Our Common Goals
Help strengthen our ties to each other, Israel and Jews worldwide. Together, we can:
• Achieve economic and physical security for Jews around the world
• Embrace less-advantaged communities
• Strengthen an appreciation for what makes us one people
• Promote Israel advocacy through effective media relations
• Increase support for a strong, safe and secure democratic Jewish state

Support Jewish communities around the world. Together we can make an impact on Israel and around the world.

Our mission:
Support the global Jewish community.

Jews around the world share the same deep-seated traditions and values. It is imperative we stay connected to each other, and support each other through economic hardships and adversity. To support the hundreds of thousands across the globe who depend on us to help sustain Jewish continuity, Federation has established the Center for Israel & Overseas.

At the heart of the Center is our passionate attachment to Israel and to Jews around the world has unified our people for thousands of years.

Please join us in strengthening those connections and preserving our Jewish identity worldwide. The Center for Israel & Overseas is uniquely positioned to further
strengthen the profound connection that we have with the international Jewish community.

How we can make a difference together?
The Center for Israel & Overseas will draw on the resources of current programs, expand upon them, and be the launching pad for new initiatives. With your support, the Center will become the connecting point between the community here in Greater Philadelphia and the Jewish world.

The direction for all of our efforts:
The Center for Israel & Overseas connects Jews here in Greater Philadelphia to Israel and to the global Jewish community. We support:

• Israel emergency funding
• Allocations to the Jewish Agency for Israel and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
• Israel advocacy, education and outreach in Greater Philadelphia, especially through the North American Coalition for Israel Engagement (NACIE)
• Our Partnership 2000 communities—Netivot and Sedot Negev
• Overseas missions
• Israel Independence Day celebrations and other community-wide events
• The funding and rebuilding of Jewish communities in the Former Soviet Union
• Israel experience scholarships
• Passport to Israel trips
• The Birthright Israel program
• Aliyah initiatives

Contact Us:
We'd be happy to discuss all your options for giving with you. If you have any questions or want more information, please contact Jeri Zimmerman, the Director of the Center for Israel & Overseas, at 215-832-0553.

Thank you for supporting our community by giving to
the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.