Philanthropy

A 20-year Rhodes Scholar type plan: Helping secure the future of Israel, Jews - opinion

The cumulative effect of this global strategy of destroying Israel has placed us in a precarious situation, with few friends around the world.

Seymour Fox 88
Shaare Zedek’s Director-General Prof. Ofer Merin (L) and President Prof. Jonathan Halevy, previous director-general for 31 years, who solicited Koum’s donation.

WhatsApp founder Jan Koum makes largest-ever donation to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital

Former hostage Liri Albag hugs actress Gal Gadot on July 22, 2025.

Strengthening human infrastructure

THE TEL AVIV Stock Exchange.

Only 45% of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange companies made donations in 2025, study finds


‘We were careless’: Valeria Chomsky regrets relationship of her family with Jeffrey Epstein

It came to public knowledge that Chomsky had nurtured a friendship with Epstein, who asked for the linguist's advice on how to respond to his sex-trafficking accusations in 2019.  

Philosopher Noam Chomsky is seen with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in this undated image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, DC, US, on December 18, 2025.

Only 40% of TASE-listed firms donated to community in 2024, Zoooz review finds

Independent research says 216 of 540 public companies gave more than NIS 100,000, with the absence of regulation and weak CSR reporting cited as key factors.

Shlomi Turgeman

Good Deeds Day is underway - Twenty years of doing from the heart

Good Deeds Day 2026 will take place on March 10 in Israel and April 12 worldwide, under the key message: United in Good .

Volunteers on Good Deeds Day 2025

Yaara Bank-Plotkin highlights diaspora support for IDF at Jerusalem Post Miami Summit

“Our Miami community may be far from the battlefield, but with organizations like Operation Israel and Belev Echad, our impact can be felt every step of the way”.

Ya'ara Bank-Plotkin , Philanthropist

How the billion from Miami changed Israel’s academic landscape

“The Billion from Miami” may sound like the beginning of a fairy tale, but in practical terms it set in motion one of the most significant strategic shifts in recent years.

Ronnie Vinnikov Vice President of Development, Bar Ilan University

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years - opinion

Founder of the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets on why your seventies and eighties – and even nineties – can be your most impactful years.

FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.

Jewish billionaire couple falls off Forbes's Rich List after donating nearly half their fortune

While the pair fell of the Forbes list, they appeared high on a separate list released earlier this year highlighting the US’s most generous philanthropists.

Gold Isn't Going Up, Your Money Is Just Losing Value

Flacks Family Foundation announces $3 million Hanukkah matching campaign for Colel Chabad

Philanthropists Debbie and Michael Flacks double impact of Hanukkah donations to Israel’s oldest charitable organization

Mr Flacks visiting wounded soldiers

A Life of Service: Honoring Dr. Eli M. Brown’s philanthropic legacy at Ammunition Hill

A daughter’s tribute to a father whose life of medicine, faith, and philanthropy continues to heal generations.

Dr. Eli M. Brown with members of his family

President João Lourenço of the Republic of Angola Honors Haim Taib

Taib was honored with Angola’s Peace and Development Medal for Three Decades of Partnership and Progress

João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, awarded Haim Taib, Founder and President of the Menomadin and Mitrelli Group, the Peace and Development Medal