Anzi wees me op het volgende:
'The Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund (JHF) started operating in 2002. The Foundation was established as a result of the negotiations on Jewish war claims in the Netherlands. In the settlement between the Dutch Jewish community, the Dutch Jews in Israel, and the Dutch government, it was agreed to allocate part of the Dutch government's contribution toward a fund supporting projects dedicated to restoring Jewish life in former communist countries, providing Jewish education, promoting mutual respect between people, and supporting civilian victims in war zones. The award policy of the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund is based on the principles of human rights and tzedakah. Tzedakah is not a privilege but a right. The aim of tzedakah is to establish a just society.These principles are embedded in the Jewish tradition. In Leviticus XIX (9) is the admonition "not [to] wholly reap the corners of thy field" but to leave them for the poor. The JHF logo (a rectangle with a corner cut off) symbolizes these values.
Support to Jews in Central and Eastern Europe
Nazi persecution and oppression by communist dictatorships were a double blow to the Jews in Central and Eastern Europe, after the defeat of the Soviet Union, the Jews are trying to restore their communities, thereby perpetuating two thousand years of Jewish existence in their countries. The JHF welcomes efforts to establish and enrich Jewish life.The JHF aims to support projects dedicated to filling the "social and cultural void" in these Jewish communities by helping to rebuild the social and cultural structures that were destroyed with the deaths of millions of Jews during the Holocaust. Hundreds of thousands of Jews have departed for the world centres of Jewry in the United States and Israel. But many have chosen to keep the torch of Jewish life burning in the country of their birth. The JHF strongly believes that Jews who decided to stay in their countries of origin should receive support to assure the continuation of Jewish life.The JHF aims to empower Jews to enhance Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe to help them once again contribute significantly in these regions. It is for this reason that the JHF has a special interest in the younger generation - members of the new generation who will become the leaders, teachers, youth workers, and officials of the future. Organizations and Projects dedicated toward cultivating Jewish values and traditions among the younger generation would serve an explicit JHF objective. JHF has also an interest in strengtening the relationship between the diaspora and Israel.
Co-financing
The JHF supports organizations that have a broad scope and aim to have a significant impact on Jewish communities and small and/or innovative projects. These objectives are more likely to be successful when a project is funded by several organizations. Co-financing will therefore be one of the criteria applied in deciding which organization or which projects will be awarded a grant. Preference will be given to those organizations and projects that can demonstrate counterpart or co-funding commitments.
Who is eligible to apply for a grant?
Organizations should not be registered in the Netherlands. The aim of the organizations or their projects have to be dedicated to one or more of the following causes:
1. Building and ensuring the continuity of Jewish communities in such areas as culture, knowledge transfer, and enhancement of the non-capital infrastructure;
2. Facilitating Jewish education;
3. Promoting mutual respect between people;
4. Supporting civilian victims of war situations.
Organizations cannot have its activities in the Netherlands and may not relate to the Dutch-Jewish community in Israel.
Are grants from the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund restricted to countries in Central and Eastern Europe?
Grants from the JHF are intended primarily for organizations and projects in or directed towards the former communist countries, with the exception of the former DDR. Support by the JHF of Jewish communities elsewhere in the world may be provided if:
* a situation gradually or suddenly emerges that is or can be harmful to a Jewish community or to Jewish individuals in a certain region (e.g. outburst of anti-Semitism, political, economic, natural disasters, or other emergency situations);
* the community itself is not able to meet the financial consequences of the changed situation;
* there is no support for (or only insufficient support) by governmental or non-governmental organisations whose primary goals are to support such communities or individuals;
* it is reasonable to expect that financial support would relieve the fate of the community in distress and/or its individual members;
* the support is in accordance with the mission of the JHF.
Support by the JHF of civilian victims in a war zone may be provided if:
* civilians are Jewish and non-Jewish victims of ethnic violence;
* the violence stricken community itself is not able to meet the financial consequences of the changed situation;
* there is no support for (or only insufficient support) by governmental or non-governmental organisations whose primary goals are to support such communities or individuals;
* it is reasonable to expect that financial support would relieve the fate of the community in distress and/or its individual members;
* a clear relationship exists between the Dutch-Jewish communities in the Netherlands and/or Israel and the communities in distress;
* the support is in accordance with the mission of the JHF.
The Disbursable Amount per year of our Foundation shall be sub-divided into three categories as following:
1. Thirty percent (30%) of the Total Disbursable Amount shall be set aside for small and/or innovative projects (“Category 1 Grants”);
2. Sixty percent (60%) of the Total Disbursable Amount shall be set aside for organizational core funding, rather than project funding, to build institutional capacity, financial sustainability and long term development (“Category 2 Grants”);
3. Ten percent (10%) of the Total Disbursable Amount shall be set aside for projects dedicated to victims of conflict situations (“Category 3 Grants”).
Applicants can apply for a grant for category 1 and 2 in the same year, but will only be awarded for one of the two categories.
How to apply for a project grant
Special application forms, for each category are available from the JHF. These forms should be filled out on our website on or before 1 July 2009. This deadline will be strictly adhered to. Applications should be made for core-funding of the organization or for projects to start after 1 January of the following year. Ordinarily, the Board of the JHF will decide on awards of grants in November of each year. In the Disbursement framework underneath you will find information on the disbursement.
DISBURSEMENT FRAMEWORK: THREE CATEGORIES
DISBURSEMENT FRAMEWORK CATEGORY 1'
Dit is interessant, want de definitie van humanitair luidt als volgt: 'Het geheel van activiteiten voor de promotie van het welzijn van de mens ongeacht ras, religie, politieke overtuiging en zonder winstbejag.'
Het spreekt voor zich. Hoe staat nu het Joods Humanitair Fonds tegenover het onrecht dat de Palestijnen wordt aangedaan uit naam van het jodendom? Ik heb het Joods Humanitair Fonds die vraag gesteld: info@jhf.nl
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