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Growing Lacrosse throughout Israel
The Israel Lacrosse Association is the national governing body of the sport of Lacrosse in Israel. Our goal is to grow the sport of Lacrosse throughout the country with a commitment to use the sport as a vehicle to engage the Jewish Diaspora, thereby fostering a love and devotion to the Jewish homeland.
Growing Lacrosse throughout Israel
the sport domestically
members of the Jewish Diaspora to Israel
and win on the international stage
Israel to the world
programs to bridge divided communities in our region
Established in 2011, The ILA is steadfast in its commitment to grow the sport of lacrosse in Israel and elevate its prominence within the country.
Through school programming, community outreach, and collaboration with the Ministry of Sport, we bolster the sport’s significance and popularity across Israel via dedicated grassroots recruiting, instruction, and team-building initiatives.
By using lacrosse as a vehicle, we will create unique and meaningful opportunities to visit, coach, and train within the country. In doing so, we will also develop and strengthen lifelong passions and connections to our Jewish homeland. The ILA utilizes lacrosse as a platform to bridge divided communities throughout the country, leveraging the sport as a building block to foster relationships that build on similarities born from the commonality of sport and competition.
We promote meaningful, life-changing experiences within Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, and you can help us to expand that reach.
We actively engage more than 1,000 Israeli boys and girls annually through youth clinics, town teams, school visits, and community clinics.
Established the Kraft Family National Training Center in Ashkelon, the first lacrosse-specific facility in the Middle East, which features the Mack Family Field.
Annually engage with more than 200 young Jews throughout the Diaspora, helping them to establish their own personal relationships with Judaism and Israel.
Continued to improve standing on the international stage as we grow through the ranks.
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As leaders in the lacrosse industry, we are focused first and foremost on the development of our participants as athletes and people through high-performance training, elite competition, unrivaled experience, as well as expert coaching, leadership, and mentorship.
While enlistment to the Israel Defense Forces is mandatory for all Israeli citizens who have turned 18, for athletes from abroad who make Aliyah, flexibility in the level of commitment and the length of compulsory military service varies based on age, skillset, and physical residency.
We are tremendously proud not only of our homegrown lacrosse players who have earned Exceptional Athlete Status from the Israel Defense Forces, but also the “Lone Soldiers” who selflessly came to Israel solely to contribute to the development of lacrosse and have chosen to make extended commitments to the defense of our country and our people.
To learn more about Israel Lacrosse’s Lone Soldiers, please contact Jacob Silberlicht at jacob@lacrosse.co.il.
The Daniel Kraft Family National Lacrosse Center is the only lacrosse-specific facility in all of Europe and the Middle East. It serves as a center for our domestic lacrosse players to experience a higher standard of training.
Visit our National Training Facility during one of our many events or join one of our teams or outreach programs to train and play on the field.
Israel Lacrosse is committed to creating unique and meaningful opportunities to visit, coach, train, and positively impact our Jewish homeland. Help us use lacrosse as a platform to bridge divided communities, strategically engage the Jewish diaspora, and showcase what we love about our country and culture.