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The 37 members of the Jewish National Fund board are almost evenly split between supporters and opponents of West Bank land purchases, which have sparked widespread international condemnation

The Justice Ministry issued a new report last week on the Jewish National Fund pointing to significant and severe flaws in the organization’s conduct in 2014-17. The repo

A Justice Ministry review found corporate misconduct in 2014-17 nearly warranted the dissolution of the settlement organization that predates the state itself

Author of Justice Ministry report says findings so grave that organization should be dissolved; public nonprofit gave politically affiliated bodies vast sums from 2014-2017

A new report exonerates Jewish National Fund directors of wrongdoing but repeats the need for a clear policy on land deals beyond the Green Line.

Amidst unbelievable damage, Israelis of all faiths initiate grassroots campaigns to help one another find accommodation, food, clothing and hugs.

Jewish National Fund trees planted in The Negev desert. In February 2021, the board of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) – Keren Kayemet L’Israel, which has been developing the Land of Israel for over a century, voted to authorize the purchase of private land in or adjacent to Jewish communities in Judea-Samaria (the West Bank). A final vote will be held next week. In response, some liberal Jewish groups, such as J Street and the New Israel Fund, threatened to boycott the organiza...

The Threat to Boycott JNF Threatens American Jews These threats to boycott the JNF are deeply troubling on many levels. But they also present a welcome opportunity for some serious clarification of the broader Jewish debate on these issues. In February 2021, the board of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) – Keren Kayemet L’Israel, which has been developing the Land of Israel for over a century, voted to authorize the purchase of private land in or adjacent to Jewish communities in Judea-Samaria...

Board to vote on controversial policy change next week; in February, KKL-JNF allocated $11.58 million for purchase of West Bank land

Ion Antonescu, the prime minister of Romania and a Nazi ally, began transporting Jews there from several districts under Romanian sovereignty. Around 90,000 of some 185,000 Jews deported to Transnistria were murdered, according to Yad Vashem. During Artzi’s missions in Transnistria, he persuaded parents to hand over their children, whom he then smuggled to Bucharest. Artzi led several daring rescue missions as a leader of the Jewish resistance. He rescued Jewish orphans from ghettos in Transn...