A Night to Remember: The 2025 Jaffa Institute Gala

Our 43rd Anniversary Gala, held at the Avenue in Airport City, Israel, was a resounding success! Surpassing all our previous Gala Dinners, over 1,100 supporters joined us for an evening of celebration and inspiration.

Our MC, Adva Dadon, made moving award presentations to Yael Eckstein (Woman of the Year), the Cramer Raskin Family Foundation (Intergenerational Giving Award), S. Horowitz & Co. (Volunteer Partnership Award), and Isracard (Social Partnership Award).

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Yael Eckstein, President of The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Women of the Year

Shelly Raskin, representing the Cramer Raskin Family Foundation, Intergenerational Giving Award

S. Horowitz & Co., Volunteer Partnership Award

Isracard, Social Partnership Award

We also introduced the sixth member to join the family of STEM Mobiles laboratories. The Rolling Robotics laboratory will be used by the STEM team to educate and enrich the Institute's children and project participants from all over the country in advanced robotics studies The laboratory was donated in memory of the hero of Israel, Major in the Reserves Constantine (Costa) Sushko z"l, hero of Israel, who gave his life definding his nation in the Gaza War.

We were also blessed with a powerful message of hope from First Lady Michal Herzog, who shared with those present about the long-standing relationship she has with the Jaffa Institute. You can view her message in Hebrew below: