
Jewish National Fund pioneers in tackling global warming
As the 125th Anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basel was being marked this week another pioneering body also came to Switzerland to address a more contemporary challenge for the Jewish people and the globe. The Keren Kayemet L’israel, known in English as the Jewish National Fund, got its start at the 5th Zionist Congress 120 years ago. Now it opened the main Anniversary highlighting the fight against the Climate Crisis and global warming. Judith (Yu ‘dith) Perl-Strasser, Emissary KKL-JNF Israel in Switzerland and Austria, spoke to reporter Arieh O’Sullivan about the panel and the…
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