Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- Inc

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND GIVES ALL GENERATIONS OF JEWS A UNIQUE VOICE IN BUILDING A PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND ITS PEOPLE.

A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND UNITED NATIONS NGO (NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION), JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (JNF) GIVES ALL GENERATIONS OF JEWS A UNIQUE VOICE IN BUILDING A PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR THE LAND AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. JNF BEGAN IN 1901 AS A DREAM AND VISION TO REESTABLISH A HOMELAND IN ISRAEL FOR JEWISH PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. JEWS THE WORLD OVER COLLECTED COINS IN ICONIC JNF BLUE BOXES, PURCHASING LAND AND PLANTING TREES UNTIL ULTIMATELY, THEIR DREAM OF A JEWISH HOMELAND WAS A REALITY. JNF STRIVES TO BRING AN ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE TO ALL OF ISRAEL'S RESIDENTS AND TRANSLATE THESE ADVANCEMENTS TO THE WORLD BEYOND. JNF IS "GREENING" THE DESERT WITH MILLIONS OF TREES, BUILDING THOUSANDS OF PARKS ACROSS ISRAEL, FOSTERING COMMUNITY GROWTH FOR NEW GENERATIONS OF ISRAELIS TO CALL HOME, BOLSTERING ISRAEL'S WATER SUPPLY, HELPING DEVELOP INNOVATIVE ARID AGRICULTURE TECHNIQUES AND EDUCATING BOTH YOUNG AND OLD ABOUT THE FOUNDING AND IMPORTANCE OF ISRAEL AND ZIONISM. IN 2021 JNF ENTERED ITS 120TH YEAR AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST JEWISH NON-PROFITS AND MAINTAINS A SPECIAL AND HISTORIC CONNECTION TO ISRAEL, IN THAT ITS EARLY WORK HELPED CREATE THE LAND AND EMPOWER ITS PEOPLE TO LATER BECOME A NATION. JNF IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE BLUE BOX AND PLANTING TREES IN ISRAEL, AND HAS EVOLVED INTO SEVEN MAJOR PROGRAM AREAS, EACH WITH ITS OWN MAJOR GOALS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN ISRAEL TO HELP PUT INTO PLACE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MAINLY DONOR-DESIGNATED. CONTINUING ON WORK BEGUN IN 2013, JNF'S ONE BILLION DOLLAR ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT DECADE CAMPAIGN, HAS CREATED GROUND-BREAKING NEW VENTURES FOCUSING ON CONNECTING THE NEXT GENERATION TO ISRAEL, BUILDING COMMUNITIES IN ISRAEL'S FRONTIER REGIONS OF THE NEGEV AND GALILEE, AND CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ECOLOGY, SPECIAL NEEDS, AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION. JNF ENHANCES QUALITY OF LIFE BY BUILDING NEW COMMUNITIES AND BOLSTERING EXISTING ONES. JNF'S BLUEPRINT NEGEV CAMPAIGN IS HELPING TO BRING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS TO THE NEGEV DESERT WHILE ITS GO NORTH CAMPAIGN FOCUSES ON THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTHERN ISRAEL. JNF'S WORK IN COMMUNITY BUILDING INCLUDES, THE BE'ER SHEVA RIVER PARK, SDEROT INDOOR RECREATION CENTER, CENTRAL ARAVA MEDICAL CENTER, ESHKOL RESILIENCE CENTER, PROJECT WADI ATTIR, HALUTZA, THE GALILEE CULINARY INSTITUTE BY JNF, A FOOD TECH HUB, AND SO MUCH MORE. JNF IS THE SINGLE LARGEST PROVIDER OF ZIONIST ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. AND OFFERS MYRIAD WAYS TO CONNECT YOUNG AMERICANS TO ISRAEL. ITS ISRAEL EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS TAKE PEOPLE FROM BIRTH TO BOARDROOM ON THEIR JEWISH AND ZIONIST JOURNEY. THEY START IN KINDERGARTEN AND CONTINUE THROUGH COLLEGE LIFE, ENGAGING, EDUCATING, AND HELPING STUDENTS FOSTER A GREATER CONNECTION AND COMMITMENT TO THE LAND AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. JNF'S ISRAEL CONTINUUM PROGRAMMING INCLUDES, THE CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP, CARAVAN FOR DEMOCRACY, ALTERNATIVE