Community Partners and Resources

• American Jewish Committee, Baltimore Chapter
  The Baltimore Jewish Council maintains a close relationship with the AJC Baltimore Chapter and we often do joint programming.  The Baltimore Chapter holds interfaith and intergroup dialogues and programs, does legislative advocacy to secure church/state separation, fair-minded welfare reform, and on a host of other civil rights and social justice concerns.  Internationally, they work to advance human rights, combat terrorism and aid in the quest for peace in the Middle East.
• Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods
  The Baltimore Jewish Council often works closely with The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods.  The Office contributes to an improved quality of life for Baltimore City residents and facilitates communication between city government and its constituents, fosters cooperation between these entities and relays information in both directions to help ensure that community needs and concerns are being addressed.
• Baltimore Food and Faith Project
  The Baltimore Food and Faith Project (BFFP) was launched in 2007 by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. We work to raise awareness about, and find solutions to, problems with our current food system.  Click here to view the lastest edition of The Good Food Digest.
• Baltimore Immigration Summit
  The Baltimore Jewish Council served on the planning committee in 2008 and is doing so again in 2010 for the summit.  The Baltimore Immigration Summit is a bi-annual one-day event and this year’s summit is on November 19, 2010.
• Baltimore International Festival 
  The Baltimore Jewish Council has served on the planning committee and has contributed to the festival for many years.  The International Festival, promotes opportunities for people of all ethnicities and backgrounds living in the Baltimore region to come together, build relationships, and embrace unity.  This year’s festival is on August 7 & 8, 2010
• Furman L. Templeton Elementary School
  Through the Baltimore Jewish Council/Bethel AME Church Dialogue, the Council has partnered with Principal Ken Cherry of Furman L. Templeton Elementary School.  Principal Cherry has educated students on Israel and hosted volunteers from Jewish Volunteer Connection.  This is just two examples of our collaborations.  Click here to get to know the school and Principal Cherry.
• Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation 
  The Baltimore Jewish Council has partnered with the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO) including encouraging members of the Synagogue Social Action Task Force to donate items to the GEDCO CARES Pantry.  In partnership with faith communities, GEDCO provides affordable housing with supportive services. 
• Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives 
  The Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives (GOCI) coordinates community and volunteer activities statewide and advises the Governor on policies to enhance and improve community programs.  The Baltimore Jewish Council often works with some of the many commissions under GOCI and specifically Rafi Rone from the Council Vice Chair’s the Governor’s Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs. 
• Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies
  The Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies, or ICJS, addresses the contemporary challenges of religious pluralism by shaping a new relationship between Christians and Jews.  The Council often does joint programming with ICJS and some of its leaders speak to our Leadership Development Participants yearly.
• Living Classrooms Foundation
  Living Classrooms Foundation is a Baltimore-Washington based non-profit educational organization with a distinctive competency in experiential learning—literally learning by direct experience, or what we call “learning by doing.”  Our Leadership Development Program participants have heard from students involved in Living Classrooms programs and we have sailed on The Lady Maryland.
• The Maryland Food Bank
  The Maryland Food Bank, an affiliate of Feeding America, was founded in 1979 to coordinate the procurement and distribution of food donations from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and government agencies to organizations providing free food to the state's hungry.   The Synagogue Social Action Task Force has volunteered at the food bank and representatives have spoken to the group about their role to combat hunger in Maryland.