The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh (JCCPGH) came to NCEJ in 2017 proposing a series of family holiday camps to reach families with children from 5-10 years old who … Read More
New NCEJ Grant to Support the Center for Conversion to Judaism in NYC
The Center for Conversion to Judaism (CCJ), located at Town and Village Synagogue in Manhattan, offers a variety of programs and courses for those wanting to learn more about Jewish … Read More
NCEJ Funds Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis (JFGI) Innovative Outreach Programming
The Jewish Federation of Indianapolis (JFGI) received a grant in early 2018 to help fund two new programs that aim to increase Jewish learning and ritual involvement, especially among intermarried … Read More
NCEJ Outreach Grants Awarded to Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) Affiliates
The Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) received a $10,000 grant from NCEJ in January 2017 for a new “Outreach” initiative to encourage individual sisterhoods to develop innovative programming to engage … Read More
NCEJ is Expanding Funding in 2018
NCEJ awarded well over $100,000 in grants for Jewish outreach efforts to synagogues, federations, and other Jewish nonprofit organizations in 2017! This year we plan to increase our gifting by at least … Read More
Jewish Federations of North America Receives $25,000 NCEJ Grant
The National Center for Encouraging Judaism* has awarded $25,000 to The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to in turn help smaller federations run programs that help others learn more … Read More
NCEJ Funds Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) Outreach Grants
Through NCEJ, the Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) has awarded outreach grants to WRJ sisterhoods/women’s groups to fund programs within their communities that reach out to interfaith families, unaffiliated Jews and … Read More
NCEJ-URJ “Introduction to Judaism” Marketing Grant
Through NCEJ, the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) has awarded 12 grants to congregations / consortia of congregations to market their “Introduction to Judaism” classes. The congregations are located in … Read More
The Rabbinical Assembly Conversion Work Grant
The Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the recipient of a significant grant from the National Center to Encourage Judaism to support the conversion work of colleagues. Having learned about our extensive … Read More
NCEJ Partners with FJMC
The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, Understanding Intermarriage Initiative, received a Grant from the National Center to Encourage Judaism (NCEJ) in order to award grants to Conservative Congregations throughout North … Read More
The “Conversion” Conversation
There’s a range of opinions on when to talk about conversion. This article, which appeared in CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism in 2014, is quite thought provoking for anyone involved … Read More
It’s Time for the Jews to Proselytize
This is a fascinating article by Orthodox rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Even if one doesn’t agree with all he says, his main point is absolutely true–rabbis and synagogues need to welcome … Read More