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 During the Mayorship of [[Uri Lupolianski]] the municipality of Jerusalem refused to accept funds from the IFCJ. Following the election of [[Nir Barkat]] to the position of mayor the ban was lifted in 2010.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref> That year the IFCJ pledged NIS 13.5 million to the municipality.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref>
-The Israeli Ministry of the Interior had accepted donations of fire trucks from the IFCJ during the tenure of [[Meir Sheetrit]].<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> The trucks had been used during the second Lebanon war to put out fires started by Hezbollah missiles.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> Following his replacement by [[Eli Yishai]] of the ultra orthodox [[Shas]] party links between the ministry and the IFCJ were reportedly severed.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post'', 6 December 2010</ref>
+The Israeli Ministry of the Interior had accepted donations of fire trucks from the IFCJ during the tenure of [[Meir Sheetrit]].<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> The trucks had been used during the second Lebanon war to put out fires started by Hezbollah missiles.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to"/> Following his replacement by [[Eli Yishai]] of the ultra orthodox [[Shas]] party links between the ministry and the IFCJ were reportedly severed.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to"/>
 Hadassah magazine, a Jewish womens publication had once refused to allow the IFCJ to advertise in the magazine. Following the IFCJ's donation to a Hadassah affiliated hospital the magazine honoured the IFCJ at its annual gala.<ref name ="ISRAEL FINDS ">Staff, 'ISRAEL FINDS COMMON CAUSE WITH EVANGELICALS', ''States News Service'', 8 December 2010</ref>

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 Another JAFI official accused the IFCJ of 'attempting to go rogue, to the ultimate detriment of those they purport to serve.'<ref name ="Israeli orgs rally"/>
-In spite of its disagreements with the JAFI, in February of 2015 the IFCJ announced it would donate $500,000 to the Jewish Agency to facilitate its aliyah activities through the United Israel Appeal.<ref name ="News in brief">Ben Hartman, Lidar Grave-Lazi, Jerusalem Post staff, 'News in brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 25 February 2015</ref>
+In spite of its disagreements with the JAFI, in February of 2015 the IFCJ announced it would donate $500,000 to the Jewish Agency to facilitate its aliyah activities through the United Israel Appeal.<ref name ="News in brief2">Ben Hartman, Lidar Grave-Lazi, Jerusalem Post staff, 'News in brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 25 February 2015</ref>
 In November 2011 at a committee meeting of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency [[Yechiel Eckstein]], then chairman of the Agency's Aliya and Rescue Committee, condemned the Agency for allegedly failing to facilitate the migration of Jews from the former Soviet Union.<ref name ="Jewish Agency needs">Gil Shefler, 'Jewish Agency needs to invest more on aliya, says top official. 'It's shameful that a $300m. organization cannot afford to bring 900 olim from Russia,' charges Aliya and Rescue Committee chairman', ''Jerusalem Post'', 17 February 2011</ref>
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 Some IFCJ aid programmes are directed at Christian Arab-Israelis. It was reported that in 2013 the IFCJ spent NIS 20 million on providing assistance in Arab-Israeli communities and that NIS 100 million had been spent in the preceding few years.<ref name ="IFCJ brings">Lidar Grave-Lazi, 'IFCJ brings holiday cheer to Arab Christian families in need', ''Jerusalem Post'', 25 December 2013</ref>
-The organisation has also provided aid to Muslim Arab-Israelis. In July 2013 it was reported that the organisation was set to distribute NIS 1.2 million in food vouchers to 3,300 Muslim families.<ref name ="News in brief">Jerusalem Post staff, Danielle Ziri, Sharon Udasin, Lahav Harkov, Daniel K. Eisenbud, 'News in brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 4 July 2013</ref> The IFCJ also funded a center for Arab-Israeli widows from the towns of Kafr Reina and Kafr Mashad.<ref name ="Sisters doing">Ruth Eglash, 'Sisters doing it for themselves', ''Jerusalem Post'', 15 September 2009</ref>
