Who We Are

• The Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga is people--you, me, our families, our neighbors, our organizations, our institutions-all the members of the Jewish community working together voluntarily to share responsibilities of mutual interest and concern to ourselves, our fellow Jews and to the community-at-large.

• The Jewish Federation is the central organization of our Jewish community...historically rooted in centuries of tradition and adapted to the patterns and practicalities of our American society.

• We are the corporate body of the organized Jewish community, governed and administered by officers and a board of directors elected annually by members of the Jewish community.

• We serve a broad range of Jewish needs-culture, religion, education, family welfare, leisure, care of the aged, inter-faith relations-at home and abroad.

• We work for the advancement of the organized Jewish community and represent it in areas of general and Jewish interest.

• We coordinate planning, budgeting and operation of Jewish social and community services, and reduce and avoid duplications and overlapping of services among agencies.

• We combat anti-Semitism by supporting religious liberty and civil rights for everyone.

• We promote cooperation among Jewish organizations.

• We are the link through which all can act together to help Jews everywhere.

• We plan for the future in order to keep pace with the expanding needs and demands of our growing community.

• We conduct the annual Federation Campaign and appropriate Special Campaigns to fund services and programs at home, nationally, overseas and in Israel.

• We are affiliated with United Jewish Communities (UJC), the organization created by the merger of the United Jewish Appeal, United Israel Appeal and the Council of Jewish Federations.