2007 jewish agency annual report

Jewish Agency for Israel 2008 Donor Report / Activity Highlights 2007

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Israel PrizeWinner

Israel Prize 2

Leadership Letter 4

Israel Emergency Campaign 6

Aliyah and Absorption 12

Partnerships with Israel 20

Jewish-Zionist Education 30

Donor Recognition 38

Financial Highlights 45

Global Impact 54

Global Leadership 62

We share this honor with Jewish communities and donors around the world, and

especially our founding constituent partners: the World Zionist Organization, Keren Hayesod, United

Jewish Communities and the Jewish Federations of North America. We also want to recognize

the important contribution in more recent years of other Jewish Agency partners, including the

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and Israeli philanthropists. Together, we have dared to

dream. And thanks to your support, your leadership and your generosity, we have made the miracle

of Israel happen. Can there be a more profound demonstration of our impact together?

to youthanks As we celebrate Israel’s 60 years, your enduring commitment

to our work together has been recognized with Israel’s highest

civilian honor—the prestigious 2008 Israel Prize for Lifetime

Achievement and Special Contribution to Society and the

State of Israel. In granting the award, the Committee noted the Jewish

Agency’s “tireless efforts” as a pioneering force in the establishment

of Israel. And it cited our ongoing contributions: populating and

strengthening the Jewish state; bringing Israel into the lives and hearts

of the next generation and Jewish communities around the world; and

carrying their passion into Israel to help shape her society and destiny.

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Partnership Our impact during the war and

now in Sderot also reflects the ever-broadening

involvement of major Israeli philanthropists in our work.

We are reimagining the global Jewish partnership,

partnering Israeli business and philanthropic leaders

with our global partners to invest in initiatives

for new immigrants, children at risk and talented

young people from underprivileged regions, such as

through our groundbreaking ATIDIM program.

Innovation Creating transformative change through

innovative partnerships and high-impact solutions

characterizes our work together. YOUTH FUTURES, our

national program for the growing number of at-risk youth,

brings young trustees into our partnership to guide

personalized intervention for each child. Through our

Partnership 2000 program, we recently launched Business-

to-Business (B2B). Just as business leadership has proven

integral to the development of civic society worldwide,

we believe Israeli and Jewish business leaders around the

world can join forces to advance the agenda of Israel and

the Jewish people in unprecedented ways. MASA, our

flagship long-term Israel experience program, is a great

example of this. Partnering you directly with the people of

Israel, we are taking these transformative experiences to

an entirely new level because we all know the impact of

spending a formative year in Israel on tomorrow’s leaders.

Promoting aliyah remains a top priority, as it has been for

the 80 years of the Jewish Agency’s existence. This year we

launched the new ALIYAH JOB CENTER, an information-

rich and service-oriented approach designed to increase

the number of olim from Western countries.

Securing tomorrow In light of global changes in recent

years—and the repercussions of the declining value of the

dollar—we are realigning our current structure to further

maximize efficiency as we continue to implement the goals

articulated in our strategic plan. Our mandate to secure the

Jewish future with a strong Israel at its heart requires no

less. Since 1929, as the representative body of the Jewish

people prior to the State of Israel, and after 1948, as the

bridge between world Jewry and the people of Israel, our

global partnership continues to be one of the greatest

strategic assets of the Jewish people. As we look at our

accomplishments over the last 60 years, just imagine what

we can do in the next 60 years with redoubled effort.

Zeev Bielski Richard L. Pearlstone Chair of the Executive Chair, Board of Governors

Hagai Meirom Shoel SilverTreasurer Chair, Budget/Finance Committee

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dear friends2008We begin this leadership message with our deepest appreciation for your partnership. Receiving the Israel Prize on Israel’s 60th anniversary is truly a symbolic expression of the extraordinary capacity of our global partnership to meet whatever challenges lie in front of us. It is a capacity that we have demonstrated time and time again. And friends, it is one that we will need to call on now.

As Israel marks six decades, we stand at yet another

defining moment in its history. A time of paradox

and continuing challenge. Israel has grown into a

vibrant member of the global economic village, yet

the inevitable transformation that took place over the

last decade to bring this about has left many behind.

The recent Facing Tomorrow Presidential Conference

convened by JPPPI—the independent global think tank

established five years ago by the Jewish Agency—

attests to Israel’s place among the nations. And yet,

unimaginably, the existential challenges to the State of

Israel are far from over.

We are also at a defining moment as a global Jewish

community. As our next generations come of age, many

young Jews do not have the deep attachment and

connection that have been hallmarks of our peoplehood.

These are complex times of great challenge as well as

opportunity. As we have done for close to 80 years, the

Jewish Agency is not just identifying the issues. We are

leading the way with powerful and creative solutions.

Solidarity Even as we work together to rebuild and

strengthen communities across the North, life for the

people of Sderot and the surrounding area remains

untenable in the shadow of relentless Kassam rockets.

Once again, we have turned to our worldwide partners

for emergency assistance, such as taking thousands of

terrorized children out of the range of fire, and for activities

with a longer-term impact. The Jewish Agency is positioned

to rapidly deploy in times of crisis because of our dedicated

employees, and because of the truly extraordinary

partnership we have with UJC, Keren Hayesod, the

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and Jewish

federations and campaigns around the world.

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For more than 60 years, we have worked together to make Israel a place where Jews can live in freedom and safety … a place where children

can sleep at night without fear. Unfortunately, the path has not always been easy. From the earliest pre-State

days when vulnerable Jewish settlements were under constant threat, through today’s relentless siege on the

people of Sderot and the Western Negev, the Jewish Agency has mobilized the Jewish world time and time

again to stand on the front lines with the people of Israel. Every time, you have answered the call.

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then. 99-year-old Shmuel Sarig still remembers that night in 1936 when

he and a handful of friends were undeterred by the word “impossible” and struck out

to build the first “tower and stockade” reinforced settlement at Nir David. “It’s hard to

imagine how vulnerable Jewish settlers were under constant attack,” Shmuel says. They

set out to prove that with the right planning and preassembly of materials, they could

put into place the reinforced structures to change the equation overnight. Literally

in the middle of the night, they sprang into action. By morning, the settlement was

surrounded by security fencing and the crucial watch tower was in place. These young

pioneers had come up with the right response at the right time. The Jewish Agency,

with the support of our partners, stepped in to secure 55 more vital settlements.

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OUr FOcUS:>> Continuing our support of populations recovering in the North>> Standing on the front line with our people under attack in the South

now and always

by their side. Yarden, the girl on our cover, had

just begun summer vacation after her sophomore year at Kiryat Shmona’s

Danziger high school when her world turned upside down. Life for innocent

civilians across the North suddenly moved into shelters. After 33 days the sirens

stopped, and school started again within a matter of weeks. But returning to

normal life wasn’t as simple. Yarden and thousands of kids like her needed

our help. Throughout this past year, she has been participating in one of our

Enrichment Fund programs generously funded in Kiryat Shmona by UJA-

Federation of New York and made possible in many other locations thanks to

our global partners. Today, Yarden’s life is back on track.

But other children living in communities under attack in the Negev are still

experiencing that terror. You are there for them. It’s hard to overstate the

power of a fun field trip or camp to make a child feel safe again. This is just one

of a range of high-impact actions your support makes possible.

From the first hours of the second Lebanon war, the

heroic work of our partnership literally saved lives. Our

ongoing work in its aftermath is just as crucial.

Our wide-ranging support of populations under siege

in Sderot and the Western Negev ranges from camps for

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Support for Recovery Efforts in the North Jewish Agency Enrichment Funds are putting students back on

track through uniquely effective intervention programs. We’re

investing in capital infrastructure to ensure appropriate levels of

emergency response readiness, and our business loan initiative is

infusing critical resources to stabilize a small-business economy.

Jewish Agency Fund for Victims of Terror Providing emergency financial support to those directly affected

by the war in Lebanon and the relentless attacks in the South,

this Fund complements aid given to families from government

sources. These grants quickly cut through the red tape to provide

assistance for medical, living and educational expenses.

Support for Sderot and Surrounding Areas When Kassam rocket attacks escalated last spring, the

Jewish Agency immediately responded with emergency assistance. Again, we turned to our worldwide partners to provide

essential emergency supplies, renovations to bomb shelters and relief for thousands of children. We also brought the Israeli

business community into our partnership. Our To Sderot with Love campaign provides day-long outings and camps to give

children time away from the violence. In the face of a collapsing local economy, the Jewish Agency provides loans to small

businesses and brought some 110 small-business owners to a fair in Tel Aviv and an outpouring of support.

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7,000-plus Jewish elementary students in the North are learning Arabic in Language as a Cultural Bridge through the Abraham Fund Initiatives.

In a philanthropic partnership connecting major Israeli corporation IDB Group with our worldwide partners, hospital and educational capital projects totaling $30 million are underway to enhance emergency readiness.

The lives of 100,000 youth from the North and Western Negev were enriched through Jewish Agency Enrichment Fund extracurricular activities in cooperation with other NGOs.

To date, 672 families have been stabilized by close to $4 million in emergency financial aid through the Jewish Agency Fund for Victims of Terror.

Elementary school kids from 31 communities in the North who participated in extracurricular enrichment activity showed improved class performance. 6,000 special-needs and at-risk children showed significant improvement through special extracurricular programs.

Thousands of children from the North participated in day trips to the center of the country and cultural outings in Tel Aviv.

20-plus Jewish and Arab elementary schools in the North saw an increase in the levels of trust through our Personal Encounters program.

Summer camps for 3,000 youngsters from Northern Israel provided therapeutic support in a fun-filled setting.

Financial assistance from the Claims Conference provided critical short-term support for 60-plus Holocaust Survivors living in the North.

100-plus IDF soldiers received essential emergency financial assistance through the Fund for Victims of Terror.

learn more at jewishagency.org

IDF widows received crucial emergency aid from 24 grants distributed thanks to Keren Hayesod Australia.

Scholarships averaging $1,000 received by 1,600 students at Sapir College in Sderot in return for volunteering with children in the area, enabled them to continue their studies.

Elementary school students from five municipalities in Sderot and surrounding areas improved their academic performance after participating in extracurricular enrichment activities.

12,000-plus children from Sderot and the surrounding Western Negev communities were able to de-stress out of harm’s way during day-long trips or special week-long camp sessions during school-year holidays.

Twenty bomb shelters in the city of Sderot and in the Gaza perimeter communities were renovated to substantially increase protection.

The SOS fund of the Fund for Victims of Terror provided 360-plus victims of Kassam attacks with the financial assistance to stay afloat.

Some 300 educators in Sderot and Western Negev were trained to work with children living under stress and trauma.

More than 20,000 Israelis attending a two-day Sderot Merchant’s Fair in Tel Aviv provided critical support for 110 small-business owners from Sderot and surrounding areas.

Over 7,000 youngsters from Sderot and the surrounding areas participated in safe summer camps and activities.

impact 07You make it all possible.

Profound thanks to our partners Keren Hayesod, United

Jewish communities and the Federations of North

America. You provide the infrastructure through your

annual campaigns that enables us to respond in times of

crisis, and time and time again, you step forward through

emergency campaigns to stand with the people of Israel.

In addition, we are grateful for designated grants made to several programs in this area of work by:

Jewish communities of Western cT, Inc.

