Machon Maayan News Today

ADI's Second Annual ‘Race for Inclusion’ drew 400+ North American gap year and college students and raised over $17,000 for disability care.

Third annual campaign tops previous years. (Courtesy of World Mizrachi) In its May “Campaign for Yeshivot and Seminaries in Israel,” World Mizrachi helped over 20 gap-year institutions throughout the country raise a record $6,048,776 in critical funds to cover infrastructure, educational programming and student scholarships.

(Courtesy of Mizrachi) More than 1,000 gap-year yeshiva and seminary students celebrated Yom Yerushalayim at a pep rally sponsored by Masa Israel and hosted in partnership with World Mizrachi, designed to inspire and energize them into ambassadors for Israel as many plan to return home and get ready for college campuses in the fall.

Back-to-back events at Heichal Shlomo, held separately for men and women, were awash with music, singing, dancing and food to commemorate the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.

Is (Courtesy of Mizrachi) World Mizrachi’s Yeshivot and Seminaries Department will host its third annual online fundraiser, Campaign for Yeshivot & Seminaries in Israel, from May 15 through May 16. This year, World Mizrachi, the umbrella group for religious Zionism globally, is aiming to raise several million dollars for critical infrastructure, educational programming and scholarships for 20 gap-year seminaries and yeshivas throughout Israel.

What first began during the darker times of the pandemic has already raised a combined $11 million in vital funds for the participating schools from previous campaigns.