Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain.

Hadera the colony was founded in 1891 by immigrants from the first wave of immigration to pre-state Israel. Over the years it has become a multicultural city blessed with a long golden coastline, green spaces, municipal and national parks, a restored river that has become a true attraction, heritage sites and more. Alongside all these are vital energy infrastructures including a power station, a Science & Technology Center, and a charming hotel that offers a spectacular view of the sunset. Hadera's location in the heart of the country has turned it into a rich tourist destination offering a wealth of attractions for the entire family. 

Pardes Hanna-Karkur is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. It is the largest settlement in Israel.  It has not been declared a city in order to preserve its authentic character as an old colony. 

Pardes-Hanna was founded in 1929 by Palestine Jewish Colonisation Association and named after Hannah Rothschild, daughter of Nathan Mayer Rothschild. 

The veterans of 'Moshava HaYekkim' (1929), who grew up under the patronage of Baron de Hirsch ("The Known Benefactor"), and of Karkur (1913), who preserved the character of Arab landholders from the Ottoman period were merged into Pardes-Hanna Karkur in 1969. 

The area is a magnet for artists and culinary entrepreneurs. The flow of high-middle class socioeconomic families from the center of Israel to Pardes-Hanna-Karkur has been a well-known phenomenon for the past 10 years.

The Menashe Regional Council is a regional council near the city of Hadera, on Israel's north-central coastal plain in the southern Haifa District. It is named after the tribe of Menashe which had been allotted this region according to the Book of Joshua. This regional council provides various municipal services for the 22 communities within its territory – 10 Kibbutzim, 7 Moshavim, 2 community Villages and 3 Arab Villages – a model for co-existence.

Alona Regional Council is in the northern Israel. It is part of Haifa District and covers three moshavim, Amikam, Aviel and Givat Nili. The council's headquarters are located in Amikam. The emblem is inscribed with Biblical words from Psalm 126:5: "Those who sow in tears, will reap with songs of joy."

Some of the population is engaged in agriculture, mainly vineyards and fruit trees. 

It is the smallest regional council in Israel.

Greater Nashville is home to a population of at least 11,000 Jewish people, including their non-Jewish spouses and children, in 4,700 Jewish households and growing. The community is fortunate to have several synagogues, a Kindergarten – Grade Six day school, a developing Jewish Middle School and two organizations dedicated to supporting college students: Vanderbilt University Hillel and Chabad of Vanderbilt. The community is also home to several other service organizations, including Hadassah and National Council of Jewish Women chapters, B’nai B’rith and several grassroots and informal young adult groups, including Jewsic City, Wandering Scholars and East Side Tribe, as well as the Jewish Federation’s NowGen. The community, through the Gordon Jewish Community Center, provides a home for athletics, senior adult and community-wide programming, notably the annual Jewish Film Festival and holiday programs for Chanukah. Finally, Jewish Family Service provides counselling, case management and other services to the Jewish community for those in-need. The community is, through these organizations, always busy with a diverse array of activities; there is always something for everyone in Nashville’s Jewish community, with the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee at the heart of these activities through financial and other support.

The City of Chattanooga has 190,000 residents in a 550,000 metro area, of which about 1,600 people are Jewish. There are reform and conservative congregations, and a Chabad. The city is in a lush, green valley surrounded by mountains and settled next to the Tennessee River. Once considered a rust belt “dirty” city, we are environmental activists. With the river, railroads and interstates the city is a major transportation hub for the Southeast. Major historic events such as the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga and the removal of Native Americans happened here. The Jewish community settled here after the Civil War and has had a major impact.  The Jewish community was responsible for establishing 9-1-1 service in Chattanooga, for founding Orange Grove School, the region’s first school for children with special needs, and for creating the Siskin Foundation, which established the Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation, one of the finest in the country, and Siskin’s Children Hospital. Adolf Ochs grew a newspaper here and left to found the New York Times. Members of the Jewish community continue to have leadership positions in government, the Children’s Museum, The Chattanooga Symphony, the Chattanooga Centennial Library, in business and other key institutions. 

Known as the First Coast, Northeast Florida is home to farmlands, forests and pasture, urban sprawl, built-up beaches and bucolic sea islands. The five-county area starts at the very northeast quadrant of Florida in Amelia Island with Fernandina Beach, just an hour’s drive north of Jacksonville, and ends in St. Augustine, the oldest continuously occupied city in the US. Jacksonville encompasses 22 miles of beaches, an extensive park system, world-class fishing, professional sports teams, historic neighborhoods, eclectic museums, vibrant street arts scene, creative coastal cuisine, delicious craft beer and so much more!

