OUR INITIATIVES

Community Impact

Making the world a better place is a big job. That’s why we partner with a broad network of organizations that share our values and priorities. We like to think of these amazing partner organizations as falling into four essential impact areas:
  • Jewish Education
  • Jewish Identity & Engagement
  • Caring Community
  • Overseas & Israel

Read on to find out how each of these areas helps us empower, engage, and inspire every corner of our local and global Jewish community.

Jewish Education

Our vision is to create a Jewish community where students, educators, and families can deepen their Jewish identity in an environment that is inclusive and accessible. By investing in our local schools, we’re investing in our collective Jewish future; so when you give to the community campaign, you’re making that future even brighter.

Our amazing partner schools

Bais Yaakov

Heilicher Jewish Day School

Torah Academy

Bet Shalom​

Shir Tikvah

Talmud Torah of Minneapolis

Temple Israel

Jewish Identity & Engagement

With our programming, we inspire and support all kinds of meaningful Jewish experiences that strengthen Jewish identity. We envision an engaged and committed future generation of leaders and doers, creating a vibrant Jewish community.

The inspiring local programming you’re supporting

Partnership2Gether

Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC)

Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

Minneapolis Jewish Federation Camp Scholarships

Minnesota Hillel

Moishe House

Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council

YALA (Young Adult Leadership Action) Twin Cities

Caring Community

Through our Caring Community impact area, we act as a community convener to maximize the effect of our partner organizations on our community members. Because of the extraordinary work of our caring Jewish community partners, we’re able to ensure the most vulnerable among us are supported, included, and treated with respect.

Our Caring Community partner organizations

JFCS

Sholom – Menorah Plaza/Menorah West

Sha’arim

Israel & Overseas

Our Jewish community doesn’t end at the Minneapolis border—it’s truly global. The Overseas and Israel impact area affects the lives of Jews all over the world. From providing hot meals to Holocaust survivors in the FSU to investing in the next big startup in Rehovot, our impact is felt across the world.

Our Overseas + Israel community partners

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)

ARZA (Association of Reform Zionists of America, an arm of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism)

The Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel

The Israel Center of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation

David Tychman Global Experiences Program