Foundation for Jewish Camp Location: New York, NY Category: Advocacy or Public Service Jeremy Fingerman CEO The Foundation for Jewish Camp is a nonprofit organization that advocates and provides resources for overnight Jewish camps across North America. Elisa Spungen Bildner and Robert Bildner, fellows of the Wexner Heritage Foundation, founded the organization in 1998 with…
American Jewish World Service Location: New York, NY Category: Advocacy or Public Service Robert Bank President & CEO The American Jewish World Service, headquartered in New York City, supports community-based organizations in developing countries across the globe. The organization was founded in 1985 with the goal of alleviating poverty, disease and hunger. The AJWS advocates…
Stand With Us Location: Los Angeles, CA Category: Advocacy or Public Service Roz Rotstein President Founded during the second intifada in 2001, StandWithUs strives to inform the public about Israel and dispel what it sees as discriminatory, anti-Semitic views of the Jewish state. StandWithUs has sponsored public relations trips to Israel, trained Israel advocates, and…
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Location: Baltimore, MD Category: Federation Marc Terrill President Since 1920, THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore has fundraised for a wide variety of agencies that provide services to Jewish communities in Baltimore, Israel and internationally. In addition to its wide variety of educational and volunteer programs, the…
The Israel Project Location: Washington, DC Category: Advocacy or Public Service Josh Block CEO & President Founded in 2003, during the second intifada, The Israel Project seeks to improve Israel’s image by educating policymakers, the press and the public. TIP provides briefings and reports on Israel and its security situation and offers diplomats and journalists…
70 Faces Media Location: New York, NY Category: Advocacy or Public Service Ami Eden CEO & Editor-in-Chief 70 Faces Media is a media group formed when The Jewish Telegraphic Agency merged with My Jewish Learning. MJL is a Jewish life and culture informational website and JTA is a news agency reporting on Jews and Jewish…
ORT America Location: New York, NY Category: Advocacy or Public Service Jeffrey Cooper CEO ORT America is the American branch of World ORT, an international network of schools and vocational training programs for both Jews and non-Jews. ORT America operates technical colleges in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and runs a resource center for…
Jewish Federations of North America Location: New York, NY Category: Federation Jerry Silverman President & CEO The Jewish Federations of North America is the umbrella organization that represents 153 Jewish federations and 300 independent Jewish communities, with a stated mission of “protect[ing] and enhance[ing] the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam…
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