Leadership
The ISEF Family
Cherishes the Life and Memory of
Lily Safra z”l
ISEF Co-Founder and
International Honorary Chairwoman
We are thankful for her 45 years of leadership and personal devotion to our students.
Lily Safra z”l receiving ISEF’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 40th Anniversary, 2017
We mourn the passing of
ISEF Co-Founder and Int’l Honorary Chairwoman
Lily Safra z”l
Her legacy lives on, in the thousands of lives she transformed through ISEF.
May her memory be a blessing,
to Israel and to the world.
ISEF Leadership
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