Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) announced that hundreds of international “passengers” have registered to attend the world’s most immersive virtual tour of Israel as part of the organization’s complimentary four-day national conference taking place October 10-14, 2021. Featured in national travel publications including National Geographic, JNF-USA is unparalleled when it comes to offering Zionists, travel…
Photo: Lior Raz, Doron Ben-David, Rona-Lee Shimon and Tsahi Halevi on the set of “Fauda.” Courtesy Rona-Lee Shim’on/IMDB Stars of the binge-worthy Israeli Netflix hit series “Fauda” will be joining Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) and thousands of supporters across the country for the organization’s annual Breakfast for Israel on April 18 at 10:30 am….
The largest fundraising event in Jewish National Fund-USA’s 119-year history will take place on June 14, 2020, as the organization helps Israel’s Negev and Galilee regions prepare for a post-COVID-19 world. As Jewish National Fund-USA continues to support Israel’s immediate needs in response to the global health pandemic, the organization is preparing to call a…
Photo: Boaz Meir with television personality and author, Siggy Flicker, at the Annual Women for Israel Luncheon 2019. Boaz Meir is the executive director for the Mountain States and Pacific Northwest regions at Jewish National Fund. When he was growing up in Israel and attending The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he planned to become a…
PHOTO: Accessible hiking path at Nahal Hashofet. Photo courtesy of Access Israel Wheelchairs, strollers, vision impairment and other disabilities are accommodated at Israeli parks By Abigail Klein Leichman Former Israeli Air Force pilot Yuval Wagner was paralyzed in a 1987 helicopter crash. For years, his wheelchair kept him and his family from enjoying outings to…
Photo taken at Shfdan, the biggest waste water treatment plan in Israel. From left: Itzik Becher, Evan Alberhasky, Gary Gold, Shana Weitzen, Talia Tzour, Bob Lembke, Sol Shmelzer, Carl Klorman, Noah Cohen, Henry Cohen, Gary Katz, Gerald Goodman, Cameron Macpherson, David Shmelzer, Laura Olson, Michael Ceigler, Reuben Bar-Yadin, Gayle Rosenthal, Sarah Ludington and Jim Aresty….
Marlee Matlin was only 21 years old when she received the Academy Award for her role in “Children of a Lesser God.” She played Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who is speechless by choice and working as a janitor at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing where she meets the new…
PHOTO: On his second JNFuture mission to Israel, Dan Spear visits the tree he planted on his first mission the year before. Following a rather common path for Jewish teenagers, Dan Spear “dropped out” of organized Jewish life after his bar mitzvah in New Jersey. Then he planted a tree in Israel. Now 39,…
