Tag Archives: JNF

For many individuals with disabilities or special needs, life can be an uphill battle. But in Israel's Galilee region, JNF is helping make that steep climb a more forgiving and rewarding one.

Jewish National Fund (JNF) is proud to host its 9th annual JNFuture Colorado Wine & Trees event in honor of Tu BiShvat, the Jewish festival marking the New Year of Trees.

JNF honored Drs. Toby and Mort Mower of Denver (formerly of Baltimore, MD) with the JNF Heritage Award for their lifetime of service and leadership on Sunday.

Jewish National Fund and Media Watch International are bringing former Miss Israel Titi Aynaw to the U.S. for a speaking tour at college campuses across the U.S., including CU Boulder on October 31.

Special in Uniform (SIU), a signature program of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), was launched 20 years ago by a small group of senior officers, to integrate Israeli youth with disabilities—mental and physical—into the IDF to serve alongside their fellow countrymen and women.

Immigrants’ stories of their journeys to the Holy Land will live on thanks due to the generosity and foresight of Denver, CO resident Jack Grynberg.

Last week, during the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War JNF held two special, separate events honoring soldiers at Ammunition Hill, Israel’s national memorial site in Jerusalem.

JNF, Boulder Jewish Community Center, Hazon, and Milk and Honey Farm are hosting a special breakfast with Miriam May, Executive Director of Friends of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, on Thursday, June 22, 2017.

Rows of nervous high school students filled the hall at Tel Aviv University on May 17, where over a dozen participants were invited to compete in the annual Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

It is a tranquil spring morning in the northern Golan Heights, with flowers in full bloom and nearby cows milling about between long deserted buildings...

In coordination with partner LOTEM-Making Nature Accessible, JNF is able to make Israel's forests and parks accessible to the country’s special needs and disabled community.

Jewish National Fund is once again calling attention to those who are sometimes forgotten during Jewish Disabilities Awareness & Inclusion Month (JDAIM).

While many in the Diaspora may still be blanketed under snow or still facing the winter, Israelis observe Tu B'Shvat with festive tree planting celebrations in the newly green hills and valleys.

What do gourmet, all-natural sauces and spreads have to do with Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month?

It’s not every day that one sees children with various disabilities like cerebral palsy, autism, or Down syndrome put on a professional dance performance before a crowded theater.

Jewish National Fund’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI-JNF) has received a $250,000 grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for its Israel Continuum programming.

Today, agriculture is still king in our modern economy, and it holds the ability to strengthen and advance local markets.

Following six days of devastating fires that ravaged Israel, Jewish National Fund is stepping up fundraising efforts and hoping to raise many millions of dollars to help the nation recover and assist Israeli partners with much needed resources and aid.

Jewish National Fund will once again take a leading effort in the annual #GivingTuesday campaign on November 29, 2016, under the banner “Doubling Your Impact.”

At first glance, Jerusalem may seem an unlikely locale to commemorate Veterans Day...

Jewish National Fund is grateful to be a beneficiary of the legacy gift left by Leonard and Elaine Millman.

1,200 people converged in New York City last weekend at Jewish National Fund’s National Conference to hear some of the biggest names in the Jewish world.

Jewish National Fund is pleased to announce Barbara Burry as the new incoming President of the Mountain States Board of Directors.

The months since our last update saw a significant surge of activities at the project site.

While most students might wait until college before spending a semester abroad, these teens have decided to spend a semester of high school in Israel.