The Baltimore-Ashkelon Partnership, launched in 2003, has set people-to-people connections as its top priority. Through a variety of venues, the Partnership provides a wonderful opportunity for Baltimoreans and Ashkelonim to bond with their brothers and sisters overseas on issues of shared concern.

The Partnership offers both Ashkelonim and Baltimoreans opportunities to explore Jewish identity and volunteerism together. Each year, more than 1,000 Baltimoreans visit Ashkelon where they can see the impact of the Partnership through the Lyn Stacie Getz Park Baltimore and the Stewart and Marlene Greenebaum Volunteer Center, among other places.

Mission
The mission of the Baltimore-Ashkelon Partnership is to strengthen our communities and our Jewish identities by building relationships between us for now and for the future.

Vision
We envision an enduring partnership in which all Jews in Ashkelon and Baltimore find meaning in their relationships with each other, to Judaism, Israel, and the Jewish people, embracing our common destiny and strengthening Jewish peoplehood.

Values

• Love of Israel & the Jewish people
• Mutual respect: integrity, transparency, trust, honesty, sensitivity to each other
• Collaboration
• Friendship
• Excellence

The Baltimore-Ashkelon Partnership is currently co-chaired by Jeffrey Blavatt and Nina Rosenzwog in Baltimore and Ashkelon’s Deputy Mayor, Shlomo Cohen, in Ashkelon.

To get involved with THE ASSOCIATED’s Israel & Overseas work, visit www.associated.org/getinvolvedisrael or contact Mary Haar at mhaar@associated.org
or 410-369-9311.