MS-763: Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman Collection, 1930-2004.

Series I: Wexner Heritage Foundation, 1947-2004.

Subseries 1: General Files, 1949-2004.

Box Folder
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Steinhardt, Michael. 2003.

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 MEETING AT MICHAEL STEINHARDT'S OFFICE
JANUARY 16, 2003

1. Present: Michael Steinhardt

Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman
Richard Wexler
Steve Nasatir
Joseph Rackman

2. Articles concerning the basic premise: survival of the Jewish

community in the U.S.

a.) Chapter 43 of ((Roots of the Future"

b.) Alan Dershowitz
c.) Arthur Hertzberg
d.) Adin Steinsaltz

3. Form a Corporation- Joseph Rackman, lawyer, is the N.Y. partner of

Hogan and Hartson. He offers his services.

4. Decide on Name.

5. List from which board members may be chosen.

6. List of prospects for minimum of ten million each.

7. Two Statements of Case, written after the meeting.

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4.)

Possible Candidates for Board of Directors

vJ. Leslie H. Wexner

/i. Michael Steinhardt
3. Bruce Soll
4. John Ruskay
5. Nathan Laufer
6. Gary Rosenb latt
7. David Edell
vB. Richard Wexler
9. Richard Joel
vfO. Bud Meyerhoff

vi 1. Gordon Zacks
v(2. Steve Nasatir
vf'3. Harvey Krueger
14. Gershon Kekst
"1'5. Morris Offit
16. Barry Goren
17. Mark Lit
18. Ramie Arian
19. Abba Eban (Hon.)
vio. Jack Wertheimer
"21 . Alan Slifka
22. Israeli Council- General Alon Pinkas
23. Peter Joseph
 5.)

POTENTIAL PROSPECTS

J) Walter Annenberg

2) Arthur Belfer

3) Alan Bildner, N.J.

4) Blaustein Fndn.- Baltimore

5) H + R Block, Kansas City

6) Michael Bloomberg- Patricia E. Harris, Deputy Mayor for Administration

Sometimes advises the mayor on charities

7) Shepard Broad Fndn.

8) Stewart Colton

. / 9) Lester Crown, Chicago

I 0) Cummings Fndn.

I I) Bill Davidson

12) Michael Dell- via Mark Lit, Federation Exec.

13)Draper-Fisher Jurvetson- via Josh Elkin or Harold Grinspoon (#24)

14) George Farkas

15) Factor-Feinstein Family, LA

I 6) Jacob Feldman, Dallas

17) Eugene Ferkauf

18) Irwin Field, L.A.

19) Max Fisher, Detroit

20) Flumenberg Foundation

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 21) Funders Network

22) Gates Fndn.- via Steve Ballmer, president Microsoft and via Barry Goren, Fed.
Exec. of Seattle

23) Richard Goldman- San Francisco

24) Sol Goldman Foundation

25) Alex Grass, Harrisburg, PA

26) Ace Greenberg- via Harvey Krueger?

27) Harold Grinspoon- via Josh Elkin

28) Jesselson Family- N.Y.

29) Haas-Koshland, San Francisco

30) Joseph Kanter- Miami

31)Kohl Family- Milwaukee

32) Harvey Krueger (and Greenberg 23)

33) Ronald Lauder- via Harvey Krueger?

34) Levitt Fndn. Lake Success, NY

35) Nonnan Lipoff, Miami

36) Mort Mandel, Cleveland

3 7) Bernie Marcus, Atlanta

38) Peter May

v 39) Meyerhoff Family

40) Millken Family- L.A.

41) Paul Milstein

42) Morris Offitt

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 43) Stephen Peck

44) Carol Petrie

45) Pritzker Family

46) Rabb Family- Boston

4 7) Albert Ratner- Cleveland

48) Bert Resnick~ NY

v 49) Revson Fndn. via Eli Evans

50)Dan and Elihu Rose- N.Y.

