- Make a Donation
- What We Do
- Community Calendar
- Community Events
- Jewish Voice
- Jewish Fund for the Future
- Women's Philanthropy
- New Young Leadership Division
- Jewish Community Relations Committee
- Holocaust Education Center
- Jewish Yellow Pages
- Jewish Lifestyle
- New to Delaware & the Brandywine Valley?
- Israel & Partnership 2000
- Jews Around the World
- Career Resources
- E-Cards
MOSCOW (JTA) -- Nadezhda Gerzhoy splays her jacket and plops down in the middle of the verdant park, taking in the bright blues and whites of Israeli flags fluttering around her. more...
The Torah Finds Its Cuban Voice
The Jewish community of North America has had a humanitarian presence at one time or another in more than 85 countries on every continent through our partner agency, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC or the Joint). Today, our reach extends to 60 countries in addition to Israel and the former Soviet Union. more
JDC And AMIA Unveil School Lunch Program
Buenos Aires, May, 2002 -- For most kids, doing well at school is tough enough as it is. What happens then, when a family’s number one worry is not whether the son is going to get straight As, but whether he is going to have enough money to buy lunch tomorrow? JDC And AMIA Unveil School Lunch Program
Dedicated to the Community
Simon Griver
Haim Salem is confident that Israel's Ethiopian Jewish community can integrate successfully into the country's social fabric, while retaining its individual heritage and traditions. Salem himself is a glowing example of how this can be achieved. Dedicated to the Community
The Global Jewish Population
Argentina: 250,000
Armenia: 200
Australia: 100,000
Austria: 10,000
Azerbaijan: 30,000
Bahamas: 200
Belarus: 60,000
Belgium: 40,000
Bolivia: 380
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 600
Brazil: 130,000
Bulgaria: 3,000
Canada: 360,000
Chile: 15,000
Colombia: 5,650
Costa Rica: 2,500
Croatia: 2,000
Cuba: 1,000
Czech Republic: 6,000
Denmark: 8,000
Dominican Republic: 250
Dutch Antilles: 400
Ecuador: 1,000
El Salvador: 120
Estonia: 3,000
Ethiopia: 500
Finland: 1,200
France: 600,000
Georgia: 17,000
Germany: 60,000
Gibraltar: 600
Greece: 5,000
Guatemala: 1,200
Hong Kong: 2,500
Hungary: 80,000
India: 6,000
Iran: 25,000
Iraq: 120
Ireland: 1,000
Israel: 4,600,000
Italy: 35,000
Jamaica: 300
Japan: 2,000
Kazakhstan: 15,000
Kenya: 400
Kyrgystan: 4,500
Latvia: 15,000
Lithuania: 6,000
Luxembourg: 600
Mexico: 40,700
Moldova: 30,000
Monaco: 1,000
Morocco: 7,500
Netherlands: 30,000
New Zealand: 5,000
Norway: 1,500
Panama: 7,000
Paraguay: 1,200
Peru: 3,000
Philippines: 250
Poland: 8,000
Portugal: 900
Puerto Rico: 3,000
Romania: 14,000
Russia: 550,000
Singapore: 300
Slovakia: 6,000
South Africa: 106,000
South Korea: 150
Spain: 14,000
Suriname: 200
Sweden: 18,000
Switzerland: 18,000
Syria: 250
Tahiti: 120
Tajikistan: 1,800
Thailand: 250
Tunisia: 2,000
Turkey: 25,000
Turkmenistan: 1,200
United Kingdom: 300,000
United States: 5,800,000
Ukraine: 400,000
Uruguay: 32,500
Uzbekistan: 35,000
US Virgin Islands: 400
Venezuela: 35,000
Yemen: 800
Yugoslavia: 2,500
Zaire: 320
Zimbabwe: 925
Armenia: 200
Australia: 100,000
Austria: 10,000
Azerbaijan: 30,000
Bahamas: 200
Belarus: 60,000
Belgium: 40,000
Bolivia: 380
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 600
Brazil: 130,000
Bulgaria: 3,000
Canada: 360,000
Chile: 15,000
Colombia: 5,650
Costa Rica: 2,500
Croatia: 2,000
Cuba: 1,000
Czech Republic: 6,000
Denmark: 8,000
Dominican Republic: 250
Dutch Antilles: 400
Ecuador: 1,000
El Salvador: 120
Estonia: 3,000
Ethiopia: 500
Finland: 1,200
France: 600,000
Georgia: 17,000
Germany: 60,000
Gibraltar: 600
Greece: 5,000
Guatemala: 1,200
Hong Kong: 2,500
Hungary: 80,000
India: 6,000
Iran: 25,000
Iraq: 120
Ireland: 1,000
Israel: 4,600,000
Italy: 35,000
Jamaica: 300
Japan: 2,000
Kazakhstan: 15,000
Kenya: 400
Kyrgystan: 4,500
Latvia: 15,000
Lithuania: 6,000
Luxembourg: 600
Mexico: 40,700
Moldova: 30,000
Monaco: 1,000
Morocco: 7,500
Netherlands: 30,000
New Zealand: 5,000
Norway: 1,500
Panama: 7,000
Paraguay: 1,200
Peru: 3,000
Philippines: 250
Poland: 8,000
Portugal: 900
Puerto Rico: 3,000
Romania: 14,000
Russia: 550,000
Singapore: 300
Slovakia: 6,000
South Africa: 106,000
South Korea: 150
Spain: 14,000
Suriname: 200
Sweden: 18,000
Switzerland: 18,000
Syria: 250
Tahiti: 120
Tajikistan: 1,800
Thailand: 250
Tunisia: 2,000
Turkey: 25,000
Turkmenistan: 1,200
United Kingdom: 300,000
United States: 5,800,000
Ukraine: 400,000
Uruguay: 32,500
Uzbekistan: 35,000
US Virgin Islands: 400
Venezuela: 35,000
Yemen: 800
Yugoslavia: 2,500
Zaire: 320
Zimbabwe: 925
How Federation Dollars Deliver Overseas
Historically, the two main beneficiaries of the federation’s overseas dollars have been the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI or the Jewish Agency) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC or the Joint).
moreFSU: Elderly at Risk
There are more than 1.5 million Jews in the former Soviet Union. An extremely conservative estimate of the proportion of the Jewish population over the age of 60 is 30 percent... read more
Copyright © 2010 The Jewish Federations of North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use