The Keren Hayesod Young Leadership division is comprised of dynamic young adults from throughout the world. Participants have forged bonds of friendship and common cause as they have together explored new places and new ideas. Based on their shared identity and aspirations they have discovered a warm corner in the world where they are welcome and valued for who they are and not for what they are or what they have achieved. While many of the Keren Hayesod young leaders are in fact people of unique talent and accomplishement, what brings them together is the existential reality of their connection to Israel - the land and her people. There, on a platform of intellectual curiosity and social openess they have explored and interfaced with new cultural and social realities.
Along with their Israeli contemporaries they have engaged in an exploration of that which is the same and that which is very different in their life styles. With unique boldness they have confronted the ultimate challenges which as Jews and Israelis they face together and seperately.
Keren Hayesod Young Leaders are given the opportunity to impact on the lives of contemporaries and communities at home and abroad. Through their activities and creative program initiatives they are also forging relationships and planting seeds for the future. They constitute a new generation of leaders in the Jewish world. But they are already making a significant contribution to the quality and character of Jewish life.
Keren Hayesod welcomes the interest and participation of young adults.It offers them an opportunity to meet in local community and national conferences and through participation in global events and missions. It enables them to reach beyond their own community and home to new places where being Jewish facilitates an intimate and vast networking opportunity.