PARTNERSHIP WITH ISRAEL CONNECT & MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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2. Ask Yourself: Do you care about the future of the Jewish people? Do you care about Israel? Do you care about your Jewish identity? Do you want to make a difference?

3. Commitment to Caring The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) was established in 1929 The mission is to Inspire Jews throughout the world to Connect with their people, heritage, land, and Empower them to build a thriving Jewish future and a strong Israel Aliyah Partnership with Israel Jewish-Zionist education

4. Partnership with Israel • Established in 1994 by JAFI, JFNA and the United Israel Appeal • Involving world Jewry with Israelis in shaping the future character of the Jewish Peoplehood and the Israeli Society • 46 Partnerships, 550 overseas communities partnering with Israeli cities and regions • More that 300,000 participants from Israel and overseas communities take part in some 500 programs each year

5. Mission Statement To promote mutually beneficial endeavors between the people of the Central Area Consortium (15 U.S. Cities) and the Western Galilee, forging relationships through programs that build Jewish Identity for all involved and strengthen ties and connections between Israel and the United States. Partnership with Israel: Central Area Consortium - Western Galilee

6. Central Area Consortium & the Western Galilee • Established in 1997 • Annual Budget: $ 700,000 • Over and Above (until 2010): $15,000,000

7. Central Area Consortium & the Western Galilee

8. The Western Galilee The Western Galilee: The City of Akko & Regional Council of Matte Asher including 32 Kibbutzim, Moshavim and Arab Villages

10. How We Work: Central Area Consortium & Western Galilee Chairs: Harold Gernsbacher, Dallas & David Laron, Western Galilee Central Area Consortium Beth Zuriel, Director Partnership with Israel Li-At Cohen, Director Steering Committee Members Educational Task Force Myra Benedikt, Youngstown & Avia Zimran, WG Coordinators: Galit Nevo Moshkowitz & Eliad Eliyahu Budapest Task Force Zoe Riekes, Omaha & RamiRaz, WG Coordinator: GalitNevoMoshkowitz Arts Task Force Kim Goldberg, Omaha & Albert Ben Shloosh, WG Coordinator: Noa Friedman Epstein Regional Development Leon Mordoh, Indianapolis & Dr Yehuda Ben Simon, WG Coordinator: Noa Epstein Friedman Missions & Marketing David Ravitch, South Bend Aya Kipershlak, WG Coordinator: Heidi Benish Medical Dr. Phil Rosenbloom, Louisville & Dr. Norman Loberant, WG Coordinator: Judith Jochnowitz

11. Education Task Force:from Preschool to College • 160 kindergarten teachers and 1000’s of young children take active part in the HavaNagila activities • 60 Schools, 100 teachers, 10,000 children participates in the Twinning programs • 500 WG teens bring the Israeli spirit to the US communities through the Kefiada, Teen to Teen and JCC Maccabi programs • 1,000 Consortium teenagers and students visit the Western Galilee through various programs like Birthright missions • 100 of Consortium students volunteer for a period of time in the Western Galilee • 60 Lectures from colleges and universities perform joint researches and exchange knowledge

12. Medical Task Force:Medical Personnel to Administration • Cooperation between numerous Doctors from the Western Galilee Hospital and Doctors in the Consortium communities • Share Experiences & specializations: 10 ERG courses(Emergency Response Group) with more than 180 medical staff • Externship program for Medical Students at the Western Galilee Hospital

13. Arts Task Force:Including all forms of creativity • To develop relationships between people through creative collaboration, experience, and exposure to the arts. • 450 Artists create, perform, and work together on arts programs – touching large audiences and 1000’s of community members • The top Western Galilee art groups represent the WG in the Consortium Communities

14. Missions & Marketing Task Force • 10,000 people from the U.S. Consortium communities have visited the Western Galilee • Widen circles • “Get the word out” about Partnership

15. Regional Development Task Force • Create a Round Table with regional economic decision makers and domestic entrepreneurs for encouraging collaborations in the region • Initiate and implement economic and tourist projects with the economic corporations in Akko and Matte Asher • Build social network for business people with MATI, Small Business Development Center, in the Consortium and the Western Galilee

16. Budapest Connection Task Force • Build and strengthen the connection of the Consortium and the Western Galilee with the Jewish Community in Budapest by various projects: • Triteen – 90 teens • Kefiada in the Western Galilee – 30 volunteer students • ERG – 6 doctors

17. Youth Futures in Akko and Matte Asher • A unique and early intervention program creating opportunities for children and youth • 2 Directors, 2 coordinators, 24 trustees in 11 Schools together with the parents and the officials in the authorities and schools provide real change for more than 300 children and youth

18. Ways to begin your connection… • www.westerngalilee.org.il • Facebook - Partnership 2000: Western Galilee - UJC Central Area • LinkedIn • Missions • Federation Committee Membership • Western Galilee programs in your community

19. Connect & Make A Difference • For more information call or email us at: • Your local Federation (put contact name & # here) • Email address here www.westerngalilee.org.il