Buncher Community Leadership Program - Established in 1989 as a partnership of the Buncher Family Foundation, the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, and JDC, the program can point with pride to the many Buncher graduates holding key positions today in Jewish communities worldwide. Dedicated to training Jewish community leaders in Europe, the former Soviet Union, India, Latin America, and beyond, the program, which is operated by JDC, offers a series of intensive seminars and workshops conducted in the participants’ own language, and held both in Israel and in their local communities. Mentoring is part of the framework, which aims to strengthen participants’ Jewish identity, affinity for Israel, and commitment to communal service.

A regional program developed by JDC to train Jewish youth leaders in all three Baltic countries. Kadima alumni are heavily involved in their home communities, helping to run a wide variety of youth club activities as well as the Olameinu Baltic Summer Camp.

A JDC leadership development initiative begun in 1992 with support from the European Council of Jewish Communities, local communities, World Jewish Relief (UK), and France's Fonds Social Juif Unifie. Its annual Top Leaders Seminar and its ongoing training programs for lay leaders, communal professionals, and rabbis from all the denominations have given senior Jewish leadership from Europe and the former Soviet Union the opportunity to hone their management and community development skills and expand their Jewish knowledge. City Seminars are also conducted “in-house” for European communities that request them, giving local institutional leaders a chance to engage in long-term strategic thinking and specialized training.