Partner Agency

The Seattle Association for Jews with Disabilities, a subsidiary of Jewish Family Service, provides skilled, compassionate support to people affected by developmental disabilities, persistent mental illness and brain injuries.

One year after a generous $40,000 grant from the Seattle community, two health clinics provide significant services to Kiryat Malachi and the Hof Ashkelon coast.

An after-hours emergency medical clinic in Kiryat Malachi is now open during the hours that the Kupat Cholim (medical care) is closed. The existence of the clinic enables patients to receive first aid immediately, and has saved numerous patients, many of whom have no car, from travel to distant hospitals.

YEDID ("friend" in Hebrew) was established in 1997 to promote social and economic justice in Israel through a national network of Citizen Rights Centers in disadvantaged communities throughout Israel.

YEDID is the only national organization in Israel that empowers Israelis to break the cycle of poverty through free individual legal and social assistance, community education initiatives and grassroots organizing for social change.

The JTNews is a Seattle-based, award-winning newspaper, providing local, national and international news of Jewish interest to a readership of 16,000. The JTNews is owned by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

The Jewish Transcript of the Pacific Northwest made its first appearance on March 6, 1924. Founder Herman Horowitz said he felt it was his duty to his Jewish brethren to provide "the vehicle to represent their ideas, aspirations and principles."

The Washington State Jewish Historical Society [WSJHS] seeks to ensure the rich Jewish history of the state of Washington is preserved. They accomplish this by creating oral histories, collecting personal papers, organizational records, photographs, and other materials appropriate for the Jewish archival collection, housed at the University of Washington.

The Young Leadership Division of the Jewish Federation [YLD] provides a forum for community building, leadership and service through social, cultural and philanthropic activities. YLD educates, motivates and trains women and men in their twenties and thirties to become community leaders, and is dedicated to enriching Jewish life in greater Seattle, Israel and throughout the world.

Day and night, Leket Israel rescues excess, unserved food that would otherwise be destroyed from catered events, bakeries, army bases, perishable food manufacturers, farmers and packinghouses. We then transport the food to non-profit organizations throughout Israel serving people in need.

How do we make peoplehood tangible in our 21st century world?

We're doing it.

The impressive achievements of the first ten years of our partnership demonstrate our collective force when we partner in common purpose. Since 1996, when leaders from our community stepped forward to become part of the Jewish Agency's Partnership 2000 (P2K), our commitment and involvement have become a powerful catalyst for change in our communities of the Western Region and in Kiryat Malachi and Hof Ashkelon.

The Jewish Federations of North America (formerly United Jewish Communities or UJC) represents 157 Jewish Federations and 400 Network communities, which raise and distribute more than $3 billion annually for social welfare, social services and educational needs. The Federation movement, collectively among the top 10 charities on the continent, protects and enhances the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and Torah (Jewish learning).