For more than twenty years now, Ira Riklis and his family have supported the Tel Aviv Foundation through their American Friends program. The Foundation—which provides for the needy, and creates opportunities for a better future for Tel Aviv and all of Israel—has drawn the support of many here in America and around the world.
Other donors give larger amounts, but none have supported as many different projects as the Ira Riklis family. And to ensure that their support has the greatest impact possible, they have focused it towards projects in a single Tel Aviv neighborhood, Schoonat Ezra. Over the years, they’ve helped build numerous parks and playgrounds along with kindergartens, science centers and a school with Arts, Science and Library facilities. In so doing, they’ve enriched the lives of those living in this economically depressed neighborhood.