BREAK, BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL, FACULTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN ISRAEL, ALEXANDER MUSS HIGH SCHOOL IN ISRAEL, B'NAI MITZVAH PROJECTS, PLANT YOUR WAY TO ISRAEL AND GREEN HORIZONS. WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ALEXANDER MUSS HIGH SCHOOL IN ISRAEL (AMHSI-JNF), WHICH, SINCE 1972, HAS BEEN PIONEERING THE ACADEMIC AND EXPERIENTIAL STUDY OF ISRAEL AND JEWISH HISTORY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, JNF SETS THE GOAL OF FURTHER GROWING AND ENHANCING JEWISH CONTINUITY AND ISRAEL CONNECTIVITY AMONGST YOUTH BY OFFERING SEMESTER ABROAD PROGRAMS TO BETTER ENRICH STUDENT KNOWLEDGE BASE AND TO BETTER PREPARE THEM FOR COLLEGE STUDY. TO DATE, OVER 30,000 STUDENTS HAVE BENEFITED FROM AN EDUCATION AT AMHSI-JNF AND MANY STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED A FELLOWSHIP OR GRANT TOWARDS THEIR TUITION. IN 2022, THE SCHOOL WILL CELEBRATE ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. JNF AND ITS PARTNERS SUPPORT MANY AFFILIATES IN ISRAEL SUCH AS GREEN HORIZONS, THE GUSH ETZION VISITOR CENTER MUSEUM, HALUTZA COMMUNITIES, HASHOMER HACHADASH, THE ARAVA INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, THE ARAVA INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE TRAINING, SPECIAL IN UNIFORM, LOTEM, MAKOM, NEFESH B'NEFESH, THE LAUDER EMPLOYMENT CENTER, AND WESTERN GALILEE NOW. JNF'S FUNDRAISING EFFORTS HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED ISRAEL'S FIREFIGHTERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FIRETRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTING APERATUS, LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT, AND THE BUILDING OF NEW FIRE STATIONS. COMMUNITY BUILDING LAUDER EMPLOYMENT CENTER THE LAUDER EMPLOYMENT CENTER (LEC) WAS ESTABLISHED IN BE'ER SHEVA IN 2015 TO BRIDGE THE GAPS BETWEEN JOB SEEKERS, NEGEV COMPANIES, AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. BASED ON THIS SUCCESS AND WORK MODEL, THE LEC DUPLICATED ITSELF IN THE GALILEE. BOTH CENTERS HAVE THE SAME GOAL-BOOSTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL'S FRONTIER. THE LAUDER CENTER OF THE NEGEV FINISHED ITS 2021 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH OVER 95% OF INTERNS STAYING IN THE NEGEV AFTER THEIR STUDIES AND 90% WORKING IN THEIR FIELD OF STUDY. THEY ALSO LAUNCHED THE TECH EMPLOYMENT FORUM WITH 10 NEGEV HI-TECH FIRMS MEETING WITH HEADS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS IN THE AREA TO BRIDGE EMPLOYMENT GAPS AND BETTER PREPARE TECH STUDENTS FOR THE JOB MARKET. THE LAUDER CENTER OF THE GALILEE IS SUPPORTING RELOCATION OF PROFESSIONALS AND COMPANIES FROM ISRAEL'S CENTER TO THE GALILEE BY OFFERING A COMPREHENSIVE RELOCATION PACKAGE THAT CONSIDERS ALL THE THINGS A PERSON NEEDS WHEN MOVING TO A NEW LOCATION: FINDING THE RIGHT COMMUNITY AND HOUSING, SECURING JOBS FOR BOTH PARTNERS, FINDING SCHOOLING AND EXTRACURRICULARS FOR THE KIDS, AND SO MUCH MORE. THEIR RELOCATION COORDINATOR HELPS FACILITATE THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND BUILDS REGION-WIDE PARTNERSHIPS. 2021 BROUGHT WITH IT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JNF SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF THE NEGEV AND THE GALIL. IN ITS FIRST SIX MONTHS, 120 SMALL BUSINESSES JOINED OUR SBA TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE IN BUILDING AND MAINTAINING WEBSITES, MARKETING/PROMOTION, AND SHIPPING. SDEROT OVER THE PAST YEAR, SDEROT EXPANDED AND DEVELOPED NEW NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS AND SAW A 10% GROWTH IN POPULATION. THE NEW JEWISH NATIONAL FUND SDEROT ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY CENTER WAS FINISHED AND HAS 500 PATIENTS EVERY WEEK, THANKS TO A SIGNIFICANT GIFT FROM FAITH