+The organisation has also provided aid to Muslim Arab-Israelis. In July 2013 it was reported that the organisation was set to distribute NIS 1.2 million in food vouchers to 3,300 Muslim families.<ref name ="News in brief3">Jerusalem Post staff, Danielle Ziri, Sharon Udasin, Lahav Harkov, Daniel K. Eisenbud, 'News in brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 4 July 2013</ref> The IFCJ also funded a center for Arab-Israeli widows from the towns of Kafr Reina and Kafr Mashad.<ref name ="Sisters doing">Ruth Eglash, 'Sisters doing it for themselves', ''Jerusalem Post'', 15 September 2009</ref>
 The IFCJ has provided funding for the building of a centre for the Ethiopian community of the city of Netanya by the [[Netanya Foundation]].<ref name ="Anything's possible">Shlomi Waroner, 'Anything's possible', ''Jerusalem Post'', 29 May 2013</ref>
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 Beginning in December 2013 in collaboration with the IDF [[Sayeret Matkal]] (General Staff Reconnaissance Unit) the IFCJ established a scholarship programme for Druse soldiers from the occupied Golan Heights. Dolan Abu Salah, mayor of Majdal Shams, commented: 'This is the first project of this kind to incorporate young Druse residents of the Golan Heights. Young people of the Golan Heights know they are welcomed citizens of Israel'.<ref name ="New scholarship">Lidar Grave-Lazi, 'New scholarship program for Druse army graduates. Funding project, to be awarded to 25 students, established in honor of Sayeret Matkal Maj. Salim Shufi', ''Jerusalem Post'', 31 December 2013</ref>
-In September 2013 the IFCJ announced that it was partnering with Israeli airline El Al and the [[Association for the Well-Being of Israel's Soldiers]] to fly lone soldiers to their countries of origin for religious holidays.<ref name ="News in">Yaakov Lappin, Judy Siegel, Danielle Ziri, Sharon Udasin, 'News in Brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 10 September 2013</ref>
+In September 2013 the IFCJ announced that it was partnering with Israeli airline El Al and the [[Association for the Well-Being of Israel's Soldiers]] to fly lone soldiers to their countries of origin for religious holidays.<ref name ="News in Brief4">Yaakov Lappin, Judy Siegel, Danielle Ziri, Sharon Udasin, 'News in Brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 10 September 2013</ref>
-In December 2012 it was reported that over 8,000 lone soldiers would receive gift vouchers as Hanukka presents from the IFCJ and the [[Friends of the IDF]], in collaboration with the [[Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers]]. Together the IFCJ and the FIDF planned to spend NIS 5 million in 2013 on the project.<ref name ="News in brief">Staff, 'News in Brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 12 December 2012</ref> The previous year 10,000 soldiers were provided with Hanukka gift vouchers amounting to $1.6 million.<ref name ="Chanukah Gift">Staff, 'News in Brief', ''Marketwire'', 27 December 2011</ref>
+In December 2012 it was reported that over 8,000 lone soldiers would receive gift vouchers as Hanukka presents from the IFCJ and the [[Friends of the IDF]], in collaboration with the [[Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers]]. Together the IFCJ and the FIDF planned to spend NIS 5 million in 2013 on the project.<ref name ="News in brief5">Staff, 'News in Brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 12 December 2012</ref> The previous year 10,000 soldiers were provided with Hanukka gift vouchers amounting to $1.6 million.<ref name ="Chanukah Gift">Staff, 'News in Brief', ''Marketwire'', 27 December 2011</ref>
 IFCJ donations have been used to facilitate families of lone soldiers visiting their enlisted offspring through a programme run by the Jerusalem District Police and the [[Jewish Agency for Israel]].<ref name ="Photo - CAPPING OFF A VISIT">Staff, 'Photo - CAPPING OFF A VISIT', ''The Jerusalem Post'', 6 December 2005</ref>

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 ===Aliyah===
-The IFCJ has claimed to enabled migration into Israel of 'close to one million Jews from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia...'<ref name ="Israeli orgs rally">Sam Sokol, 'Jewish Agency, IFCJ spar over Ukrainian immigration', ''Jerusalem Post'', 31 March 2015</ref>
+The IFCJ has claimed to enabled migration into Israel of 'close to one million Jews from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia.'<ref name ="Israeli orgs rally">Sam Sokol, 'Jewish Agency, IFCJ spar over Ukrainian immigration', ''Jerusalem Post'', 31 March 2015</ref>
