$100 Million JNF Boruchin Israel Education Advocacy Center Opens

Largest Estate Donation in JNF USA’s History Comes at Crucial Time as Anti-Semitism & Anti-Israel Sentiment Grow Stronger; Partnerships to be Created to Promote Israel and Zionist Programs

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Jewish National Fund (JNF) of the USA announced that it has created the new $100 million JNF Boruchin Israel Education Advocacy Center to focus on Israel and Zionist educational programming, designed to be one of the most powerful new initiatives in the Jewish world.

• Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) – Acquired by JNF USA in 2013, AMHSI has graduated over 22,000 individuals since 1972 and currently provides 1,200 high school students with the only pluralistic, college-prep, international study abroad program for high school students in Israel.
• Blue Box Bob activities – Across the U.S. students in grades pre-K-4 are connected to modern Israel while learning the history of the Jewish homeland with age-appropriate educational materials.
• My Israel Trees – A school program that will annually reach 15,000 students in the U.S.
•  Tu BiShvat Across America – This program works together with schools, colleges, and synagogues across the U.S. to promote environmentalism and commitment to the land of Israel. In 2014, 400 elementary schools and 50 college campuses took part.

• Alternative Break in Israel – College students travel to Israel on their school breaks to work on projects for which they raise money.
•  Positively Israel – This popular initiative raises awareness for Israel on American college campuses about the ways in which Israel makes the world a better place. In 2014, 40 campuses took part.
•  Birthright – JNF USA sends thousands of young people to Israel for a free 10-day trip on Taglit-Birthright Israel together with Shorashim.
•  Campus Fellows – Currently active on 18 college campuses, students represent JNF, advocate for Israel on campus, plan Positively Israel and Tu Bishvat programs, and recruit for Alternative Break in Israel.
•  Caravan for Democracy Student Leadership Trip to Israel – This annual trip brings a highly selective group of 30 college students of all faiths who have never visited Israel.
•  Faculty Fellowship Summer Institute in Israel – Academics from colleges and universities around the U.S. participate with Israeli scholars from diverse disciplines. Since 2008, more than 70 fellows have taken part and return to their campuses eager to change the conversation about Israel and spread awareness of Positively Israel.

• JNFuture – A national group of like-minded 25-35-year-old professionals committed to the environment and community development in the Jewish homeland.
• JNFuture Leadership Institute (JLIM) – JLIM brings a highly selective group of committed JNFuture members on a leadership journey to Israel.
• NFuture Volunteer Vacation – Young professionals reconnect with Israel to work on projects for which they raise money.

• Hugey Sayarut/Green Horizons – This youth organization has provided informal educational programming to 20,000 Israeli children and teens over the past 30 years.
•  Israel Fire Scouts – A yearly community service program that introduces 1,500 Israeli tenth-graders to the Israeli Fire Scouts, providing them with required training, important responsibilities, equipment, and educational trips to Israel’s north, south, and Jerusalem.
• Speakers Bureau – A library of experts who speak to American audiences at meetings and community events on wide-ranging topics that include: Perspectives on Israel and Jewish History, Anti-Terrorism and Security, Environmental Sustainability, U.S. Government Relations, JNF’s Work in Israel, Media and Current Events, Middle Eastern and Foreign Affairs, and Positively Israel.