Community: Stronger Society

TAU Aim:

To strengthen TAU as Israel’s academic leader in social responsibility.

Benefits:

Simply: Will advance the basic Jewish value of tzedaka (charity).
Will directly benefit specific causes or groups that a donor passionately supports: children, at-risk youth, disabled, elderly, new immigrants, women, minorities, etc.
Will pull underrepresented groups in Israel into the cycle of elite higher education, innovation and economic mobility
Will instill in TAU students – Israel’s future leaders – active social commitment and a drive for social justice.

Current Statistics

TAU students performed 55,000 community work hours over the past year.
In recent years, TAU boosted the number of Israeli Arab students from 8-9% of the total undergraduate student body to 12.4%.
There are currently 149 Ethiopian Israeli students enrolled at TAU.
Approximately 3,000 students with special needs are enrolled in units across the TAU campus. This number includes students who are physically disabled, live with mental illness or chronic diseases, are on the autism spectrum, or suffer from a a range of learning disabilities.
TAU’s ‘Trailblazers’ program for integrating ultra-Orthodox students into academia has grown from two students in 2016 to 194 currently enrolled.

Latest Developments

TAU was the first Israeli university to allow students who serve in the IDF reserves to study for a bachelor’s degree without the need for a psychometric exam. Since this announcement, other Israeli universities followed suit.
TAU more than doubled the number of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) students in the last year to a total of 126 ASD students enrolled in programs across the TAU campus.
Eight legal clinics continue to work tirelessly to realize and protect the rights of Israel’s most vulnerable populations, including even animals. Some 150 students and 20 staff members operate the clinics.
Through TAU Impact, 1,470 students are currently enrolled in 70 courses in which they interact directly with members of the community, gaining valuable professional and social leadership experience. Since the program’s launch, some 80,000 Israelis have benefited from the students’ community service.

Donor Opportunities: