The mission of Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York is to build and maintain a strong and united Jewish community in order to ensure the creative survival and continuity of the Jewish people. It is the community’s central agency for meeting Jewish needs and articulating Jewish concerns in the Capital Region, Israel, nationally, and around the world.
For more than fifty years our local community has been served by Federation. United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York was established in 1986 when the Greater Albany Jewish Federation consolidated with the Schenectady Jewish Federation. The Troy, Saratoga Springs, Clifton Park, and Glens Falls Jewish communities joined thereafter to truly make it a regional service agency.
Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York is a voluntary, not-for-profit association of contributors, organizations, synagogues, and agencies. It serves the needs of the Jewish community locally, nationally, and overseas through cooperative action, and coordinated fundraising. It blends varying elements in the community into a strong and cohesive Jewish entity. Part of Federation’s strength derives from the differing viewpoints that are represented and expressed among the thousands of people who participate. The objective has always been unity, not uniformity.
Today, with your help, Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York will continue to ensure a viable Jewish community in the Capital Region, in Israel, and wherever Jews are in need.