Aaron G. Frenkel
Chairman of the International Board of Trustees

Aaron Gover Frenkel, Chairman of the International Board of Trustees of Yad Sarah, is a groundbreaking businessman and international entrepreneur who serves as Vice Chairman of the World Jewish Congress and Chairman of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. He spearheaded a long line of social initiatives that makes a vital contribution to the well-being of the people of Israel and the Jewish Diaspora worldwide. Born in Bnei Brak in 1957, he is the son of the late Rabbi Chaim Yosef and Fruma, his parents, to whose memory he dedicated a unique initiative for an advanced medical center for the prevention of hospitalization – The Frenkel Emergency Medical Center at Yad Sarah. Mr. Frenkel is married to Mrs. Maya Ruth Frenkel, former deputy Minister of Croatia Ministery of Economy and Vice President of the national Oil Company. they has five children. A graduate from the Ponevezh Yeshiva, Mr. Frenkel started his business career as early as the 1980s, in a series of international moves that changed the civil aviation landscape. At the same time, he led the operation helping immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel as the Iron Curtain fell apart. Over the years, the economic power under his leadership had expanded to many other countries , in 2022 he concluded the largest real estate transaction in Israeli real estate history – selling the real estate giant Gav-Yam after achieving an impressive results . Aaron G. Frenkel is an active and full partner in the promotion of a variety of welfare programs, and even established and presides over the “Limmud” international organization of the FSU jews. When the COVID -19 pandemic broke out, he facilitated the establishment of crucially important Yad Sarah projects for the citizens of Israel when he assisted with the organization of an airlift to quickly import tens of thousands of respiratory inpatient units that Yad Sarah lent to COVID patients; this mission saved many lives and prevented serious complications, it was the immediate factor that prevented the collapse of the Israeli hospitals. at the Yad Sarah’s 45th year event Gathering , at a national salute event at the Menorah Hall in Tel Aviv, which was attended by 8,000 (eight thousands) of Yad Sarah volunteers from all walks of life in Israel, the guest of honor, Aaron G. Frenkel, Accepted his appointment as The Chairman of the Yad Sarah International Board of Trustees.