 Prior to 2015 the IFCJ worked to enabled aliyah to Israel in cooperation with the [[Jewish Agency For Israel]]. In March of 2015 it was reported that the IFCJ had chartered one of its 'Freedom Flights' carrying 100 Ukrainian refugees to Israel - the first occasion it did so outside of the auspices of JAFI.<ref name ="Israeli orgs rally"/> Passengers on such flights received payments of $1,000 per adult and $500 per child as well as facilitating consultations with the Israeli government regarding access to benefits.<ref name ="Israeli orgs rally"/> JAFI was highly critical of the IFCJ, a spokesman for the organisation commented:
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 In spite of its disagreements with the JAFI, in February of 2015 the IFCJ announced it would donate $500,000 to the Jewish Agency to facilitate its aliyah activities through the United Israel Appeal.<ref name ="News in brief">Ben Hartman, Lidar Grave-Lazi, Jerusalem Post staff, 'News in brief', ''Jerusalem Post'', 25 February 2015</ref>
 Tensions with the Jewish Agency led to the IFCJ's creation of a new immigration programme run by [[Eli Cohen]] - former head of the Jewish Agency's aliya department.<ref name ="Ukrainian immigrants arrive">Sam Sokol, Yardena Schwartz '226 Ukrainian immigrants arrive on IFCJ aliya flight. Eckstein: We will charter as many planes as needed, so that every Jew who wants to come home can do so', ''Jerusalem Post'', 23 December 2014</ref> Founder and president of the IFCJ, [[Yechiel Eckstein]] characterised the split between the IFCJ and the Jewish Agency as being due to Christian donors wishing their contributions to be used to bring Jews to Israel as opposed to the Jewish Agency's focus on Jewish identity.<ref name ="Jewish Agency feud">Staff, 'Jewish Agency board of governors feuds with Eckstein', ''Jerusalem Post'', 30 October 2014</ref> The Jewish Agency's strategic plan, adopted in 2010, specified that while the agency would continue to support aliya it would also provide resources for Jewish communities in their countries of origin rather than purely advocating migration to Israel.<ref name ="Evangelicals Push Aliyah">Staff, 'Christian Evangelicals Push Aliyah, and Jews Are Concerned', ''The Forward'', 24 October 2015</ref>

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−	The [[International Fellowship of Christians and Jews]] is a grant making foundation and Israel advocacy group founded in 1983 by Rabbi [[Yechiel Eckstein]].<ref name ="IFCJ About">IFCJ Website [http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageNavigator/eng/about About Us]. Accessed 26 February 2015.</ref> According to [[Zev Chafets]], former director of the Israeli Government Press Office, Eckstein launched the IFCJ after being rebuffed by the Anti Defamation League, of which he was then an employee, when he suggested forming 'a pro-Israel outreach to the Christian Right'.<ref name ="Common Prayers">David Twersky, 'Common Prayers', ''The New York Sun'', 15 January 2007</ref> Reportedly the IFCJ membership initially consisted overwhelmingly of Jews with a minority of Christians. However in 2006 it was reported that the organisation had 450,000 Christian members and 6,000 Jewish members. This was attributed to IFCJ infomericals aimed at an evangelical audience.<ref name ="Passionate pragmatist">Christine Cox, 'Passionate pragmatist speaks out;	+	The [[International Fellowship of Christians and Jews]] is a grant making foundation and Israel advocacy group founded in 1983 by Rabbi [[Yechiel Eckstein]].<ref name ="IFCJ About">IFCJ Website [http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageNavigator/eng/about About Us]. Accessed 26 February 2015.</ref> The Israeli arm of the organisation is known as HaKeren Leyedidut. According to [[Zev Chafets]], former director of the Israeli Government Press Office, Eckstein launched the IFCJ after being rebuffed by the Anti Defamation League, of which he was then an employee, when he suggested forming 'a pro-Israel outreach to the Christian Right'.<ref name ="Common Prayers">David Twersky, 'Common Prayers', ''The New York Sun'', 15 January 2007</ref> Reportedly the IFCJ membership initially consisted overwhelmingly of Jews with a minority of Christians. However in 2006 it was reported that the organisation had 450,000 Christian members and 6,000 Jewish members. This was attributed to IFCJ infomericals aimed at an evangelical audience.<ref name ="Passionate pragmatist">Christine Cox, 'Passionate pragmatist speaks out;
	Rabbi defends coalition of Jews and evangelicals'', ''South Bend Tribune'', 3 August 2006</ref>		Rabbi defends coalition of Jews and evangelicals'', ''South Bend Tribune'', 3 August 2006</ref>