Jewish community Board of Akron

Jewish community Federation of Louisville

Jewish Federation of central New Jersey

Jewish Federation of collier county

Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant county

Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas

Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton

Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis

Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

Jewish Federation of Orange county

Jewish Federation of Palm Beach county

Jewish Federation of San Antonio

Jewish Federation of St. Louis

Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley

Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler counties

Milwaukee Jewish Federation

Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation

The ASSOcIATED: Jewish community Federation of Baltimore

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

UJA-Federation of New York

UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey

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7,000-plus Jewish elementary students in the North are learning Arabic in Language as a Cultural Bridge through the Abraham Fund Initiatives.

In a philanthropic partnership connecting major Israeli corporation IDB Group with our worldwide partners, hospital and educational capital projects totaling $30 million are underway to enhance emergency readiness.

The lives of 100,000 youth from the North and Western Negev were enriched through Jewish Agency Enrichment Fund extracurricular activities in cooperation with other NGOs.

To date, 672 families have been stabilized by close to $4 million in emergency financial aid through the Jewish Agency Fund for Victims of Terror.

Elementary school kids from 31 communities in the North who participated in extracurricular enrichment activity showed improved class performance. 6,000 special-needs and at-risk children showed significant improvement through special extracurricular programs.

Thousands of children from the North participated in day trips to the center of the country and cultural outings in Tel Aviv.

20-plus Jewish and Arab elementary schools in the North saw an increase in the levels of trust through our Personal Encounters program.

Summer camps for 3,000 youngsters from Northern Israel provided therapeutic support in a fun-filled setting.

Financial assistance from the Claims Conference provided critical short-term support for 60-plus Holocaust Survivors living in the North.

100-plus IDF soldiers received essential emergency financial assistance through the Fund for Victims of Terror.

learn more at jewishagency.org

IDF widows received crucial emergency aid from 24 grants distributed thanks to Keren Hayesod Australia.

Scholarships averaging $1,000 received by 1,600 students at Sapir College in Sderot in return for volunteering with children in the area, enabled them to continue their studies.

Elementary school students from five municipalities in Sderot and surrounding areas improved their academic performance after participating in extracurricular enrichment activities.

12,000-plus children from Sderot and the surrounding Western Negev communities were able to de-stress out of harm’s way during day-long trips or special week-long camp sessions during school-year holidays.

Twenty bomb shelters in the city of Sderot and in the Gaza perimeter communities were renovated to substantially increase protection.

The SOS fund of the Fund for Victims of Terror provided 360-plus victims of Kassam attacks with the financial assistance to stay afloat.

Some 300 educators in Sderot and Western Negev were trained to work with children living under stress and trauma.

More than 20,000 Israelis attending a two-day Sderot Merchant’s Fair in Tel Aviv provided critical support for 110 small-business owners from Sderot and surrounding areas.

Over 7,000 youngsters from Sderot and the surrounding areas participated in safe summer camps and activities.

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No matter what it takes, we will be there for the people of Israel.

United Jewish communities of MetroWest New Jersey

United Jewish council of Greater Toledo

United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh

United Jewish Federation of San Diego county

UIA Federations canada

The russell Berrie Foundation

Ellison Sderot community Protection Fund

International commission on Holocaust Era Insurance claims

The Eleanor M. & Herbert D. Katz Family Foundation, Inc.

Jean & Irwin Levy Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach county

The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family charitable Funds

Paktor Family Foundation

Bernard rapoport

Union for reform Judaism

Thelma S. rodbell charitable Trust

Nathaniel De rothchilde

Louis White Estate

Nochi Dankner, chairman & cEO, IDB Holding corporation Ltd.

Spirit of Israel

Designated grant recognition (continued):

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Together, over 60 years, we’ve brought more than 3 million olim home to Israel. Our unparalleled experience has shown us how vital aliyah is in building a strong

Jewish state. That task is not over. Israel’s very future and its character will be shaped by the actions we

take today. At this next stage of building a modern, Western-style democracy based on Jewish values,

aliyah will continue to be a source of Israel’s strength. And encouraging potential new immigrants to

explore life in Israel through innovative programming will continue to be a major focus of our work.

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then. Simon Alfassy was born in Casablanca, Morocco. At the age of 12, he left school to

support his family; in 1962, when he was 17, he promised his dying father to take the family to Israel.

After bribing officials to change the age on his identity card to 21, and with the help of emissaries working

clandestinely to bring Moroccan Jews to Israel, Simon’s family traveled under the cover of night from

Casablanca to Tangiers, and finally to Gibraltar. From there, the Jewish Agency flew the group to Israel and

settled them in the development town of Yokneam. The Jewish Agency gave the family its first two-room

apartment and a living stipend. But times were tough and Simon immediately went to look for work. “I

vowed that I would make it in Israel. I never wanted to be poor again,” he says. Simon looks back on the

support the Jewish Agency gave his family in the past, and the support it is giving him now to help the

people of Yokneam. “I feel like I am closing a circle,” says Simon. “The Jewish Agency helped my family

come to Israel and to integrate. Now they are helping me, as mayor of Yokneam, give other newcomers

this same assistance. This is how it should work—the person who receives then becomes the person who

gives. Because of the Jewish Agency, millions share my story. It is the miracle of Israel.”

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Our FOCuS TOdAY:>> Exploring life opportunities in Israel>> Accelerating successful integration

her own path. Four years into studying to be a pharmacist

at the university of Paris, Carine Sakh, 27, decided to leave her studies and volunteer

in Israel. “I didn’t feel that being a pharmacist was the right thing for me,” says Carine.

“I had been active in the student government trying to promote mandatory first aid

courses for all students. When I left university, I chose to volunteer for the Jewish Agency

Magen david Adom Volunteer Emergency Services program in Israel.” Following her

three months with MdA and life in our Beit Canada Absorption Center, Carine decided

to make aliyah. She passed her college entrance exams (which she took in French)

and is attending the david Yellin Teachers College in Jerusalem with a major in special

education for disabled children. Carine is building the life she has dreamed of because

of you. Your support makes our volunteer programs like MdA possible. Your support

ensures that Jewish Agency Absorption Centers are engaging, supportive environments.

Your support is helping finance Carine’s studies through a Jewish Agency-sponsored

Student Authority Scholarship. That’s impact.

Through the new Jewish Agency Flex Aliyah concept,

potential new immigrants can actually experience life

in Israel prior to obtaining Israeli citizenship.

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Our innovative approach to aliyah today is focused on

providing young people and families the options and

opportunities to build the life they dream of in Israel.

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Exploring life in Israel. The fact of the matter is that aliyah is a uniquely personal experience.

That’s why we encourage potential new immigrants to visit for an up-close look at the incredible range of

possibilities in 21st century Israel. Your support is bringing more young Jews like Carine to experience what life in

Israel can be like through a variety of work, study and volunteer frameworks. Participants on Jewish Agency pilot

trips explore the range of professional, educational and living opportunities. utilizing the full spectrum of today’s

technologies—in addition to worldwide shlichim—we offer real-time access to information. And through our new

Aliyah Job Center, a portal into Israel’s job market, we provide a continuum of personalized employment services.

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Accelerating successful integration. Aliyah depends on the successful integration

of all new Israelis. Our absorption centers are extraordinary “first home” environments—providing the

personalized attention and the tools required for each newcomer to achieve independence. We also offer a

range of uniquely effective integration frameworks for young adults, such as Kibbutz ulpan and SELAH. For

those moving directly into communities, our national At Home Together program recruits Israeli families

and businesses as volunteers to “adopt” newcomers during their first two years in Israel—connecting new

immigrants to a powerful community-wide network of support.

Our FOCuS TOdAY:>> Exploring life opportunities in Israel>> Accelerating successful integration

each step of the way. The word transformative is

most certainly subjective—but not when it comes to the impact of our continuum of support

for the most vulnerable immigrants. Case in point: Benjamin Aklom. It was 1978 in Ethiopia

and his parents were fleeing for their lives. Just as they approached the airfield in Addis Ababa,

Benjamin was born. The newborn returned to his mother’s village while his father continued

on to Sudan. At the age of seven, Benjamin and his mother came to Israel in the very last stages

of Operation Moses. Their first home was our Jewish Agency absorption center in Kfar Saba.

Transition wasn’t easy, but ultimately with your help and a Jewish Agency-supported Student

Authority Scholarship, Benjamin’s mother received her BA degree in sociology and became a

successful community social worker. Benjamin, now in his fourth year of biology studies at Bar

Ilan university, is also receiving a Student Authority Scholarship. Without this level of assistance,

he would not be able to stay in school. Like all scholarship recipients, Benjamin is a dedicated

volunteer in his community and a “big brother” for an exceptionally bright, but drug-addicted,

Ethiopian teenager. “I support him emotionally … helping him get back on the right track. “

At the Jewish Agency, we provide the essentials needed

for a smooth transition to life in Israel and more intensive

intervention for those with limited resources.

Our Making the Grade program with Office depot and

other donors provided nearly 6,500 at-risk immigrant

youth in Israel with back-to-school supplies last summer.

nowNo matter the circumstances or the year, you start with the basics … Jewish Agency ulpans give the gift of Hebrew to newcomers.

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2,400 individuals gained insight and information at Aliyah fairs and events in New York, LA, Toronto, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Montreal, Chicago and Washington.

The 12 percent increase in Latin American aliyah reflects Israel’s exceptional life opportunities.

In France, 10,000-plus individuals attended aliyah fairs; Aliyah Job Center consultants provided employment options to 700 aliyah candidates.

305 families from France made aliyah in our direct absorption program that moves families directly into Israeli communities.

850 French high school students toured Israel in cooperation with Jewish Agency partner AMI.

19,712 new immigrants who came to Israel in 2007 strengthened communities across the country.

3,074 olim who arrived from North America (exceeding 3,000 for the second time in 23 years) are a source of incredible human capital for Israeli society.

1,500-plus young people on our exploratory programs (467 in our Professional Internship program; 629 Magen David Adom Overseas Volunteers; and 453 doing voluntary military service through Marva) had a transformative experience.

1,191 potential olim gained invaluable insight participating in a Jewish Agency week-long exploratory tour to Israel, tailored to participants’ specific needs or interests.

40 olim from Iran were rescued and started new lives in Israel.

Young people in Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia were introduced to possibilities of life in Israel at Youth Seminars.

900 young people from the FSU started new lives on their own in Israel through Na’ale, Selah or Kibbutz Ulpan—our young-adult aliyah frameworks.

130,000-plus potential olim in the FSU explored aliyah possibilities through fairs, community and holiday activities, seminars, and individual counseling.

Over 300 physicians in the FSU registered for the Medical Licensing Program to receive medical licenses before aliyah.

17,500 newcomers living in one of 34 absorption centers are transitioning to life in Israel through a range of acculturation programs; 9,000 new immigrants studied Hebrew in our ulpan sites.

School performance has increased dramatically for 1,450 elementary-age Ethiopian children who participated in YESODOT/Foundations after-school enrichment programs in our absorption centers, including 450 preschoolers in “Preparing for First Grade.”

350 young adult olim from Ethiopia were put on a fast track to education through our Kedma absorption program.

2,178 olim families and singles connected to a community-wide network of support through our national At Home Together volunteer program.

