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Causes: Federated Giving Programs, Philanthropy
Mission: To build and sustain a strong and vibrant omaha jewish community and to support jews in israel and around the world.
Programs: The rose blumkin jewish home (rbjh) is a skilled nursing facility with 105 beds. With competent and caring staff and attention to detail, rbjh enhances the quality and continuity of senior life in omaha. Rbjh has served the omaha jewish community as well as the greater omaha community's skilled nursing needs for many years. This past year rbjh touched the lives of 232 residents, providing 32,591 days of skilled nursing care to both short-term and long-term residents. Jewish social services also includes jewish family service and jewish senior outreach.
the mission of the jewish community center (jcc) is to create a positive jewish environment in which to build, strengthen, and preserve jewish identity and tradition. The jcc reaches out to the jewish community and provides its members with a unique opportunity to associate through a variety of social, cultural, recreational, educational, and physical fitness programs, activities, and services. In 2016, the jcc was proud to offer its programs and services to 220 business units and 262 children (in the childcare program). In addition, the jcc hosted 2 community plays. The jcc plans to expand its program offerings and increase its number of business units.
the center for engagement and education (cee) strives to maximize involvement of omaha's jewish community in imaginative, compelling and collaborative jewish experiences including formal and informal classes, lectures, programs and scholars-in-residence, annual film festival, programs of the kripke jewish federation library, pj library for young children, israel programming, and special services for local jewish schools. Cee also collaborates with the federation's supporting foundation to issue scholarships and grants for the jewish community providing grants and scholarships to 221 individuals in excess of $405,000 for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
various other community services