ISEF Chairman Carlos Benaim's fascinating life journey, from the Moroccan port city of Tangier to developing the world's most iconic fragrances, is profiled in two major Israeli publications this summer.
Bridge to College Project
ISEF’s Bridge to College Project targets more than 400 high schoolers in distressed areas of Israel, who show clear potential for college but need help to pass their matriculation exams and gain admission to higher education.
The personal involvement of an ISEF student mentor has a powerful impact on his pupil.
These youngsters benefit from ISEF’s intensive tutoring and mentoring program, along with a group social program that includes values clarification workshops and field trips.
Our dedicated B.A. scholars not only provide academic support; they serve as personal guides, modeling academic success despite adversity, introducing the teens to life on campus, and becoming trusted confidants.
Nearly half the teens live in the Negev communities of Beer Sheva, Sderot, Ashdod, and Ofakim. They are especially vulnerable, suffering both rocket attacks from Gaza, and inadequate educational and public resources that might enable them to break out of poverty.
ISEF’s projects really make a difference in these young lives!
International Fellow Dr. Itsik Francis (above left, with former ISEF Chair Norman Belmonte) shared this, from two new ISEF supporters:
"They said they had never seen a foundation that behaves like a family. with such warm feeling. Perhaps we should change ISEF to 'International Sephardic Education Family'?”
