Dispatches from Israel
The new Kares Medical Center in Kiryat Shmona, currently under construction, is set to transform medical care for the city’s 22,000 residents and thousands more in Israel’s far north, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The Jentezen Franklin Ministries Emergency Response Center, the Galilee Culinary Institute by JNF, the Western Galilee Now Small Business Association—these initiatives and so many more are weaving together a future that is abundant in opportunities.
These philanthropic investments will mark a new chapter in one of Israel’s most naturally beautiful and culturally diverse areas.
The Galilee Culinary Institute by JNF, for example, will enable a new generation of students from Israel and around the world to harness the region’s rich culinary tradition, bring national attention to the area’s cutting-edge food tech, and build up the North’s reputation as a critical part of Israel’s story.
“We can make the area a culinary capital of Israel, a must visit,” said Amit Avishai, operations manager of the institute.
Amit points out that the Institute will bring together industries and showcase the North as a critical hotspot. “The fact is we are situated in the North, close to where most of the cutting-edge agriculture studies are being held and where the main research facilities are, as well as a lot of bio-tech companies and agro-tech companies. That makes us special,” said Amit. “We are working to bring them all together and help the communities here prosper.
“With new housing going up, the medical center and the Culinary Institute alongside the beauty of the region, I don’t see why people would want to live anywhere else.”
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