Repair the World reaches one million acts of Jewish service, four years ahead of schedule
The national Jewish volunteering nonprofit set a 2030 target in 2019. It marked the milestone in Atlanta with service projects for young people experiencing homelessness.
Read the story →Lavin family gives $30 million for a new way to train doctors at Hebrew University
The Center for Advanced Medical Education will use simulation, coaching and AI tools to double the number of physicians Israel can train without lowering standards.
Read the story →Hebrew University scientists test a malnutrition treatment made from locally grown crops
A chickpea, sorghum, maize and soy paste outperformed the standard peanut-and-milk formula in animal tests, pointing to cheaper treatment for starving children.
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Esther Rantzen, broadcaster who founded Childline and The Silver Line, dies at 86
The That's Life! presenter used television fame to build two national helplines, one for children in danger and one for lonely older people.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies expands free school eye care to seven more US cities
An $8.4 million commitment with Vision To Learn will offer free screenings, eye exams and glasses to up to 50,000 children in the 2026-27 school year.
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Gal Gadot turns her $1 million Genesis Prize into $3 million for trauma care in Israel
The actress gave up her prize money, and matching gifts tripled it into grants for two dozen nonprofits treating trauma and supporting mental health workers.
Read the story →Josef Buchmann, survivor who built a music school and law faculty in Tel Aviv, dies at 96
Orphaned at Bergen-Belsen, the real estate developer became a founding patron of Tel Aviv University and co-founded the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music with Zubin Mehta.
Read the story →Emanuel brothers give $550,000 to train Palestinian children's doctors in Tel Aviv
Rahm, Ari and Ezekiel Emanuel fund Project Rozana's training of 47 pediatric doctors and nurses from Nablus at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center.
Read the story →IsraAID sends emergency team to Nepal after deadly glacier flood
Israel's largest humanitarian NGO arrived within 48 hours to give hygiene kits and mental-health support to families and children who lost their homes.
Read the story →Shmuel Harlap, donor behind Israel's largest healthcare gift, dies at 82
The Colmobil chairman and Mobileye investor gave about $180 million for a heart and brain tower at Beilinson Hospital and called it the Tower of Hope, not after himself.
Read the story →Israeli search-and-rescue team joins Colombia earthquake relief
An 80-person Israeli delegation searched collapsed buildings in Cali and helped assess damage after a magnitude 7.4 quake hit western Colombia.
Read the story →IsraAID and JDC bring clean water and care to Venezuela after twin earthquakes
Israeli and Jewish aid groups set up water filters, child-friendly spaces and food distribution for survivors of Venezuela's deadly June earthquakes.
Read the story →Bloomberg commits about $590 million to oceans, clean energy and cleaner city air
During London Climate Action Week, Bloomberg Philanthropies pledged $285 million for clean energy in developing economies and $260 million to protect the ocean.
Read the story →Jusidman family gives NIS 200 million for what will be Israel's largest rehab hospital
The roughly $68.5 million gift will help Reuth build a 540-bed rehabilitation hospital in north Tel Aviv, easing one of the biggest gaps in Israel's health system.
Read the story →Billie Tisch, first woman elected to lead New York's Jewish federation, dies at 98
The philanthropist helped steer the merger that created UJA-Federation of New York and supported hospitals, universities and public radio for more than six decades.
Read the story →Save a Child's Heart brings first group of Malawian children to Israel for heart care
Ten children aged 2 to 19, found during a screening mission in Blantyre, arrived at Wolfson Medical Center for surgery and catheter treatment.
Read the story →Yad Vashem to open its first Holocaust education centre outside Israel, in Munich
Israel's Holocaust memorial will build a teaching centre in the city where the Nazi Party was born, with a branch in Leipzig, to train educators and reach young Germans.
Read the story →Pears Foundation funds Israeli NGO to protect 1.5 million Ethiopians from trachoma
A £1.7m ($2.3m) five-year grant to the NALA Foundation aims to stop the blinding eye disease from returning after US aid cuts.
Read the story →WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum gives $200 million to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital
The largest gift ever made to an Israeli medical institution will fund a 24-storey tower and rename the hospital the Koum Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Read the story →CultivAid founder Tomer Malchi wins the 2026 Charles Bronfman Prize
The Israeli agronomist was honoured for building farmer training and technology centres in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya that aim to make African agriculture self-sustaining.
Read the story →Henry and Susan Samueli give $50 million to cancer research at Israel's Beilinson Hospital
Described as the largest research gift ever made to an Israeli medical institution, it doubles the couple's backing for an integrative cancer institute and an AI centre.
Read the story →Bloomberg pledges $350 million more to cut road deaths in 13 countries
Announced at CityLab 2026 in Madrid, the new phase of the Bloomberg road safety initiative aims to save a million lives by 2030 in more than 30 cities.
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Krembo Wings founder Adi Altschuler wins the Israel Prize for young leadership
The educator who started an inclusive youth movement at 16 was the first winner of a new Israel Prize category for young leaders.
Read the story →Stewart and Lynda Resnick give UCLA Health $100 million for mental health care
The largest gift in UCLA's history for mental health will expand the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital from 74 to 119 beds and add a crisis unit.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies awards $1 million each to 24 cities in Mayors Challenge
Winners from 20 countries, from Cape Town to Netanya, will scale tested ideas on waste, housing, health care, flooding and food security with Michael Bloomberg's funding.
Read the story →Israeli aid group NATAN sends medical team to flood-hit Mozambique
Volunteer doctors, nurses and social workers ran mobile clinics in southern Mozambique for two weeks, treating more than 500 women and children after severe floods.
Read the story →Vancouver's Roadburg Foundation pledges C$50 million to Galilee's first university
The largest gift in Tel-Hai's history will help the college become the University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee, with new buildings, faculty and a regional institute.
Read the story →Harry Olmer, Windermere Boy turned dentist and Holocaust educator, dies at 98
Liberated at Terezín in 1945, Olmer came to Britain as one of 'The Boys', practised dentistry until 86 and spent his later years telling young people his story.
Read the story →Eva Schloss, Auschwitz survivor and tireless Holocaust educator, dies at 96
Anne Frank's childhood neighbour and later stepsister co-founded the Anne Frank Trust UK and spent four decades teaching young people about the Holocaust and prejudice.
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