There's still time to enter our #PoweredByJNF photo contest and win prizes

Were you one of the 1,000-plus young people who went to Israel this winter on a JNF-supported program? If so, we hope you've been sharing photos of your adventures on social media using the hashtag #PoweredByJNF. If you haven't, there's still time to do so -- and enter our photo contest at the same time. 

You have until January 31 to share your shots from Israel with the #PoweredByJNF and @JNFUSA tags (remember to make your profile public until then so we can see the posts!) and enter to win one of three $180 JNF gift cards. A little over a week left to show us what you got -- share your best selfies, sunset shots, and foodie posts with us today! We'll judge winners based both on numbers of likes and photo quality. Extra points for creativity. 

JNF photography mission yields beautiful Israel pastiche

Photo: Chet Stein

An ibex and its calf, spotted in Ein Gedi. 

Retired periodontist and avowed photographer Chet Stein, a JNF major-gifts chair for the DC region and a member of Makor, co-chaired the JNF photography mission earlier this month. Here, he shares impressions of the experience, as well as some of his photos.  

On the Jewish National Fund's recent Israel Through a Photographic Lens mission, nine of us from around the country had a unique opportunity to expand our photographic horizons. Our goal for the mission was to expose participants to the diverse beauty of Israel as well as the wonderful work of the JNF. If the stunning photos that resulted are any indication, I think we succeeded handily.