Start-up guidance center (Capital)
Beer Sheva, Israel  

Be’er Sheva is home to 60,000 young people ages 13-35, including 15,000 new immigrants. An additional 23,000 students live in Be’er Sheva. In recent years many of the young people have been leaving the area, and their departure deprives the city of important manpower who should be aiding the development of Be’er Sheva and the region. The proposed Guidance Center will create support frameworks for these young people and provide guidance and counseling in the areas of employment, educational and vocational training, scholarships and financial aid, business initiatives, housing, legal counseling, and more.

Donation = $500,000

Work rehabilitation center (Capital)
Ohr Yehuda, Israel  

Or Yehuda is located just north of Ben Gurion airport and has a population of 28,000 people. The planned 700 square meter Work Rehabilitation Center will provide a sheltered workshop setting for the retarded as they age within the community. The workshop will function as an educational/rehabilitation setting for the retarded of all levels and provide them with appropriate employment opportunities and social activities.

Donation = $700,000

Artists’ Industrial Village for Ethiopian Immigrants (Social)

This program will create an industrial village for Ethiopian artisians, and will replace an absorption center experience.

Donation = $1,266,000

Center for Jewish Studies and Civilization, Moscow State University (Social)

The goal of the program is to train 100 outstanding students in a career in Jewish education, enabling them to bring their expertise in all areas of Jewish studies to schools throughout the FSU. The program is comprised of a comprehensive Jewish studies curriculum, covering history, Hebrew language, Jewish tradition, Jewish literature, music and art as well as general education courses, taught by faculty from the three participating universities. Twenty new students will be recruited to begin the program each year. Academic partners in the Center include the Chais Center for Jewish Studies in Russian of the Hebrew University’s Institute for Jewish Studies, the Institute for Asian and African Studies at the Moscow State University, and the Jewish University in Moscow.

Donation = $211,000

JAFI Answering the Need - Aid to Confrontation Line Communities (Social)

Israel's northern border residents are hampered by several impediments to "normal growth". These include distance from Israel's center; physical, social and cultural isolation; low self esteem; poor access to information resources; and low level of development. The proposed program concentrates on several spheres of activity in which JAFI and world Jewry bring a relative advantage, and which the Israeli government is unable to fully address.

Donation = $2,200,000

Opening a Gallery for Immigrant Artists (Social)

It is hoped that exposure to the public at large to the works of immigrant artists who are continuing their path in Israel, will generate excitement among those who come to the gallery. This will also expose the immigrant artists to the Israeli art scene, to the public at large, and to the Jewish communities from abroad, through delegations visiting Israel.

Donation = $48,000

Training and preparation of single-parent families from Ethiopia for independent life (Social)
Nahariya, Israel  

In the Nahariya Absorption Center there are single-parent immigrant families from Ethiopia. During the first year of their absorption they subsist from the absorption basket as is customary. From the second year of their absorption the women have to earn a living (if their children are over the age of 7).

Donation = $50,000