1,519 young immigrant soldiers discovered the richness of Judaism through NATIV—our partnership program with the Israel Defense Forces that provides access to pluralistic Jewish studies, including the opportunity for conversion.

300 lone immigrant soldiers and their parents from the FSU had an incredible one-week reunion in Israel through our Keshet program.

600-plus families made aliyah from the FSU through our community-direct absorption program; on Aliyah 2000; or through the First Home in the Homeland program.

The 237 percent increase in the number of aliyah-related inquiries to the Global Aliyah Center reflects the increased interest in aliyah.

The new Aliyah Job Center opened to provide in-depth personal employment services, advisors and an information-rich portal on the job market in Israel. Access to this new resource is provided pre- and post-aliyah.

700 immigrants participated in special licensing and professional retraining offered to accountants, dentists and pharmacists.

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You make it all possible.

Our profound thanks to partners Keren Hayesod, united

Jewish Communities and the Federations of North

America, who help support the Jewish Agency’s ongoing

work in aliyah and integration through their annual

campaigns. We are also grateful for the support of the

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and

other major funders.



Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

Jewish Federation of Greater Washington

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan detroit

Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and desert Area

Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities

Jewish Federation of the Sacramento region

Jewish united Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Minneapolis Jewish Federation

The ASSOCIATEd: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

uIA Federations Canada

The AVI CHAI Foundation

Steve Beilowitz and the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern New Jersey

Chais Family Foundation

Ebenezer Emergency Fund

Alexander Feldman

Boris Gershtein

Lev Goldberg

Barnard Gottstein

John Hagee Ministries

Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York

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2,400 individuals gained insight and information at Aliyah fairs and events in New York, LA, Toronto, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Montreal, Chicago and Washington.

The 12 percent increase in Latin American aliyah reflects Israel’s exceptional life opportunities.

In France, 10,000-plus individuals attended aliyah fairs; Aliyah Job Center consultants provided employment options to 700 aliyah candidates.

305 families from France made aliyah in our direct absorption program that moves families directly into Israeli communities.

850 French high school students toured Israel in cooperation with Jewish Agency partner AMI.

19,712 new immigrants who came to Israel in 2007 strengthened communities across the country.

3,074 olim who arrived from North America (exceeding 3,000 for the second time in 23 years) are a source of incredible human capital for Israeli society.

1,500-plus young people on our exploratory programs (467 in our Professional Internship program; 629 Magen David Adom Overseas Volunteers; and 453 doing voluntary military service through Marva) had a transformative experience.

1,191 potential olim gained invaluable insight participating in a Jewish Agency week-long exploratory tour to Israel, tailored to participants’ specific needs or interests.

40 olim from Iran were rescued and started new lives in Israel.

Young people in Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia were introduced to possibilities of life in Israel at Youth Seminars.

900 young people from the FSU started new lives on their own in Israel through Na’ale, Selah or Kibbutz Ulpan—our young-adult aliyah frameworks.

130,000-plus potential olim in the FSU explored aliyah possibilities through fairs, community and holiday activities, seminars, and individual counseling.

Over 300 physicians in the FSU registered for the Medical Licensing Program to receive medical licenses before aliyah.

17,500 newcomers living in one of 34 absorption centers are transitioning to life in Israel through a range of acculturation programs; 9,000 new immigrants studied Hebrew in our ulpan sites.

School performance has increased dramatically for 1,450 elementary-age Ethiopian children who participated in YESODOT/Foundations after-school enrichment programs in our absorption centers, including 450 preschoolers in “Preparing for First Grade.”

350 young adult olim from Ethiopia were put on a fast track to education through our Kedma absorption program.

2,178 olim families and singles connected to a community-wide network of support through our national At Home Together volunteer program.

1,519 young immigrant soldiers discovered the richness of Judaism through NATIV—our partnership program with the Israel Defense Forces that provides access to pluralistic Jewish studies, including the opportunity for conversion.

300 lone immigrant soldiers and their parents from the FSU had an incredible one-week reunion in Israel through our Keshet program.

600-plus families made aliyah from the FSU through our community-direct absorption program; on Aliyah 2000; or through the First Home in the Homeland program.

The 237 percent increase in the number of aliyah-related inquiries to the Global Aliyah Center reflects the increased interest in aliyah.

The new Aliyah Job Center opened to provide in-depth personal employment services, advisors and an information-rich portal on the job market in Israel. Access to this new resource is provided pre- and post-aliyah.

700 immigrants participated in special licensing and professional retraining offered to accountants, dentists and pharmacists.

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Together, over 60 years, we have literally changed the face of Israel. We’ve built communities where there was desert, schools where there was sand. But our work in Israel is far from

over. Today, economic and educational disparities in opportunity are marginalizing more and more Israeli families

and children. Not surprisingly, the most dramatic rise has occurred in Israel’s social and geographic periphery—in

the Negev and Galilee. Israel in the 21st century will mirror our ability to create truly transformative impact for at-risk

youth and communities. With your support, the Jewish Agency for Israel is leading the way.

then. Imagine you are a new immigrant from Romania and arrive at a Jewish

Agency Youth Aliyah village looking and sounding unlike anyone else. You don’t know

Hebrew and you’ve missed out on eighth and ninth grades. That’s how life in Israel

began for the former head of Israeli intelligence, IDF Reserve General Aharon Zeevi

Farkash. “It was very difficult for me as a child. Even basic training isn’t as hard,” he says.

But he credits his time at the Ben Yakir Youth Aliyah village with his success traveling

the almost impossible road from disadvantaged new immigrant to army general. Today,

Zeevi Farkash volunteers as the chairman of Ben Yakir’s board. “I knew I had to give

something back for everything this place did for me,” he adds. “To help these children is a

tremendous privilege.” While the definition of “at-risk” children has changed throughout

the years, the care and support they receive at our villages has not. Farkash uses his

own personal story when he encourages kids living at Ben Yakir today to believe in

themselves. “You can achieve anything you want.”

Photo above: Aharon Zeevi Farkash with David, a recent Ben Yakir graduate now serving in an IDF Engineering Combat Unit; photo facing page, top left: Zeevi Farkash (first from the left) as a 15-year-old new immigrant living at Ben Yakir Youth Village

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one life at a time. Anat was a high school teacher for

five-plus years before she walked away from the profession. “There were so many problems

in the classroom … I had to be a policewoman, a psychologist—everything but a teacher,”

she says. Anat moved into the nonprofit sector, but two years ago, YOUTH FUTUREs gave

her the opportunity to come back to what she loved. “Now, working as a YF trustee one-on-

one with at-risk children, I see their frustrations and despair. My job is to be there for them—

not to judge them but to find the unique qualities in each, and have them see that potential

in themselves.” Kids like Benao, who was 13 and having problems in school, disrupting

classes and fighting with other children. Then Anat entered his life. she quickly discovered

that although he loved sports, his parents could not afford any extracurricular activities.

Through Youth Futures, Anat placed Benao in a Taekwondo martial arts class. He thrived,

rapidly advancing to take an award in an all-Negev regional competition and 4th place in a

national championship. The impact on Benao has been profound. “I can’t express in words

the change this accomplishment has made in every aspect of his life.”

Bridging gaps for Israel’s at-risk youth YOUTH FUTUREs, our innovative national

initiative, is leading the way to new opportunities for at-risk youth, ages 6-18, through holistic intervention that

engages the entire community. The goal is to bridge critical gaps—educational, social and extracurricular—in

order to dramatically increase the number of youth who reach their potential. Harnessing the partnership of

Israeli philanthropists in a collaborative model with worldwide philanthropic partners, we’re transforming lives

of risk into opportunity—and together, securing Israel’s tomorrow.

Every year, we’re transforming the lives of more than

18,000 at-risk youth through one of our innovative

programs. Nothing is more critical for Israel’s future.

YOUTH FUTURES, our flagship program, works with young

social change activists in the Negev and Galilee who act as

trustees to guide personalized intervention for each child.

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Transforming Israel’s periphery Today, communities in Israel’s geographic and social periphery are at a critical turning point. The Jewish

Agency has launched vital programs in the Galilee and the Negev to develop resources with the capacity to

create a new socioeconomic reality. We are encouraging business initiatives through small business loans and

working with young communities of social change activists to help bring new residents to the periphery.

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21st century pioneers. Cars, not goats; an

urban street scene instead of an open field. Clearly, a lot has changed over the decades, but

some things have not. Realizing David Ben-Gurion’s vision to transform Israel’s periphery is

still a challenge to be fully met. And just as early pioneers signed up in 1946 for the Jewish

Agency’s 11-Point Plan to build their lives on Israel’s frontiers, young people and families today

are following in their footsteps. But now our challenge goes beyond settling the physical

desert; we also need to transform the social desert. Partnering with these young communities

puts the original DNA of early Zionism into our efforts. Case in point: Gali Bassudo and the

Sderot young community, Migvan. From northern Israel, Gali first discovered sderot during

her army service in the early ‘90s. she never left. Together, with her husband and 13 other

families, they created an “urban kibbutz” within the city, raising their children while working to

improve the quality of life and education for the community. But as she is quick to point out,

“We came to build the country, but also to build ourselves.” Today, people don’t understand

why they choose to stay. “When you succeed in building the dream, you cannot give it away.”

At the Jewish Agency, we support and work with young

communities of activists building their lives in the Negev

and Galilee to achieve two goals: to bring thousands of

new residents to these regions, constituting a vital

asset for communities, and to provide continuity and

educational support to bridge gaps for at-risk youth.

1958. Early pioneers at Moshav Nevatim in the Negev (courtesy of Central Zionist Archive)

2008. Young Ayalim pioneers expand their efforts into the city

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Partnering Israel’s people with worldwide Jewish communities Through the energy and commitment of our partners, the Jewish Agency’s Partnership 2000 (P2K) program

has become the paradigm for successfully partnering global Jewish communities directly with Israeli

communities—the majority of which are in national priority areas. Every year, through this volunteer-driven

effort, the people-to-people connections and friendships that develop add a completely different dimension

to the Israel/Diaspora relationship.

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power of partnership. In 1981, as a teen

growing up in Or Akiva, Moshe Nakash remembers open sewage canals on the side of the

road. A tough community, Or Akiva had never moved far beyond its origins as an immigrant

tent city. Then the Jewish Agency launched Project Renewal and Miami began a 27-year

relationship with Or Akiva that would help transform this community. Moshe grew up in the

context of this partnership. Influenced by his father’s participation on the Project Renewal

steering Committee, Moshe became a leader on the teen council, involved in community

center programs funded by Miami. With the launch of Partnership 2000 in 1995, he became

the professional coordinator of teen programs at the center, including youth missions between

the two cities. Now, as the center’s director, Moshe reflects the new approach to partnership,

one based on mutual impact. P2K Miami chair Mikki Futernick, who has participated from the

earliest days of Project Renewal, describes what, to her, is a miraculous transformation. “On my

last trip there I met with a women’s leadership group. Each one had grown up in Or Akiva and

then left. But they have all have moved back—when people move back you know the town is

a great place to be.” In addition to Or Akiva, Miami is now also partnered with Yerucham.

In each of our 45 partnerships connecting over 550

communities, we are building living bridges into the

Jewish future based on a mutuality of impact.

A recent national survey documented the particularly

powerful impact of Partnership 2000 people-to-people

programs on thousands of Israelis participating every year.

