The Detroit Jewish Initiative (DJI) was created by the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit to facilitate partnerships and collaboration between the metropolitan Detroit Jewish community and communities within the City of Detroit.  DJI connects the Jewish community with Detroit’s civic, community and business institutions, organizations and Detroit residents in projects aimed at enhancing the quality of city life. 

 

We all share a stake in Detroit’s future, and our challenge as a Jewish community is essentially the same as that of the greater Detroit community – to improve collaboration, expand creative thinking, build bridges, and tap our cultural strengths and heritage gives us the power to make a difference. 

 

The Detroit Jewish Initiative is built on a foundation of three essential ingredients:
• Relationships
  DJI develops, maintains and strengthens meaningful relationships linking
  metro Detroit’s Jewish community with communities within the City of
  Detroit that produce measurable benefits to both communities.
• Communication
  DJI promotes opportunities for improving communication and
  understanding between the Jewish community and the people and
  organizations in the City of Detroit.
• Action
  DJI convenes programs which build lasting relationships through
  collaboration among people in all communities.

 

Click below to learn more about DJI projects.