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Israel Elwyn

Bnai Zion is proud to have a long history of supporting Israel Elwyn, an organization that serves more than 4,500 children and adults with disabilities living throughout Israel every day

Kfar Bnai Zion

In March 1947, Bnai Zion helped found Kfar Bnai Zion as a city for Holocaust Survivors just before the establishment of the State of Israel.

Magen David Adom

In 1941, the leaders of Bnai Zion helped found Magen David Adom in Israel, Israel’s equivalent of the American Red Cross, and donated 125 ambulances as well as millions of crucial medical supplies.

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Bnai Zion’s commitment to Israel predates even the existence of the Jewish State itself: Since 1908, we’ve been hard at work making the miracle that is modern day Israel possible. From launching Magen David Adom, the Red Star of David, still the nation’s premiere provider of emergency medical services, to establishing Betzalel, its first—and still most prominent—fine arts academy, we’ve made a significant contribution to Israel’s growth. Today, Bnai Zion’s impact is still widely felt in virtually every realm of Israeli life and society, from a 24/7 emergency assistance center that delivers medicine, food, and other essentials to Holocaust survivors and elderly Israelis to the Bnai Zion Medical Center in Haifa, a leader in emergency preparedness medicine and provider of critical healthcare services for Arabs and Jews residing in Northern Israel.

Our Mission

Accelerating Israel’s growth and perpetuating social impact and peaceful coexistence through partnerships and meaningful projects with our friends and allies around the world.

Our History

Establishment of Yad Rosa

2020

Establishment of Yad Rosa

Construction of The George and Irina Schaeffer Cultural Center

2017

Construction of The George and Irina Schaeffer Cultural Center

Construction of Cultural Center at Ma’ale Adumim

2015

Construction of Cultural Center at Ma’ale Adumim

Groundbreaking for Bnai Zion's Library of Peace

1997

Groundbreaking for Bnai Zion's Library of Peace

Senator Joseph Biden accepts America-Israel Friendship Award from Senator Alan Cranston

1983

Senator Joseph Biden accepts America-Israel Friendship Award from Senator Alan Cranston

NY Governor Hugh Carey and Senator Henry Jackson honored by Bnai Zion

1980

NY Governor Hugh Carey and Senator Henry Jackson honored by Bnai Zion

State-of-the-art rehabilitation facility opened in Haifa

1978

State-of-the-art rehabilitation facility opened in Haifa

Elie Wiesel receives humanitarian award from the Bnai Zion Foundation

1978

Elie Wiesel receives humanitarian award from the Bnai Zion Foundation

Bnai Zion Foundation honors President Gerald R. Ford

1974

Bnai Zion Foundation honors President Gerald R. Ford

Dinner honoring Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey civil rights leadership

1973

Dinner honoring Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey civil rights leadership

Founding of America-Israel Friendship House

1972

Founding of America-Israel Friendship House

Bnai Zion Foundation honors Thurgood Marshall for his leadership in civil rights

1968

Bnai Zion Foundation honors Thurgood Marshall for his leadership in civil rights

JFK recognizes Bnai Zion Foundation for its nonpartisan humanitarian work

1960

JFK recognizes Bnai Zion Foundation for its nonpartisan humanitarian work

Kfar Bnai Zion founded home for Holocaust survivors

1947

Kfar Bnai Zion founded home for Holocaust survivors

Bnai Zion Women’s Council founded

1944

Bnai Zion Women’s Council founded

Founding of Magen David Adom, Israel's Red Cross

1941

Founding of Magen David Adom, Israel's Red Cross

Bnai Zion founded as Order of the Sons of Zion

1908

Bnai Zion founded as Order of the Sons of Zion

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Privacy Policy

At Bnai Zion, we believe it is important to respect the privacy of our constituents, our business contacts and others who provide us with personally identifiable information. Personally Identifiable Information is defined as information that can be used to identify an individual such as name, address, telephone number and any other information connected personally with an individual.

Our policy was created to affirm our commitment to maintaining the privacy of our constituents and to inform you of the practices we follow in protecting your Personally Identifiable Information. This policy also applies to Bnai Zion's related entities.