Moshe contributes today to the vitality of Or Akiva, connecting the next generation through the ongoing partnership with Miami

Or Akiva in the early days of Project Renewal; in photo at far right, Moshe’s father tells him about the early challenges

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impact 0711,000-plus disadvantaged but bright students in 130 high schools, primarily in the Negev and Galilee, received enriched educational support to ensure they can compete equally for the prestigious IDF Academic Reserves through Pre-aTIdIM.

520 college students are involved today in atidim for Industry, in which 140 companies participate; 100 students participated in Atidim Cadets for Public Service at Hebrew University, of whom 28 graduates now work in the Israeli public service.

800-plus Ethiopian-Israeli students in Atidim programs are achieving extraordinary levels of academic success.

Receiving personalized tutoring in science, 200-plus Ethiopian-Israeli high school students are on a fast track for higher education through SPaRkS OF SCIEnCE, a four-year program at Technion and the Weizmann Institute.

High tech will be a pathway to success for 1,500 teens participating in nET@, a four-year after-school technology program with partners Tapuah, Cisco and Keren Hayesod in 24 communities.

30 young communities of social change activists who live and work in the periphery bring both new residents and energy to the Negev and the Galilee with our support.

5,800 at-risk youth, paired with 300 young adult trustees in YOUTH FUTURES, are gaining the self-confidence to excel through personalized intervention based on each child’s needs.

Youth Futures is operational in 28 locations. In the near future, the program will beexpanded throughout Israel.

1,100 youth at high risk, living full or part time in a YOUTH alIYaH village, are receiving the educational and emotional support to heal and thrive.

15,000 youth explored new ideas in a short-term educational or social program at the Nitzana Youth Village in the Negev.

Connecting communities in common purpose, 400 programs in the 45 P2k partnerships created a new level of mutual impact.

40,000 people, half of whom were youth and young adults, participated in P2K Living Bridge projects to build people-to-people connections.

P2K launched an Israel/Diaspora business-to-business initiative to engage business leaders as agents of social change. 26 young Israeli volunteers from five Partnership 2000 regions spent a year making Israel a vibrant part of 13 North American communities.

70,000-plus Israelis participated in educational, community and economic development P2K projects; over 200,000 people attended large-scale P2K events. Partnership 2000 steering committee members from around the world, P2K professionals, and mayors representing the 45 partnerships from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, came together to share best practices and chart new ways to connect at conferences held in both North America and in Israel.

ayalim Student Villages— consisting of four urban and five rural villages—are a primary funding recipient. Some 450 young pioneers are members of this unique initiative.

13 families live in the Jewish Agency-supported Sderot young community.

To stimulate the economy in the Galilee and the Negev, some 160 small business loans in excess of $5 million were granted.

Some 1,500 women in 40 communities participated in Project ISHa to advance women’s health in Israel, a collaborative initiative with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland.

learn more at jewishagency.org/partnerships

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You make it all possible.

Our profound thanks to partners Keren Hayesod, United



work in Israel through their annual campaigns. We are also

grateful for the support of the International Fellowship of

Christians and Jews, and other major funders.


Central Kentucky Jewish Federation

Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation

Columbus Jewish Federation

Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Jewish Communities of Western CT, Inc.

Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland

Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey Ness Business Loan Fund for the Negev




Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando




Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County

Jewish Federation of silicon Valley

Jewish Federation of south Palm Beach County

Jewish Federation of st. Louis

Jewish Federation of Tulsa

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520 college students are involved today in atidim for Industry, in which 140 companies participate; 100 students participated in Atidim Cadets for Public Service at Hebrew University, of whom 28 graduates now work in the Israeli public service.

800-plus Ethiopian-Israeli students in Atidim programs are achieving extraordinary levels of academic success.

Receiving personalized tutoring in science, 200-plus Ethiopian-Israeli high school students are on a fast track for higher education through SPaRkS OF SCIEnCE, a four-year program at Technion and the Weizmann Institute.

High tech will be a pathway to success for 1,500 teens participating in nET@, a four-year after-school technology program with partners Tapuah, Cisco and Keren Hayesod in 24 communities.

30 young communities of social change activists who live and work in the periphery bring both new residents and energy to the Negev and the Galilee with our support.

5,800 at-risk youth, paired with 300 young adult trustees in YOUTH FUTURES, are gaining the self-confidence to excel through personalized intervention based on each child’s needs.

Youth Futures is operational in 28 locations. In the near future, the program will beexpanded throughout Israel.

1,100 youth at high risk, living full or part time in a YOUTH alIYaH village, are receiving the educational and emotional support to heal and thrive.

15,000 youth explored new ideas in a short-term educational or social program at the Nitzana Youth Village in the Negev.

Connecting communities in common purpose, 400 programs in the 45 P2k partnerships created a new level of mutual impact.

40,000 people, half of whom were youth and young adults, participated in P2K Living Bridge projects to build people-to-people connections.

P2K launched an Israel/Diaspora business-to-business initiative to engage business leaders as agents of social change. 26 young Israeli volunteers from five Partnership 2000 regions spent a year making Israel a vibrant part of 13 North American communities.

70,000-plus Israelis participated in educational, community and economic development P2K projects; over 200,000 people attended large-scale P2K events. Partnership 2000 steering committee members from around the world, P2K professionals, and mayors representing the 45 partnerships from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, came together to share best practices and chart new ways to connect at conferences held in both North America and in Israel.

ayalim Student Villages— consisting of four urban and five rural villages—are a primary funding recipient. Some 450 young pioneers are members of this unique initiative.

13 families live in the Jewish Agency-supported Sderot young community.

To stimulate the economy in the Galilee and the Negev, some 160 small business loans in excess of $5 million were granted.

Some 1,500 women in 40 communities participated in Project ISHa to advance women’s health in Israel, a collaborative initiative with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland.

learn more at jewishagency.org/partnerships

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We believe that Israel will always reflect the collective best efforts of the Jewish people.

Robert Goldberg

Irwin and Bethea Green

Hadassah—The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.

Baron de Hirsch Foundation

International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims

Jewish Funders Network

Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds

Operation Blessing International

stephen s. Wise Temple

swiss Friends of Kiryat Yearim Youth Village

Youth Aliyah Germany

Zonligt Estate-Les Amis Belges de l’Alya Des jeunes

Giora Ackerstein, Chairman and Managing Director, Ackerstein Industries Ltd.

Yossi Avrahami Civil Engineering Works

Dan Hotels Israel

Nochi Dankner, Chairman & CEO, IDB Holding Corporation Ltd.

Elishar Food Agencies Ltd.


Ikea Israel

Kardan Group

Dov Lautman

Nike (Israel)

Yuli Ofer

Paktor Family Foundation

Perrigo Co. Agis Israel

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Working together for 60 years, we have made Israel a living part of worldwide Jewish communities because Am Echad is the heart of a secure Jewish future.

But with each passing decade, the challenge of connecting the next generation has become infinitely more

complex. We have to ask ourselves the tough question today: What will a Jewish future look like that is

comprised of isolated individuals who acknowledge their Jewish cultural identity, but have no engagement

with Jewish community? Using the power of Israel itself, the Jewish Agency is leading the way to connect the

Jewish world’s next generation through powerful, transformative experiences.

then. The contours of Brian Eglash’s life were being formed as he stood in the

fields of a kibbutz in December 1987 as a participant on OTZMA. He made his first visit to

Israel the summer before on a trip for college students and fell in love with the country.

As he says, “I knew somehow I wanted to get back.” Then he heard about a new year-long

service program called OTZMA—and what he heard convinced him it was the experience

he was looking for. “OTZMA,” he says, “was amazing because it let you connect on such an

incredibly personal level with the people. Project Renewal was the main focus and we lived

and volunteered in Or Yehuda.” After graduation, Brian made aliyah. Through the Jewish

Agency’s Ulpan Etzion for young people from around the world, he met his future wife,

who had emigrated from Ethiopia. After serving in the IDF, they moved to Pittsburgh, but

Brian’s life direction stayed true to his passion. Today, as director of Campaign and Resource

Development for the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, Brian understands the profound

impact of long-term programs on the future of communities. “The challenge is to get young

people to take a year off because it’s really a ‘year on’—an incredible, life-altering experience.”

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Bringing young Jews to experience Israel. Although we provide a range

of formative Israel experiences to tens of thousands of young Jews around the world every year, it takes

innovation to provide the broader range of experiences that deepen the impact and engagement. That’s

precisely what MASA is doing. This groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by the Jewish Agency, in

partnership with the people of Israel and worldwide Jewish communities, promotes some 140 long-term

Israel programs with a wide array of program providers. MASA’s vision: Ultimately 20,000 young Jews, ages

18-30, will come to Israel every year for at least five months—an entire generation transformed.

As a partner in Taglit-Birthright Israel, and through our

Israel Experience subsidiary, we provide transformative

short-term experiences as a critical first connection.

MASA takes this journey to the next level through

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life-transforming. Sometimes it takes

hindsight to realize the power of an experience. But not for Stephanie Fenio,

part of a new generation of leaders-in-the-making. Close to completing her

ten months in Israel as an Otzma XXII volunteer, she can already tell you how

her life will be forever changed by the experience. “A year-and-a half ago, I

hardly identified myself as Jewish. Now, I’ve learned so much about myself

and what I want for my life. Through my work with an incredible nonprofit

over the last three months, I’ve decided to refocus my career to the nonprofit

area so I can really make a difference,” she says. MASA is putting the promotion

of long-term programs like OTZMA higher on the community agenda by

dramatically increasing recruitment, matching grants to subsidize participants,

and working with program providers and Israel’s major universities to make

Israel a competitive study-abroad alternative.

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Bringing Israel into Jewish communities around the world. From Argentina to Australia, North America to the former Soviet Union, we work to develop strategies

tailored for each community. To ensure communities have access to the highest quality Israel-centered

education, the Jewish Agency employs a two-pronged approach: Inspiring educators from Israel go into

communities to add value to existing resources, while Jewish educators and young adults from around the

world participate in education, leadership and in-service professional development programs.

OUR FOCUS TODAY:>> Bringing young Jews to experience Israel>> Bringing Israel into Jewish communities around the world

igniting the connection. Growing

up in Russia, Kirill Demidov finally came face-to-face with his Jewish identity

in time for his own bar mitzvah. Although his mom had told him they were

Jewish, it had no meaning in their lives until she sent him to a Jewish Agency

summer camp. When a counselor discovered that Kirill was turning 13, he

arranged for him to celebrate his bar mitzvah with the entire camp at his side.

“At that moment, I felt the meaning of being Jewish.” And it would change

the course of his life. Back home, he became involved in Jewish Agency youth

activities. After graduating high school, Kirill made aliyah on his own. While

attending Hebrew University, after his army service as a paratrooper in the

IDF, he began working as a counselor in Jewish Agency summer camps in

Russia. Now the director of Counselor Recruiting, Kirill understands more than

anyone the impact of these camps. “Again and again, I have witnessed the

extraordinary transformation in kids. And for me, I’m still on the journey.

My work as a Jewish educator is not like a regular job—it’s a way of life.”

At the Jewish Agency, we reach out with innovative,

energetic strategies and work with our global partners

to deepen community engagement with Israel.

Every year in the FSU, thousands are transformed by our

camping experiences; each summer, young Israelis serve as

counselors to bring Israel into the American camp experience.

