"If your kinsman, being in straits, comes under your authority and you hold him as though a resident alien, let him live by your side..." -- Leviticus 25:35

Served by UJC, federations and their affiliated agencies assist thousands of refugees and legal immigrants every day.

• $120 delivers a 5-month Hebrew language ulpan.
• $150 provides a new immigrant teenager with language tutoring and school supplies for a month.
• $365 delivers one month of preschool for an at-risk Ethiopian child.
• $650 delivers a tutor for an immigrant student struggling with school.
• $730 delivers one month's rent for a new immigrant in Israel.
• $850 delivers after-school activities, including a hot meal, for an Israeli child for one year.
• $2,500 delivers intensive preparation for two Ethiopian immigrants for their national matriculation exams.
• $2,750 delivers a one-year college scholarship for an Ethiopian immigrant.
• $5,000 delivers one person's temporary housing at an Israeli absorption center.
• $5,000 delivers one year's transportation, rent, and other basic expenses for a new immigrant family.
• $7,500 delivers drop-out prevention programs for 15 at-risk Kafkazi youth.
• $10,000 delivers a new warm home program for elderly immigrants in Israel.

Aliyah Flights (one-way ticket to Israel)

• $230 delivers a one-way ticket from France to Israel.
• $245 delivers a one-way ticket from Eastern Europe to Israel.
• $310 delivers a one-way ticket from Kiev to Israel.
• $425 delivers a one-way ticket from Ethiopia to Israel.
• $505 delivers a one-way ticket from South Africa to Israel.
• $740 delivers a one-way ticket from Latin America/Argentina to Israel.

• Federations provide language training, healthcare, temporary housing, social and educational programs, job placement programs and vocational training, clothing, shelter, medical care, and other necessities for new immigrants in North America and Israel.
• In the last 25 years, federations and the Jewish community's migration arm, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, have supported the resettlement of 400,000 Jews from the former Soviet Union who were admitted to the U.S. through the Refugee Act of 1980, the Lautenberg Amendment and other refugee programs. Federations continue to fulfill the second phase of resettlement,­ helping new immigrants integrate into American society.
• The UJC-sponsored New York Association for New Americans provides quality, low-cost casework, vocational services, training, acculturation, and culturally sensitive legal services to new immigrants who need help navigating the American legal and governmental systems.
• Working with the North American federations, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry has been an effective frontline advocate for human rights and unrestricted emigration for Jews from the former Soviet Union.