2. Mission Statement
Federation’s Alliance for Jewish Education serves as the
community’s central address for Jewish education and
identity development, planning and advocacy.
Its mission is to ensure that the community provides the
highest quality Jewish education and identity formation
services to the largest possible number of people throughout
their lives.

3. Alliance for Jewish Education and Service Areas
FedEd
Adult Jewish
Education
Opening the
Jewish Doors Total Alliance Budget
Experiences
for Families Alliance Special
Needs
2012-2013: $2,271,880
for Jewish
Education Direct Service:
Students, Teachers, Families:
Education 9,000 people
Policy,
Planning
Educational
and
Services
Innovation
for Change

4. Federation Allocation to Alliance for Jewish Education | 2012-2013
$ Millions
1.4
1.3 1.29
1.24 1.24 1.21
1.16
0.98 0.97
0.95
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

5. Alliance for Jewish Education Budget | 2012-2013 | $2,271,880
REVENUE
Contributions Campaign &
$136,980 6% Other
Allocations
Tuition/ $947,500
Program Fees 42%
$321,550 14%
Millennium
Funds
$575,642 Other Grants
25% & Income
$290,208
13%

6. Listing of Endowment Income Sources
 Anita Naftaly Fund $ 2,200
 Barron Millennium Fund $ 45,000
 Berkowitz Fund $ 29,150
 Berman Millennium Fund $109,292
 Endowment Revenue $ 82,500
 Hermelin Davidson Fund $286,750
 Schulman Millennium Fund $ 10,750
Total $575,642

7. Alliance for Jewish Education Budget | 2012-2013 | $2,271,880
BY DEPARTMENT
Special
Projects, $143, 0 Administration
0
100 6% 0% (Fundraising, Offic
0%
e, Compensation &
Benefits)
$361,200 16%
Family
Education, $3
92,600 17%
Special
Education, $3
26,950 15%
School
Adult
Education
Education
$569,025, 25%
$479,005 21%

8. Special Needs Jewish Education - Service Overview
• Opening the Doors 980 students
• Doors to the Future 23 students
• Efshar Circle 20 students
• Madrichim Leadership Institute 20 teens
• February Jewish Disability Month 800 participants
• Anita Naftaly Family Circle Conference 320 participants
• Day School Conference 230 teachers
Program Budget: $326,950
Direct Service (students, teachers, adults ): 2,400

9. Adult Jewish Education – Service Overview
• FedEd 1,600 registrants
(900 individuals)
• Florence Melton Adult Mini-school 128 students
• Sh’ma Detroit Learning Together 1,500 participants
• Co-sponsored Programs 1,500 participants
Program Budget: $479,005
Direct Service: 2,000 adult learners

10. School Education – Service Overview
• Policy and Planning with Education Division
• Professional Development
Nirim Teacher Training 150 participants
Day School Conference 230
Early Childhood Conference 240
Moreh L’Morim Conference 150
• CSI2- Congregational School Improvement
Congregations 9
Teachers 140
Lay leaders 175
Students 3,150
Hebrew Immersion 438
Program Budget $569,025
Direct Service: 6,556 students,
450 teachers

11. Jewish Family Education – Service Overview
 Jewish Family Educators 7 educators,
7,828 families
 Berman Jewish Family Education Grants $25,000
 Community Jewish Family Education Programs 1,700 children &
parents
 PJ Library 1,200 families
(400 on waiting list)
Program Budget: $392,600
Direct Service: 8,000 families

12. Special Programs
 Congregational School Tuition Assistance
 Jewish Youth Professional Training
 Teacher Awards
 David Hermelin Scholarship Award
 BackStage Pass
 Witness Theater

14. Thoughts from “Conversations” Program
• It’s time to reinvent Jewish education. That isn’t because
Jewish education today is bad; it’s because it can be
much, much better than it is. It’s a bit like Jewish education
today is using a Walkman, while the world is listening to iPods.
The music is playing, but it’s a lot more cumbersome and
limited than it needs to be. (Jonathan Woocher, JESNA's Chief Ideas
Officer and Director, Lippman Kanfer Institute: An Action-Oriented Think
Tank for Innovation in Jewish Learning and Engagement )
• There is a need for positive disruptions – creative disruptions.
There is a dramatic need for innovation. We need to innovate
or else. (David Bryfman, Director of the New Center for Collaborative
Leadership at The Jewish Education Project)

15. Thoughts from “Conversations” Program
• Express Innovation – Just pick something and go out and do
it! (Cyd Weissman, Director, Innovation in Congregational Learning for
Greater New York, for The Jewish Education Project )
• Though change is risky, in today’s change environment it will
be riskier to stay the same. We are currently at a tipping
point. It will become harder and harder for organizations who
stay the same now, to change later. (Lisa Colton, CEO Darim
Online)

16. Jewish Education Challenges and/or Opportunities
 Radically changing Jewish world
 Digital and social media
 Student enrollment
 Membership and definitions of community
 Funding of Jewish education