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500-plus youth enrolled in our SHORASHIM (“Roots”) program and other Holocaust study experiences deepened their understanding of Jewish identity in the context of 20th century history.

18,000 students enrolled in formal Jewish education, and 2,000 children in LOMDIM supplementary Jewish education classes at 66 centers in Argentina are receiving the foundation for building Jewish lives with our help.

11,000 youth and 2,000 teachers in Buenos Aires and surroundings are being enriched through our identity programming.

To increase and deepen the engagement of their community with Israel in creative new ways, 13 federations across North America participated in our community-wide Makom initiative.

30,000-plus students and educators from around the world had online and on-demand access to Jewish Agency e-learning programming, including 20 e-academy courses.

Throughout the FSU, more than 13,000 youth discovered their Jewish identity in one of our transformative summer or winter camp experiences.

Some 10,000 children attending 44 Heftziba Jewish day schools in the FSU and 2,000 in one of 90 Sunday schools benefited from the power of a Jewish education.

A connection to Jewish heritage, identity and Israel was ignited for 40,000-plus individuals in Jewish and Israel-oriented programs at our cultural centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev; 8,000 participated in classes at the Open University.

impact 07Hundreds of Eastern European youth were transformed by an Israel experience program.

2,171 young people from the FSU discovered a bridge from a highly assimilated life to their Jewish identity and our people on Taglit-Birthright Israel.

3,000-plus worldwide Jewish educators had their horizons widened in our advanced training courses in Israel.

Through Machon Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad, a record 377 young adults trained to become leaders for Israel-centered education in their own communities.

More than 100,000 youth were connected to Israel on a more personal level by Jewish Agency professionals in Jewish day schools around the world.

More than 750 educators served as vital educational resources, including 400 young volunteers/educators.

1,400 young Israelis served in North American summer camps impacting tens of thousands of Jewish youth by bringing the vitality of Israel into the camp experience.

400 young Israelis served in summer camps throughout the former Soviet Union.

60,000-plus young Jews were transformed through participating in either a short- or long-term Israel experience.

22,000 young Jews were introduced to Israel on short-term programs through the Jewish Agency-supported Taglit-Birthright Israel, and our Israel Experience subsidiary.

8,000-plus young adults from 48 countries took their Israel connection to a deeper level through one of more than 140 MASA long-term programs.

41 young North Americans volunteered through the year-long Jewish Agency and UJC/Federation Otzma program.

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work in education through their annual campaigns. We are

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Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties


Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford





Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County


Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago


Syracuse Jewish Federation

The ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

UIA Federations Canada




Dr. Alfred Bader, through the Milwaukee Jewish Federation



Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany

Ed & Leah Frankel through the United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey

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500-plus youth enrolled in our SHORASHIM (“Roots”) program and other Holocaust study experiences deepened their understanding of Jewish identity in the context of 20th century history.

18,000 students enrolled in formal Jewish education, and 2,000 children in LOMDIM supplementary Jewish education classes at 66 centers in Argentina are receiving the foundation for building Jewish lives with our help.

11,000 youth and 2,000 teachers in Buenos Aires and surroundings are being enriched through our identity programming.

To increase and deepen the engagement of their community with Israel in creative new ways, 13 federations across North America participated in our community-wide Makom initiative.

30,000-plus students and educators from around the world had online and on-demand access to Jewish Agency e-learning programming, including 20 e-academy courses.

Throughout the FSU, more than 13,000 youth discovered their Jewish identity in one of our transformative summer or winter camp experiences.

Some 10,000 children attending 44 Heftziba Jewish day schools in the FSU and 2,000 in one of 90 Sunday schools benefited from the power of a Jewish education.

A connection to Jewish heritage, identity and Israel was ignited for 40,000-plus individuals in Jewish and Israel-oriented programs at our cultural centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev; 8,000 participated in classes at the Open University.

impact 07Hundreds of Eastern European youth were transformed by an Israel experience program.

2,171 young people from the FSU discovered a bridge from a highly assimilated life to their Jewish identity and our people on Taglit-Birthright Israel.

3,000-plus worldwide Jewish educators had their horizons widened in our advanced training courses in Israel.

Through Machon Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad, a record 377 young adults trained to become leaders for Israel-centered education in their own communities.

More than 100,000 youth were connected to Israel on a more personal level by Jewish Agency professionals in Jewish day schools around the world.

More than 750 educators served as vital educational resources, including 400 young volunteers/educators.

1,400 young Israelis served in North American summer camps impacting tens of thousands of Jewish youth by bringing the vitality of Israel into the camp experience.

400 young Israelis served in summer camps throughout the former Soviet Union.

60,000-plus young Jews were transformed through participating in either a short- or long-term Israel experience.

22,000 young Jews were introduced to Israel on short-term programs through the Jewish Agency-supported Taglit-Birthright Israel, and our Israel Experience subsidiary.

8,000-plus young adults from 48 countries took their Israel connection to a deeper level through one of more than 140 MASA long-term programs.

41 young North Americans volunteered through the year-long Jewish Agency and UJC/Federation Otzma program.

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The Nadav Fund

ORT France

Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation

Nathan T. Sedley Memorial Fund

Elie Horn, Lev Leviev, Aaron and Zev Wolfson


Motti Zisser, Chairman, Elbit Medical Imaging


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learn more at jewishagency.org/education

With deepest gratitude, we recognize our partners in purpose who have made our history-making work possible. Every step of the way has required

your unwavering commitment and financial support. Every safe passage to Eretz Yisrael was made possible

through the generosity of those who would never be known to the beneficiary. Although this generosity of spirit

has defined the Jewish people, it certainly has never been more evident than in our sacred work together.

then. In 1963, David Ben-Gurion saw an inequity in access to

education that could forever alter the fabric and face of Israeli society. Only

19 percent of Israeli kids received a high school education—and they had to

pay for it. Of even greater consequence was the disparity of opportunities

available to “veteran” kids and new immigrants. He decided to do something

about it and turned to the Jewish Agency. In 1963, the Israel Education Fund

was born. Joseph Meyerhoff and the leadership of UJA, the government of

Israel, and the Jewish Agency put together a plan to build high schools and

libraries throughout development communities. The rest, as they say, is history.

The Jewish Agency is

leading the way in uniting

a growing number of

Israeli business and

philanthropic leaders with

our supporters worldwide

in dynamic partnerships.

(From left) Israeli philanthropist Nochi Dankner, chairman & CEO, IDB Holding Corporation, Ltd, with his wife Orly; Marcel and Jacky Sabag; and Zeev Bielski, chair of the Executive of the Jewish Agency, at the dedication of the new Naharia Athletic center.

Photo below: David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister and a former chair of the Executive of the Jewish Agency, and the late Joseph Meyerhoff, former chair, UJA

Photo below: Raya Strauss Ben-Dror, Israeli business leader and co-chair, Jewish Agency Board of Governors Partnerships Subcommittee, meets David Cape of Montreal during launch of P2K’s Business-to-Business Initiative.

(From left) Jane F. Sherman, co-chair, Jewish Agency Board of Governors Israel Committee; a young Ben Yakir Youth Aliyah Village resident; and director Yossi Krothamer. Ben Yakir is a recipient of a major grant from the Max M. & Majorie Fisher Family Foundation.

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United Jewish Communities UJC

Jewish Federation of Ocean County

Jewish Federation of Omaha

Jewish Federation of Orange County

Jewish Federation of Ottawa


Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area

Jewish Federation of Peoria

Jewish Federation of Reading, PA Inc.

Jewish Federation of Rhode Island

Jewish Federation of Rockland County

Jewish Federation of San Antonio

Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley

Jewish Federation of Sioux City

Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon &

Warren Counties

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County

Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois,

Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky

Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey

Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley


Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Inc.

Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley

Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities

Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region

Jewish Federation of Tulsa

Jewish Federation of Ventura County

Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties

Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County

Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts

Jewish Federation of Winnipeg-Combined

Jewish Appeal

Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of

Metropolitan Chicago

Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Inc.

London Jewish Federation

Madison Jewish Community Council

Memphis Jewish Federation

Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation

Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation

Milwaukee Jewish Federation


North Louisiana Jewish Federation

Raleigh-Cary Jewish Federation

Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation

Savannah Jewish Federation

Springfield Jewish Federation

Syracuse Jewish Federation

Tampa Jewish Community Center/Federation, Inc.

The ASSOCIATeD: Jewish Community Federation

of Baltimore

The Birmingham Jewish Federation

The Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania

The Jewish Federation of Pinellas/Pasco Counties

The Jewish Federation, Inc.

The United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo


UJA Federation of Greenwich, Connecticut

UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey

UJA Federation of Westport-Weston-Wilton-Norwalk

UJA Jewish Federation of Hamilton

UJA/Federation of eastern Fairfield County



United Jewish Community of Monterey Peninsula

United Jewish Community Jewish Federation

of Las Vegas

United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula

United Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg

United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford,

New Canaan and Darien

United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York

United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh

United Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks

United Jewish Federation of San Diego County

United Jewish Federation of Tidewater

United Jewish Federation of Utah

United Jewish Fund and Council/The Jewish

Federation of Greater St. Paul

Windsor Jewish Federation

Youngstown Area Jewish Federation

Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado

Augusta Jewish Federation

Calgary Jewish Community Council

Canton Jewish Community Federation

Central Kentucky Jewish Federation

Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation

Charleston Jewish Federation

Columbia Jewish Federation

Columbus Jewish Federation

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation

Fall River UJA Inc

Federation CJA

Flint Jewish Federation

Fort Wayne Jewish Federation


Greensboro Jewish Federation

Jacksonville Jewish Federation

Jewish Communities of Western CT, Inc.

Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine

Jewish Community Association of Austin

Jewish Community Board of Akron


Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga

Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester

Jewish Community Federation of Louisville

Jewish Community Federation of Richmond

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco,

the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties

Jewish Community Federation of the Greater east Bay

Jewish Community Federation of the Mohawk Valley

Jewish Federation of Arkansas

Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties

Jewish Federation of Brevard and Indian

River Counties

Jewish Federation of Broward County

Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts

Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey

Jewish Federation of Cincinnati

Jewish Federation of Collier County

Jewish Federation of Cumberland County

Jewish Federation of Delaware

Jewish Federation of Dutchess County

Jewish Federation of eastern Connecticut, Inc.

Jewish Federation of edmonton

Jewish Federation of el Paso, Inc.

Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County

Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids

Jewish Federation of Greater Portland


Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge

Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo, Inc.

Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte

Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic

Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas

Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton

Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford



Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City

Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West

Orange County

Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles

Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County

Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County

Jewish Federation of Greater New Bedford

Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven

Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans

Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City

Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County

Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando


Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix

Jewish Federation of Greater Rockford

Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle

Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver


Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre

Jewish Federation of Lee & Charlotte Counties


Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee

Jewish Federation of New Hampshire

Jewish Federation of New Mexico

Jewish Federation of North Shore

Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana

We would like to thank each donor supporting federation annual campaigns, as well as our valued volunteer and professional partners at United Jewish Communities and in Jewish federations across North America. Your enduring commitment provides the vital support to ensure the ongoing core work of the Jewish Agency. And together, with our partners worldwide, we are securing the Jewish future.

