Current Mitzvah Projects
Each new project begins when a request is received from specific organizations serving communities and institutions in need; when JPS receives donations earmarked for eligible nonprofit recipients; or when the JPS professional staff identifies worthy organizations.
Projects in the U.S.
- Aleph Institute, Northeast Regional Headquarters
- Jewish Women International
- JWB Jewish Chaplains Council
- Veterans Administration Hospitals and Nursing Homes in Miami, FL and Phoenix, AZ
- American Seminary for Contemporary Judaism
- Synagogues, schools, and community centers in need across the country, including
- Baltimore Jewish Bookshuk, Baltimore, Maryland
- Congregation Beth Aaron, Billings, Montana
- Temple Beth Or, Everett, Washington
- Temple Beth Sholom, Sarasota, Florida
- Jewish Community in Nome, Alaska
- Congregation Kol Ami, Vancouver, Washington
- Temple Shalom, Auburn, Maine
- South Metro Jewish Congregation/SMJC Adult Education, Lake Oswego, Oregon
- The Jewish Congregation of Cairo, Illinois
Projects Abroad
Africa- Jews of Nigeria
- Lemba of Northern South Africa and Botswana
- Sefwi Jewish Synagogue, Ghana
- Abayudaya, Uganda
- Shandong University Book Project
- Bnei Menashe
- Bristol Jewish Society, University of Bristol and University of Western England