PANIM: The Association of Jewish Renewal Organizations in Israel

Panim strengthens Jewish-Israeli identity and culture across all of Israeli society. Our 55 member organizations develop and nurture the character of the State of Israel as a Jewish, democratic, and pluralistic society -- impacting hundreds PANIM , founded in 1998 and re-established in 2011, stands at the forefront of Jewish Renewal across Israel. Panim represents and services a federation of 55 NGOs and their tens of thousands of constituents that work to advance an inclusive Jewish, Zionist and pluralistic worldview. We will strengthen Jewish-Israeli identity and culture across all of Israeli society. Together, member organizations will develop and nurture the character of the State of Israel as a Jewish, democratic, and pluralistic society. Panim has four central programming goals that strengthen Jewish-Israeli identity and culture throughout Israeli society: Home – Create a hub, meeting point and conceptual home for organizations that work to advance Jewish-Israeli identity and culture activities across Israeli society and develop an inclusive and representative voice for organizations from a variety of backgrounds. Gateway – Act as a gateway to the realm of Jewish Renewal activities in Israel by collecting information on activities and curriculums from member organizations and providing its accessibility to the greater public. Network – Strengthen the quality of programming amongst Panim’s network of organizations and successively market and publicize their activities to the greater Israeli public in order to advance public awareness and accessibility to Jewish-Israeli identity and cultural content (both formal and informal, life cycle events and more). Resource Development – Facilitate a close partnership with the non-profit Shearim to increase government resources allocated to member organizations.