According to the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Jews came to Jacksonville in 1817. In the 1800's, Jacksonville was the largest center of Jewish population in Florida with several synagogues established in the later part of the century. Today, approximately 15,000 Jews call Northeast Florida their home with six synagogues, many Chabad centers, two Jewish day schools, a senior living campus, and Jewish Family & Community Services.

The Jewish Federation & Foundation is dedicated to building a vibrant and inclusive community and sustaining Jewish life in Northeast Florida, in Israel and around the world. We partner with many local, regional, national and international agencies to offer an array of programs and services to all faiths, ethnicities, and ages. We support our local and global Jewish community to strengthen the community, help those in need, and to provide Jewish life and learning.

We are the only organization in our Jewish community with an annual campaign raising funds to support these local and overseas agencies. The Foundation works alongside all of our partners to ensure financial sustainability through long term funding by building endowment funds, driving grant making initiatives and creating legacy plans for individuals throughout Northeast Florida. 

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The Jewish Federation of Florida’s Gulf Coast represents Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties. Florida’s Gulf Coast offers a vibrant mix of tropical weather, arts and culture, shopping, dining, sports, and outdoor recreation all along a stunning shoreline that features some of the nation’s top-ranked beaches. With weather that sees averages of 74°F and 361 days of sunshine per year, St. Petersburg attracts tourists, new residents, and investments from across the country and beyond.

The Jewish Federation energizes Jewish identity for all, funding Hillels of the Florida Suncoast, Birthright Israel, the local Jewish Educators Council, the Florida Holocaust Museum, and the Federation’s PJ Library and young family programming. It also runs popular programs like the Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival, Israel Independence Day, Heritage Day at the Rays, The Tribe (Young Adult Division) and sponsors many community-wide events like the Tampa Bay Food Festival. It connects everyone to the beauty of Jewish culture! The Federation brings together agencies through the Leadership Council and partners across the region to plan for a secure future. They are a 1/3 partner in the TOP Jewish Foundation, completed a demographic study in 2017, and fund home delivery of the Jewish Press.

The Federation maintains a community calendar and eNewsletter; and the one-on-one concierge services to those who call and email the office looking for references for everything from professionals to places to eat to where to live or go for help. Through funding the work of Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, Jewish War Veterans, Menorah Manor, Jewish Burial Society, and Benjamin Tower Foundation, the Federation ensures that those in the most dire of need are taken care of.

Welcome to Richmond, the capital of Virginia, one of America’s oldest cities. We are steeped in history. There is evidence of Jews residing in Richmond as early as 1769. Revolutionary war veterans and business partners, Jacob I. Cohen and Isaiah Isaacs, the city's earliest known Jewish residents, were instrumental in the establishment of the state's first Jewish congregation in 1789. Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome was the sixth and westernmost congregation in the colonies, and one of the six that congratulated George Washington upon his inauguration as first president. The 1790 census shows Richmond with the fourth largest Jewish population, following only New York, Charleston and Philadelphia. Today, our Jewish Community is approximately 12,000 community members strong. The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond partners with several congregations of many denominations, the beautiful Weinstein JCC facility, Rudlin Torah Academy K-8 day school, the Virginia Holocaust Museum, Beth Sholom Senior Facility, and the Jewish Family Services which has served Richmond for more than 170 years. Many other Jewish points of interest include Beth Ahabah Museum, Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery, Historic Hebrew Cemetery and much more.

Welcome to the Lowcountry! The gorgeous city of Charleston, South Carolina sits along the southern coast of the United States, making it a lovely destination beach town as well as an active center of culture and history. Downtown Charleston remains timelessly unique in its design, with breezy palm trees alongside beautifully preserved architecture. With a dedication to the conservation of Charleston’s nature, the town promotes environmental advocacy and awareness through its annual hosting of the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, as well as through its incredible patronage of the South Carolina Aquarium. The city proudly invests itself in the support of artistic pursuit, livening up its streets each spring with Charleston’s annual Spoleto Arts Festival—a city wide celebration of all mediums of artistic expression. Of course, Charleston’s historical role in the Civil War played an enormous part in its past—something that is recognized through such landmarks as Fort Sumter, the Old Slave Mart Museum, and Magnolia Plantation.

