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Restore the North

Rebuilding Together: Restoring the Galilee Panhandle 

 After a prolonged evacuation (October 2023–March 2025), the road home for frontline communities in the Galilee has been complex and uncertain. As leaders work to rebuild communities, support businesses, and restore education systems, recurring escalations, including two wars with Iran and ongoing tension in the North, have disrupted plans, strained budgets, and made the return more difficult for many. Fewer residents are choosing to return or relocate to the region. 

Despite these challenges and the fatigue of war, rebuilding cannot wait. Leaders across Etzba HaGalil remain focused on caring for residents and rebuilding stronger communities. We stand with them, committed to this work today and for generations to come. 

 For more than three decades, Jewish Federation has partnered with northern communities to strengthen education, social services, and regional development. At a time of heightened uncertainty and vulnerability, this support is more critical than ever. We continue to invest in infrastructure, leadership, mental health, and community programs, balancing immediate, tangible and positive impact with long-term resilience. 

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in the North

Your contribution helps sustain vital programs that support children, families, professionals, and communities across the Northern Galilee.

Donate to the Northern Galilee Regeneration Fund
Beit Vancouver

Rebuilding Together – Beit Vancouver

Beit Vancouver has stood at the heart of youth and community life in Kiryat Shmona for over four decades. Established in 1980, it serves as the central hub for youth and children’s programming in Kiryat Shmona. Each week, more than 1,000 children and teens from across the city participate in a wide range of programs that support leadership, inclusion, creativity, and emotional well-being.

Programs include the Youth City Council, the NETA program, Idan and Tzameret youth movements, Krembo Wings, Deoraita, Beit Gesher, dance classes, Matmon (a program for at-risk youth), The Studio Program (a social-emotional therapeutic initiative), a music centre, and many more.

Over the years, the relationship between the Vancouver community and the Community Centre has deepened and grown, and at its core stands Beit Vancouver, the vibrant home of learning and growth for the youth of Kiryat Shemona.

Throughout the war and ongoing instability, Beit Vancouver adapted to meet urgent needs—maintaining connection and reaching thousands of residents through flexible, community-based programming.

As residents return, city leadership and volunteers are driving a focused effort to rebuild community life, reaching thousands of residents through flexible, community-based programming, providing a sense of stability, belonging, and routine. As the central hub for youth programs, organizations, and services, Beit Vancouver provides children and families with a sense of stability and belonging as they come home.

Today, as families return, it provides a critical sense of stability, belonging, and routine. However, after more than a decade without renovation, and following years of intense use, the facility urgently requires renewal.

Investing in Beit Vancouver is an investment in a strong, resilient future for children, families, and the entire community.

Donate to Beit Vancouver
The Equalizer sports programming

The Equalizer (Shaar Shivion) – Education Through Sports

The Equalizer uses team sports as a gateway to educational development, social inclusion, and personal growth, helping bridge social and educational gaps for youth in underserved communities, ethnic minorities, and marginalized groups. This program is more than just kicking a soccer ball; it is a stable, consistent space where friendships are built, and identities take shape.

In partnership with Jewish Federation, the Equalizer operates ten teams in the Galilee Panhandle—six in Kiryat Shmona, one in Raghar, one in Metula, one in Mevo'ot Hermon Regional Council and one for children with special needs, engaging over 170 children aged 9–16 in weekly sports and educational programming. 

Donate to The Equalizer
Shoresh BaGalil

Shoresh BaGalil – Building Resilient Communities from Within

Dror Israel is a leading force for social change in Israel, with 1,300 educators working across diverse communities to build resilience and respond to local needs. Since October 7th, hundreds of educators have been deployed nationwide, supporting children, youth, and families as they begin to heal and rebuild in the face of ongoing challenges.

In partnership with Jewish Federation, Shoresh BaGalil is bringing 20 welfare professionals to Kiryat Shmona to strengthen local services and support vulnerable families. Social workers, therapists, and care providers are filling critical gaps in municipal systems, helping residents regain stability while reinforcing the social fabric of the community.

More than immediate support, this initiative invests in long-term recovery, ensuring that skilled, dedicated professionals are part of rebuilding stronger, more resilient communities in the North.

Donate to Shoresh BaGalil

Additional projects we support:

Mental Health Initiatives

Mental Health Initiatives run by expert organizations, targeting families, youth-at-risk, and communities at large. Residents of the north face a multitude of mental health challenges such as anxiety, eating disorders, risky behaviors, stress and more, as they struggle to resume a normal life. The professionals and caregivers are also in need of support, as they balance their professional work that has increased in demand, with their own personal lives and challenges.

Community Resilience Programs

Community Resilience Programs run by local municipalities aim to rebuild the bonds that tie community members together, empowering individuals and groups to regain agency of their lives and those of their neighbors. The power of community has become all the more evident over the course of the last 2.5 years, and there is an increased focus on providing local leadership with the tools and resources to invest in this realm.