We strive to foster meaningful connections with Israeli culture, language, and experience. Our programming opens opportunities for the community to engage with the richness of Israeli life—promoting deeper understanding, dialogue, and connection across generations.
Past programs have included:
- October 7 second anniversary BAI community commemoration
- Israeli Reservists stories of the front lines
- Israeli Scouts Friendship Caravan performance spreading their spirit and love of Israel
- Educator Rabbi Arie Hasit on how we can help shape a pluralistic Jewish and democratic Israel
- “Shlishi Israeli”, festive Friday night Chanukah celebration with the Israeli American Council (IAC) of Philadelphia
- Jessica Steinberg, Culture and Lifestyles Editor of the Times of Israel, with stories of resilience during the dark days following October 7, 2023
- A four-part series examined Zionist and Israeli Jewish attitudes toward the non-Jewish population of pre-State Palestine and Israel led by David Engel, the esteemed Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU and Senior Fellow Emeritus of the Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv University
- Best-selling author Lihi Lapid discussed her latest novel and what it’s like to be an Israeli mom today
Support for Israel
Your material support is greatly appreciated at this time of recovery for many across the country. Below is a list of resources for donations and assistance:
Healthcare and mental care
- Magen David Adom serves as the Israeli Red Cross. Purchases ambulances and life-saving vehicles, trains EMTs and paramedics, stores and distributes blood for IDF and hospitals.
- Natal calls itself the Israeli trauma and resiliency center. Serves as a multidisciplinary treatment center, provides trauma prevention, serves as a trauma training center for mental health professionals
- Zaka identifies victims of terrorist attacks and disasters, helping victims when possible and preserving the dignity of the dead when necessary. Sends aid missions to disasters around the world.
- Hadassah enhances the health and lives of people in Israel, the United States and worldwide through education, advocacy, and youth development, and its support of medical care and research at Hadassah Medical Organization,
Wounded soldiers
- Brothers for life injured soldiers helping other injured soldiers recover physically and mentally including family counseling, connecting with others of similar background (e.g. women soldiers, veterans)
- FIDF (Friends of the IDF) collects charitable donations across the United States on behalf of the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces to provide temporary field hospitals, intensive care ambulances, and other critically needed support.
