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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.5 Million to Jewish Agency to Protect Worldwide Jewish Communities
Helmsley Charitable Trust donates $1.5 million to Jewish Agency's Security Fund, bolstering global Jewish community protection with physical security upgrades.
Jerusalem, 7 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Jewish Agency for Israel has received a grant of $1.5 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust in support of the Security Fund for protecting Jewish communities around the world from acts of terror, which it called “one of the most far-reaching Jewish security initiatives in the world.”
The Security Fund was established in 2012, at the request of the Government of Israel, following the deadly terror attack at the Ozar Ha’Torah Jewish day school in Toulouse, France. Its mission is to ensure the safety of Jewish communities around the world —outside the United States — by providing financial assistance for securing and protecting Jewish communal institutions.
The new grant will be used to increase the physical security of 58 Jewish religious, educational, and communal institutions in Europe, North America, South America, and Australia that are vulnerable to potentially violent terrorist attacks.
This latest contribution brings the Helmsley Charitable Trust’s total support for the Jewish Agency’s relief and security efforts to more than $11 million.
