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ISEF Celebrates

76 Years of Achievements

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2024 ISEF Gala

Why ISEF?

Because Israel's bright future depends on educating its youth today

See How We Help Build Israel's Future

Featured ISEF Stories

ISEF Alumni founded a smart waste management startup

Proud of ISEF Alumni Hila Ehrenreich who founded TMW, a startup in the field of Smart Waste Management

Meet Dr. Natalie Melamed- an exemplar of academic excellence!

Her colleagues and mentors describe her as bright, motivated, a quick learner, and a top

News & Events

Oriya Ester Belous Maruani- an inspiring ISEF doctoral student!

News, Student Story

Meet Oriya Ester Belous Maruani, an inspiring ISEF doctoral student at Ben-Gurion University

Meet Jenny Pinus- leader in training and development at ISEF

Meet Jenny Pinus, the accomplished COO at Dor L’Dor and a dedicated leader in training

ISEF Alumnus Dr. Moshe Elkabets and his groundbreaking cancer research

ISEF Alumni, News

For World Cancer Day, in February, we want to recognize the groundbreaking cancer research

Meet Noam Weizman is an outstanding ISEF Alumnus

ISEF Alumni, News

Noam Weizman is an outstanding ISEF alumnus, working as a Senior Medical Physicist at Hadassah Medical Center

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Just the Facts

Over 95% of our students stay in school and graduate thanks to ISEF's award-winning leadership training and support programs

14% of ISEF's scholars hail from Ethiopian communities—far more than their proportion in Israeli society (1.6%) and at the universities (only 0.5%)

Some 60% of ISEF's scholarship recipients are women--many from communities where few women have gotten a higher education.

See how our programs help Israel's youth

Since 1977, generous supporters from around the world for ISEF have opened the doors of opportunity for thousands of deserving young Israelis seeking to transform their lives through education.