Israel and International Partnerships Blog
The Israel and International Partnerships Department develops networks in and among Boston, Haifa, Israel and Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine to build community, pursue social justice, and support Israel. With our Ukrainian partners, we coordinate the Dnepropetrovsk Kehillah Project, contributing to the renewal of Jewish communal life in the Former Soviet Union. With our partners in Haifa, we oversee Shiluvim, CJP's project to empower Ethiopian Israelis, and faciliate our Learning Exchange, which brings together socially responsible leaders from Boston and Haifa for mutual learning and relationship building. We are also building a network of support and engagement with Israel, including study tours to Israel for Boston-area professionals.
The Israel and International Partnerships blog offers up-to-date posts from staff, leaders, and volunteers reflecting on their experiences and their passion for their work. If you've participated in any of our activities, we encourage you to add your voice to our blog- please be in touch with Hilary Stiss (617) 457-8670 about submitting a post.
Posted on February 10, 2012 by Joe Funn
Reflections on Israel and Homelessness in Haifa
Posted on November 14, 2011 by Hilary Stiss
Dorie Clark's blog post on the Assi Azar Event
Posted on November 2, 2011 by Hilary Stiss
Blog post on teachers conference in New Hampshire
Posted on October 31, 2011 by Montira Pongsiri, Participant on the JCRC 2011 Environmental Study Tour to Israel
Montira Pongsiri's post for the Israel and International Partnerships Blog
Posted on October 3, 2011 by Arthur Waldston
In 2007, Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki, Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk, invited us, along with Bob and Doris Gordon, to attend a meeting of the Dnepropetrovsk Community Fund in Jerusalem and then to fly to Dnepropetrovsk for Yom Kippur Services at the Golden Rose Synagogue.
Posted on September 22, 2011 by Eric Kaye
As much as I thought I would leave Ukraine without a life-changing experience—that I might miss an opportunity to connect with the community at a special level and that getting my khaki shorts covered with rust-colored paint was all that I would take home—I can, in fact, say that it was truly a life-changing week. I can't put into words all the emotions I feel when I say that I felt at home in Dnepropetrovsk.
Posted on September 14, 2011 by Hilary Stiss
JCPA Connects article features Boston program
Posted on September 13, 2011 by Ethiopian Jewry Committee
JCRC is excited to announce Shiluvim’s new Business Entrepreneurship and Employer Partnership (BEEP) Initiative. Supported by a generous individual Boston donor, the program is a collaboration of Shiluvim, MATI Haifa, and JCRC’s Ethiopian Jewry Committee. This innovative program will build workforce development programs and spark entrepreneurship in the Ethiopian Israeli community of Haifa. Implementation of this three-year plan begins this fall.
Posted on September 12, 2011 by Dnepropetrovsk Kehillah Project
This past May, the JCRC, in partnership with the Dnepropetrovsk Medical Academy and the Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community, organized a 2 day post graduate course on Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Lew Lipsitz, Chief of Gerontology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and a longtime partner of the Kehillah project (he and his wife Louise spent three months there in 2005), chaired the course. He was joined by two other distinguished Boston physicians: Dr. Eran Metzger, Associate Director of Geropsychiatry at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, and Dr. Hillel Rosen, Clinical Director of Bone and Mineral Metabolism in the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at BIDMC.
Posted on September 12, 2011 by Judah Khaykin
For three weeks early this summer, I led a delegation from JCRC to help run the second annual English language immersion camp in Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine. I was joined by seven Jewish college students from the Boston area and by Anlee Schaye, a master teacher of English as a second language.
