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Posted By admin on January 29, 2020

The future is one step closer.

The Jewish Federation's Fund for the Future, a major commitment to fuel a next-generation renaissance in Jewish life, has raised nearly $60 million since its launch last year.

Now the Fund, part of the Federation's Centennial Campaign, has announced its first round of grants, all geared to stimulate robust connections with children, teens, college students, young adults, and young families. Additional grants will be made every three months, expanding on those and a wide array of other innovative efforts.

The initial distributions from the Fund, which is chaired by Bill Silverstein, will invigorate nearly a dozen and a half programs and projects, including:

For Children - JUF Camping Initiative, Jewish Day School Guaranty Trust Fund, B'nai B'rith Beber Camp, Chicago Jewish Day School, and JUF Education's Early Childhood Collaborative and CHIdush programs, which provide professional development and support for early childhood educators - all to make sure that every child is welcomed through vibrant Jewish learning and experiences.

For Teens - Voices: The Chicago Jewish Teen Foundation - to provide every teen a unique pathway to build their Jewish identity and engage in local Jewish life.

For Young Adults - Silverstein Base Hillel, Moishe House, Israel Education Center, Lewis Summer Intern Program, AEPi Foundation and Encompass - to assure that every emerging adult, in college and beyond, is embraced by and excited to be part of the Jewish community.

For Every Young Jew - Israel Now/Ta'am Yisrael and Birthright Israel - to welcome every young Jew to Israel, again and again.

For Young Families - PJ Library and JUF Right Start - to provide every young family with abundant resources to build an enjoyable, meaningful Jewish home, and to connect to community.

In future quarterly rounds, many of those efforts will receive additional financial support, and will be joined by other exciting initiatives such as "Z" Frank Apachi Day Camp, Write On For Israel, the Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics, a national expansion of Israel Now/Ta'am Yisrael, Honeymoon Israel and One Happy Camper scholarships, to name just a few.

"The future of tomorrow's Jewish community depends on how well we engage today's young Jews," said Dr. Steven B. Nasatir, JUF's executive vice chairman. "JUF has been an innovator in that space for years. Now, with the Fund for the Future, we have the resources to take that to an entirely new level."

To help fuel that future, contact Merle Cohen, MerleCohen@juf.org.

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Fund for the Future energizes next generation projects - Jewish United Fund

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