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Integrated Support with Dignity

By combining material aid with cultural, spiritual, and identity-based support, organizations foster long-term resilience and engagement, because holistic interventions that affirm dignity and belonging are more effective than isolated services. This strategy unifies physical, emotional, and spiritual needs within a culturally grounded framework—specifically Jewish identity—to create more sustainable and dignified outcomes. Unlike narrowly focused service models (e.g., food-only distribution), it treats cultural continuity and personal agency as core components of resilience, not add-ons. The shared belief across these organizations is that survival and identity are interdependent, and that support systems must address both to be effective.

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who runs it

Organizations running this strategy · 8

what it looks like in practice

Activities of orgs running this strategy

A sample of programmatic activities from the orgs above — what the strategy looks like on the ground.

  • Advocacy for Ethiopian Jews STRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC C/O JEREMY FEIT
    advocacy
    Leads advocacy efforts on behalf of Ethiopian Jews remaining in Ethiopia, including documenting their living conditions and religious expressions, and supporting efforts to bring descendants and relatives to Israel.
  • Education programs STRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC C/O JEREMY FEIT
    direct service
    Operates daily school programs and after-school Talmud Torah instruction for thousands of students in Ethiopia, including teaching Judaism, Hebrew, computers, and practical subjects, and provides Jewish and health education to adults.
  • Employment and skills training STRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC C/O JEREMY FEIT
    direct service
    Provides employment training and practical skills education to members of the Ethiopian Jewish community to prepare them for life in Israel.
  • Food assistance and distribution STRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC C/O JEREMY FEIT
    direct service
    Provides food assistance to vulnerable populations in Ethiopia, including daily meals for children under 3, pregnant women, and nursing mothers, and distributes over 2 million meals annually through feeding centers and emergency food distributions.
  • Medical care delivery STRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC C/O JEREMY FEIT
    direct service
    Operates medical clinics and contracts additional facilities to provide medical care to children, adults over 50, and other community members, often serving as the sole provider of such services, and includes medication coverage for patients.
  • Summer camp for children STRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC C/O JEREMY FEIT
    direct service
    Provides a summer camp in Gondar and Addis Ababa for 2,500 children aged 6–18.
  • Teacher training and volunteer support STRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC C/O JEREMY FEIT
    capacity building
    Trains teachers, supplies educational materials, and sends volunteers to support year-round educational programming in Ethiopia.
  • Educational and heritage tours to Eastern Europe YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Plans and leads educational trips and heritage tours to Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Latvia for schools and Jewish communities, including visits to yeshivas, memorials, and historical sites, with kosher meals provided.
  • Educational and vocational training programs for students YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Offers academic tutoring, extracurricular activities in music, arts, and sports, and vocational training in construction trades for boys and cosmetology for girls, alongside early childhood education in Hebrew, prayers, and Jewish customs.
  • Emergency and social support services for elderly Jews in Belarus YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Delivers food packages, clothing, bedding, electric heaters, and used furniture to elderly individuals and Holocaust survivors in remote areas; provides emergency medical transportation and life-saving medication support.
  • Graduate placement and higher education support YAD YISROEL
    capacity building
    Supports graduates by placing them in yeshivas, seminaries, and universities in Israel, Europe, and North America, including partnerships with Touro College, Lander College, Stern College, and Yeshiva University, and assists exceptional students in completing high school abroad.
  • Jewish boarding school and orphanage in Pinsk, Belarus YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Operates a residential school and orphanage in Pinsk, Belarus serving 150 children, providing shelter, meals, Jewish and secular education, medical care, and emotional support to children from impoverished and assimilated families.
  • Jewish education programs in remote areas of Belarus YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Provides Jewish education to children in remote areas through in-person Sunday School programs and virtual lessons via Zoom, covering foundational topics such as the aleph-bet, Bible stories, prayers, and holiday customs, supplemented with mailed arts and crafts materials and follow-up lessons.
  • Jewish religious education infrastructure in Belarus YAD YISROEL
    capacity building
    Established and supports yeshivas in Brest, Grodno, and Minsk, and promotes the Lubavitch Hasidic movement in eastern Belarus to strengthen Jewish religious education and community life.
  • Meals and food assistance for vulnerable Jews in Belarus YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Delivers or funds over 700 kosher meals daily and operates a soup kitchen in Pinsk, providing hot meals six days a week, holiday food packages, and food deliveries to Holocaust survivors, the elderly, and impoverished Jews across Belarus.
  • Religious and community infrastructure support in Belarus YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Supports Jewish communities across Belarus by operating mikvahs, providing burial services, distributing religious texts in Hebrew, English, and Belarusian, and facilitating marriages to strengthen communal continuity.
  • Shabbaton and Jewish cultural seminars YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Organizes regular weekend Shabbaton seminars with lodging, Shabbat meals, and Jewish educational programming for participants from Belarus and other parts of the former Soviet Union.
  • Summer and winter camps for Jewish children in Belarus YAD YISROEL
    direct service
    Organizes annual summer and winter camps for over 450 children ages 8 to 19 from across Belarus, offering Jewish educational programming and cultural experiences.