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Building Human Bridges: About Partnership 2000

The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati's Partnership 2000 (P2K) program works in conjunction with the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). JAFI's Partnership 2000 Program (P2K) partners global Jewish communities directly with communities in Israel.  Through P2K, living bridges are built connecting people and empowering both communities to generate waves of change.          More about P2K

P2K Jewish Experience in Israel, Poland & Cincinnati Trip

Unlike any other program, the Jewish Experience in Israel, Poland, and Cincinnati trip allows local teens to travel with teens from our sister city Netanya. Read more

Camp Friedlander Scouts Program

The Tzofim/Camp Friedlander program is in its eighth year and brings 4 boys and 4 girls around 14 years of age from Netanya, Israel to Cincinnati.  Read more

Volunteer with P2K:
Steering Committees are Gearing Up for
P2K 2010-2011 Programming!

Have you been to Israel or do you have a passion for Israel and want to help build people-to-people bridges between Cincinnati and Netanya?  Then volunteer with P2K. Feel rewarded, meet Israelis and make new friends in Israel, and create programs that impact long-term connections between Cincinnati and Israel. For more information, please contact Barbara Miller at 513.985.1528 or by email.

Cincinnati’s “Bricks Along the Journey”
Breast Cancer Brick Auction Expanding Into Israel

Bricks Along the Journey—a fundraising initiative benefiting breast cancer research that began in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2001 —expanded beyond the United States into Israel. For the first time since its inception, the Ellen B. Ganson Memorial Foundation hosted a Bricks Along the Journey Breast Cancer Brick Auction in Netanya, Israel. Click here to read more and view photos.
Rockwern Students

Rockwern Students Travel to Netanya

Rockwern Academy students spent 2 days in Netanya on their 8th grade class trip to Israel. They reconnected with Netanya friends who visited Rockwern earlier in the year during a visit to Shai Agnon School. Read a letter of thanks and view photos

Cincinnatian Serving in IDF Celebrates in Netanya

Aaron Binik-Thomas (pictured standing, far right), a Cincinnatian serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), celebrates his 23rd birthday with Bella Levran and her family in Netanya. Bella is on our steering committee in Netanya. Aaron has become her “adopted son” while serving in the IDF in Israel. Read Phyllis Binik-Thomas's story about Aaron's adopted family.

Cincinnati Helps Students "Make the Grade"

Through the P2K "Make the Grade" project, 50 students at the Shazar Elementary school in Netanya received gift cards to shop for school supplies. Read thank you letter from the Jewish Agency for Israel to Cincinnati B’nai Mitzvah Students, the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati, and the Partnership 2000 Steering Committee. more

A Successful Partnership: Project OMETZ

One of the most successful P2K program is the OMETZ program.  This highly structured, educational mentoring program provides 50 junior high and high school students in Netanya who are failing school and are at-risk of dropping out additional classes, support and attention to complete their high school matriculation exams and to then qualify for service in the Israel army.  In addition to educational enrichment, the teachers provide social support and help transform the students' home and social life. This program has had a 100% success rate. The students finish high school with excellent grades and hope for the future.

L-R: Dr. Fred Ryckman, Herman Rumpke, Assistant Vice President for Business Development at CCHMC, Dr. Marc LevittCincinnati Children’s Hospital Visit to Netanya

This past July, three administrators, two doctors, and one nurse from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, as well as a representative from the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, visited Cincinnati's sister-city, Netanya.  The CCHMC delegation, part of a larger mission to Israel, explored collaborative opportunities with medical schools and hospitals throughout Israel. 

In Netanya, the group visited Laniado Hospital for a tour and lectures by pediatric colorectal surgeon Dr. Marc Levitt and pediatric transplant surgeon Dr. Fred Ryckman.  The group then traveled to a community center to visit an after-school program for Ethopian children. Several parents shared their stories of what their lives have been like since they have been in Israel.  The Cincinnati group was treated to Ethiopian foods, a traditional coffee ceremony, and a dance presentation by the children of the community center.

Netanya Hosts Camp Livingston Delegation

By students at Sharet School, JAFI, July 2010

A mission of youth from Cincinnati arrived in Netanya on July 16, 2010, as part of an extensive tour of Israel lasting close to a month. The mission came to Netanya to stay with six families of students from the Sharet School in Netanya.  Read more, Check out Daily Updates from Camp Livingston on Facebook

About Netanya

Netanya is located in the center of Israel approximately 15 miles north of Tel Aviv and 30 miles south of Haifa.  A resort town, the city is well known by tourists for its beautiful beaches and exquisite flowers.  The city of Netanya has 185,000 residents.  This includes 57,500 new immigrants who have arrived from the Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia since 1989.  Many of these immigrants are concentrated in five of the poorest neighborhoods in the city.