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Keren-Hayesod United Israel Appeal

We would like to thank each donor supporting the 58 annual community campaigns throughout the 45 countries of Keren Hayesod, as well as our valued volunteer and professional partners at Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal. Your commitment provides the vital support to ensure the ongoing core work of the Jewish Agency. And together, with our partners worldwide, we are securing the Jewish future.

English-SpeakingCountry Campaigns

United Israel Appeal Australia

UIA Federations Canada

United Jewish Israel Appeal Great Britain

Israel United Appeal-UCF South Africa

United Israel Appeal New Zealand

United Israel Appeal Hong Kong

and the Far east

Keren Hayesod, Singapore

European RegionCampaignsKeren Hajessod – Vereinigte Aktion Fuer Israel, Austria

Keren Hayesod – Verenigde Israel Actie, Antwerpen

Solidarité avec Israël et le Peuple Juif – Keren Hayesod,

Brussels Apple Unifié Juif de France

Keren Hayesod – Vereinigte Israel Aktion e. V., Germany

Keren Hayesod – Appello Unificato per Israele, Milano

Keren Hayesod – Appello Unificato per Israele, Roma

Keren Hajessod Schweiz – Vereinigte Israel Aktion, Zurich

Keren Hayessod Action Israël – Suisse Romande, Genève

Collectieve Israel Actie Holland

Christenen Voor Israel, The Netherlands

Keren Hayesod españa

Keren Hayesod, Portugal

Förenade Israelinsamlingen Sweden

Keren Hayesod – Dan Danske

Israelindsamling, Denmark

Förenade Israelinsamlingen Finland

Patmos Foundation, Finland

Hjelp Jews Home, Norway

Fellesinnsamlingen for Israel , Norway

Keren Hayesod, Faroe Islands

Eastern Region CampaignsKeren Hayesod AthensKeren Hayesod Thessaloniki Keren Hayesod UkraineKeren Hayesod Latvia and Lithuania Keren Hayesod CIS

Latin American Region CampaignsKeren Hayesod BoliviaKeren Hayesod Chile Keren Hayesod Costa RicaKeren Hayesod ColombiaKeren Hayesod ecuadorKeren Hayesod PanamáKeren Hayesod Guatemala

Keren Hayesod MéxicoKeren Hayesod ParaguayKeren Hayesod PerúFundo Comunitário Porto AlegreFundo Comunitário Rio de JaneiroFundo Comunitário São PauloFundo Comunitário CuritibaKeren Hayesod Republica DominicanaKeren Hayesod UruguayC.U.e. VenezuelaC.U.J.A. Campaña Unida Judeo Argentina

FoundationsNadav Fund

Strategic AllianceInternational Fellowship of Christians and Jews

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We would like to thank our many partners who have infused Israel’s communities with the educational, cultural and sports facilities to support community growth. Nowhere has their impact been greater than in communities in Israel’s geographic periphery: the Galilee in the North and the Negev in the South. The Israel Education Fund is a partnership of the Jewish Agency and United Jewish Communities.

Anchorage, Alaska Barnard J. Gottstein

Baltimore, MarylandThe Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable FundsThe Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Bergen County, New Jersey The Joseph Appleman FamilyNorman Seiden

Boca Raton, Florida

Rose and Solomon Turetsky

Charlotte, North Carolina

John Belk, z”l

Chicago, Illinois

The estate of Mollie Goodman

Collier County, Florida Lorie Mayer

Hollywood, FloridaThe eleanor M. and Herbert D. Katz Family Foundation

Houston, TexasJohn Hagee Ministries Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

Los Angeles, CaliforniaBenjamin D. & Harriet Bagno The Chais Family FoundationAnita Hirsh The Levy-Marcus Foundation Shelters for IsraelSinai TempleStephen S. Wise Temple; Metuka Benjamin, Director of education

MetroWest, New Jersey Mortimer J. Harrison Trusts

Miami, Florida

Joseph, z”l & Betty, z”l KopelowitzHenry, z”l & eve Rose The Russell Foundation

New Orleans, Louisiana The Woldenberg Foundation

New York, New YorkThe Jacques Asseoff estate Adele Becker Diane BelferCouncil of Organizations/Labor Zionist Organization; Isaac Pulvermacher, ChairmanThe ernst & Paula Deutsch Foundation Henry, z”l and edith everett The Gould-Shenfeld Foundation Joseph Gurwin

The Stella & Charles Guttman Foundation Paula & Henry HanoverThe Dr. Bernard Heller Foundation Myrtle Hirsh Family The Jesselson Family Foundation Bobi Klotz Leon Miller The Claire F. Perlman Family Thelma Rodbell Yisroel Schulman Harriet Sloane Leonard SternDavid & Marietta Teitler UJA-Federation of New York Lily Wajnberg elaine Winik

Omaha, NebraskaThe M.H. Newman Foundation

Palm Beach County, Florida

Sidney, z”l & Mildred edelstein The eugene & estelle Ferkauf FoundationDaniel M. & Bente S. Lyons

Palm Springs, California

Helene Berman, z”lJewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area

Rochester, New York The Futerman Supporting Foundation, Inc.Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester

Sarasota-Manatee, Florida

Alfred R. Goldstein Lucien Levy The Sheldon Foundation

Tulsa, OklahomaThe Shusterman Family Foundation

Waco, TexasThe Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation

Washington DC

Hershel W. & Goldene Blumberg

Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania

Grass Family Foundation

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financials2007

In addition, the Jewish Agency would like to express special appreciation to the following Israeli individuals and business partners for their outstanding support and volunteerism this past year.

The Spirit of Israel/people of IsraelThe Jewish Agency would like to recognize those who have worked by our side to change the face of philanthropy in Israel. We are

especially appreciative of our main partner, the Spirit of Israel, and the 230,000-plus donors to the Spirit of Israel campaign. Since

1997, when the Spirit of Israel was founded by the Jewish Agency for Israel and Keren Hayesod-UIA, our partners there have made

an extraordinary impact in creating opportunities for Israel’s most disadvantaged populations.

Avi Naor – Oran Foundation

Ben & evelyn Lipshitz Charity Trust

Bezeq

Moshe and esther Bronshtein

Carasso Group

Cellebrite

Channel 10

The United Israel Appeal, a subsidiary of United

Jewish Communities, is a principal beneficiary of

UJC’s United Jewish Appeal Federation Campaign.

For more than three decades, through UIA, the Jewish

Agency has been the recipient of a US Government

Grant to bring humanitarian migrants from countries

of distress to Israel. A considerable portion of the

funds are used to bring ethiopian Jews to Israel and

to settle them in temporary housing.

Initiated by Congress during the early 1970s in response to the first large

influx of Soviet Jews to Israel, the State Department’s Bureau of Population,

Refugees and Migration supervises grant programs. Key members of the US

Senate and House of Representatives have provided the leadership to assure

continued support. Over the years, members of Congress have recognized

the continuing responsibility to help bring Jews to Israel from countries

of distress based on the principle that free emigration is a hallmark of a

democratic society, and therefore a priority of the US Congress. They look

upon this grant as a concrete expression of these values.

The United Israel Appeal UIA

Every effort was made to be as accurate as possible in recognizing our partners. Please advise us of any inaccuracies.

Channel 24

Check Point

COMPeDIA

Comsecure

eithan & Ala First

exLibris

Fritz Companies Israel T.Ltd

HyperMedia Systems Ltd.

Keshet

Joel And Riva Koschitzky

Leumi Card

Mashbir Lazarhan

MATRIX

Israel McDonald’s

Microsoft R&D

Premiera

Reshet

SANO

Shalmor Avnon Amichai /Y&R

SHIBOLeT & CO

Smile Media

Bennet Aaron

Joan Benstock

Herschel Blumberg

The Crown-Goodman Family

We would like to recognize these visionaries who have made a legacy commitment to support the vital work of the

Jewish Agency for Israel in perpetuity—a legacy to secure the Jewish future.

The Jewish Agency Endowment

Alex Grass

Arlene Kaufman

H. Irwin Levy

Norman Lipoff

Neil Moss

Julie Wise Oreck

Richard Pearlstone

Myra Reinhard

Jay Sarver

Ronald A. Sedley

Mike Shapiro

Jane Sherman

Alan Shulman

Carole Solomon

Richard Wexler

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Kibbutz Hashomer Hatzair In Rishon Lezion

financial highlights2007Despite the implementation of IEC projects, an increase of more than 9% in the scope of the Jewish Agency’s activities, and the strengthening of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar by some 9% during the year (see below), the Jewish Agency succeeded in maintaining a balanced budget. By continuing its commitment to fiscal responsibility and by working hard to further improve efficiencies in the use of revenues from donors, the Jewish Agency ended the year with a small budgetary surplus of $0.4 million.

The impact of the exchange rate difference was

minimized as a result of the financial hedging

activities undertaken by the Jewish Agency. These

activities were critical in managing our budgetary

control and thereby enabling the Jewish Agency’s

activities to continue at their planned levels.

As a result of the strengthening of the shekel, shekel-

denominated liabilities were revalued and their dollar

amount increased by 9% on average over the course

of the year. This was especially significant with regard

to the Jewish Agency’s liability to the Pension Fund.

While the actual shekel-denominated liability was

reduced from 606 million shekels at December 31,

2006 to 601 million shekels at December 31, 2007, the

dollar-denominated liability rose from $143.5 million

to $156.3 million, an increase of close to $13 million.

Revenues from asset realization of nearly $47 million

were available to use for the improvement of the

Agency’s financial position. Almost all this income was

derived from the payments by the Government of

Israel in respect to the sale of apartments owned by

the Jewish Agency and by some of its major supporters

under an agreement signed in February 1999. Under

the terms of the 1999 agreement, this revenue stream

is expected to continue for the next seven years.

As a result, the Jewish Agency’s accumulated deficit

in net unrestricted assets declined by almost $22.5

million during 2007, from $223.5 million at the end

of 2006 to $201 million at December 31, 2007.

revenuesThe Jewish Agency’s total revenues

increased by 9.2% during 2007

to a total of nearly $600 million

compared to $549 million in 2006.

This is the highest revenue for the

Jewish Agency in over 15 years.

2007 saw a $3 million decrease

in contributions provided by the

campaigns towards the Jewish

Agency’s unrestricted activities. 2007

unrestricted contributions totaled

$186 million as compared to $189

million in 2006. Designated income

received during 2007 for the Jewish

Agency’s projects, not including the

U.S. Government grant, was $122

million as compared to $135 million

in 2006, a decrease of 9%.

expenditures2007 saw an expansion in the scope

of the Jewish Agency’s operations,

not including financial expenses,

of almost 10%, the expenditures

for which totaled $594 million

compared to $541 million in 2006.

During the reported year, the

Jewish Agency’s operations within

the framework of designated

projects and allocations, other than

projects funded by the grant from

the U.S. Government, amounted

to $234 million compared to $200

million in 2006, a 17% increase.

liquidityThe significant achievement of a

surplus in working capital at the

2004 year-end has been sustained

in subsequent years. Bolstered

by the cash receipts from the sale

of apartments (see facing page),

the Jewish Agency has enjoyed

a substantial improvement in its

liquidity over the past several

years. The Jewish Agency’s working

capital surplus was $58 million at

December 31, 2007 as compared

to $69 million at December 31,

2006. The reduction in the 2007

year-end working capital surplus

is due to the $25 million current

commitment to the Pension Fund

being recorded as a current liability.

