Fact of the Week

February 23, 2012
World ORT, which is supported by Jewish Federations, has helped more than 2,500 teachers in 450 secondary schools and teacher training colleges in Argentina through ORT Argentina’s Teaching and Learning Resource Centre (CREA). The CREA team trains teachers to use software that fosters student interaction and collaboration, and extends the boundaries of the classroom through use of the Internet. Learn more about World ORT's CREA program.

February 16, 2012
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), which is supported by Jewish Federations, serves as an incubator for innovative social programs like Teach First Israel. An adaptation of the Teach for America model, Teach First Israel helps equalize educational opportunities for Israeli children of all cultural and socio-economic backgrounds by placing outstanding college graduates as teachers in low-income, peripheral communities. Learn more about JDC’s Teach First Israel program.

February 9, 2012
During JFNA’s Heart to Heart mission in Israel this week, more than 150 women from across North America visited a women’s empowerment project of the Jewish Agency for Israel in Beit Shemesh, a sister city of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. As part of its Partnership2Gether initiative, the Jewish Agency, supported by Jewish Federations, offers professional mentoring and instruction to help women with Persian, Russian, Yemenite, Kurdish, Iraqi and Moroccan backgrounds operate catering businesses that serve the tourism industry. Learn more about the Jewish Agency’s Partnership2Gether initiative.

February 2, 2012
To mark Jewish Disability Awareness Month this February, more than 25 Jewish community professionals and lay leaders, including representatives from seven Federations and JFNA, will travel to Washington on Feb. 7 to participate in Jewish Disability Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. The day’s events will focus on the importance of Medicaid to the disability community, and will include a forum for Congressional staff and advocacy meetings with key members of Congress. Learn more about other Jewish Federation activities around Jewish Disability Awareness Month.

From the Jewish Federations of North America's "Fact of the Week" archive.