Telfed Hi Tech Meetup 2025

Big News! We’re excited to announce our first Telfed meetup event, designed for SA & Aus Olim in Hi-Tech. Our incredible guest speaker, Avi Lewis, will be sharing insights on Navigating the Israeli Job Market, offering valuable takeaways for your professional journey in Israel. Don’t miss this chance to gain insights, make connections, and boost […]

Launching PRAS 2024-2025: building a better future

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Telfed’s PRAS community service scholarship programme for the 2024–2025 academic year. With 180 scholarships allocated to students at tertiary institutions across the country, PRAS continues to make a meaningful impact on Israeli society. Each scholarship recipient commits to weekly volunteering, engaging with diverse individuals who benefit greatly […]

International Volunteer Day 2024

Earlier this month, we celebrated International Volunteer Day to honour the spirit of giving and recognise the incredible impact of volunteers everywhere. Volunteers are the heart of our community, selflessly dedicating their time, energy, and talents to making a difference. To all the amazing volunteers in our organisation and beyond, we thank you for your […]

Spreading Joy: Tel Aviv Social Club’s Heartwarming Initiative

Our Tel Aviv Social Club recently came together to assemble beautiful Chanukah gift packs for injured soldiers. The evening was filled with fun, laughter, and a shared sense of purpose. The gift packs, accompanied by letters from children, were later delivered to the soldiers by our amazing volunteers. Seeing the joy on their faces and […]

7.10 – Telfed’s Commemorative Ceremony

By Larry Butchins A year. An entire year – 365 painful days since that dreadful morning; a full 12 months since our lives were up-ended and forever changed. A year in which those of us who are so inclined have prayed, while others have hoped, have begged, have protested in one way or another, pleading […]

Turning to Telfed in times of crisis

People often ask, “Why doesn’t Telfed advertise the many welfare cases that cost the organisation over NIS 2.5 million annually?” The answer is that confidentiality is our priority. Everyone must feel completely safe when asking for support or assistance. With a small, close-knit Olim community, discretion and privacy are paramount. We will only share a […]

Supporting Our Wounded Heroes: Telfed’s Commitment to Soldiers in Need

When the war began, Telfed recognized the urgent need to expand our support services. We brought in a second social worker to handle the increased volume of assistance required. Initially focusing on evacuees, she is now also dedicated to working with wounded soldiers—meeting them, hearing their challenges, and determining how we can help. Over the […]

A message from Telfed Chairman, Maish Isaacson

A year ago, I could not have imagined that, in my capacity as Telfed Chairman, I’d be driving to a rehabilitation hospital in the north to discuss equipment shortages, with a helmet on my passenger seat and no GPS to guide me. I could not have envisioned the most haunting conversations with veteran Olim who […]

From our CEO’s desk

Shalom. We are in the midst of the month of Elul – a spiritually uplifting period of forty days leading up to Yom Kippur. During this time, Moshe spent forty days on Mount Sinai, descending on Yom Kippur to our nation with the second set of the Ten Commandments. Moshe kept the new stone commandments […]