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Dear JPB Friends & Family, Thank you for your outpouring of prayers and support during 2022. The JPB Board and staff are truly overwhelmed by your generosity. In November and December alone, 169 families, individuals, and institutions responded to our holiday appeal. Record results for the year eclipsed JPB's ambitious goal for donations in 2022. Thank you! At a time of unprecedented division and fear, you have equipped JPB for action in 2023. Whether with Israeli high school

On January 1st, two veteran JPB educators – Deacon Jack Karn and Sarah Benazera – began new responsibilities. Sarah, who is based near Tel Aviv, will pivot from youth education to primarily on training JPB staff members and leading the first level of the EXCEL teacher-training program in Jerusalem. JPB expects upwards of 55 teachers in EXCEL programs this summer. Deacon Jack, who recently moved to Denver, will all but exclusively focus on the participant selection, staffing,

This January, JPBLD’s Jerusalem-area Director Zak Adileh travelled to Guggisberg, Switzerland (near the Swiss capital of Bern) to take part in a two-week, international youth leaders exchange. Jointly organized by the Swiss NGO Verein Naturkultur and the Bernese Foundation Stiftung Urgestein, the conference brought together leading Israeli, Palestinian, and Swiss youth leaders in order to foster intercultural dialogue, forge new personal and professional connections, and meet

In December, JPB received a generous leadership $30,000 grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. These much appreciated funds will fuel Palestinian women’s civic and economic empowerment at a pivotal time in the Holy Lands. “Women in their twenties are the most under-resourced and under-served segment of the Palestinian population. Accelerating the emergence of strong, well-networked, business-savvy, and civically active women will advance the health, prosperity, and peace

JPB Board Member, Rabbi Steve Gross enthusiastically invites all JPB friends and supporters to join Fr. Nicholas on February 15th at a concert of the famed interfaith orchestra Polyphony. The Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Arab musicians will perform at Rabbi Steve’s Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism beginning with a reception at 6:30 pm followed by the performance at 7:30 pm. It is free (yes, free!) to attend, but one must reserve a seat at: https://hcrj.shulcloud.com/

Come hear JPB’s Founding Director preach and teach on the upcoming dates: Sunday, January 22, 8 & 9:30 AM; Christ & Holy Trinity Church, Westport, CT. Dorothy will join Fr. Nicholas as he preaches and teaches near JPB’s Connecticut birthplace. Sunday, February 5, 8 & 10:30 AM; St. Paul’s Church, Brookfield, CT. Located in north-central Connecticut, St. Paul’s Parish has been a generous partner of JPB since 2020. Sunday, February 12, 8 & 10 AM; Palmer Episcopal Church, Houston