Registration is now open for the 2017 Investment Institute. In 2015, reps from 60+ communities attended this unique conference dedicated to stewarding the $80B in Jewish communal philanthropic assets. Learn more and register now.
Many Federations participated in Service Matters: A Summit on Jewish Service, to learn how to best connect with young Jews through volunteer work.
A delegation of top Knesset members visited Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina on a Federation-funded Jewish Agency for Israel tour to meet local Jewish communities and see Jewish Agency programs in action. Aliyah from Latin America grew 29% in 2015.
A day school affordability analysis is the first in a new series of accessibly-written reports to aid community planning from the Berman Jewish DataBank, a project of Federations. For more information, email Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz, senior director, research and analysis.
Near-doubling of vocational training for olim this year by the Federation-funded Jewish Agency, in coordination with the Government of Israel, has helped recent immigrants find work in such fields as tourism and computer programming. Unemployment in Israel is at an all-time low.
