Programs & Projects
Year of 2025

Three Joint online sessions,about 3 books during the year - these books will be chosen by the 3 champions of the program (from Israel, US and Budapest) On-going whatsapp group for conversation about the book while people are reading it.

American /Israeli / Hungarian volunteers converse with Israelis / Americans / Hungarians who wish to practice their second language, every week over a cup of virtual coffee.

We will send four participants who are over the age of 21 from the Western Galilee to Day Camps in our partner communities in the US during the summer of 2025, for a month-long program.
The delegates will spend one week in each community and bring the spirit of Israel and the Western Galilee to the communities.

Routes2Roots (R2R) is a program that aims to lead our way to our Jewish roots, and therefore to our common Jewish history in Hungary. R2R is an on-going program, which was founded and created by the Young Adults group of Budapest.

Since October 7th, our Partnership communities in the Western Galilee, in the US and in Europe are dealing with numerus challenges. While Israel is fighting the war and eight communities in the north are scattered all over Israel, with no prospects of when they will be able to return, our partnered communities in the US and in Europe are fighting on another front, with the rise of antisemitism and the defamation of the state of Israel. Participants will hold virtual sessions, meetings/events to visit key connectors in the US, in the Western Galilee, and in Budapest, which will lead to a week-long WG program that will involve getting to know the needs and the challenges, workshops with different parts of the local population and brainstorming on the next steps toward enhancing the activities and the engagement in 2026, for the day after.

Bringing the mosaic of the Western Galilee and Budapest into the living rooms of our friends across the ocean. entrepreneurs, innovators, artists workshops, chefs, musicians concerts and more...

A series of meetings between the WLD alumni and their hosts

Following a year of empowerment and getting to know one another, a group of 20 Jewish and Arab women will visit our partnered cities

Three delegations of two artists/performers/former officers, together with a staff member in each, will give a workshop/performance/presentation at the celebrations for Yom HaAtzmaut, in the US and Budapest.

We propose to hold an Educators Seminar designed to connect and engage educators from the US Central Area Consortium, Budapest, and Israel in an immersive learning experience focused on innovative education practices. This seminar will provide a platform for cross-cultural exchange, professional development, and exploration of unique educational programs in the Western Galilee.

Connect with a twin class from across the ocean! Israeli, American and Hungarian school interact to allow their students exposure the a wider and richer Jewish experience.

Teen Trip is an opportunity for American and Hungarian teens to experience teen life in Israel. Joining Israeli youth, they will have a memorable experience and make friendships that will last a lifetime, all the while strengthening their Jewish Identity and peoplehood, and connections to Israel.

A weeklong visit to the Western Galilee for non-Jewish community opinion leaders with facilitators from Federations, to take place at the beginning of November 2025, to expose participants to the diversity and the cultural mosaic in the Western Galilee.

One month externship at the Galilee Medical Center for medical students from the Partnership communities. The externship can be tailored to the specific learning objectives of each participants.

A delegation of five to ten business leaders and their spouses from the WG and potentially from Budapest, to visit two partner communities in the US, to learn about Jewish lives in the Diaspora and the challenges they are facing.
The delegation will meet with their American peers Face2Face in May 2025.

Horizon is a leadership program, training distinct cohorts of young lay leaders (age 25-45) form our Partnership communities. An Israeli, Hungarian and American groups are working separately and online on Jewish identity, social networking, professional leadership development and Jewish solidarity. The local training allows them to learn about their communities' resources, opportunities, strengths, challenges and needs in a way that inspire and encourage them to take an active part in their communities and within the Partnership's Horizon community, by initiating community projects and programs.

Budget meeting of the Partnership Intended for Execs, P2G staff and lead lay people

Opportunity to be involved in the Annual Celebration of Partnership. Will be held in Budapest or online.