About Us Investments Added Value Services Management Global Network & Venture Partners Community Responsibility Contact Us Community Responsibility Gaby Levin Yahel's General Manager A History of Giving Founded in 1963 by the Recanati family in memory of Yehuda Leon Recanati, the Yahel Foundation continues a tradition of giving stretching back to the beginning of the 20th century. Today's Yahel Foundation still reflects the core values of the Recanati family, whose history of giving started with a commitment to the community of Salonika, Greece - long before their arrival in Palestine in the 1930's. Under the guidance of Leon Recanati, Chairman of GlenRock, the Yahel Foundation, managed by Mrs. Gaby Levin, aims to narrow social gaps by driving social processes and supporting non-profit organizations that advance welfare, health, education, and culture. Science, Health, and Educational Institutions Over the years, the Yahel Foundation has been involved – jointly and alone – in establishing influential institutions such as: MadaTech - Israel National Museum of Science, Technology and Space Tapuah - The Israeli Society for the Advancement of the Information Age The Late Leon Recanati Scholarship Fund The School of Business Management at Tel Aviv University The School of Business Management at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel Cancer Association Beit Mati – In Memory of Mathilde Recanati The Recanati Center for Internal Medicine at Belinson Hospital The Hospice Care Unit at Tel HaShomer Hospital Research funds at the Weizman Institute of Science in Rehovot and the University of Tel Aviv Beth Avot Leon Recanati Heichal Yehuda Synagogue in Tel Aviv National Institute for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured – Recanati Rehabilitation Center The Recanati Hall in the Tel Aviv Museum The Israel Academy of Science and Humanities The Joshua Rabinovich Tel Aviv Foundation for the Arts The Faculty of Health Sciences for Community Health Professions – Ben Gurion University Ongoing Activities - Welfare Committed to a stronger, more promising tomorrow for all segments of Israeli society, The Yahel Foundation is a partner in Eshel – the Association for the Planning and Development of the Services for the Aged in Israel. This project assists thousands of elderly from across Israel in purchasing medications, gaining access to medical equipment, dental care, and light home renovations. The Tlalim Organization, supported by Yahel, has assisted some 2400 bedridden children in becoming active participants in a unique Ministry of Education project, by providing them with special computer programs and tutoring. Another national project supported by Yahel, together with the Friends of the IDF, is Community Impact - which encourages scholarship students to actively participate in community building. The Foundation also continues to support a broad range of projects designed to assist special needs populations – such as Shema (for the hearing impaired), The Israeli Society for Autistic Children, Ilan, Akim, Beit Noam, Beit Issie Shapiro, Amutat Lilach, and others. Ongoing Activities – Education Through The Late Leon Recanati Scholarship Fund, Yahel distributes over 300 scholarships a year for higher education in cooperation with the Rashi Foundation and the ISEF Foundation The scholarships (matching with the Rashi Foundation) goes to: The Jerusalem College of Engineering Levinsky Academy Ben Gurion University of the Negev The Hebrew University in Jerusalem Haifa University The Ort Brauda College in Carmiel The Ziv Nursing School in Tzfat Technion- Israel Institute of Technology (matching with the ISEF Foundation) The Foundation supports a wide scope of projects designed to help children of disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds move into the social and educational mainstream. The Foundation's flagship projects are "College for All" - which supports second to twelfth graders with high potential through six enrichment centers across Israel – and "Ziv Neurim – Association for Youth Development" – which offers daily activities for high-risk youth. Other projects supported include the Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa, the Nitzana Educational Community, Ort High School-Arad (young tutors in Physic, Math and English), Kedma High Schoolin Jerusalem, Friends by Nature-Community Empowerment, Tikkun NGO – a Place of Gathering Education and Social Change and others. Recanati-Chais-Rashi Award for the Entrepreneur Teacher In 2004, the Recanati-Chais-Rashi Award for the Entrepreneur Teacher was established, with the aim of stimulating innovation in educational approach, developing new learning methods, and improving the level and status of teachers in Israel. 41 teachers from across Israel have thus far been recognized. Recanati-Chais-Rashi Award for the Entrepreneur Social Worker The Recanati-Chais-Rashi Award for the Entrepreneur Social Worker is an initiative of the Yahel Foundation and businessman from the community active in the fields of education and society, who see the social workers as a key component in advancing the community and society in Israel. The aim of the award is to encourage entrepreneurial work patterns in the community. The program has received the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services blessing. The award is intended for the entire social workers community in various aspects of the social work. Social workers who initiated and succeeded in developing unique aspects to their work, identified a social need and provided a response to the need through the use of innovative and creative tools, and their vision is beyond providing immediate solutions, but aims to offer change in the life of the individual, community and society. MadaTech - Israel National Museum of Science, Technology and Space Every year, 200,000 visitors of all ages, backgrounds and geographic locations, take part in the Israel National Museum of Science, Technology and Space innovative, interactive science activities, through the Museum Education Center programs and the 700 stimulating Museum-produced permanent and changing exhibits. The Museum seeks to narrow gaps in access to science and technology, by outreach programs that engage youth in the periphery. Its Mobile Science Lab travels countrywide, while the OlympiYeda Annual Science Competition attracts thousands of teenagers. Tapuah - The Israeli Society for the Advancement of the Information Age Tapuah Association was established in 2000 as a business sector project aimed at closing the digital gap between residents of the center and those living in the periphery. Since its inception, the Association operates advanced social projects and technological-educational programs in dozens of communities and empowers youths and adults from different sectors. All Tapuah curricula are international, have a wide pedagogic base and are adapted to the Israeli education system and employment market.