The HESEG Foundation is a charitable foundation created by Canadians
Gerry Schwartz
Gerald W. Schwartz, OC (born 1941) is the founder, chairman and CEO of Onex Corporation. Schwartz has a net worth of US$1.5 billion, according to Forbes.
Early life and career
Schwartz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He graduated from Kelvin H ...
and
Heather Reisman in 2005
[Kennemer, Daniel, "New fund for lone soldiers launched", ''Jerusalem Post'', May 4, 2005] to provide scholarships to former
lone soldiers
In the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), a lone soldier ( he, חַיָּל בּוֹדֵד, ''Ḥayal Boded'') is defined as a serviceman or woman without immediate family in Israel. Lone soldiers serve in regular units and receive various forms of sup ...
(those without family in Israel) who serve in the
Israel Defense Forces. HESEG provides money to cover tuition and living expenses for former "lone soldiers" who wish to remain in Israel to study after they've completed their military service.
[Wheeler, Glen,]
Indigo's Israel problem
", ''Now Magazine'', July 7-13, 2007
Approximately 6,000 "lone soldiers" serve in the IDF in any one year.
[ At a ceremony at ]Sde Dov
Sde Dov Airport ( he, שדה דב, ''lit.'' Dov Field, ar, مطار سدي دوف), also known as Dov Hoz Airport ( he, נמל התעופה דב הוז, ''Nemal HaTe'ufa Dov Hoz'', ar, مطار دوف هوز) was an airport in Tel Aviv, Isra ...
Air Force Base in 2005 launching the foundation, Schwartz said "I hope that with the help of the Heseg Foundation, we will be able to grant lone soldiers, who have contributed and sacrificed so much for Israel, the chance to grow and enrich themselves academically, and, above all, that their future in Israel will be ensured."[
In 2006, HESEG donated 100 mobile air conditioning units to provide relief for residents of northern Israel forced to live in ]bomb shelter
A bomb shelter is a structure designed to provide protection against the effects of a bomb.
Types of shelter
Different kinds of bomb shelters are configured to protect against different kinds of attack and strengths of hostile explosives.
Air ...
s during the Israel-Hezbollah War.[Rettig, Haviv, "Canadians bring breath of fresh air to shelters", ''Jerusalem Post'', July 21, 2006]
Schwartz and Reisman's role in the foundation has led to a boycott campaign by anti-Occupation activists of the Chapters
Chapter or Chapters may refer to:
Books
* Chapter (books), a main division of a piece of writing or document
* Chapter book, a story book intended for intermediate readers, generally age 7–10
* Chapters (bookstore), Canadian big box booksto ...
and Indigo
Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word "indigo" comes from the Latin word ''indicum'', ...
book chain (Chapters/Indigo) as Reisman owns the chains and Schwartz, her husband, serves on the company's board of directors.[
''Heseg'' is the Hebrew word for "achievement".][
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References
External links
HESEG Foundation website
Foundations based in Canada
Israel Defense Forces
Scholarships in Canada
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