Jewish Social Welfare Organizations

Resources for alleviating poverty.

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The Aleph Institute
An organization whose mission and mandate is to serve society by providing critical social services to families in crisis, addressing the pressing religious, educational, humanitarian and advocacy needs of individuals in institutional environments, and implementing solutions to significant issues relating to our criminal justice system, with an emphasis on families

Ameinu
An organization working for a progressive Israel and America

American Friends of Magen David Adom
Fundraises for Magen David Adom, Israel’s Equivalent to the Red Cross Society

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Serves the needs of Jews throughout the world, particularly where their lives as Jews are threatened or made more difficult

American Jewish World Service
Relief and aid organization helping to alleviate poverty, hunger, and disease among the people of the world regardless of race, religion, or nationality

Amcha
Amcha--The Coalition for Jewish Concerns is an independent grassroots Jewish organization dedicated to raising a voice of conscience on behalf of endangered Jews

AVODAH
A year-long Jewish service fellowship

Bend the Arc
Bend the Arc engages communities and people throughout the United States in creating economic opportunity and promoting social justice.

Canfei Nesharim
Dedicated to educating the Orthodox community about the importance of protecting the environment from the perspective of Jewish tradition and Halacha

Center for Jewish Alternatives
Provides support and guidance for individuals and groups alienated from, or dissatisfied with their local Jewish institutions as they strive to create meaningful Jewish alternatives

Coalition On the Environment and Jewish Life
An educational and activist organization promoting Jewish values regarding environmentalism

The Compassionate Listening Project
Dedicated to empowering individuals to heal polarization and build bridges between people, communities and nations in conflict

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Registry
Aims to facilitate bone marrow transplants for patients around the world suffering from life-threatening illnesses by increasing the representation of the Jewish people in the bone marrow donor pool

Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights-North America. She previously served as the Rabbi-in-Residence for the Jewish Funds for Justice.