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 During the Mayorship of [[Uri Lupolianski]] the municipality of Jerusalem refused to accept funds from the IFCJ. Following the election of [[Nir Barkat]] to the position of mayor the ban was lifted in 2010.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref> That year the IFCJ pledged NIS 13.5 million to the municipality.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref>
-The Israeli Ministry of the Interior had accepted donations of fire trucks from the IFCJ during the tenure of [[Meir Sheetrit]].<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> The trucks had been used during the second Lebanon war to put out fires started by Hezbollah missiles.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> Following his replacement by [[Eli Yishai]] of the ultra orthodox [[Shas]] party links between the ministry and the IFCJ were reportedly severed.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref>
+The Israeli Ministry of the Interior had accepted donations of fire trucks from the IFCJ during the tenure of [[Meir Sheetrit]].<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> The trucks had been used during the second Lebanon war to put out fires started by Hezbollah missiles.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> Following his replacement by [[Eli Yishai]] of the ultra orthodox [[Shas]] party links between the ministry and the IFCJ were reportedly severed.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks.  Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post'', 6 December 2010</ref>
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	During the Mayorship of [[Uri Lupolianski]] the municipality of Jerusalem refused to accept funds from the IFCJ. Following the election of [[Nir Barkat]] to the position of mayor the ban was lifted in 2010.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref> That year the IFCJ pledged NIS 13.5 million to the municipality.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref>		During the Mayorship of [[Uri Lupolianski]] the municipality of Jerusalem refused to accept funds from the IFCJ. Following the election of [[Nir Barkat]] to the position of mayor the ban was lifted in 2010.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref> That year the IFCJ pledged NIS 13.5 million to the municipality.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref>
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		+	The Israeli Ministry of the Interior had accepted donations of fire trucks from the IFCJ during the tenure of [[Meir Sheetrit]].<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks. Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> The trucks had been used during the second Lebanon war to put out fires started by Hezbollah missiles.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks. Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref> Following his replacement by Eli Yishai of the ultra orthodox Shas party links between the ministry and the IFCJ were reportedly severed.<ref name ="Yishai's refusal to">Gil Shefler, Gil Hoffman, 'Yishai's refusal to accept gifts from Christian groups blocked donation of badly needed fire trucks. Pro-Israel group had already provided eight new vehicles, but says project collapsed after Shas took over Interior Ministry ', ''Jerusalem Post', 6 December 2010</ref>

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	Eckstein has bemoaned the negative view of the Christian right held by most Jewish Americans.<ref name ="American Jews Still">Staff, 'American Jews Still View the Christian Right With Concern', ''The Forward'', 20 April 2012</ref>		Eckstein has bemoaned the negative view of the Christian right held by most Jewish Americans.<ref name ="American Jews Still">Staff, 'American Jews Still View the Christian Right With Concern', ''The Forward'', 20 April 2012</ref>
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		+	During the Mayorship of [[Uri Lupolianski]] the municipality of Jerusalem refused to accept funds from the IFCJ. Following the election of [[Nir Barkat]] to the position of mayor the ban was lifted in 2010.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref> That year the IFCJ pledged NIS 13.5 million to the municipality.<ref name ="This week in">Peggy Cidor, 'This week in Jerusalem', ''Jerusalem Post', 26 February 2010</ref>

