Supporting Jewish
Communities Globally
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is there for communities near
and far. From Israel, to Ukraine to Ethiopia, the organization is a lifeline of
hope and connection for Jewish communities around the world.

Meet Rashit
Meet Tatiana
Rashit is a high school student living
in the desert town of Yeruham, Israel.

Through Atidim’s Lehavim Drone
Program, funded by the Jewish
Federation, she is gaining the technical
skills to become a drone operator, with
the potential of recruitment into an
elite army unit of the IDF.

Tatiana is a 70-year-old Ukrainian
woman who neither had a passport
nor left the country. Through efforts
supported by Jewish Federation
dollars, she made a life-changing
decision to leave the war-torn country
and board a bus with other refugees
seeking safety in Budapest.

Photo courtesy: Getty Images
This program is giving me so much experience
and knowledge. I think that anyone that
participates receives a tremendous head start
in their career and acquires such important
skills for succeeding in the modern workforce.”
– Rashit, student in Atidim Lehavim Drone Program
Meet Elisheva
Photo courtesy: Guy Yechiely, The Jewish Agency for Israel
Volunteers provided us with hot meals,
shelter and warm clothes to protect us from
the bitter cold. To see a volunteer, wearing
a kippah and greeting me at the Budapest
station, is a moment I won’t soon forget. I
held his hand tightly and begged for him
not to leave me - he told me I was safe now.”
– Tatiana, Ukrainian refugee
Elisheva, a married mother of four,
had to close the medicine clinic she
owned when the Ministry of Health
announced a lockdown during the
pandemic. An active community
member and donor to many non-profit
organizations, she suddenly found
herself a recipient of the services she
previously supported. Latet, funded
by the Jewish Federation, provided a
lifeline during Elisheva’s time of need.

Meet Techelo
The Jewish Federation-funded
Operation Zur Israel made it
possible for Techelo, his wife
and children to reunite with
his father and brothers in
Israel after having waited 25
years to make aliyah.

Photo courtesy: Getty Images
Photo courtesy: JDC
I was so surprised the first time I got a
food box from Latet. All of a sudden, I
realized that I had at least a week where I
could breathe a little easier.”
We, the Jewish people, always have hope. I
always prayed that when G-d saw the time was
right, he would bring me home to my family.”
– Elisheva, recipient of Latet’s Nutritional Security for Israelis in Need
– Techelo, Ethiopian Oleh (immigrant)
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