Sylvan Adams

Be’eri inaugurates new bike park as kibbutz works toward recovery

The Western Negev facility is expected to host the Israeli Pump Track Championships and the country’s first Pump Track World Championship qualifier.

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Kibbutz Be’eri inaugurated a new bike park, funded by Sylvan Adams, in partnership with the nonprofit Israel Cycling Academy and Kibbutz Be’eri
The 12th annual Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize recipients. Top row, from left: Danielle Abraham, Dr. Philip Klipstein, Naomi Stuchiner and Ami Baran. Bottom row, from left: Rabbanit Chana Henkin, Amb. Ron Dermer, Prof. Marta Weinstock-Rosin and

Bonei Zion Prize honors Olim rebuilding Israel after the war as North American Aliyah hits records

From Gaza-border farms to Israel's top labs, this year's Bonei Zion Prize honorees show what Anglo Olim bring to a recovering Israel, just as North American Aliyah hits record highs.

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Sylvan Adams, president of the World Jewish Congress Israel, spoke in Jerusalem, three years after the October 7 Hamas massacre.

‘This is war’: Sylvan Adams warns of global campaign against Israel

“The world’s oldest hatred, antisemitism, was back with a vengeance, although the sad reality is that it had never really left,” he said.

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Former minister of strategic affairs Ron Dermer and World Jewish Congress Israel President Sylvan Adams speak at “Unite. Lead. Fight. - A Conversation with Ambassador Ron Dermer & Sylvan Adams,” in Los Angeles, California, on September 9, 2026.

Dermer, WJC's Adams call for Israel to combat antisemitism with capabilities used to fight Iran

“The enemies of the Jews have to understand if you go after us, there’s going to be a price,” Dermer said. “We’re going to lose battles. But in fighting those battles, we will restore deterrence.”

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Sylvan Adams – Israel’s Self-Appointed Ambassador

Since his aliyah, the dynamic Adams has devoted his time, resources and energy to promoting Israel to the world as a normal place, where people live their lives much as others do around the globe.

NOVEMBER 21, 2019ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Sylvan Adams, Businessman, Philanthropist and activist, working to strengthen the State of Israel at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference

Israel Cycling Academy to race in the Tour de France

According to a statement by the team, ICA signed an agreement with Katusha Management: the Israeli team will race in the World Tour under the existing Katusha license.

OCTOBER 3, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Israel Cycling Academy's Colombian sprinter Edwin Avila raises his hands in triumph after winning Stage 3 of the Tour de Taiwan yesterday, the team’s first win of the 2018 season. Another part of the team’s squad completed its participation yesterday in the snowy Tirreno Adriatico (inset), an elite

Nefesh b'Nefesh announces Bonei Zion prizewinners for 2019

The prizes are given to English-speaking immigrants to Israel who have made major contributions to the state.

APRIL 2, 2019ByZACK EVANS
Harold ‘Smoky’ Simon acting chairman of World Machal

Canadian-Israeli philanthropist Sylvan Adams builds cohesion through sport

Adams completed the center after construction of the complex was halted by a lack of funding for nearly a decade.

NOVEMBER 30, 2018ByZACHARY KEYSER
Israel Cycling Academy co-owner Sylvan Adams (right, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu)

Billionaire Sylvan Adams joins Israeli space project aiming for the moon

SpaceIL announced Monday that Adams would be joining their groundbreaking project and donating $5 million to the effort.

NOVEMBER 19, 2018ByEYTAN HALON
President of SpaceIL Morris Kahn with Canadian-Israeli businessman Sylvan Adams at IAI's MBT Space Divisio