At the Jewish Agency, we are sensitive to the difficulties you and the entire federation system must grapple with as the global economic downturn continues. We are your partners in facing this storm as we carefully weigh every dollar spent to ensure maximum benefit to the people supported by campaign dollars. Now, as always, our beneficiaries are our most important priority. Every year, some 2 million people around the world depend on the services of the Jewish Agency because of your partnership. Youth and communities at risk in Israel—at risk from neglect, disadvantage or kassams—depend on our help. Vulnerable new immigrants look to us as they struggle to build new lives. So do young immigrant soldiers and students alone in Israel who count on us as family. Throughout the former Soviet Union, young people and communities at risk of being severed from their Jewish identity reach out trusting we’ll be there for them.
That is why we are constantly looking for greater efficiencies, considering carefully and responsibly every single dollar spent on any activity not directly helping our beneficiaries.
But today, and increasingly over the past almost two years, many are now in jeopardy.
Budget Shortfalls and the Impact on Our Work (December 2009)
Impact of Economic Crisis on Our Beneficiaries (September 2009)