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4 unusual facts about Jewish National Fund


Aharon Mor

Mor represented Israel as an emissary with three different organizations during three stints overseas: as Regional Director for the United Israel Appeal in the United Kingdom with the Joint Israel Appeal (1983–86, now the UJIA); in Canada with the Jewish Federation (1991–95); and in Australia with the Jewish National Fund (2001–02).

Barylka Yerahmiel

In 1993 he moved to Israel where he served as rabbi and director of religious activities of KKL-JNF, the Jewish National Fund.

Joyce Jacobson Kaufman

In 1974 the Jewish National Fund honored her with a Woman of Achievement Award as one of ten outstanding women in Maryland.

Kenneth Bob

He is a member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and a member of the Jewish National Fund Board of Trustees.


Beit Yehoshua

According to the Jewish National Fund, the original settlers were orthodox and were engaged in intensive farming and citrus.

Emblem of Jerusalem

The winning design was made by a team lead by Eliyahu Koren, the founding director of the Jewish National Fund's graphics department, and an influential typeface and book designer.

Israel Goldstein

He was head of the New York Board of Rabbis, the Jewish National Fund, and the Zionist Organization of America, and helped found the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Magshimey Herut

To this end the movement works in conjunction with the World Zionist Organization (WZO), the Jewish Agency for Israel, and the Jewish National Fund on projects that advance common goals.

Menachem Ussishkin

Menachem Ussishkin (14 August 1863 – 2 October 1941) was a Russian-born Zionist leader and head of the Jewish National Fund.

T'ruah

T'ruah has urged the Jewish National Fund to issue a public statement that they will no longer engage in property transfers and evictions over the Green Line.


see also

Lennox Gardens

It has a number of memorials and monuments such as Kasuga stones presented to Canberra by Japan in April 1997, a monument to Australians in the Spanish civil war, and a stone monument commemorating the centenary of Federation and the Jewish National fund.