Donations Made by CIESJ
The following donations and honoraria are made possible by contributions by temple members including donations to the ARZA fund, and the Israel Engagement & Social Justice Fund collected with annual dues or during the year. You can help support additional donations by contributing here.
- Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ): Supporting the Reform Movement in Israel and advocating to keep Israel a democracy. $3,600
- New Israel Fund’s Civil Society Protection Hub. Provides legal and other assistance to civil society organizations and leaders from targeted attacks by extremists. $6,000
- Standing Together (Omdim Beyachad, Naqif Ma’an): Organizes Jews and Arabs in Israel who together campaign for peace, equality, and social justice. $6,000
- Mitvim Institute for Regional Foreign Policy, The Israel Initiative: provides a comprehensive plan for a long-term peace. $5,000
- aChord Center of Hebrew University: Academic center using social science research to promote a shared society. Developing messaging to expand pro-democracy movement. $3,000
- Forum for Regional Thinking: Promotes a discourse that offers a more complex view of Arab societies and Israel’s potential relationship to them. $3,000
- Terrestrial Jerusalem: Promotes a shared Jewish – Palestinian presence in East Jerusalem $3,000
- Movement for Quality Government in Israel: Advocates for democratic institutions and against corruption and opposes the current government’s efforts to undermine the judicial system and the rule of law. $3,000
- New Israel Fund, Anti-Occupation Bloc: Strives to bring anti-occupation priorities into the pro-democracy protests. $3,000
- Mehazkim (Strengthening): Provides logistic and graphic support for many of the protests around Israel, including those that fight corruption, malicious on-line activity, racism and support for social justice and human rights. $3,000
- Joint Jewish Arab Relief Center at Rahat. Only joint Jewish-Arab center providing humanitarian support for victims of the October 7 massacre. $5,000
- Beit Daniel for the Shonim B’Yachad art exhibit. $1,000
- In addition Temple Sinai gave honoraria to the following speakers:
- Orly Erez-Likhovski, IRAC – $2,000
- Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Torat Tzedek – $1,000
- Ali Abu Awaad, Taghyeer – $500
- Rabbi Noa Sattath, ACRI – $500