Jewish National Fund
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 JNF Headquarters in Jerusalem | |
Native name | קרן קיימת לישראל Acronym: קק״ל |
|---|---|
| Formerly | הפונד הלאומי |
| Company type | Public-benefit corporation |
| Industry | Real estate |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Avraham Duvdevani, chairperson, Russel Robinson, JNF-USA CEO |
| Revenue | ₪ 2.583 billion (2015[1]) |
| ₪ 511 million (2015[1]) | |
| ₪ 398 million (2015[1]) | |
| Total assets | ₪ 12.720 billion (2015[1]) |
Number of employees | 950 (2015) |
| Website | Official website |
The Jewish National Fund (JNF; Hebrew: קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael; previously הפאנד הלאומי, Ha Fund HaLeumi) is a non-profit organization[2][3] founded in 1901 to buy land and encourage Jewish resettlement in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and later Israel and the Palestinian territories) for Jewish settlement.[4] By 2007, it owned 13% of the total land in Israel.[5] Since its founding, the JNF has planted over 240 million trees in Israel. It has also built 180 dams and reservoirs, developed 1,000 km2 of land and established more than 1,000 parks.[6]
The JNF headquarters is in Jerusalem, and has many branches across the world.
In 2002, the JNF was awarded the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State of Israel.[7][8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "דוח כספי לשנת 2015" [Financial report for 2015]. Jewish National Fund (in Hebrew). 2015.
- ↑ Professor Alon Tal, The Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, The Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev."National Report of Israel, Years 2003–2005, to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)" Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine; State of Israel, July 2006
- ↑ Rebecca Spence."Reform Slams Knesset Plan for JNF Land"; Jewish Daily Forward, July 25, 2007
- ↑ Joshua Feldman, The Yemenite Jews, London 1913, p. 32
- ↑ Pfeffer, Anshel; Stern, Yoav (2007-09-24). "High Court delays ruling on JNF land sales to non-Jews". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ↑ "Jewish National Fund – Plant Trees in Israel". jnf.org. Archived from the original on 2008-08-06.
- ↑ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V."
- ↑ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient".
Other websites
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Media related to Jewish National Fund at Wikimedia Commons- Official website Archived 2023-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew) (in English)
- United States branch
