Background on support for pluralistic funding
In 2024 JUF provided $345,000 for pluralistic programs in Israel and $170,000 for pluralistic and Jewish education programs in Ukraine. This support is directed toward Progressive (Reform), Masorti (Conservative), Modern Orthodox streams and religious programs that are non-affiliated.
Overview of Program Grants
The following 23 streams programs in Israel received support from JUF in 2024.
In Israel
Progressive (Reform) Movement – Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism - $100,000
- Leadership Training and Development for Lay Leadership, Rabbinic and Professional
- Increasing Spiritual Jewish Expression in Regional and Agricultural Areas of Israel
- Jewish Renewal Programs for Olim from the Former Soviet Union
Masorti (Conservative) Movement and Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies - $76,500
Masorti Movement Programs:
- Home Court: Masorti Judaism Meeting You Where You Are At
- Masorti Lay Leadership Training Project
- The Egalitarian Kotel
Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies Programs:
- Mishlei Fellows
- Baderech - TALI Educational Leadership Domestic Study Mission
Modern Orthodox and Nondenominational - $168,500
- Yaacov Herzog Center - Erech Musaf
- Yaacov Herzog Center - The Wisdom of the Circle
- Chuppot Hashgacha Pratit - Educational Initiative
- Shalom Hartman Institute- Supporting Rabbis Through Crisis
- Kolech - Laying the Groundwork for a State-funded Woman Rabbi
- Kolech - the Orthodox Feminist Jewish Calendar
- Ne'emanei Torah v'Avodah - "Room for Questions"
- Ne'emanei Torah v'Avodah - Strengthening communities around liberal religious schools to prevent the expansion of religious extremism.
- ITIM - Expanding the Reach of the ITIM Assistance Center
- Women of the Wall - Claiming What's Ours
- Hiddush - Utah Marriage Option
- Be Free Israel - Parliamentary Advisor Training Courses
- Be Free Israel - Local Religious Freedom Index
- Alliance: Kol Israel Haverim (KIAH) for Leading Teachers
- Kulna - Elul Min HaMizrach
In 2024, JUF allocated $170,000 for pluralistic and Jewish education programs in, or for the people of, Kyiv, Ukraine.
World Union for Progressive Judaism (Reform)
- Family summer camp retreats
Schechter Institutes Midreshet Yerushalayim (Conservative)
- Masorti (Conservative) Jewish Identity Programming
- Masorti Camp Ramah Yachad Jewish Summer Camps
Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)
- Jewish Puzzle Project
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- Active Jewish Teens Youth Movement
- Kyiv Volunteer Center
World ORT
- Jewish Identity Programming for Families
Hillel Kyiv
- Jewish Holiday Seminar
- Hillel Shabbatons
PJ Library
- PJ Library in Ukraine
Moishe House
- Russian-speaking Jewish educator to work in FSU and Russian-speaking Moishe Houses around the world
- Jewish Learning Retreat
Juice
- Volunteerism and Philanthropy Among Young Adults. Originally a JDC program and now an independent JDC grantee