What Sets ISEF’s Work Apart?
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Why ISEF?
ISEF alumna Dr. Karin Carmit Yefet was named "Outstanding Researcher of the Year" by the University of Haifa.
Karin was chosen from among the entire university faculty to receive this prestigious award, and all of us in the ISEF family - students, alumni, and supporters - may take great pride in her achievement!
What Sets ISEF’s Work Apart?
ISEF is there every step of the way, from undergraduate degrees to doctorates and even postdoc; 30% of ISEF’s scholars go on to earn advanced degrees.
Our students say: “ISEF is my second family.” ISEF’s safety net offers emergency funds, academic assistance, and extra support for army reservists.
ISEF is a place to belong in the unfamiliar world of the campus, where students from immigrant families can feel out of place.
Students overcome shyness, learn to take pride in their heritage, master public speaking, and become leaders and doers.
Twenty-five percent of all Israeli university students drop out—but at ISEF, 95% stay in school and get their degrees! ISEF empowers underprivileged young Israelis to reach their full potential.
Thousands of ISEF Alumni now hold key positions in all walks of Israeli life—including members of Knesset, college presidents, leading medical researchers, including members of Knesset, college presidents, leading medical researchers, architects, thought leaders, IT innovators, and founders of major NGOs.
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This fund is helping hundreds of at-risk Israeli teens to finish high school and qualify for college.
ISEF pairs each vulnerable teen with an ISEF university student mentor from a similar background. The teens look up to our students--who tutor them in tough subjects, boost their confidence, and show them the way forward to a better future through higher education.
ISEF was founded in 1977 by Edmond J. Safra z"l, Lily Safra and Nina Weiner.
NINA’S MEMOIR!
The acclaimed memoir by ISEF President Nina Weiner shares the joys and challenges of building the ISEF Foundation and the exciting life journey which led her to that purpose. “Weiner writes with great zest and a clear-eyed devotion to facts and to the harsh realities of life that awaited displaced Jews from the Middle East upon their arrival in Israel.” – Andre Aciman, author of Out of Egypt Click to purchase Circles of Empowerment on Amazon. All proceeds benefit ISEF.
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