American Friends of the Heschel Center, Inc.

Welcome. The American Friends of the Heschel Center (AmHeschel) is dedicated to supporting the work of the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership in Tel Aviv, Israel. We are a 501(c)(3) organization, qualified to receive tax deductible contributions under the U.S. Internal Revenue Service code. The olive tree shown on this page has survived for well more than a thousand years in the Judean Hills, and may date to the time of the second Temple. Now surrounded by the apple orchards of Kibbutz Tzuba, its gnarled trunk and new ring of bright, productive branches are a powerful metaphor for the tenacity of the peoples and the ecosystems of Eretz Yisrael. The Heschel Center is a unique collaboration of academics and activists, builders and biologists, elementary principals and environmentalist politicians, teachers, doctors, journalists and many more who are committed to the development of sustainable communities in Israel. Comments and questions are welcome.

1,000 year-old tree in the Judean hills, near Jerusalem

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