51) Edmond Safra Fndn. - gave $6 million toward $60 million goal for the Museum of
Jewish Heritage in Battery Park.

52) Maurice Saltzman, Cleveland

./ 53) Lynn Schusterman- Tulsa

54) Nathan Shapell- L.A

55) Shwayder Family- Denver

56) Larry Silverstein

v 57) Alan Slitka

58) Charles Smith- Washington

Robert A. Smith
Brother-in-law Bob- supporter of David Hartman

59) Sosland Family- K.C.

60) Abraham Spiegel- L.A

61) Steven Spielberg- L.A

62) Strauss Fndn- Baltimore

63) Michael Steinhardt- N.Y.

64) Stone Family- Cleveland

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 65) Leonard and Helen R Stulman
Charitable Foundation- gave $5 million to Johns Hopkins

66) Swig Family- San Francisco

67)Tisch Family- N.Y

68) Sanford Weill- N.Y.

69) Larry Weinberg- L.A.

./ 70) Weinberg Fndn.- Baltimore

71) Joseph Wilf, NJ.

72) Ray Zimmerman- Nashville

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 Billionaire List

1) Newhouse Family (Samuel and Donald)

2) Bill Gates

3) Sumner Redstone + Family

4) Mark Rich

5) Tisch Family

6) Walter Annenberg

7) Leslie Wexner

8) Ted Arison Family

9) Pritzker Family

10) Leonard Stem

11) Shaul Eisenberg- Tel Aviv (owns 73% of Israel Corp.)

12) Samuel Heyman- 90% GAF chemicals (Sam + Ronnie)

13) Rudin Family (Jack+ Lewis)

14) George Soros

15) Jeffrey Epstein

16) Edgar Bronfman

17) Eli Broad- Los Angeles

18) Hank and Maurice Greenberg (AIG group)