Volatility of the Shekel / Dollar Exchange Rate 1998-2007 Accumulated Deficit in Net Unrestricted Assets 1998-2007 Working Capital Surplus / Deficit

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consolidated balance sheets as of December 31,

Shoel SilverChair, Budget/Finance Committee

Yaron NeudorferChief Financial Officer

Hagai MeiromTreasurer

Date of approval of financial statements: May 21, 2008

2007 2006 Thousands US $ Thousands US $

assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 123,659 88,989Accounts receivable 88,635 108,216 Current maturities of investments and other assets 5,076 11,869 Total current assets 217,370 209,074 Investments and other assets 31,453 33,329

Fixed assets 142,380 135,265

total assets 391,203 377,668


liabilities, net of deficit in net assets Current liabilities Short-term credit from banks 270 1,484 Accounts payable 117,920 121,317 Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net 25,000 - Current maturities of long-term bank loans and deposits payable 16,009 17,349

Total current liabilities 159,199 140,150

Long-term liabilities Bank loans and deposits payable 62,282 88,866 Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net 174,233 183,073 Other liabilities 16,880 19,384 Total long-term liabilities 253,395 291,323 Minority interest 261 249 Deficit in net assets Deficit in unrestricted net assets (200,985) (223,479) Temporarily restricted for projects 172,124 162,125 Temporarily restricted for allocations 7,209 7,300 Total temporarily restricted 179,333 169,425

Total deficit in net assets (21,652) (54,054)

total liabilities, net of deficit in net assets 391,203 377,668

Please refer to the companion document “2007 Financial Report” to review accompanying notes that are an integral part of these financials.

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consolidated statements of operations for the Year Ended December 31,


revenues: Unrestricted donations and contributions: United Israel Appeal, Inc. 135,439 139,466 Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal 45,539 44,017 International Fellowship 3,451 4,678 Direct donations & Spirit of Israel 1,303 476 Net assets released from restrictions: United Israel Appeal, Inc. 126,077 108,159 U.S. Government grant 39,827 39,801 Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal 43,091 52,650 Direct donations & Spirit of Israel 26,100 27,400 International Fellowship 38,720 12,483 Other income 140,224 120,120 Total revenues 599,771 549,250 Cost of activities and other expenses: Immigration and absorption department 114,472 112,880 Education department 93,886 92,093 Israel department 88,622 69,202 Amigour social housing 25,914 24,388 Allocations and social programs 127,834 101,386 JAFI - wide projects and organizational activities 101,219 101,504 Support functions 30,081 27,738 Allocation to World Zionist Organization 7,800 7,800 Global management 4,256 3,747 594,084 540,738 Income from ordinary operations 5,687 8,512 Financial expenses, net 5,315 8,727 Income (deficit) from activities 372 (215) Other income (expenses): Income from asset realization, net: Sale of Amigour apartments 43,670 42,489 Sale of other JAFI owned assets 3,257 2,332 Increase in pension liability, net (27,860) (6,841) Other income, net 19,067 37,980 Net income for the year 19,439 37,765

Unrestricted in use Temporarily restricted For operations For projects For allocations Total Thousands US $ Thousands US $ Thousands US $ Thousands US $

Balance at January 1, 2006 (264,110) 133,753 3,606 (126,751)

changes during 2006: Temporarily restricted donations and Contributions received: United Israel Appeal, Inc. - 94,129 38,867 132,996 U.S. Government grant - 39,801 - 39,801 Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal - 11,514 40,528 52,042 International Fellowship - 2,032 11,249 13,281 Direct donations & Spirit of Israel - 27,079 10,226 37,305 Total received - 174,555 100,870 275,425 Released from restriction - (143,317) (97,176) (240,493)Net income for the year 37,765 - - 37,765 Funds transferred as recovery of depreciation expense 2,866 (2,866) - -

Net change during 2006 40,631 28,372 3,694 72,697 Balance at December 31, 2006 (223,479) 162,125 7,300 (54,054)

changes during 2007: Temporarily restricted donations and Contributions received: United Israel Appeal, Inc. - 93,122 46,440 139,562 U.S. Government grant - 40,075 - 40,075 Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal - 10,994 31,042 42,036 International Fellowship - 4,338 34,888 39,226 Direct donations & Spirit of Israel - 13,979 11,900 25,879 Total received - 162,508 124,270 286,778 Released from restriction - (149,454) (124,361) (273,815)Net income for the year 19,439 - - 19,439 Funds transferred as recovery of depreciation expense 3,055 (3,055) - -

Net change during 2007 22,494 9,999 (91) 32,402 Balance at December 31, 2007 (200,985) 172,124 7,209 (21,652)

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cash flows from operating activities: Net income for the year 19,439 37,765 Adjustments required to reflect the cash flows from operating activities (see Appendix) (19,533) (13,752) Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (94) 24,013

cash flows from investing activities: Purchase of fixed assets (18,067) (16,578)Purchase of long-term investments (2,389) (11,064)Proceeds from property realization 73,203 40,068 Net cash provided by investing activities 52,747 12,426

cash flows from financing activities: Long-term loans and deposits received 10,736 21,146 Repayment of long-term loans and deposits (40,468) (26,389)Increase in temporarily restricted assets, net 12,963 34,932 Short-term credit from banks, net (1,214) (1,222) Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (17,983) 28,467 Increase in cash and cash equivalents, net 34,670 64,906 Balance of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 88,989 24,083

balance of cash and cash equivalents at end of year 123,659 88,989


appendix: Adjustments required to reflect the cash flows from operating activitiesIncome and expenses not involving cash flows: Erosion of principal and accrual of interest on long-term assets and liabilities, net (801) (322) Capital gain on asset realization (46,927) (44,821) Share in losses of equity investments, net of minority interest (387) (473) Depreciation 10,952 10,808 Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net 16,160 11,555 (21,003) (23,253) Changes in operating assets and liability items: Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable 7,372 (15,187) Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other liabilities (5,902) 24,688 1,470 9,501 (19,533) (13,752)


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New Zealand: Auckland Panama: Panama Peru: Lima Poland: Warsaw Romania: Bucharest Russia: Irkustk, Khabarovsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk,

Pyatigorsk, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg Scotland: Glasgow Singapore: Singapore South Africa: Capetown, Durban, Johannesburg

Spain: Barcelona, Madrid Sweden: Goteborg, Malmo Switzerland: Zurich Turkey: Istanbul Ukraine: Dnepopetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkov, Kiev, Lvov, Odessa,

Simferopol Uruguay: Montevideo USA: Akron, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boca Raton, Boston, Champaign, Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, College

Park, Columbus, Davis, Dayton, Detroit, Ft. Myers, Gainesville, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Madison, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee,

Minneapolis, Mobile, Nashville, New Jersey, New York City, Oakland, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Quad City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Savannah,

South Bend, St. Louis, St. Luis Obispo, Stanford, Syracuse, Tucson, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach, York, Youngstown Uzbekistan: Tashkent Venezuela: Caracas

Argentina: Bahia Blana, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, La Plata, Paranha, Rosario, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman Australia: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth,

Sydney Austria: Vienna Azerbaijan: Baku Belarus: Minsk Belgium: Antwerp, Brussels Brazil: Bela Horizonte, Curitiva, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Saõ

Paulo Bulgaria: Sofia Canada: Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, St. John’s, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg Chile: Santiago Costa Rica: San Jose

Czech Republic: Prague Denmark: Copenhagen Ecuador: Quito England: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester

Ethiopia: Addis-Ababa France: Bordeaux, Enghien, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Rouen, Toulouse Georgia: Tbilisi Germany: Berlin,

Cologne, Frankfurt, Hanover Greece: Athens, Salonika Holland: Amsterdam Hong Kong: Hong Kong Hungary: Budapest Italy: Firenze, Genoa, Milan,

Rome, Trieste, Turin Kazakhstan: Almaty Kenya: Nairobi Latvia: Riga Luxemburg: Luxemburg Mexico: Mexico City, Monterrey Moldova: Kishinev

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Jewish AgencyEmissaries a worldwide team… bringing Israel into lives and communities.

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The P2K Awards of Excellence showcase and applaud those programs that have made

an outstanding contribution in their P2K region. Winners of Awards of Excellence are chosen by an ad hoc

committee comprised of lay and professional leadership. Recognition is bestowed based on merit and creativity.

in 2006 Western Galilee/Central Region Consortium Emergency Response Group (ERG)

Tel Aviv/Los Angeles School Twinning

Afula/Gilboa/Southern New England Consortium (SNEC) Young Emissaries (Shinshinim)

United Kingdom/Confrontation Line Limud Galil

the P2K award of excellence

was presented to the following partnerships:

in 2007Haifa/Boston Teens For Tzedek

Carmiel/Misgav/Pittsburgh The Joint Women’s Forum

Kfar Vradim/Belgium Youth Delegation Exchange

Hadera/Eiron/UJC Southeast Region Consortium YP2K (Youth Partnership 2000)

Eilat/Eilot/Toronto Internship Program

P2K550 Global Communities in 45 Partnerships with Israel. The Jewish Agency would like to thank our partner communities in Israel and the

Diaspora—you are building living bridges that will carry us into the Jewish future.

Israeli region Diaspora community 1. Galilee Panhandle Coast to Coast, Canada 2. Tzfat-Hatzor-Rosh Pina Palm Beach County 3. Confrontation Line Great Britain 4. Western Galilee UJC Central Region Consortium 5. Kfar Vradim Belgium 6. Haifa Boston 7. Carmiel-Misgav Pittsburgh 8. Central Galilee Michigan 9. Sovev Kinneret Milwaukee-St. Paul-Tulsa 10. Yokneam-Meggido Atlanta-St. Louis 11. Afula-Gilboa UJC Southern New England Consortium (SNEC) 12. Hadera Charlotte 13. Hadera-Eiron UJC Southeast Region Consortium 14. Beit Shean Cleveland 15. Or Akiva Miami 16. Yerucham Miami 17. Netanya Cincinnati 18. Tel Aviv Los Angeles 19. Ramle-Gezer Kansas City 20. Shoham Venezuela 21. Beit Shemesh-Yehuda Plains South Africa-Washington, D.C. 22. Ramat Hanegev-Nitzana Denver 23. Ashkelon Coast-Kiryat Malachi UJC Western Region Consortium 24. Ashkelon Coast-Kiryat Malachi Tucson-Phoenix-Seattle (TIPS) 25. Sderot-Sha’ar Hanegev Holland-Italy 26. Kiryat Gat-Lachish-Shafir Chicago 27. Netivot-Sedot Negev Philadelphia 28. Beer Sheva-Bnei Shimon Montreal 29. Ofakim-Merchavim MetroWest, New Jersey 30. Eshkol Mexico-Northeastern New York 31. Jerusalem New York 32. Dimona Network of Independent UJC Communities 33. Arad-Tamar UJC New Jersey Consortium and Delaware 34. Central Arava Australia 35. Eilat-Eilot Toronto 36. Kiryat Bialik South Palm Beach County, Florida 37. Emek Hefer Richmond, Virginia 38. Kfar Saba Columbus, Ohio 39. Yoav Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania 40. Yoseftal-Petach Tikva Houston 41. Nahariya Northern New Jersey 42. Modiin Rochester, New York 43. Rosh Ha’ayin Birmingham-New Orleans 44. Nesher Broward County, Florida 45. Kiryat Motzkin Orlando

