Jewish National Fund

The Jewish National Fund (JNF; , Keren Kayemet LeYisrael; previously , Ha Fund HaLeumi) is a non-profit organizationProfessor 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)" ; State of Israel, July 2006Rebecca Spence."Reform Slams Knesset Plan for JNF Land"; Jewish Daily Forward, July 25, 2007 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.Joshua Feldman, The Yemenite Jews, London 1913, p. 32 By 2007, it owned 13% of the total land in Israel. 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.

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.

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Other websites

 Official website   
 United States branch

Category:Organizations based in Jerusalem
Category:1901 establishments
Category:Zionism