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Federation CJA aims to be the driving force in a vibrant and caring Montreal Jewish Community. In partnership with an effective network of organizations, builds and sustains the community by providing principled leadership, by raising and distributing funds, and by facilitating, incubating and overseeing the delivery of services and programs. Federation CJA embodies the values of the Jewish collective responsibility for one another. The overall goals of Federation CJA, in Montreal, Canada, Israel and the Jewish world are: * Caring for those who are vulnerable and in need * Ensuring Jewish vibrancy and a Jewish future * Representing and defending our communal interests * Tikun Olam (working on issues affecting wider society) ==History== Federation CJA is one of the oldest Canadian Jewish organization.〔(in French) King, Joe (2002) Les Juifs de Montréal, trois siècles de parcours exceptionnel, pages 92 to 102, Editor Édition Carte Blanche.(89590-002-7)〕 CJA was founded in 1916 with the hope of uniting Montreal's Jewish community and providing a central fundraising organization to serve the 14 founding organizations.〔(in French) Linteau, Paul-Andre (1992) Histoire de Montréal depuis la Confédération, Édition Boréal. pages 325 to 330 (ISBN 978-2890524415)〕 It has been involved in all the major issues facing the community over 90 years, including government restrictions on immigration beginning in the 1920s, extreme poverty during the depression, the rise of fascism not only in Europe but also in Quebec during the thirties,〔(In French) Légaré Tremblay, Jean-Frédéric (1 April 2010) ( Adrien Arcand, un fasciste bien de chez nous ), Le Devoir.〕 the second world war and assisting the remnants of European Jewry, the birth of the State of Israel, waves of immigration including especially Holocaust survivors,〔Montreal is preceded by Israel and New York city for number of Jewish survivors who took up residence after the Second World War there. About 40 000 survivors of the Holocaust came in the late 1940s, seeking a peaceful country, a place where they might have a chance at rebuilding their lives, or simply coming because they had relatives here. Sources (In French) Linteau,Paul-Andre (1992) Histoire de Montréal depuis la Confédération, Editor: Édition Boréal. pages 467 to 468 (ISBN 978-2890524415)〕 Sephardic Jews 〔In 1957: Jews from Morocco begin to arrive in numbers (3,000 between 1957-1966). Source: (In French) Berdugo-Cohen, Marie & Cohen, Yolande & Levy, Joseph-J (1987) Juifs marocains à Montréal: témoignages d’une immigration moderne, Montréal. Editor édition VLB〕 and Hungarians after the 1956〔In 1956: 1,500 Jews from Hungary settle at Montreal. Source: (in French) King, Joe (2002) Les Juifs de Montréal, trois siècles de parcours exceptionnel, pages 221 to 228. Editor: Édition Carte Blanche. (89590-002-7)〕 uprising, the rise of the separatist movements and outward immigration, particularly of young Jews that followed in the late 70's and 80's, as well as fighting anti-semitism and assisting meet the needs of the most vulnerable in Montreal, in Israel, and in other communities under threat around the world. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federation CJA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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