Exploring the Jewish Community in London: Charities and Organizations

Discover how Aish UK & AKIM are dedicated to inspiring a deeper connection with Judaism & providing services for Israeli children & adults with learning difficulties.

Exploring the Jewish Community in London: Charities and Organizations

For the past 25 years, Aish UK has been devoted to fostering a deeper connection with Judaism and guaranteeing a vibrant future for the Jewish people. Through educational programs, immersive experiences, and long-lasting relationships, they share the knowledge and beauty of Jewish faith, practice, and community. Aish UK runs eight full-time branches and provides educational opportunities at more than eighteen schools, fifteen universities, and six youth professional centers across the country. They also regularly distribute educational and video content through magazine publications.

AKIM is the national charity that provides services to more than 30,000 Israeli children and adults with learning disabilities, as well as to more than 120,000 family members who need support and assistance. AKIM safeguards the rights of people with learning disabilities, guaranteeing their equal rights to education, housing, and employment. They offer childcare for children and adults, about 50 residences, shelters, and apartments in the community, employment and work placement programs. Regional branches across Israel are mostly run by volunteers or parents of children with learning disabilities, and they need our support to ensure that those who might end up living on the fringes of society can be included and reach their full potential.

The JLC represents the largest Jewish organizations in the United Kingdom, including synagogues, care organizations, educational charities, regional representative councils, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews. ORT UK was founded in 1921 to raise funds for ORT's international projects and to teach specialized crafts to Jewish communities trapped in poverty. The ORT network reaches 200,000 people a year in more than 30 countries and offers a combination of high-level scientific and technological education driven by Jewish values. None of this would be possible without the continued support of the Jewish community to both Israel and JNF UK.

Toremet's UK charity account management platform enables fast and cost-effective donations to eligible local and foreign charities, including charities listed in the Guide to Jewish Charities. If you make your donation using the DONATE button on the Guide to Jewish Charities website, UKT will take care of the rest. The Jewish Museum in London has an important mission: to surprise, delight and involve all people, regardless of their origin or faith, in the history, identity and culture of Jews in Britain. Shaare Zedek's friends in the UK play a crucial role in allowing the hospital to maintain and develop its “innovative medicine in the heart of Jerusalem”.

London Jewish Family Centre — Strengthening the Family and the Community (LJFC) is a non-profit grassroots charity. Jroots exists to facilitate impactful Jewish travel experiences to places of historic importance around the world. Some Jewish students from Essex are helped to fund a pre-university year with an approved course of study and training in Israel on the understanding that they are committed to future community participation. He makes other donations to charitable organizations in Israel and England, particularly for Norwood and the Jewish Community High School.

A charitable investment in Jewish Futures is a tangible contribution to Jewish continuity that ensures a bright Jewish future. Each organization has a proud record of success in attracting, educating, and inspiring young Jews. The Gateshead Yeshiva is an iconic landmark in the world of Jewish learning as Europe's largest Torah academy; it prepares students for future challenges and has enabled many to occupy leadership positions in Jewish communities around the world such as rabbis, ministers, teachers, and lay leaders. Grants are used to support organizations that help ensure that no Jewish child lives in distress, need, pain or suffering anywhere.

Chabad Lubavitch remains at the forefront of Jewish life in Essex always seeking to increase its presence and impact in neighboring communities.

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