Through our network of agencies, UJA-Federation has helped hundreds of thousands of Jews escape religious persecution, economic hardship, or political oppression to build new lives in Israel.

Today, we continue to support programs that empower new immigrants and advance their integration into Israeli society. And whenever the need arises, our network agencies are there — helping Jewish people reach safety, and overcome barriers to live full and productive lives.

The Challenge of Integrating New Arrivals

• Within the past two decades, Israel has absorbed more than 1.5 million immigrants, constituting 20 percent of its population — mostly from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia.
• 16 percent of the 100,000 Kavkazi Jews who have come to Israel from the Caucasus Mountains are unemployed, twice as many as native-born Israelis.
• More than 50 percent of the 115,000 Ethiopian Jews in Israel live below the poverty line.

UJA-Federation’s Response

UJA-Federation provides essential support to beneficiary agencies and grantees that help immigrants achieve full inclusion in society.

Last year, UJA-Federation of New York helped provide:

• Skills training for 9,000 high school graduates from the former Soviet Union to help them pave the way for their families to join them in Israel.
• Preventive health care and medical treatment for 4,000 underserved Israeli women, including many from immigrant communities.
• Educational assistance for 2,495 Ethiopian children in Rehovot, who participated in the Birth to Bagrut program.
• Academic programs for 700 Kavkazi teens to help the next generation succeed in Israel.

Learn more about our network’s integration programs for immigrants or find help.

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