Jewish National Fund

February 14, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

The vast majority of US Jews support Israel. Let’s act on that knowledge.

It’s past time for the rest to retort, “You don’t represent us,” and reflect that sentiment in the manner in which we run our communities.

July 29, 2024 | |

Jewish National Fund Facing Loss of Charitable Status in Canada

Latest Developments Following a years-long auditing process, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) decided to revoke the Jewish National Fund of Canada’s (JNF) charitable status over the organization’s...

June 5, 2024 |

Israel SitRep: June 5, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Hezbollah Attacks Cause Large Fires in Northern Israel; Chief of Staff: Decision Point Approaching | IDF Begins Operations in Bureij and Deir al-Balah Areas in Gaza | IDF Establishes...

February 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Trailblazers: IDF’s engineers transform the North

In a special project, engineers build new roads to ensure safe passages for soldiers and civilians in northern Israel, as Hezbollah continues to rain down rockets and missiles.

April 12, 2020 | David May |

NGOs should not be providing fiscal sponsorship to terrorist organizations

The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), an American organization, has supported the Gaza Return March and the terrorist groups behind it.

December 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wiesenthal’s top ten list of antisemites includes Pittsburgh shooter

Swedish hospital, UK singer Roger Waters and German bank make the list.

December 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Public Security Minister Erdan urges German bank to close BDS accounts

Bank provides account to NGO that promotes website comparing Israel with Nazis

September 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German bank under fire for strengthening antisemitism and hatred of Israel

Whoever actively supports antisemitic organizations such as BDS contributes to the further strengthening of antisemitism.

September 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Prominent German Jews want JNF to close account with BDS-enabling bank

The German branch of the Jewish National Fund has been swept up in a widening antisemitism scandal because it won’t immediately close its account with the Bank for Social Economy that enabl...

August 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Bank’s Anti-Semitism Leads United Israel Appeal to Shut Account

The German branch of the Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal – the prominent Israeli public fund-raising global organization to advance the security of the Jewish state – has closed it...

August 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Top German Social Democrat Urges Bank to End Israel Boycott Support

Michaela Engelmeier, a member of the executive board of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, demanded that the Bank for Social Economy stop providing accounts to groups that support the Boycot...

August 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German governor boycotts anti-Israel music festival affiliated with BDS

Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, announced on Tuesday that he will not attend the Ruhrtriennale arts and music festival because it has n...

July 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Jewish National fund slated to end business with German bank enabling BDS

The German branch of the Jewish National Fund told The Jerusalem Post that it will close its account with the Bank for Social Economy if the financial institution refuses to en...

April 30, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: German Jewish owner of bank demands bank stop enabling BDS

The Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany – a part owner of the Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy – called on its management to end all business relations with groups that supp...

April 23, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German LGBT group closes bank account to protest BDS activity

The Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation – named after a gay German-Jewish scientist who was persecuted by the Nazis – has terminated its account with the Bank for Social Economy over the fin...

April 9, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

International Jewish NGOs urge German bank to stop enabling BDS

Leading establishment Jewish organizations in Europe, the United States and Israel called on the German Bank for Social Economy last week to pull the plug on its accounts held with groups that pr...

February 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wiesenthal Calls for Jewish NGOs to End Business with German Pro-BDS Bank

The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued an urgent appeal last week to Jewish organizations to terminate their business relations with Germany’s top financial enabler of Israeli boycott activitie...

December 14, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

World’s first BDS account closure, says German bank

The Bank fur Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) announced on Monday that it has shut down the account of a German group because it advocates a boycott against the Jewish state, fails to m...

November 28, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: German bank pulls plug on anti-Israel BDS bank account

The Bank fur Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) has closed the account of a German group that promotes the ...

November 17, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jewish NGOs urge bank to close BDS account

Germany's largest local Jewish community in Berlin called for the Bank für Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) on Monday to shut down an account held by the bank with a hardcore...