An international health reform movement is starting to take shape, said Karen Wolk Feinstein, President and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation in Pittsburgh. This trend was evident during the foundation’s recent study mission to Israel. For more, click here. 

Gary Aidekman, President of UJC MetroWest, realized there was a problem. His generation had put off their commitment to Jewish philanthropy for a host of reasons. Enter the new Business Professionals mission. For more, click here.

“I’m not usually a group person, but with this group, it feels different. We seem to have grown even more cohesive throughout our time together,” said Jean Mandell, a participant in the Epstein Leadership Mission to Israel. For more, click here.

It all started in 2003 during the Intifada, when few American Jews felt safe enough to visit Israel. Numbers of tourists were down and missions just weren’t filling up. It was then that a group of 13 men from the Jewish Federation of Chicago decided to do something about it – they got on a plane and came to Israel and the first Chicago Nachshon mission was born. For more, click here.

Houston Federation Board Member Burton (Buzzy) Bluestone shares a moment with Rebecca Caspi, Senior Vice President, Global Operations: Israel and Overseas; Director General, UJC Israel, after she addressed the mission.

Sitting in Jerusalem at a festive dinner with other participants in the Federation of Northern New Jersey’s J2J2 mission, Hortense Cohon, 85, of Hackensack, New Jersey, found it hard to believe she almost didn’t make it to Israel.

You've mastered the local scene. Now get the national know-how. The UJC Washington Missions Program provides a fresh perspective on the influence of the Jewish community on America's social and political landscape. For more, click here.