Jewish Colonisation Association

Jewish Colonization Association
	Jewish Colonization Association, Colonia Avigdor, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Abbreviation	JCA
Formation	1891
Founder	Baron Maurice de Hirsch
Type	Jewish charitable foundation
Purpose	advocate and public voice, educator and network
Headquarters	London, England
Region served	North America (especially Canada, United States), South America (especially Argentina)
Official language	English, French

The Jewish Colonisation Association (JCA or ICA; Yiddish: ייִק"אַ), is an organisation created on September 11, 1891, by Baron Maurice de Hirsch. Its aim was to facilitate the mass emigration of Jews from Russia and other Eastern European countries, by settling them in agricultural settlements on lands purchased by the committee in North America (Canada and the United States), South America (Argentina and Brazil) and Ottoman Palestine. Today ICA is still active in Israel in supporting specific development projects under the name Jewish Charitable Association (ICA).

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