Donate to Project Reconnect
As alumni it is important that we ensure that those who follow us will have the opportunity to have the same kinds of affirmative Jewish experiences that each of our generations have had. How can we forget the ruach, the camaraderie, and the happy memories of experiences we shared?
The youth and young adult programs of the Conservative movement have provided the world with many outstanding Jewish leaders; provided our synagogues with very talented rabbis, cantors, educators, and lay leaders; and provided us with life-long friendships forged in our youth that have more than withstood the test of time.
Now more than ever is the time to re-ignite the flame of inspiration and help Project Reconnect, the official alumni association of the USCJ, to re-involve, re-invigorate and re-connect the many Jewish adults who were touched by our Conservative movement's programs, including USY, Atid, Koach, Nativ, the Jerusalem Conservative Yeshiva, Camp Ramah, the Solomon Schechter Day Schools, and the Leadership Training Fellowship.
Your Donation Will:
- Directly benefit our alumni all over the world with ongoing Project Reconnect programs such as Come Home For The Holidays (complimentary High Holiday tickets and home hospitality for young adults), Koll Dichfin (Passover Seders for college students and out-of-towners), Israel Missions, North American and Israel Yellow Pages and more.
- Directly benefit our alumni all over the world with the newest Project Reconnect Programs such as a Mentoring Program, Job Fairs, Israel components providing rich resources for Israel alumni and potential olim (immigrants to Israel) and more.
- Directly assist alumni in need.
- Directly benefit Jewish youth and young adults and their participation in USCJ international and regional programs through donations to defray programming costs and to make more scholarships available.
Please select whether your gift will go to the Project Reconnect general fund (enabling ongoing programs and providing new programs benefiting alumni) or any other specifically designated funds that suit your interests below.
Keep The Legacy Alive
Project Reconnect General Fund
The alumni organization of the Conservative Movement's many programs including USY, Atid, Koach, Nativ, the Conservative Yeshiva, Camp Ramah, the Solomon Schechter schools, and the Leadership Training Fellowship.
Nina and Rabbi Paul Freedman Israel Fund
This fund supports Conservative Jews in making aliyah to Israel. Through outreach to graduates of Conservative youth and adult programs, this fund will assist them to reconnect with our community/alumni in Israel. It also supports hayalim bodedim, the lonely soldiers who have left their families to follow their dream to live in Israel and who now serve to protect it.
Support Olim and Israeli Soldiers Fulfill Our 2000 Year Old Dream
Jerry Gottesman Z"l Technology Fund
Established in loving memory of Jerry Gottesman, long time United Synagogue board member, this fund is used to help maintain and enhance Project Reconnect's website and database, and to provide related technological services.
Jackie Saltz Progamming Fund
This fund helps to underwrite human resources as well as materials and communications for alumni programs at regional and international gatherings e.g. reunion at USCJ International Convention.
Marjorie Saulson Public Relations Fund
This fund contributes toward the promotion of outreach programming such as Come Home For The Holidays, which arranges for free High Holy Day tickets for alumni living away from home and Kol Dichfin, which finds seders for alumni who otherwise would not be able to attend one.
Judy Yudof Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships for missions to Israel and other major programming initiatives .
Miriam Klein Shapiro z"l Education Fund
Established in loving memory of Miriam Klein Shapiro, a well respected Jewish educator, this restricted fund is intended to provide funding for intitiatives, particularly for Jewish educators, that increase Jewish identity, either in Israel or in the Diaspora.
The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem
The Conservative Yeshiva is a vibrant, open-minded, egalitarian community of committed Jews who learn, practice and grow together. Educational programs include the one-year program, Discover Jerusalem spring semester, advanced studies program, summer program, and Nativ Yeshiva Track.
Koach
Campus student organization for Conservative Judaism on college and university campuses in many Hillels in the United States and abroad. Maintains and develops connections to Conservative Judaism.
Kesharim
Kesharm is an initiative whose roots began in Project Reconnect. This project's goal is to build on and strengthen the growing number of independent minyanim, enabling and empowering Jewishly committed young adults to develop the communities, programs and initiatives they seek within the Halachic framework of Conservative Judaism.
USY International Programs
USY, the youth organization of the Conservative movement, has a popular and wide array of programs for high school-age students including Israel Pilgrimage, USY On Wheels, Summer in the City, USY International Convention, USY High, and Nativ.
USY Regional Programs Scholarships
Enable Jewish teens to participate in USY youth activities including conventions, encampment, and other programs.
Solomon Schechter Day Schools
Solomon Schechter Day School is the Jewish day school system of the Conservative movement. Reaching out in partnership to family and community, they hand in hand prepare leaders of a new generation of knowledgeable, committed Jews and responsible citizens.
Project Reconnect is an initiative of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) that seeks to identify and attract alumni of USY, Nativ, Koach, the Conservative Yeshiva, Atid, and related programs in order to reconnect with other alumni and with the USCJ.
The Project Reconnect website is dedicated to Jerry Gottesman (1936-2004) - Mentor, Mensch, Technical Guru and Advocate of Project Reconnect.
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