Women's Basketball Club
Hapoel Lev Jerusalem
A place that leads in the educational, professional, community and multicultural processes for the empowerment, promotion, and development of girls, teenagers, and women in Jerusalem
Our Vision
Sports activities for girls in the heart of Jerusalem
Hapoel Lev Jerusalem Sports Club is a long-term educational, value-based, and professional platform for athletic development and female empowerment in the city of Jerusalem. We are a women's basketball club using a holistic model that nurtures girls and women of all ages, sectors, and regions, and promotes popular, community, and competitive sports alike. The club sees in the city of Jerusalem, with its unique demographic diversity, the most appropriate place for the advancement of women from different backgrounds, and we will strive to hold sports activities among the various sectors in general and among underprivileged populations in particular. The club strives to make Jerusalem a leading city in women's competitive basketball in Israel, Europe, and the world
2021-2022
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Facing Forward
Our path to success in the coming years
2021-2022
10 women's teams: 120 players
Groups for girls with intellectual disabilities : about 40 players
Female Leadership in Sports project (WinS) in collaboration with the American Center Jerusalem / U.S. Embassy
Project for post-high-school national-religious women: about 80 players
Ultra-Orthodox project: about 150 players
2023-2024
Fifteen women's teams: 180 players
Continued work on community projects: about 100 players
Female Leadership in Sports project (WinS) in collaboration with the American Center Jerusalem / U.S. Embassy
Project for East Jerusalem Arab girls
2025-26
Twenty women's teams: 300 players
Continued development of community projects: about 150 players
Female Leadership in Sports project (WinS) in collaboration with the American Center Jerusalem / U.S. Embassy
East Jerusalem Arab Project
2027-28
2022-2023
קבוצת בוגרות בליגה לאומית
אקדמיה לכדורסל נערות בחוות הנוער הציוני
2023-2024
קבוצת בוגרות בליגת על נשים
אקדמית כדורסל לנערות חוות הנוער הציוני כ20 שחקניות
אקדמית נשים בינלאומית (קולג') לגילאי 18- 22 בחוות הנוער הציוני כ15 שחקניות
2025-26
קבוצת בוגרות בליגת על נשים שמשחקת באירופה
קבוצת בת - בוגרות ליגה לאומית נשים
אקדמית כדורסל לנערות חוות הנוער הציוני
אקדמית נשים בינלאומית (קולג') לגילאי 18-22 בחוות הנוער הציוני
2027-28
2021-2022
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!Let’s Win
Hapoel Lev Jerusalem Basketball Club
Hapoel Lev Jerusalem Sports Club is a long-term educational, value-based, and professional platform for athletic development and female empowerment in the city of Jerusalem. We are a women's basketball club using a holistic model that nurtures girls and women of all ages, sectors, and regions, and promotes popular, community, and competitive sports alike. The club sees in the city of Jerusalem, with its unique demographic diversity, the most appropriate place for the advancement of women from different backgrounds, and we will strive to hold sports activities among the various sectors in general and among underprivileged populations in particular. The club strives to make Jerusalem a leading city in women's competitive basketball in Israel, Europe, and the world
Without them, it doesn’t happen
Meet our professional team
Lev Jerusalem Sports Club was established to be a real home for Israeli women's basketball. For me, the club is an educational-sporting platform that allows girls, teenagers, and women to grow and progress in any way they want–whether as a professional basketball player, or as a coach/manager, or simply as an attractive place to do sports, meet friends, and lead a healthy lifestyle. The entire professional team is totally committed to working for the benefit of the players and their families.
Jerusalem needs a women's sports club that will connect the city's residents to the activities that take place there. It is a great and exciting privilege for me to lead the club, create healthy and worthy infrastructure, and change the rules of the game in women's basketball–not only in the city of Jerusalem but in Israel as a whole.
Dr. Neta Abogov
Chairman of the club
Basketball for me is a way of life. With the help of basketball I have acquired the most important tools for life, which are diligence, striving for excellence, equality of opportunity, and personal and female empowerment.
Jerusalem is a complex and special city very close to my heart. After 15 years as a professional player and coach in Jerusalem, I can say that our players in Jerusalem, thanks to Lev Jerusalem Sports Club, will get a real opportunity to be leaders and pioneers, each in her own field and way, with the help of tools that they acquire in our club. I strongly believe in the women leading this amazing project with me: It is our life’s work!
I have no doubt that together with your help we can continue to empower and lead the way for more young girls to develop through basketball.
