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The Lauder Center for Promoting Employment in the Negev is a non-profit organization in the spirit of Ben Gurion’s vision, which regarded development of the south as having security, financial and educational importance.
Since 2015 we have made it our mission to connect and motivate the employment world and to create meetings between visionary employers and quality employees, that will generate change to the benefit of all.
Throughout the past decade we have accumulated experience and connections that have allowed us to understand and map the needs, difficulties and employment opportunities existing in the region, thereby succeeding in joining scores of companies and organizations throughout the entire Negev region with thousands of quality employees, who, through our initiative, have promoted their careers and for whom the Negev is now home. The connections we have formed include hospitals, academic institutions, leading civilian employers, hi-tech and industrial companies, regional councils, government and security companies, the Beer Sheba Employment Service and even the IDF, which has relocated its bases to the Negev.
The Center, situated in a building that is located in the heart of Beer Sheba’s old city, supports three major audiences: job seekers, companies and organizations, and small businesses, through accessible tools, provision of knowhow, content and connections that promote the possibility of finding quality jobs in their professions in the Negev region. The tools that we provide include professional workshops, lectures by professionals, personal guidance, centralized interview days, writing of CVs, and more. In addition, we operate unique programs addressed to various audiences according to their emergent requirements. These audiences include the Bedouin society, small business owners, evacuees of Israel’s envelope regions, new immigrants, and more
The USA Jewish National Fund is one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the Jewish world and has been in existence since 1901.The JNF’s strategic vision is ensuring a strong and flourishing future for the people of Israel, which it does through a wide range of activities designed to reinforce the Negev and Galilee.
These activities include the establishment of homes and parks, water solutions, assistance to special needs populations, promoting tourism, supporting the immigration of world Jewry and establishing medical centers in places remote from hospitals, in order to encourage settlement in these regions.We believe that a strong Negev and Galilee are the key to a strong and growing Israel.
Ronald (Ron) Steven Lauder is president of the World Jewish Congress, an American-Jewish businessman, politician, and philanthropist, and founder of the Lauder Employment Center Negev-Galilee. In the past he served as president of the JNF USA, as Chief Congress President of the Jewish Communities and as head of the world Jewish Congress Financial Administration. Lauder spends a large portion of his time and money is assisting Jewish communities worldwide, in reinforcing their ties with the State of Israel and in the struggle against rising antisemitism.
Western Galilee Now, a non-profit organization for promoting tourism, was established with the purpose of jointly promoting the region’s rich culture, history and geography. The organization is supported by the JNF-USA organization and was selected in 2023 to operate the Lauder Employment Center Negev-Galilee.
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Ronald S. Lauder
President of Lauder Employment Center
Deb Lust Zaluda
President - JNF-USA Board of Directors
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