Two hundred years of social challenges have shaped who we are today.
Casip is a Professional Jewish Social Foundation.
Rooted in the belief that personal well-being is deeply connected to one’s history and community, the Foundation Casip-Cojasor was established to foster an emotional connection and respond with care to the difficulties faced by members of the Jewish community, in line with the teachings of Judaism.
Without discrimination or proselytism, the Foundation’s philosophy combines the wisdom of Jewish tradition with the values of the Republic, which uphold freedom of thought and expression of all.
With over two centuries of social action, the Foundation has developed a diverse and innovative range of social services for vulnerable populations, always adhering to the highest professional standards in the social and medico-social sector. Foundation Casip-Cojasor is today the largest social institution of the Jewish community in France.
7 Core Values
•Justice: The pursuit of Justice is essential for harmony and social progress, balancing rigor with compassion.
•Rigor: Respect for rules, standards, and laws is the foundation of our ability to live and act together.
•Benevolence: Openness to others and recognition of their uniqueness makes social ties possible.
•Memory: If you know where you’ve come from, you’ll know better where you’re going.
•Dignity: It’s our duty to assist the most vulnerable in meeting their basic needs, and to empower them to achieve self-reliance.
•Hospitality: Like a Jewish home, a community institution must present an open face and offer a warm welcome to all.
•Solidarity: By taking responsibility for our families, communities and society, and enabling those who have to support those who have not, we strengthen social cohesion.
CASIP IS :
Solidarity
•Social Action : Support for the elderly, families, people under judicial supervision, refugees and the homeless.
•Home Care : Services include home caregivers and delivery of kosher and diet-friendly. meals. Social Ties : Includes cultural and leisure activities, preventing the loss of autonomy, and home visits.
•Childhood : Daycare services for 44 children.
•Student Programs : Scholarships, interest-free loans and student housing support.
Seniors
•Dependent Seniors: 4 EHPADs (nursing homes).
•Independent Seniors: 2 residences.
•Legal Protection for Adults: 200 measures, including curatorship and guardianship.
Disability Services
Residential facilities: 3 facilities
–Care for aging individuals: 60 hospital beds
–Adults unable to work: 6 hospital beds
–Adults with daytime activities: 40 beds
Daytime services: 3 centers
–Youth center (ages 18-39): 60 individuals served.
–Home visits for adults (ages 40-60): 50 individuals.
–Caregiver support: 240 people served.
Legal protection for adults:
–150 measures, including guardianship and trusteeship.
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Part of French history: A Few Milestones
The Revolution of 1789 and the Empire: Origins
•In the early 19th century, Napoleon I issued an edict establishing the Consistoire Israélite de Paris, a national institution responsible for unifying and centralizing the social and religious activities of the French Jewish community. In 1809, Napoléon I instructs the Consitoire to restructure and consolidate all charitable groups under one banner : the Comité de Bienfaisance Israélite de Paris (CBIP) the predecessor of CASIP.
19th Century: Philanthropy
•From the 1830s onwards, bankers, businessmen and politicians such as Adolphe Crémieux and the Rothschild family – bankers, businessmen, and politicians – modernized the institution and created schools, hospitals and welfare centers.
Late 19th Century: Modernization and Secularization
•In 1990, the Comité took part in the International Congress of Public Welfare, which aimed to unite public and private welfare institutions and promote collaboration in the field.
Early 20th Century: Absorbing Waves of Immigration
•The pogroms of 1881 and 1903 and the 1st Russian Revolution of 1905 prompted many Russian Jews to emigrate. From the end of the 19th century, the CBIP took on the mission of integrating immigrants from Eastern Europe in Paris.
Liberation, After the Holocaust: Assisting Survivors
•COJASOR was established in March 1945 by the Joint for France, to coordinate moral and material support for Holocaust survivors. As the population aged, Cojasor specialized in providing care for the elderly in convalescent homes.
1950s to 1970s: Integrating Immigrants from North Africa
•Since the early 1950s, CBIP has provided material support and facilitated the integration of tens of thousands of North African Jews.
1999: The Merger of Casip and Cojasor
•Recognized as a public non-profit organization, the Foundation’s aim is to address the social needs of people in difficulty, particularly members of the Jewish community, by all appropriate means, extending its services to anyone in need, regardless of age, origin, nationality or place of residence. The Foundation operates in a spirit of openness. (Article 1,By-laws of the Foundation Casip-Cojasor).
Since the 2000s: Contributing to National Policy
The Foundation has become a contributor to national policy, focusing On seniors and people with disabilities.
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