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 The IFCJ is a major donor to the [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]], the American partner of the [[Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers]] (AWIS). Between 2002-2013 the foundation donated $7,941,000 to the FIDF.<ref>
 Data compiled from filings of Form 990s 2002 - 2013. </ref> The IFCJ is described by AWIS as one of its 'Key Strategic Partners'.<ref>'[http://www.awis.org.il/?categoryId=101620 Key Strategic Partners]', ''Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers website'', accessed 5 March 2015</ref>
 Beginning in December 2013 in collaboration with the IDF [[Sayeret Matkal]] (General Staff Reconnaissance Unit) the IFCJ established a scholarship programme for Druse soldiers from the occupied Golan Heights. Dolan Abu Salah, mayor of Majdal Shams, commented: 'This is the first project of this kind to incorporate young Druse residents of the Golan Heights. Young people of the Golan Heights know they are welcomed citizens of Israel'.<ref name ="New scholarship">Lidar Grave-Lazi, 'New scholarship program for Druse army graduates. Funding project, to be awarded to 25 students, established in honor of Sayeret Matkal Maj. Salim Shufi', ''Jerusalem Post'', 31 December 2013</ref>

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	:according to sources close to the federation system, the tensions between the Jewish Agency and IFCJ go deeper than a bureaucratic snafu. These sources said that the Jewish Agency has been caught in a battle between IFCJ and American federations ever since it struck the partnership agreement with Eckstein last year. Negotiated without consulting the federations that are the largest contributors to the Jewish Agency, the deal aroused the ire of large city federations, particularly in New York and Chicago. The federations were particularly incensed that IFCJ would be listed along with United Jewish Communities and Keren Hayesod, the respective umbrella groups for American and international federations, as a strategic partner of the Jewish Agency, despite the fact that some individual federations, such as those in New York and Chicago, allocate amounts similar to what IFCJ had promised.<ref name ="Evangelical Group">Staff, 'Evangelical Group Puts Brakes on Partnership With Jewish Agency', ''The Forward'', 30 May 2008</ref>		:according to sources close to the federation system, the tensions between the Jewish Agency and IFCJ go deeper than a bureaucratic snafu. These sources said that the Jewish Agency has been caught in a battle between IFCJ and American federations ever since it struck the partnership agreement with Eckstein last year. Negotiated without consulting the federations that are the largest contributors to the Jewish Agency, the deal aroused the ire of large city federations, particularly in New York and Chicago. The federations were particularly incensed that IFCJ would be listed along with United Jewish Communities and Keren Hayesod, the respective umbrella groups for American and international federations, as a strategic partner of the Jewish Agency, despite the fact that some individual federations, such as those in New York and Chicago, allocate amounts similar to what IFCJ had promised.<ref name ="Evangelical Group">Staff, 'Evangelical Group Puts Brakes on Partnership With Jewish Agency', ''The Forward'', 30 May 2008</ref>
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		+	In October 2009 [[Yechiel Eckstein]] stated that the IFCJ was preparing to make public a list of haredi institutions that received funding from the IFCJ but which would not publicly acknowledge receiving such funds.<ref name ="Christian donor">Mathew Wagner, 'Christian donor to 'out' haredi recipients of funding. Eckstein: It's unacceptable that these institutions accept money under the table * Move comes after leading rabbi likens receiving Christian charity to idolatry', ''Jerusalem Post'', 23 October 2009</ref> Eckstein made the move after influential Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, signed a declaration that described receiving money from the IFCJ as being 'close to idolatry.'<ref name ="Christian donor">Mathew Wagner, 'Christian donor to 'out' haredi recipients of funding. Eckstein: It's unacceptable that these institutions accept money under the table * Move comes after leading rabbi likens receiving Christian charity to idolatry', ''Jerusalem Post'', 23 October 2009</ref>

	In June 2014 the IFCJ was heavily criticised by Rabbi Elyakim Lavanon, Regional Rabbi of Samaria and Dean of the Elon Moreh Yeshiva:		In June 2014 the IFCJ was heavily criticised by Rabbi Elyakim Lavanon, Regional Rabbi of Samaria and Dean of the Elon Moreh Yeshiva: