:

EUROPE:

Food Programs Elderly Jewish Renewal Poverty Seniors Medicine Winter Relief

Food Programs Home Care Medicine Winter Relief Children & Family Services AFRICA AND ASIA: Food Programs Medical Care Eldercare Jewish Education

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FEDERATION FACTS: Did you know that for 34 years our Federation has been the central hub for the Jewish community of Boca Raton, Highland Beach and Delray Beach?

Did you know that the funds we raise benefit local, national and international agencies dedicated to the welfare of Jews and the most vulnerable members of our society locally, in Israel and more than 70 countries worldwide?

Did you know that our 110-acres campus located just off US HWY 441 and Glades Road houses the following: Adolph and Rose Levis JCC, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service, The Jewish Association for Residential Care, an Alzheimer’s Day Care Facility, the Zale preschool, two Jewish Day Schools (Donna Klein Jewish Academy and Hillel Day School) that educate more than 1,200 children a day and two HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) housing apartment buildings for low-income seniors?

Did you know we will soon house Sinai Residences on our campus – a stateof-the-art 22-acre Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) with independent and assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care residences that will offer extraordinary amenities for a once-in-a-lifetime living experience?

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Did you know that the Jacobson Family Food Pantry at JFS provides nearly 600 supplemental food packages twice a month in our local community?

Did you know more than 1,800 individuals in our community receive assistance to pay their mortgages, home healthcare, utility bills and buy medication and school supplies through our beneficiary agency, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service?

Did you know that the Adolph and Rose Levis JCC operates Camp Kavod, the largest Jewish special needs day camp in the county?

Did you know that the Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) provides a home, training and nurturing to hundreds of adults with disabilities in our community?

Did you know that we support Birthright, BBYO and Hillels on the campuses of colleges and universities throughout the state of Florida? In Israel, we bolster youth programming in our sister city, Kiryat Bialik, as well as MASA long-term youth programming.

Did you know that more than 1,000 teens in our community directly benefit from Jewish Life and Learning enhancement programs, such as: middle school Jewish peer groups, teen travel and community service volunteer projects?

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VISION: Rooted in Jewish values, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County seeks to inspire and galvanize local residents and organizations to build and sustain a strong, caring, vibrant Jewish community for today and tomorrow. Â MISSION: At the hub of the Jewish community, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County strategically engages donors, supporters and community partners in addressing and planning for current and future needs of the Jewish people locally, in Israel and around the world. Â The Federation accomplishes these goals by: building Jewish community and developing Jewish communal leadership; promoting Jewish identity, education and engagement; caring for the vulnerable; advocating for the well-being and security of the Jewish people and standing with Israel, their spiritual homeland.

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