Interested in going to Israel? Looking to experience global Jewish communities?
Experience exciting adventures and cultural discoveries in Jewish communities across the globe. On a Jewish Federation mission, you’ll get exclusive insider access to community leaders, area experts and political personalities. Each trip has a unique sense of purpose, deepening your connection to Jewish identity while expanding your world.
During our most recent Volunteer Community Mission to Israel led by our Israeli Emissary, Ofek, Federation participants:
- met with residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza
- volunteered at an IDF base and provided a BBQ dinner for 125 soldiers
- visited the Israel Trauma Coalition and Magen David Adom Dispatch Center
- packed food for hundreds of families at Pantry Packers
- heard from hostage families and visited Hostages Square in Tel Aviv
- celebrated Purim by making hamentashen with the children at the Emunah Sarah Herzog Children's Center for at-risk youth
- prepared sandwiches for kids in need with teens at the Afula Crowns Sandwich Club social-service initiative
- heard from Avi Mayer, former editor of the Jerusalem Post
Experience the Civil Rights Journey through a Jewish Lens
Travel to Atlanta, Georgia and Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, Alabama to better understand the movements that paved the way for our efforts to help build a just and equitable world.
Learn more about the leaders who fought against discrimination and injustice and the events that helped shape our nation.
Federation's last Civil Rights Mission brought a group of 48 community members and clergy on a three-day journey through Atlanta and Alabama. Participants:
- heard first-hand accounts of civil rights activists including Lynda Bloodworth Lowery, who was beaten by police officers while trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge on her 15th birthday
- spoke with small business owner, Martha Hawkins, at her comfort-food restaurant, Martha’s Place, about her journey from life as a poor single mother without a high-school diploma to a successful restaurateur - who today only hires others down on their luck
- stood at the bus stop where Rosa Parks took her stand, and prayed together for the victims of lynchings at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice
- attended Sunday services at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
- visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
- toured downtown Selma
- walked over the Edmund Pettus Bridge
- visited the MLK Center and Tomb
In a time of rising antisemitism and global uncertainty, nurturing our cultural and spiritual connection to Israel is more important than ever.
Your support ensures that this bond remains vibrant, resilient, and enduring.
Let’s make an impact — Am Yisrael Chai!