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1979 37,222 17,614 3,273 1,648 1,058 1,577 978 45

1980 20,428 7,570 2,550 1,430 900 1,036 346 259

1981 12,599 1,770 2,670 1,430 882 949 220 650

1982 13,723 782 2,934 1,682 1,154 1,165 271 950 10,674

1983 16,906 399 3,806 2,094 1,294 1,283 324 2,393

1984 19,981 367 2,827 1,539 786 841 281 8,327

1985 10,642 362 2,090 1,017 577 836 246 1,886

1986 9,505 202 2,179 927 568 772 565 236

1987 12,965 2,096 1,986 888 577 1,078 737 231 8,306

1988 13,034 2,283 1,700 920 528 1,546 487 595

1989 24,050 12,932 1,533 900 452 1,853 262 1,448

1990 199,516 185,227 1,546 864 488 2,045 175 4,121

1991 176,100 147,839 1,703 966 472 666 135 20,014

1992 77,057 65,093 2,068 1,182 459 356 267 3,648

1993 76,805 66,145 2,280 1,372 647 375 437 863

1994 79,844 68,079 2,398 1,512 626 538 595 1,197

1995 77,382 64,848 2,752 1,933 703 1,095 325 1,311

1996 72,009 59,048 2,926 2,052 581 1,391 323 1,411

1997 67,670 54,626 2,775 2,279 553 1,280 367 1,661

1998 57,950 46,034 2,296 1,990 486 770 236 3,110

1999 77,737 66,848 2,148 1,557 473 949 276 2,290 9,889

2000 61,025 50,817 1,735 1,366 394 1,095 225 2,201 699

2001 44,247 33,601 1,653 1,144 352 1,421 187 3,274 538

2002 34,847 18,508 2,040 2,481 316 6,225 215 2,656 413

2003 24,434 12,383 2,385 2,083 402 1,465 117 3,029 436

2004 22,139 10,130 2,641 2,415 435 494 97 3,695 331

2005 22,710 9,431 2,987 3,005 481 426 126 3,571 288

2006 20,966 7,472 3,202 2,838 738 318 157 3,595 250

2007 19,712 6,502 3,074 2,717 660 342 178 3,591 377

3,046,153 1,171,014 130,624 84,557 35,815 68,117 20,558 82,715 759,167

Year Total FSU North France UK Argentina South Ethiopia Middle Olim America Africa East

Notes:

Statistics based on data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics and the Jewish Agency.

Data since 1995 includes returning Israel adults and minors.

Year Total FSU North France UK Argentina South Ethiopia Middle Olim America Africa East

1948 101,828 1,175 336 640 501 62 178

1949 239,954 3,255 659 1,665 796 326 228 1 326,105

1950 170,563 290 888 672 662 435 205 5

1951 175,279 196 618 401 347 325 72 1

1952 24,610 74 353 246 257 291 51

1953 11,575 45 234 196 192 427 46 3

1954 18,491 30 349 201 181 398 73 13

1955 37,528 139 380 206 204 363 111 25

1956 56,330 470 209 199 176 505 234 1 173,181

1957 72,634 1,324 313 267 223 665 96 5

1958 27,290 729 409 274 227 515 106 4

1959 23,988 1,362 379 326 229 420 114 3

1960 24,692 1,923 462 371 268 337 154 3

1961 47,735 224 348 372 235 495 116 2

1962 61,533 194 677 580 363 693 195 11 130,908

1963 64,489 314 968 546 536 4,255 409 17

1964 55,036 541 1,122 731 408 1,998 381 8

1965 31,115 895 1,016 830 356 1,154 310 9

1966 15,957 2,054 826 700 351 664 301 21

1967 14,469 1,403 739 893 299 547 233 13

1968 20,703 224 1,035 2,523 467 559 160 17 69,451

1969 38,111 3,019 6,419 5,292 1,763 1,274 715 14

1970 36,750 992 7,158 4,414 1,585 1,457 803 13

1971 41,930 12,839 8,122 3,281 1,381 2,107 647 7

1972 55,888 31,652 6,034 2,356 1,030 2,598 605 40

1973 54,886 33,477 4,786 1,473 760 2,809 577 41

1974 31,979 16,816 3,393 1,345 832 1,625 432 24

1975 20,028 8,531 3,065 1,382 707 892 415 19 27,321

1976 19,754 7,279 2,979 1,416 592 1,616 585 10

1977 21,429 8,348 2,906 1,226 840 2,158 1,448 90

1978 26,394 12,192 3,285 1,302 1,005 1,960 1,403 37

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bringing over 3 million togetherolim to Israel

*According to the Central Bureau of Statistics. Numbers include returning Israeli adults and minors.

Country Aliyah 2007

Total Asia 398

Russia 3,663Ukraine 1,632 Southern Caucasus and Asia 1,185 Rest of FSU 22

Total FSU 6,502

Bulgaria 33Poland 22 Hungary 49 Former Yugoslavia 17 Romania 37 Rest of Eastern Europe 19

Total Eastern Europe 177

Italy 68 Belgium 113 Germany 123Holland 51 United Kingdom 660 Spain 33 France 2,717Switzerland 96Scandinavia 49 Rest of Western Europe 27

Total Western Europe 3,937

Country Aliyah 2007

Ethiopia 3,591 South Africa 178Morocco 48 Rest of Africa 19

Total Africa 3,836 Mexico 66 Uruguay 143 Argentina 342 Brazil 284 Venezuela 140Peru 184Chile 71 Columbia 235Rest of South America 172

Total South America 1,637

USA 2,762Canada 312

Total North America 3,074

Australia 122New Zealand 10

Total Oceania 132

Other 19

Total Olim 19,712 *

fast factsaliyah

*According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, there are an additional 290,000 immigrants living

in Israel who are not registered as Jews by the Ministry of Interior.

**According to Jewish Agency statistics, the total number of people in the FSU eligible for aliyah

is approximately one million.

aliyah by country of origin (2007)

Israel 5,393,400*

North America 5,649,000

Europe 1,149,300

South America 392,300

Former Soviet Union 356,700**

Oceania 111,000

Africa 71,500

Asia 19,500

estimated world Jewish population (2007)

olim from the west (2002-2007)

Region Number of Olim

North America 16,329

Britain 3,032

France 15,539

Latin America 16,331

Total 51,231

western aliyah overview

Age 2004 2005 2006 2007

0-34 62% 63% 62% 61%

35-59 24% 23% 24% 24%

60+ 14% 14% 14% 15%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

age breakdown by year (2004-2007)

Over the last six years, the number of olim and aliyah-eligible individuals who have arrived in Israel

stands at more than 51,000. And this was a period in which there were two wars—the Intifada and

the Second Lebanon War. The implications of this aliyah are even more impressive: The majority of

these olim are young and educated, bringing with them a wealth of knowledge and energy.

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board of governors: Carole Solomon 2003-2007Alex Grass 1999-2003Charles Goodman 1995-1999Mendel Kaplan 1987-1995Gerald Hofberger, z”l 1983-1987Max Fisher, z”l Founding Chair 1971-1983

executive:Sallai Meridor 1999-2005Avraham Burg 1995-1999Simcha Dinitz, z”l 1987-1994Arye L. Dultzin, z”l 1978 -1987Joseph Almogi, z”l 1976-1978Pinchas Sapir, z”l 1974-1975

Arye L. Pincus, z”l 1965-1973Moshe Sharett, z”l 1961-1965Zalman Shazar, z”l 1956-1961Berl Locker, z”l 1948-1956David Ben-Gurion, z”l 1935-1948Arthur Ruppin, z”l 1933-1935

senior management

Moshe Vigdor, Director General

Eli Cohen, Deputy Director General and Director of Human Resources

Leah Golan, Director General, Israel Department

Alan Hoffmann, Director General, Jewish-Zionist Education Department

Jeff Kaye, Director General, Resource Development and Public Affairs Department

Shuki Menashe, Acting Director General, Aliyah and Absorption Department

Yaron Neudorfer, Director General, Finance Department

Josh Schwarcz, Secretary General

Arie Abir, Regional Manager, Europe

Maxyne Finkelstein, CEO, Jewish Agency for Israel, North America

Alex Katz, Regional Manager, Former Soviet Union

David Roche, Regional Manager, France

Yehuda Sharf, Regional Manager, Israel

Rony Steinitz, Regional Manager, South America

past chairmen

Richard L. Pearlstone, Chairman of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors

Zeev Bielski, Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency

Hagai Meirom, Treasurer of the Jewish Agency

World Zionist OrganizationReuven Adler Mark S.Anshan Meir AzariGavri Bar-GilNir BarkatOved BenozairHarvey BlitzDavid BreakstoneMeir CohenDanny Danon

Stanley DavidsAvraham DuvdevaniPaula EdelsteinJerome EpsteinNancy FalchukMiriam FeirbergSami FriedrichAdi GaiHelena GlaserGael Grunewald

Eitan HaberRichard HirschDavid KolitzGad KomeranShlomo KostinerAvi KrampaYitzchak KrichevskyVernon KurtzOfer Laufman Dov Lautman

Menachem LeibovicJoel MeyersShlomo MollaAvi NaorEhud NaorYaakov Ne’emanArik NudelmanAvi PaznerAmir Peled Leon Recanati

Uri RegevUriel ReichmanSteve SavitskyGabriela ShalevAlan SilbermanMoshe SmithSondra SokalEfi StenzlerOfra StraussKalman Sultanik

Moshe TheumimRani TraininJune WalkerYehiel WassermanEitan WertheimerEric YoffieYaffa Zilbershatz

Bruce ArbitRichard BernsteinMarion BlumenthalStephen BreslauerAlisa DoctoroffGary Erlbaum

Jake FarberDede FeinbergIris FeinbergMichael GelmanBetsy GidwitzDavid Gill

Herb GimelstobAndrew Groveman Michael HorowitzLarry JosephArlene KaufmanJoe Kanfer

Murray LaulichtMark LevyNathan LewingerNeil Moss Robert NaboicheckChuck Ratner

Myra ReinhardLester RosenbergJay SarverStephen SeligJohn ShapiroJane Sherman

Bruce SholkRichard WexlerToni YoungFred Zimmerman

United Jewish Communities / United Israel Appeal

Charles Goodman, Honorary MemberAlex Grass, Honorary MemberCarole Solomon, Honorary Member

Ronni BenatoffSimy BentataPierre BesnainouSami BollagLaurence Borot

Mick Davis Nelly De BobrowYechiel EcksteinAnita FischerMarc Gold

Adnan KandiyotiMendel KaplanRobert KaplanBrian KernerJulia Koschitzky

Mark Leibler Danny LiwerantLeonid NevzlinMenno PaktorStanley Plotnick

Sruel PrajsShoel SilverJack SmorgonHarvey Wolfe

Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal

Jewish Agency

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As the one and only global Jewish partnership, the Jewish Agency has brought the Jewish world together since 1929 to do the impossible. Building the State of Israel, bringing 3 million Jews home. Sixty years of making history together. But does

anyone think the issues we face today are any less monumental? Think again. The challenges we face today are

complex and the solutions certainly not easy. Of course, neither were those that faced generations before us. The

good news is one more thing we’ve learned along the way: When we partner with purpose, anything is possible. Conc

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