Israel’s National Institutions, the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and Keren Hayesod, are the organizations established by the Zionist Movement to help bring about the founding of a Jewish State.
Since 1948, the National Institutions have worked cooperatively to advance the Zionist enterprise, complementing and interacting with one another in areas as diverse as aliya, land reclamation, settlement, strengthening Jewish life in the Diaspora, Zionist education, rescue of endangered Jewish populations, partnering with Jewish communities around the world, combatting anti-Semitism, fundraising, Israel advocacy and fashioning Israel as an exemplary society as an expression of the Zionist ideal.
Each of the National Institution’s headquarters are housed in a structure on King George Street in downtown Jerusalem (pictured below). The structure was completed in 1936 and became a symbol of the Jewish state prior to Israel’s establishment.
Specifics regarding each of the institutions can be found on their individual websites.
