ISRAEL CONNECTION

Keeping Jewish Life Strong

 

We proudly maintain a strong local community connection to Israel, funding and helping with philanthropic projects to fuel collective support for world Jewry. Our initiatives to bring Utah support to Israel and Israeli culture to Utah serve to strengthen Jewish identity, build Jewish community, and grow Jewish philanthropy. Our connection to Israel provides opportunities for interactions between the Utah Jewish community and Israelis.

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  • Today, we enter the Hebrew month of Elul, the month preceding Rosh Hashanah. It is a time of introspection and self-improvement as we prepare for the new year.

    Our sages famously taught that the ...

  • Within days of October 7, news outlets and social media's influence on public opinion about Israel could be felt. As the war goes on, Israel as a whole continues to be demonized, Israelis dehumaniz...

Join Our Global Jewish Family

Strengthening Jewish communities in Israel and around the world has always been, and remains, a top priority for the Federation. Join us in building and supporting Jewish life today and for generations to come. In upholding our Jewish responsibility, we gather together to socialize, build a strong and vibrant community, and instill Jewish values to make a profound impact locally and in Israel.

 

Kfar Silver Youth Village

As part of our commitment to global Jewish life, we have chosen to lend our support to World ORT’s Kfar Silver Youth Village: an extraordinary school near Israel’s Gaza border. Kfar Silver Youth Village is a rural boarding school that provides higher-level education to Israel’s most at-risk students, as well as new immigrants and children from the surrounding region.  

 

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