Keren Hayesod

Keren Hayesod appoints Ambassador Eli Vered Hazan as next World Chairman

Hazan is set to succeed Sam Grundwerg, leader of Keren Hayesod over the past eight years.

Ambassador Eli Vered Hazan, appointed new World Chairman of Keren Hayesod, July 13, 2026.
Edna Weinstock-Gabay, CEO of Keren Hayesod visiting an Absorption Center in Kiryat Yam

Jerusalem: The Story That Connects the Jewish People  

Shira Lev Ami, CEO, Israel National Digital Agency and Edna Weinstock-Gabay, CEO & Director General, Keren Hayesod

Keren Hayesod CEO: 'Every day, we must invent a new reality'

Food basket distribution at Amigour, March 2026

The people’s ray of hope: Keren Hayesod’s lifeline to Israelis in crisis


Israel’s youngest emissaries: The ‘ShinShinim’

ISAAC HERZOG, Jewish Agency chairman, with agency ‘shlichim’ at the North American Shlichim Conference.

ISAAC HERZOG, Jewish Agency chairman, with agency ‘shlichim’ at the North American Shlichim Conference.

Why is Keren Hayesod honoring Vladimir Putin?

Keren Hayesod will be bringing the world’s foremost Jewish philanthropists to meet the man who has kept Bashar Assad in power in Syria while he has repeatedly gassed innocent Arab children.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference

The ultimate proof of partnership

Would the State of Israel have been established without philanthropy, a social justice form of giving?

Theodor Herzl addresses the First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897

From 1947 to 2018 – the miracles of November 29

November 29, 1947, marked one of the greatest milestones along the road to realizing the miracle of the modern Jewish state.

Jews crowd onto a British army armoured car as they celebrate in downtown Jerusalem the morning after the United Nations voted on November 29, 1947 to partition Palestine which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel on May 15, 1948.

Keren Hayesod gets new chairman

Unlike the previous Keren Hayesod chairman Eliezer (Moodi) Sandberg, who resigned over allegations in the “Case 3000” submarine affair, Grundwerg is not a politician but a professional appointment.

Sam Grundwerg

Lone Soldiers to receive grant at ceremony honoring their service

The Jewish Agency's WINGS program helps released soldiers take their first steps as civilians with grants provided by Keren Hayesod.

An IDF soldier

United Israel Appeal leaving BDS-enabling bank in Germany

Move follows ‘Post’ exposé on bank’s support of boycott groups targeting Israel.

BDS