Nowhere is the concept of Jewish unity and mutual responsibility felt more strongly than in the relationship between UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Jewish communities in Israel and across the globe. Working together with our valued partners, including the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), we provide: a wide range of Jewish identity programs for Jewish youth in the GTA, Israel and around the world; assistance and basic needs for the elderly and young families; social interventions to help youth with disabilities; assistance to Jews in areas of geopolitical crises; help to bolster Jewish community resilience; and training to ensure global Jewish communities have the ability to respond to emergencies.
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Centre For Israel & Jewish Affairs (CIJA)
- $3,607,500
- cija.ca
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Building a secure future for our community demands strategic action. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) builds and nurtures relationships with leaders in government, media, academia and civil society, and with faith and ethnic communities to ensure greater understanding of the issues that impact the Jewish community.
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Community Programming
- $352,000
- jewishtoronto.com/what-we-do/community
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Funds are used to support community programs, conferences, events and celebrations. These include Walk with Israel, Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut), the Centennial Mission and other community events.
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Allocations to Israel & Overseas
- $881,000
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For special projects and educational initiatives in:
- Bat Yam
- Eilat/Eilot
- Kfar Gvirol
- Kishniev, Hungary
- Sderot
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Special Allocation to Israel & Overseas
- $400,000
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UJA programs and projects—ranging from STEM studies in Israel and innovative twinning projects with Toronto schools and institutions—are focused on four priorities:
- Vulnerable populations in Israel and overseas
- Global 911 (JDC): Ensuring the needs of Jewish communities in crisis around the world
- Israel engagement for young Jews in the Greater Toronto Area
- Connecting young Israelis with the diaspora and their Jewish identity
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Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)
- $4,500,000
- jewishagency.org
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Since 1948, JAFI has facilitated the integration in Israel of over three million new immigrants. Today, the agency’s work rests upon four pillars:
- Aliyah and Absorption - for Jews fulfilling a dream, or escaping a nightmare
- Connecting young Jews to Israel and their Jewish identity - by providing transformative Jewish experiences to connect Jewish youth to their heritage and culture
- Connecting Young Israelis to the Jewish people and their Jewish identity - by inspiring a modern form of the pioneering spirit that built the country
- Supporting Vulnerable Populations - through outreach and educational interventions to at-risk populations in Israel
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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- $350,000
- jdc.org
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JDC is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization, impacting millions of lives in more than 70 countries today. JDC leverages more than 100 years of experience confronting poverty and crises around the world to save the world’s poorest Jews, revitalize Jewish life in Europe and the former Soviet Union, and develop tomorrow’s leaders for Jewish communities in need.
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Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA
- $2,261,523
- jewishcanada.org
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Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA (JFC-UIA) is the national Jewish organization of federated communities across the country, serving to administer funds raised in Canada and provide for the needs of the global Jewish community. The organization’s key enterprise is the administration of National Collective Responsibility (NCR), fostering Canadian Jewish and Zionist identity. NCR includes:
- Supporting Hillel Canada’s programming for Jewish students on university campuses outside of Ontario
- Jewish engagement programming in small communities
- Stewardship/CRA compliance of overseas allocations
- National Young Leadership programming