Si3 by UJIA
October
Keren Hayesod head office established at the ‘Zionist headquarters’ – 75-77 Great Russell Street WC1.
December
First manifesto of Keren Hayesod.
March
Keren Hayesod was registered as a British limited company.
April
The British Section of Keren Hayesod was established.
Keren Hayesod moves to Jerusalem but the British branch continued.
Formation of the Society of Friends of Jewish Refugees (SFJR) to help Jewish refugees from Europe settle in Eretz Yisrael.
Formation of United Palestine Appeal.
Formation of Joint Palestine Appeal (JPA).
Formation of the Foundation for Education (FFE) to make grants for informal education.
Formation of Jewish Philanthropic Association for Israel & the Middle East (JPAIME) with wider powers than the SFJR following the Six Day War.
A huge effort is successfully made to raise money to aid the rescue of Soviet Jewry as part of Operation Exodus.
Yom Kippur War. In just three weeks, the UK Jewish community donated a staggering £58m, the equivalent of £897m today, to UJIA to aid Israel and the Israeli people.
Moved to Balfour House.
JIA takes a leading role in fundraising for Operation Moses – the rescue of Ethiopian Jewry – and their assimilation in to Israeli society.
During Operation Solomon JIA again works to help Jews fleeing Ethiopia to settle in Israel. The connection between the organisation and the Ethiopian-Israeli community continues to this day.
Inspired by the writings of Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’, Jewish Continuity, a national foundation for Jewish educational programmes and outreach, is founded.
UJIA’s London office at Balfour House is bombed. Six people are injured. The terror group ‘Palestinian Resistance’ claims responsibility. Two of its members are arrested, tried and given 20-year prison sentences.
Joint Jewish Charitable Trust formed.
United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA) formed following the merger of JIA and Jewish Continuity.
The Court of Appeal rejects the first of two appeals launched by the Balfour House bombers against their sentences. The second, made in 2007 at the European Court of Human Rights, takes in to account new evidence, but upholds the original sentences and rejects the appeal.
The Balfour House bombers are released early from prison.
Si3. UJIA’s world-leading philanthropic impact fund makes its first investments.
Louise Jacobs elected as first woman Chairman.
Mandie Winston appointed as first woman CEO.
As conflict with Hamas sees rockets once again falling on Israeli towns, and violence breaks out in mixed Israeli cities, UJIA provides emergency aid to organisations providing a front-line response, as well as investing in programmes aiming to bring communities together to prevent future rioting.
UJIA takes a leading role, in partnership with the Jewish Agency, in the evacuation of Jews from Ukraine and supporting those who make the journey to Israel to land on their feet.
7th October
Following the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks, UJIA’s launches its Emergency Appeal.