Why Do We Collect Information?

At Bnai Zion, we have lots of opportunity to collect your Personally Identifiable Information. Some of these might include when you:

If you give us your Personally Identifiable Information for any reason, we consider your information to be strictly confidential.

Do We Obtain Your Consent to Collect Your Information?

When we collect, use or disclose your Personally Identifiable Information we will obtain your consent to do so unless such permission is obvious or implied, for example, when you makes a purchase via our website or call to place an order with our customer service department.

If you would like to withdraw your consent for any reason, please email us at [email protected].

How Do We Use Your Information?

We use your Personally Identifiable Information to provide you with the services or products for which you provided us with your information, and/or for those purposes considered reasonable under the circumstances. We are not in the business of selling your information to third parties and only share information with our related entities, with vendors to whom we obtain services, or when it is necessary to comply with the law or to protect the rights, property or safety of Bnai Zion.

How Long Do We Retain Your Information?

We retain your Personally Identifiable Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which you gave it or for any legal or business purpose. When your information is no longer required by Bnai Zion for any reason, we have procedures in place to destroy it, delete it, or convert it to anonymous form.

How Is Your Information Kept Accurate?

Bnai Zion endeavors to keep your Personally Identifiable Information as accurate as possible so that it can continue to provide you with the products and services you've requested. For this, we will need your assistance in maintaining the accuracy of your information. You may request a correction to your Personally Identifiable Information by emailing [email protected].

How Do We Protect Your Information?

Bnai Zion is committed to protecting your Personally Identifiable Information from unauthorized access or disclosure. In this, we do our best to maintain appropriate security both in our technology and our physical records. We also limit access to your information to persons management determines need to know for the purpose of providing you with the requested products and services.

Internet Privacy Policy

Your privacy on the Internet is extremely important to us. Because you give us personal information, we believe you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding what we do with that information. This privacy statement discloses the information we gather, how we use it, and how you can correct or change it.

Here's What We Do With Your Internet Provider (IP) Address

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to help identify you and your shopping cart and to gather broad demographic information.

Here's Why We Place A Cookie On Your Hard Drive

Bnai Zion's website uses a feature of your Internet Web browser that is called a "cookie." A "cookie" is a file that your Web browser places on your computer's hard drive. When you initially log on to our website, we create a "cookie" for your computer and then use it to track your clicks as you go through the Web site. Approximately 95% of eCommerce websites use "cookies" to help make their shopping cart work. Our website uses cookies to improve the user experience, including:

There is no personal information stored within the cookie itself and the data included in the cookie is useful only to Bnai Zion. Our website does not and cannot use cookies to retrieve personal information about you from your computer. Cookies cannot be used by our website to retrieve any personal information about you unless you have previously purchased from or registered on our website.

The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of our website's best features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

This Is Who Gets Your Information

Information about our website's visitors is an important part of our business, but we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only with the subsidiaries and partners described below:

Protection of the Website and Others

We release account and other personal information when we believe that it is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our Terms of Use or protect the rights, property, or safety of Bnai Zion, our website, or our users.

This Is Why You Register With bnaizion.org

Our registration form ask you to give us information about yourself which will allow us to help you in the following ways.

When You Place An Order, This Is What We Do With The Information

We'll Protect You When You're On Our Site

Our website may contain optional links to partners and third party Internet sites and services that may collect data from you or your computer. Please be aware that if you choose to leave our site via a link, Bnai Zion assumes no responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites.

You Can Use Your Credit Cards Safely

Our website uses a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. All user contact information is contained behind secured networks and is accessible only by a limited number of trusted employees who have special access rights to production systems. Passwords are encrypted in our secure database, which is also located behind secured networks. All sensitive/credit information supplied by users is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

How to Remove Your Name From Our Newsletter/Mailing List

Our website gives users the following options for removing their e-mail address from our database so you will not receive future communications:

If You Want To Change Your Information

We want you to enjoy all of the features of our website by keeping your account information current. We provide our users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:

All Other Questions

If you have additional questions about this privacy statement, the practices of Bnai Zion, or your dealings with this web site, please email us at [email protected].