Sylvan Adams

Israel Academy awards fourteen Adams Fellowships to outstanding doctoral researchers

Recipients in wide ranging fields will receive up to four years of funding as academy leaders stress the importance of supporting Israeli science amid international pressures.

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Sylvan Adams, President of the World Jewish Congress Israel Region
Sylvan Adams lights the torch of fighting antisemitism with victims of attacks and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, US State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.

A Warning from Auschwitz

Sylvan Adams leads the fight against rising antisemitism at the March of Living “If we fail, we risk creating the next generation of survivors.”

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SYLVAN ADAMS addresses Krakow, Poland, before Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2026.

Sylvan Adams addresses pre-Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering in Krakow

“You are not here only to remember how Jews died,” said Adams. “You are here to show how Jews live."

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Sylvan Adams, President of the World Jewish Congress Israel Region

Sylvan Adams urges global business leaders to invest in Iran after regime change

The appeal follows his $100 million pledge to rebuild Soroka Medical Center after an Iranian missile strike, linking political change with economic recovery.

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Philanthropist Sylvan Adams donates $1 m. for bike trail in Elad

The plan will include the construction of a walking trail and a safe biking trail, which will include lighting, security cameras and a tall perimeter fence. 

MAY 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sylvan Adams and Mayor of Elad Rabbi Israel Porush during the tour.

Sylvan Adams launches 'Start-Up Sporting Nation', applies genius to Israeli sports

Sylvan Adams talks to Tamar Uriel-Beeri, managing editor of JPost.com, on Israel startup sporting nation, sports diplomacy, and his support of the Sylvan Adams Sports Center at TAU.

MAY 15, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Sylvan Adams meets Lionel Messi at Ben-Gurion Airport, 2019.

Tel Aviv University’s Sports Center named after Sylvan Adams

Sylvan Adams has been investing in the sporting infrastructure of Israel for many years now, and his support will enable the expansion and upgrading of the Sports Center's facilities.

MAY 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
At naming of Sylvan Adams Sports Center at Tel Aviv University: Left to right: Andi Murez, TAU President Prof. Ariel Porat, Sylvan Adams, Shahar Rasman, Limor Mizrachi and Prof. Chagi Pick

Sylvan Adams: ‘My father fought in the War of Independence, and I have returned home’

Adams’s parents were Holocaust survivors, and his father, after escaping from Europe in 1944, arrived in pre-state Israel and served in Israel’s War of Independence.

MAY 4, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
SYLVAN ADAMS exercises with children from Save a Child’s Heart.

Nefesh B’Nefesh to present outstanding Anglo Olim annual prize

Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize to be awarded to inspirational English-speaking Olim who have significantly contributed to the State of Israel.

MAY 1, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Prize

Sylvan Adams planning World Cup to be hosted by Israel, Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia

The World Cup "would be the biggest event ever in the history of Israel,” said Sylvan Adams.

MARCH 31, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Sylvan Adams speaks at The Jerusalem Post London Conference 2022

From dreaming to achieving objectives

Sylvan Adams has a lot of ideas on his mind these days

MARCH 16, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
SYLVAN ADAMS at his eponymous National Velodrome, in Tel Aviv.

Bahrain, Israel begin first humanitarian cooperation

Bahraini envoy meets Sylvan Adams at Save a Child’s Heart home in Holon.

DECEMBER 8, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FROM RIGHT: Save a Child’s Heart executive director Simon Fisher; philanthropist Sylvan Adams; Bahrain’s Ambassador to Israel, Khaled Yousif al-Jalahma, and his wife, Nouf; and Save a Child’s Heart, Australia CEO Doron Lazarus.

National velodrome ready for inauguration

The inauguration of the velodrome will also include a private preview of the Fresh Paint Art and Design Fair 2021, the largest art event in Israel.

OCTOBER 19, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
THE VELODROME is just the latest sports endeavor spearheaded by Sylvan Adams, who is himself an avid cyclist.

Sylvan Adams: We have spoken with the FIFA head about bringing World Cup to Israel

Adams discussed using sports and entertainment to promote Israel abroad at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference.

OCTOBER 13, 2021ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Canadian-Israeli philanthropist Sylvan Adams is seen speaking at the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.