Israeli Uri and Yael Poliavich are prominent Jewish entrepreneurs and philanthropists known for founding the Yael Foundation and leading the tech firm Soft2Bet. Americans Rabbi Eli and Raizel Rosenfeld are the main Chabad Lubavitch emissaries in Portugal.
Both The Yael Foundation and Chabad Lubavitch are major global organizations that heavily promote Jewish culture and identity. They focus primarily on funding, education, and community outreach worldwide.
In Portugal, the Yael Foundation operates through a partnership with Chabad Portugal, with a Sintra school intended to be its flag-bearer hub in the country. Given the smallness of the Jewish people, its success has always been linked to high levels of concern for education. Key elements driving this include ancient religious laws, communal schools, and a culture of lifelong learning.
The Yael Foundation purchased the former Impala group headquarters in Sintra for €8 million to convert it into a private Jewish school, which aligns with plans to establish localized International Baccalaureate (IB) World Schools.
Such a beautiful and important project was reported in the Portuguese press with two words: "Illegal Casinos". The continued attacks against Jewish success persist and many are saying it is beginning to be time for Israeli security to put an adequate remedy into this. If not, Jewish life is becoming impossible.
Uri Poliavich is the founder and CEO of Soft2Bet, a massive global provider of online casino and sportsbook software platforms. A poisoned report dubbed the #Soft2betFiles, published by the so- called "Investigate Europe" and "European media partners", alleged that behind Soft2Bet’s fully licensed business operations, the group’s infrastructure has been linked to a vast web of unlicensed or blacklisted gambling platforms generating hundreds of millions of euros.
Soft2Bet has strongly denied any wrongdoing, stating that the journalists' findings reflect a "misleading and incorrect interpretation" of its business operations and asserting that the company complies with all regional legal frameworks.
The Yael Foundation strengthens global Jewish identity by funding schools, providing grants, and building educational networks for children in underserved diaspora communities. Its core Jewish work spans formal and informal learning across 45 countries, supporting tens of thousands of students.
Chabad Lubavitch is headquartered at 770 Eastern Parkway, located in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. This famous building serves as the main global and U.S. center for the worldwide Chabad movement connected with 120 countries and all the powerful nations of the Earth.
