Charleston Jewish Federation

THE MISSION OF THE CHARLESTON JEWISH FEDERATION IS TO BUILD, SECURE AND SUSTAIN JEWISH LIFE IN CHARLESTON, ISRAEL, AND AROUND THE WORLD.

JEWISH EDUCATION AND JEWISH LIFE CHARLESTON JEWISH FEDERATION SUPPORTS AGENCIES AND INITIATIVES TO CULTIVATE JEWISH LIFE AND JEWISH EDUCATION LOCALLY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD. REMEMBER PROGRAM FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AND GENOCIDE AWARENESS THE REMEMBER PROGRAM CONNECTS THE GREATER CHARLESTON COMMUNITY TO THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND PROVIDES RESOURCES TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE NEVER FORGET. THROUGH OUR SPEAKER'S BUREAU, WE REACH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS EACH YEAR WITH STORIES OF SURVIVAL AND RESILIENCE. OFTENTIMES A SPEAKER WILL PARTICIPATE IN A DAFFODIL PLANTING THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DAFFODIL PROJECT, (CONT. SCH. O)

STRENGTHENING OUR CONNECTION TO ISRAEL AND JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD ISRAEL ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE WORLD MORE MEANINGFUL FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE THAN ISRAEL. WHILE THE ANCIENT LAND OF ISRAEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOME TO THE JEWS, SINCE 1948, THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL HAS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW. BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, JEWS HAVE A NATIONAL IDENTITY, WHEREVER THEY LIVE. HERE AT THE CHARLESTON JEWISH FEDERATION, WE BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO CONNECT NORTH AMERICAN JEWS OF ALL AGES TO THEIR HERITAGE, AND THEREBY STRENGTHEN OUR CONNECTIONS TO THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE WORLDWIDE JEWISH COMMUNITY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ISRAELIS GET MORE INVOLVED, MORE CONNECTED, AND MORE AWARE OF THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY WHEN THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH JEWS OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL. PARTNERSHIP 2GETHER PARTNERSHIP 2GETHER (P2G) CREATES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF THE HADERA-EIRON REGION IN ISRAEL, 11 SOUTHEASTERN US COMMUNITIES, AND THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE PARTNERSHIP, PRAGUE. HERE IN CHARLESTON, THAT HAS SO FAR MANIFESTED ITSELF IN PEER-TO-PEER PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG LEADERS, CUSTOMIZED TOURING AND HOME HOSPITALITY IN THE REGION FOR CHARLESTONIANS THAT VISIT ISRAEL, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO CONNECT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. THANKS TO THIS PARTNERSHIP, THE FUTURE OF CHARLESTON'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL IS STRONGER THAN EVER.

CREATING A COMMUNITY OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AS JEWS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ITS MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS. FROM CARING FOR LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH THE KOSHER FOOD PANTRY, TO CARING FOR JEWISH REFUGEES IN UKRAINE, WE HELP ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND. THIS YEAR OUR ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS COMMITTEE HAS MADE GENEROUS ALLOCATIONS TO THE JDC AND THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL.

ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION YOUNG JEWISH CHARLESTON (YJC) YOUNG JEWISH CHARLESTON PROVIDES A SPACE FOR ADULTS IN THEIR 20S AND 30S TO CONNECT SOCIALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, THUS CULTIVATING A CLOSE SENSE OF FELLOWSHIP AND ENHANCING THE INHERENTLY FAMILIAL NATURE OF THE CHARLESTON JEWISH COMMUNITY. WHETHER YOU ARE AN ESTABLISHED CHARLESTONIAN OR HAVE JUST MOVED TO TOWN, YJC EMBRACES ALL YOUNG JEWISH ADULTS. YOUNG JEWISH CHARLESTON ACCEPTS AND APPRECIATES THE INVOLVEMENT OF INTERFAITH AND INTERCULTURAL COUPLES, MAINTAINING A FIRM IDEOLOGY OF INCLUSION AMONGST CHARLESTON'S JEWISH POPULATION. (CONT. SCH. O)