In Ashdod, Tsameret Football School is looking for kit and training equipment for 2026/27. Tsameret-Duna Chess Club is seeking partners for its children’s chess school and for Mind Without Borders, its maths and chess programme for older residents at City.
Duna Community Centre hosts our chess club and helps arrange a pitch for our football school. Both programmes appear in the 2026/27 activity guide of Ashdod’s municipal leisure network, Ironit Ashdod. Duna’s director, Marina Veksler, confirmed this cooperation in a letter dated 28 October 2026.
By 24 October 2026, Tsameret-Duna had held 10 tournaments. With Ashdod’s municipal chess club, we organised the Shavuot events on 21 and 22 May and the 6 summer tournaments. The season also included separate tournaments for children finishing kindergarten and for residents of the City housing complex. Both were played without a rating calculation.
Arkady Ryabukhin, director of Ashdod’s municipal chess club, helped with tournament planning and administration. He was chief arbiter at the Shavuot rapid tournament on 22 May. We submitted the results of rated competitions to the Israel Chess Federation.
We also run chess sessions with Beit Halochem.
The Israel Chess Federation lists Tsameret-Duna as active club no. 2418.
In 2025/26, the Super Papa supermarket chain contributed ₪10,000 towards the football school’s kit and equipment.
On 15 September 2025, we met Knesset member Tatiana Mazarsky in Ashdod to discuss sport for children and teenagers and how people with disabilities can take part in community life. The following day, our delegation presented the association’s work at a civil society forum in the Knesset. On 21 October, Knesset member Tatiana Mazarsky joined us at Duna Community Centre for the opening of Tsameret Hashivyon and welcomed the guests.
On 9 November 2025, Nikita Bezman met former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in person at a public gathering in Ashdod and told him about the association’s work.
On 25 February 2026, deputy mayor Shimon Katznelson and Ofir Lasri, who oversaw culture at city hall, attended the opening of our chess club. Oren Tavil, head of the municipal culture and leisure company, and Marina Veksler, director of Duna Community Centre, joined the guests at the chessboards.
On 4 May 2026, residents met MK Tatiana Mazarsky in Ashdod to discuss health and social support. On 6 July, our team met with municipal representatives about the city’s call for community projects.
On 23 October 2026, Knesset member Evgeny Sova and Ashdod Deputy Mayor Shimon Katznelson joined the players at our Ashdod Open rapid chess tournament at Duna Community Centre. Both greeted the players, and Sova also sat down to play.
Foundations can read our activity report, download the registration certificate, statutes and filing confirmation, and check financial figures in GuideStar Israel.
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On 6 November 2026, Microsoft confirmed Tsameret Hashivyon’s eligibility for nonprofit grants and discounts through Microsoft Elevate.
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Tsameret Hashivyon is registered with IsraelGives. On 4 November 2026 the platform approved the association’s verification under its Know Your Customer (KYC) procedure for Israeli charities.
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When you fill in a form on this site, your answers stay in the open tab. You can review the document, save it on your device or print it. You decide when to give it to the association and arrange delivery with the organiser.
A foundation can fund a series of classes or cover children’s entry fees. A company or community organisation can sponsor a chess tournament or co-organise one with the club. The Ashdod Open on 23 October 2026 shows what a tournament day looks like, from the games to the awards.
For a proposal tailored to your organisation, contact Nikita Bezman, chair of Tsameret Hashivyon. Together we can define the activities, dates, costs in shekels, resources already available and the contribution sought. We can also agree what the activity report will cover.
Nikita Bezman, chair of the association
nbezman@tsamerethashivyon.com