2022
As of mid 2022, our beneficiaries have included:
- Ukrainian Jewish Refugee Assistance via JFNA
- Beit Ruth Girls home
- Meir Panim Food Bank
- Lone Soldier Fund
- PJ Library & YBIH Local Programming
- North Alabama Food bank
- Security needs at congregational facilities
- Jewish day camp
- Religious school
2021
In 2021, as we recovered from the disruption of the pandemic, we undertook some new local initiatives to increase our outreach and focus on bringing our entire community together. In 2021, sponsored and partnered programs included:
- Major website update
- Our first Jewish Film Festival, in partnership with the Mobile Area Jewish Federation
- Statewide Yom Hashoah observation
- Hadassah Rosenthal School Documentary and Lecture
- Our first program coordinator for PJ Library / Our Way Events
- Our first Young Professionals program, You Belong in Huntsville
- Birmingham Holocaust Education Center
- Jewish day camp scholarships
- North Alabama Community Hebraic School
- Our first Israeli Consul General visit to North Alabama
with more to come, with community support.
2020 and prior
In calendar year 2020, JFHNA collected funds from the community to distribute to a variety of recipients and causes. These included:
- Jewish Federation of North America
- Security needs at local congregations following several antisemitic incidents in recent years
- Food banks and anti-poverty programs in North Alabama and Israel
- Beit Ruth Therapeutic Girls’ Home in Israel
- Camp Gan Israel Scholarships
and several other small grants in line with our mission.
COVID stifled in-person sponsored events in 2020, which typically include Israel and Holocaust-oriented education opportunities. We have brought in nationally-recognized speakers to inform us on world issues affecting Jewish Communities. We hope to resume these, and many other, activities in 2021. Please contact us with your ideas!
In recent prior years, grants have been given to Alabama university Hillel groups, Jewish preschool programming, Huntsville Jewish Heritage Center, an International Day celebration at UAH, special lectures, and travelers to Israel.
Our parent organization and largest beneficiary in 2020, the national Jewish Federations of North America, works in over 70 countries around the world to provide Crisis Relief to Jews and Non-Jews in distress. They also work to strengthen Israel and its citizens, provide educational and cultural opportunities to Jews of all ages, support the elderly and disabled, and develop leaders in the Jewish community. Learn more about how JFNA makes a difference.
JFHNA is an all-volunteer organization and almost 100% of funds received are redistributed to identified needs such as the ones listed above, with small amounts allocated to website and “office .