​The Jewish Community in Charleston began its inception only twenty-five years after the city’s founding in 1670. The Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) temple became Charleston’s first Jewish congregation in 1749; now, KKBE is the oldest functioning sanctuary in the country and is often considered the birthplace of Reform Judaism in the United States. Since then, the Charleston Jewish community has only built upon its already strong foundation; today, four Jewish congregations decorate the town, alongside a Chabad, a Jewish day school, Addlestone Hebrew Academy, and an incredibly strong Hillel at the College of Charleston. Organizations such as Hadassah and the National Council of Jewish Women have well-established chapters within Charleston’s Jewish community, while young Charlestonians are active participants in Birthright trips to Israel, with which the city has a close and invaluable relationship. The local Jewish community is also supported by KKBE’s history museum, the connected and dedicated Jewish Federation, and a moving Holocaust Memorial in central Downtown Charleston. Ultimately, this lovely colorful town hosts an incomparably rich Jewish history, grounded in centuries of shared community and culture—and Charleston only continues to grow its beautiful tree of Jewish life.  

Charlotte is the most populous city in the State of North Carolina  with a metro-population home to 2.7 million residents. Charlotte is nicknamed the “Queen City” given that it was named after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Streilitz in 1761. The oldest and lasting Jewish institution is the Charlotte Hebrew Cemetery which opened in 1867. To this day, the Jewish community in Charlotte has grown to have several Jewish institutions and synagogues representing Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Chabad congregations. Home to the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, and Charlotte Football Club, several museums, corporate headquarters, cultural sites and history, Charlotte has plenty to do, see, and enjoy. The hub of Jewish Life in Charlotte is Shalom Park, which is the center of operations for a dozen Jewish communal institutions. The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte and other institutions have been operating out of Shalom Park for decades to grow and enrich Jewish life in Charlotte.

Greensboro is part of the Piedmont Triad (which also includes Winston-Salem and High Point) and is nicknamed the "Gate City". Greensboro is bursting with many cultural attractions such as the ACC Hall of Champions, the Greensboro Science Center, the Greensboro Historical Museum, the Carolina Theatre, the popular Greensboro Coliseum event complex and the International Civil Rights Center and Museum (perhaps the metro area's most famous attraction).

Moses and Cesar Cone were amongst the first Jews to arrive in Greensboro in the 1890s. Over a century later, this pioneer Jewish family – of which the Cones are just one example – have left a legacy of community and religious engagement that have sustained Jewish life in the city. In 1940, The Greensboro United Charities was incorporated. Greensboro assisted eight refugee families to relocate to Greensboro.  After the war, the Charities worked to support the establishment of the State of Israel and to develop local Jewish agencies. After World War II, both Greensboro and its Jewish community enjoyed a remarkable growth spurt. The Jewish community more than tripled in size. Greensboro Jews were swept up in the civil rights movement, which achieved one its early victories in Greensboro. In 1968, Greensboro United Charities became the Triad Jewish Federation, incorporating both the High-Point and Winston-Salem Jewish communities. In 1978, it was reorganized to form the Greensboro Jewish Federation.

Czech Republic has often been called the “heart of Europe” thanks to its geographical location. Positioned in the middle of Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and Austria, the Czech Republic truly lies in the heart of Europe. As such, it makes a great home-base for anyone wishing to travel around and explore Europe. A region of rolling hills and mountains, Czech Republic  is dominated by the national capital, Prague, set on the Vltava River, this picturesque city of bridges. 

Jews have lived in the territory of the today’s Czech Republic for more than 1,000 years. The Old-New Synagogue was build around 1270 and is the oldest functioning synagogue of Europe. Important was the school of Rabbi Jehuda Löw ben Bezalel, the famous “Maharal mi Prag”. In the spring of 1927, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, arrived in the Holy Land to visit the Yishuv - the Jews living in the Land of Israel. It was historically the first visit of the official head of state to the Mandatory Palestine.

The Holocaust meant for the Czech Jewry an absolute disaster. At the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, over 120,000 Jews lived in this area. The exact number of Czech Jewish victims of the Holocaust is not exactly known, but at least 80,000 Jews were murdered. Only about 30,000 Jews started to recreate Jewish life in Bohemia and Moravia by 1945/1946. Only a few years later they had to face another challenge when Communists took power in February 1948. It was the Velvet revolution in November 1989 which brought freedom to Czech society and it’s Jewish Community.

The Federation of Jewish Communities serves as an umbrella organization for Jewish Communities and other Jewish institutions in the country. Currently there are ten official Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia with approximately 3,000 registered members of which 1,400 reside in Prague. There is a number of various Jewish organizations which fall under the auspices of the Federation. Altogether these institutions associate approximately another 2,000 people, however it is estimated that there are an additional 10 to 15,000 unregistered Jews in the country.

The Jewish school includes a kindergarten, an elementary school and a high school. The Jewish community provides wide programming including social services, care for Holocaust survivors, Jewish holidays celebrations, summer camps, family gatherings and much more.

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