Friends of Bezalel provides an invaluable service: supporting the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem by raising much-needed funds and by heightening awareness of the Academy, its graduates, and student accomplishments. The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem is synonymous with over 100 years of ‎Israeli art and over 100 years of innovation and quality. Bezalel provides academic preparation ‎and professional training to over 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students. For more than a ‎century, the creative energy of Bezalel graduates and faculty has both inspired and shaped ‎Israel Physical and Cultural world.