Social Services & Social Action
American Jewish World Service
www.ajws.org
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality. Through grants to grassroots organizations, volunteer service, advocacy and education, AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values and responsibilities of global citizenship within the Jewish community. AJWS is engaged in a simultaneous education and advocacy campaign to put pressure on United States and world leaders to end the crisis.
America’s Second Harvest
www.secondharvest.org
America’s Second Harvest–The Nation’s Food Bank Network feeds America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engages our country in the fight to end hunger.
Aviva Family and Children's Services
www.avivacenter.org
Aviva Family and Children's Services is a non-profit, multi-service agency serving the greater Los Angeles community. Aviva provides care and treatment to abandoned, neglected, abused and at-risk youth and their families. Services include residential treatment, community mental health services, family preservation, after-school care, special education and foster family placement.
Beit Tshuva
www.beittshuvahla.org
Beit Tshuva’s facility is a warm setting where approximately 110 residents interact with clinical staff in a healing atmosphere that emphasizes faith-based recovery and the values of the Jewish community. Addiction is a disease of the body, mind, and spirit, and Beit Tshuva offers a dynamic program to meet the individual needs of each resident in every stage of recovery.
CoejlSC
coejlsc.charityfinders.org
The purpose of CoejlSC is to "instill a commitment to environmental protection rooted in Jewish values." Our Mission: To work with 13 major Jewish institutions to facilitate measurable and identifiable progress towards environmental stewardship; To work with other faiths in the interfaith community to encourage a commitment towards environmental protection; To provide 3 major events yearly whereby Jews who are interested in or share CoejlSC values meet, share a sense of commitment and reestablish their connection to each other and to the CoejlSC mission; To have a positive impact on local, regional, and statewide environmental legislation with national and, if possible, international importance.
International Crisis Group
www.crisisgroup.org
The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization, with over 110 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles
www.jbbbsla.org
At Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles, our mission is to assist children, primarily from single-parent homes, in achieving their full potential by helping to facilitate Excellence in Mentoring. Our goal is to continue enriching the lives of children by providing mentoring programs that help develop self-esteem, self-respect, and relationship building skills.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
www.jewishla.org
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles – L.A.’s largest Jewish nonprofit – identifies and funds social service, educational and humanitarian needs locally, in Israel and around the world. Through its network of agencies and programs, the Federation helps alleviate Jewish poverty, provide emergency relief, ensure a Jewish future, and support the greater Los Angeles community.
Jewish Vocational Service
www.jvs.org
JVS (Jewish Vocational Service) builds the skills needed to succeed in today's workplace. We assist individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, and help businesses fulfill their employment goals. JVS is a non-sectarian, not-for-profit corporation founded in 1973.
MAZON
www.mazon.org
MAZON allocates donations from the Jewish community to prevent and alleviate hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds.
The National Council of Jewish Women
www.ncjwla.org
The National Council of Jewish Women is a volunteer organization that has been at the forefront of social change for over a century. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW courageously takes a progressive stance on issues such as child welfare, women`s rights, and reproductive freedom.
The Progressive Jewish Alliance
www.pjalliance.org
The Progressive Jewish Alliance is a young, non-profit, non-denominational, inter-generational membership organization for those who are committed to social change.
Los Angeles Jewish AIDS Services/Project Chicken Soup
www.projectchickensoup.org
Los Angeles Jewish AIDS Services/Project Chicken Soup is a non-profit organization which provides nutritious, kosher meals to people living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County, in observance of the Jewish commandment of tikkun olam, healing the world through service of humankind.
Jewish World Watch
www.jewishworldwatch.org
Jewish World Watch works to mobilize synagogues, their schools, their members and the community to combat genocide and other egregious violations of human rights around the world through education, advocacy, and refugee relief.
The Save Darfur Coalition
SaveDarfur.org
The Save Darfur Coalition is an alliance of over 130 diverse faith-based, humanitarian, and human rights organizations, assembled to raise public awareness and to mobilize efforts to help end the atrocities and reduce the suffering in Darfur and nearby refugee camps.
SOVA
www.jfsla.org
SOVA operates three food pantry and resource center facilities- one in the Beverly-Fairfax area, one in West Los Angeles, and one in the San Fernando Valley. Each center offers free groceries and supportive services to people whose limited incomes make it dificult to provide adequate, healthy food for themselves and family members.
Stop Genocide Now
www.stopgenocidenow.com
Stop Genocide Now (SGN) is a grassroots community dedicated to working to protect populations in grave danger of violence, death, and displacement resulting from genocide. Through active education, advocacy and policy change SGN resolves to change the way the world responds to genocide. SGN is currently focused on creating awareness and action to stop the genocide in Darfur and deal appropriately with its aftermath. All of our projects focus on and utilize the strength and power in grassroots connectivity
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services
www.vistadelmar.org
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services and it's affiliated divisions of Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, Home-SAFE Child Care and Julia Ann Singer Center are dedicated to the well-being and care of children and families in Southern California who suffer the emotional, physical, psychological and social consequences of abuse, neglect and abandonment
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