Rebecca Ross
Professional director, competitive basketball
Basketball for me is much more than a ball game. Basketball contributes to us and helps us develop in so many ways; it teaches us a lot about ourselves, our environment, and it proves to us that hard work is always worthwhile.
Our players, girls from grades three to twelve from all over Jerusalem and even from outside the city, choose to be a part of us, a part of Hapoel Lev Jerusalem. They invest their free time and after school come almost daily to the gym with one main goal: to learn basketball, get better, and to train as much as possible, to develop themselves, and most importantly: to do what they love and choose!
As their coach, I am excited, happy, and look forward to coming to the gym every afternoon and being there for them to make it all come true.
Adi Gelman
Professional coach, girls basketball
To me, basketball is an amazing tool of empowerment because it builds self-confidence, produces leadership on the court, and the team gives each of the players strength, a lot of laughter and fun, and also supports them in different situations.
Basketball is a tool that bridges and connects girls from different socio-economic background, sectors, and cultures.
After 18 years of working in the field with players from different sectors (ultra-Orthodox, national-religious, Arab, secular, and Christian), I believe that basketball gives everyone a real opportunity to feel equal when she is on the court, to break through and be a part of something big and powerful regardless of your background. All can play and all are invited to play.
Shira Amsel Zakash
Director of community basketball
frequently asked questions
We are happy to answer your questions
?Who is the target audience
The target audience for the club are girls and women ages 9-99 from the city of Jerusalem and its surroundings.
?Why women's basketball in Jerusalem
Many words have been written about Jerusalem and its being a microcosm of Israeli society. Jerusalem is a spiritual, social, and cultural center for many religions, population sectors, and work places. At the heart of the Jerusalem reality live girls, teenagers, and women, waiting for an opportunity—an opportunity to develop, to play sports, to get to know each other, connect, feel a sense of belonging.
This is exactly your opportunity to support Hapoel Lev Jerusalem, to create an educational-athletic-social infrastructure in which every girl / teenager / woman can express her strengths and dialogue with all that is similar and different around her.
?What are the challenges facing the club
The lack of women's sports in the city of Jerusalem presents the club with significant infrastructure challenges. The club thus strives to create an economic and professional infrastructure that will facilitate the establishment of the club and see to its growth for many years. By strengthening and developing ties with the city's institutions, we intend to enter as many schools and community centers as possible in order to expand our activities. Our professional goals include the establishment of an academy for girls at Jerusalem’s Zionist Youth Village and fielding teams that are able to play in Israel’s top two women’s basketball leagues (the National League and the Premier League).
What is the degree of involvement of the partners / donors in the various projects
For us, contributing to the club means a real partnership. We invite every partner to visit club activities such as basketball games, tournaments, and special events. In addition, every quarter we will provide you with an update on what is happening in the club in general and in the relevant donor project in particular. Each of our partners is invited to join us in our various activities throughout the year.
How will I know what has been done with the money I donated
For us, contributing to the club means a real partnership. We invite every partner to visit club activities such as basketball games, tournaments, and special events. In addition, every quarter we will provide you with an update on what is happening in the club in general and in the relevant donor project in particular. Each of our partners is invited to join us in our various activities throughout the year.
What is the added value of contributing to Hapoel Lev Jerusalem
Creating an athletic horizon for girls from a young age to develop in the world of sports in a way that allows them to reach their full potential in a variety of professional options (playing, coaching, management, etc.) with an emphasis on women’s needs in the world of sports.
What fun that you already have connected
We invite you to take part in our success and contribute to it
:A variety of donation options are available to you
Scholarship fund for players
Subsidy of participation fees for players from low socio-economic backgrounds
Community projects throughout the city
Hapoel Lev Jerusalem’s community project include: a unique school program in a variety of schools in the city of Jerusalem; regular weekly activities in institutions for special populations such as those with mental disabilities and autism; weekly basketball practices for girls and women from different sectors.
Sponsorship for the professional teams
Support for the adult women's team and the various girls' teams participating in the competitive leagues of the Israeli Basketball Association.
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Thank you for your attention
You can choose how to donate
First and foremost, we would like to thank you for your good wishes and of course for every donation. We will use your money for the exact purpose that you have recommended; the donation you choose to make can be a one-time donation or ongoing on a monthly basis. After clicking on the link, you will go to a secure clearing page; your credit information is not stored in our systems, and if you choose a donation on a monthly basis, you can cancel the donation at any stage
?Want to hear more
We would be happy to make an appointment with you
For any question, getting better acquainted with the club, watching practices, hearing about future plans, and more: let's talk
:Feel free to personally contact the club's chairman, Neta Abogov