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Written by WUJS Main
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Thursday, 27 April 2006 |
:WUJS is proud to work with the following organizations
World Jewish Congress http://www.wjc.org.il
Since 1936 the World Jewish Congress has been the representative body of Jewish Communities across the globe, and continuously advocates Jewish concerns to governments and international organizations. Communities in over 80 countries are members of the WJC. Headquartered in New York, the Congress has affiliate offices in Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Moscow and Paris. The WJC produces a number of high quality publications.
http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Home/Jewish+Agency+Resources
The Education Department of the Jewish Agency comprises a number of different departments each providing high quality support and activities to Jews around the world. The Education Department runs dozens of leadership and educational seminars, including a number which work with WUJS. The Education Department is responsible for the training and sending of shlichim to the Diaspora. The Education Department has desks that deal with different countries, including Israel, ensuring that they have a world-wide reach. The Pedagogic Centre, a division of the ED, provides a huge number of resources online.
http://www.jdc.org
The JDC serves as the overseas arm of the American Jewish community. It sponsors programs of relief, rescue, and reconstruction, fulfilling its commitment to the idea that all Jews are responsible for one another and that "To save one person is to save a world" (Mishna, Sanhedrin 4:5). JDC is funded primarily by the national United Jewish Communities (UJC), which is supported by campaigns conducted by Jewish federated and non-federated communities throughout the U.S. Currently, programs in 59 countries touch all segments of the Jewish population, from infants to elderly, secular to religious, healthy to disabled. Special non-sectarian programs also aid non-Jews in distress as an expression of the Jewish tenet of tikkun olam (the moral responsibility to repair the world and alleviate suffering wherever it exists.)
http://www.wzo.org.il The Hagshama Department encourages young people to embark on a journey designed to empower participants in an ongoing process, in which the individual develops a sense of belonging and responsibility to the broader community. Hence, we envision the expansion of the person's growing commitment from the personal to the Jewish communal and to the State of Israel. The Hagshama Department identifies key stages in the journey, in the form of a Hagshama process: Education and study --> Developing awareness --> Identification --> Developing a sense of responsibility --> Developing a sense of commitment --> Taking action --> Joining and becoming a member of organizations within the Jewish community --> Activism within the organization and the community --> Assuming leadership roles within the community --> Aliyah. The process is not linear, rather each stage continues and is deepened as the person moves on to the next stage. Practically speaking, the staff and educators of the Hagshama Department will identify the stage(s) at which a group they are working with is at, and seek to advance it to the next stage in the Hagshama process.
http://www.hillel.org
Hillel's mission is to maximize the number of Jews doing Jewish with other Jews. Hillel actively seeks to engage uninvolved Jewish students on their own terms: to provide them with opportunities to do Jewish that are meaningful and appealing to them. Students are empowered to take responsibility for their Jewish identity, whether they wish to participate in a community service project, express themselves artistically, participate in a social event, engage in informal Jewish learning or attend religious services. Any student may participate in Hillel - no membership is required. Hillel is committed to a pluralistic vision of Judaism that embraces all movements.
http://www.wujs-arad.org The WUJS Institute was founded in 1968 by the World Union of Jewish Students and has functioned ever since as a independent institute. WUJS Arad offer young Jewish graduates and professionals (21-35) from all over the world an opportunity to come and experience Israel in the most exciting and creative manner possible. WUJS Arad's work, study and travel programs are designed to expose participants to all aspects of life in Israel.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 23 October 2006 )
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