BIBLE CHAPEL, AND HELPS THE REGION'S KIDS AND YOUTH COPE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PROVIDES PHYSICAL THERAPY. CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW 11,500 SQ. FT. SDEROT RESILIENCE CENTER WAS COMPLETED AND PROVIDES CRITICALLY NEEDED SOCIAL SERVICES TO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS. ADJACENT TO THE NEW MUSIC NEIGHBORHOOD, ARE THE NEW MUSIC PARK AND PLAYGROUND. ESHKOL REGION AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING REGIONS IN ISRAEL PER CAPITA, THE HALUTZA COMMUNITIES ARE MAKING STRIDES IN THEIR SOCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WELCOMING OVER 110 NEW RESIDENTS THIS PAST YEAR. THE HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST HALUTZA MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED NEARLY 27,000 MEDICAL VISITS-IN ADDITION TO THE NEW DENTAL CLINIC THAT OPENED LAST YEAR. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS - 45 NEW HOMES WERE CONSTRUCTED, AND 96 NEW HOUSING SITES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SHLOMIT WITH 54 NEARING COMPLETION. - THE NEW HALUTZA COMMUNITY POOL IN BNEI NETZARIM IS COMPLETED. - THE SPORTS COMPLEX BROKE GROUND, AND INCLUDES A BASKETBALL GYM, NINJA TRAINING COURSE, TENNIS COURTS AND A LARGE SPORTS FIELD. - DUE TO COVID-19, MANY RESIDENTS PIVOTED THEIR CAREERS TO AGRICULTURE, OPENING THREE NEW GREENHOUSES AND EMPLOYING OVER A DOZEN NEW FARMERS. - TWO HALUTZA HIGH SCHOOLS WERE NAMED AMONG THE TOP 50 BEST SCHOOLS IN ISRAEL BASED ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND MATRICULATION RATE. - IN THE GAZA ENVELOPE, THE GROOVE TECH PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE FOR OVER 3,000 KIDS TO PLAY AND LEARN. - THE EXPANSION OF THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND PSYCHOLOGICAL CENTER IN SHA'AR HANEGEV IS COMPLETE AND PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO THE REGION'S RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHOM SUFFER FROM PTSD. IN THE ARAVA VALLEY - THE STATE-OF-THE-ART SAPIR AQUATIC SPORTS CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES AN OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOL OPENED IN AUGUST OFFERING A WONDERFUL RECREATIONAL AND HEALTHY OPTION TO THE COMMUNITY ALL YEAR LONG. THE FACILITY HAS ALSO HOSTED DOZENS OF ATHLETES WHO TRAINED IN THE AQUATIC CENTER JUST BEFORE THE 2021 OLYMPICS. - THE NEW CAMPUS AT THE ARAVA INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL TRAINING (AICAT) EXPANDED AICAT'S CAPACITY TO 2,500 STUDENTS. THIS YEAR THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT APPROVED 250 MORE STUDENTS TO THE PROGRAM, INCREASING AICAT'S IMPACT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. - THE ARAVA EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER IS OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY, PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH IMMEDIATE RESPONSES TO ANY AND ALL URGENT EVENTS AND ENABLING SAFER RECREATION AND PEACE OF MIND TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE AREA. - THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, 330 HOUSING LOTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN IDAN, EIN YAHAV, HATZEVA, AND ZUQIM. 65 FAMILY LOTS WILL SOON BE COMPLETED IN FARAN, AND 52 LOTS IN ZOFAR WILL START INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AT THE END OF THE YEAR. - THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN ZUQIM OFFERS RESIDENTS A COMFORTABLE AND INDOOR PLACE FOR PUBLIC GATHERINGS, MEETINGS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. - CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW 12,000-SQ.-FT. JEWISH NATIONAL FUND SAPIR INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY WAS C