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Project Kesher maximizes the impact
of our infrastructure of Jewish women's groups and multi-faith
coalitions by partnering with other organizations. Here are
some of our partners:
- American Bar Association CEELI is a public service
project of the American Bar Association that advances the
rule of law in the world by supporting the legal reform process
in Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia and the Middle East.
Project Kesher partners with CEELI in the training of legal
advocates to work with women in domestic violence cases in
Russia.
- Hebrew Union College (HUC) is the educational and
intellectual center of Reform Judaism. It trains and sustains rabbis, cantors, communal
and
educational professionals throughout their careers for service
to Reform
Judaism and klal Yisrael, provides higher learning for scholars
of religion
of all faiths and supports the educational and spiritual growth
of lay
leadership for the Reform movement. HUC provides educators
for some
Project Kesher programs and connects with Project Kesher to
bring HUC's leaders and staff to women in Project Kesher's network.
- Hillel in the former Soviet Union operates community-based
centers in seven former Soviet Republics. The 27 Hillel Centers
in the CIS provide approximately
10,000 young Jews per year, once denied access to their heritage,
with the opportunity to reconnect to Judaism and the Jewish
people. Project Kesher partners with Hillel in Georgia
to create post college educational and social advocacy programming
for women and, social activist Rosh Chodesh groups on eight
CIS college campuses.
- Jewish Women International (JWI) is dedicated to
ensuring that every woman and girl is safe, in her home and
in her relationships. Today, JWI is recognized as the leading
Jewish organization committed to ending the cycle of family
violence and to promoting safe homes, healthy relationships
and strong women. Project Kesher partnered with JWI on
domestic violence programming in the CIS and adapted its activist
and rabbinic guides for a CIS audience.
- The "La Strada Program: Prevention of Traffic in
Women in Central and Eastern Europe" aims at preventing
and suppressing trafficking in persons by: information &
lobby, prevention and education and social assistance, including
safe return and social inclusion. Project Kesher works
with La Strada in Ukraine to educate women about the issue
of trafficking and prevent them from entering trafficking
situations.
- The Miramed Institute/The Angel Coalition provides
programs of social protection, education, training and self-sufficiency
and advocacy for orphans, disadvantaged children and young
adults in Russia. The organization educates advocates for
the elimination of sexual trafficking of girls and young women
from Russia and the former Republics and assists in their
rescue, return and rehabilitation. Project Kesher is a
member of the Angel Coalition and works with it to educate
women about the issue of trafficking.
- National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ) the mandated
central coordinating agency of the organized Jewish community
for policy and activities on behalf of the estimated 1.5 million
Jews in the CIS. Project Kesher partnered with NCSJ on
domestic violence programming in the CIS.
- Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in
Sweden - is a nondenominational academic framework established
in 2000 with a foundational grant from the Swedish government.
Within an interdisciplinary academic setting, Paideia educates
leaders for Europe - academicians, artists and community activists
- towards fluency in Jewish sources. Project Kesher helps
Paideia identify potential leaders and then, works with them
to engage program graduates in CIS Jewish life.
- Tahirih Justice Center, engages in direct litigation,
public policy advocacy, and education and outreach to ensure
systematic change that protects women and girls from violence.
Project Kesher has worked with Tahirih Justice Center to educate
women in the CIS about the dangers of becoming a "mail
order bride" and advising them of their rights if they
choose to come to the U.S. despite these concerns. Project
Kesher leaders in the CIS have provided supporting documentation
in support of the U.S. government's passage of the International
Marriage Broker Regulation Act, legislation that would disclose
the records of men with a previous history of violence against
women.
- World ORT is a London based not-for-profit organization
responsible for the education and training of 270,000 people
each year in 58 countries through a global network of schools,
colleges, training centers and programs. Project Kesher
has teamed up with World ORT to create 15 ORT Keshernet Computer
Centers providing computer and vocational training to women,
with priority given to those at risk. Since its inception
87% of its 9,000-plus graduates have gone from unemployment
or underemployment to self-sufficiency.
- World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), established
in London in 1926 is the largest body of religious Jews in
the world. Its basic aims are, first, to create common ground
between its constituents and, second, to promote Progressive
Judaism in places where individuals and groups are seeking
authentic, yet modern ways of expressing themselves as Jews.
Project Kesher identifies opportunities to work collaboratively
with WUPJ and its leadership in the CIS on educational and
leadership programs throughout the region.
*
The Commonwealth of Independent States of the former Soviet
Union is known as the CIS.
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