19) Abraham? (Slim Fast)- Palm Beach

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 [ JEWISH WORLD
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New U.JC fundi "g for Israel
-.- Er
The United Jewish Communities announced S28.l
million in new emergency funding to supporl ISToeli.L
The funds, donated lo the UJC's Israel Emergency
Campaign, will be used for emergency medical services
ond for preventing and relieving lroumo.
funds olso will be earmarked for supporting
Argentinian immigrants to Israel.
New Israel Fund cuts back
The New lsroel Fund will cenrrolize ond scale
bod its U.S. offices in rhe hopes of pumping S1million
more loward peoc.e and social jusJice efforts in Israel
The Washington-hosed group, which promotes
peace ond ci11il righ~ progroms in hroel, will dose
regional offices in Boston, Chirogo and Los Angeles
ood expand hubs in New Yock and Son Francisco, the
group announced Thursday.
The move, aimed ol lowering the group's~­
head and ronsolidoting operations, should large~
fund the odditionol Sl million fol Israel, officiols sold.
The fund so id~ hos awarded S120 million to 700
Israeli groups since 1979.
f .U. office probes P.A..
The European Union's onti-froud offire roid it
hos bee11 investigating the Palestinian Authorily's use
of E.U.-donoted funds.
The office soid Wednesday the probe wos hosed
on allegations rhot some mo11eys ore being used to
fund lerroriYn.
The inquiry hos been going Oil for several
monrhs. ~we d&ided to onnoumo: it publicly ofter
media reports thar on investiga~on wos under way,•
a spokesman for the office soid.
!he announcement rome Otllid coils from E.U.
lowmokers lhQI the European Parliament loondl ifs
own inquiry into how the Polcslinlon Authe>rily is using
E.U. funds.
Allege d Nazi expelled
Costa Rico ~elled u11 alleged Nazi war crimmol.
Horry Manni!, 82, wos prmnfed from moving from
Venezuela to Costa Rica oker !he U.S. Justice Depart·
men! notified officials in Coslu Ricothat he hod served students from k:inde~ to 12th grade.
with the Esronion Poliftcol Police, who colloboroted
wilh the N02is during VIOfld Wor II.
ffroim Zuroff, d ir~oor ol The Simon Wiesenthol ,
Center's Jerusolem office, prois:d Cosio Rica's• prom pl day si;hool and iofos~d her wilb :! Jo,·e for Iewi£h learning.
odion in den~ng oknown Holocou.u perpetrator the
priVilege of residing in Cosro Rico, one of the world's
leoding democroti~.' Zuroff also coiled on Esronio to
prosecute Mannil. 'Ir is high lime tho! the Estonian
government linolly reoJize thof he is o Nozi wor
criminal ond Holocousl perpetrator who must be
broughl to justice,· he said.
Philanthropists, educators seek
new strategy for funding day schools
Ry Joe Berlwfsky
LOS A.'t.JGELES (JTA)- Financial wizard Michael Steinhardt is hlunt iti ~st-ssu1 ~
the future ofNorth American Jewry.
1bc nextgeneratlon is "mostly Jewish ignoramuses," Stti.nMrdt s~)'3. ''\Vchaw•1' 1
convinced the general Jewish population ofthe ~lue of s Jewish cducm•on."
Steinhardt's bleak asse$mcnr was aimed not al Jews in general, hut at a select
llfOUp: those who bave doruttcd :it le~t S 100,000 - amf as much as SC\':!ral millio1\ -·
To Jewish day iichl)ok
'nlcre arc only 1,800 such major supporter of tbe country's approK.imately 70ll
Jewish day school<;, howc\·er. and that, St~inhardt says. is "not enough.··
·'We ru."Ccl •o double lhal numbu "
Steinhardt was 1tddressing the third tUlllual L>onor A~sembly of the Partnership fo1
Ex1.:ellcnce w Jc"'isll :Educ:it1on. the day-school advocacy group hl'. launchcd fh·e ~arr
ago.
For the first time this week. most big donors nungled wilh Jeudsh communal and
day sdwul professionals m a leaderslllp assewbl} of mcm: tb;in 600 pC'op!e, aiming lu
hammer out a national strategy ti) promote Jeu·ish tlay schiJolr..
The gathering comes at :i time whm many day schuuh, viewed as solid foundations
fo1 lifelong Jewish identify, arc str.lpped for funds.
AJid m:ioy who "-anr To altl'Drl cbr schools cannot afford the high i.:ust of o Jewish
et.luc.ltion.
Some 200,000 chlJdren attend Jc"ish da) i.chools 111 this country. 79 percent of
them Onhodox or fervent!\• Orthodox.
Among the top goals ~ft'he phllanlhmpists w:i.i; finding new sources of money.
1·0 bolster their ad,•ocai:y etton. the ~oup, kn0\\1l as PEJE, uffer:d thi: inillal
findillgs of a sarir-ey of 177 of th())c hi& r1ay-schoul ~porten;.
Thi.: g:roup also relc1m:d the rcsultl; of wlcn ·1cu.·s with 65 othn donor~. poteulial
donor~ nnd day school expcns.
The survey, conducred in Octobc:r anrl ~O \C;mber by TDC Rcsc3rch uf Bostcio,
found that among current donors, 49 percent give IL) da) s1:hools bt.'Cause they .>ce them
as ,·chides to "~lln Jewish continuity" ill1d 13 percent wl'rc mori,·11tcd to £:11 c.: becau~:i:
i they had a persotal C?nnection, such as a child ur lrr:mclch.i!J in riay sc:hool.
13ut among donors, nondooors and experts, the study fnuud:
• 81 percent believe that day scboi)ls ensure continuity.
• 78 percent SUpportcd day schools because of the kw~· "collr:cti~·e fu1UTc."
• 75 percent backed day schools OL'Cause they ''foster commt:mities of ~ommilll·d
J~ :·
Of those who respondl!d. 97 percent also "'!\°c mooty lo then· syiia~ogue; 92 percent
.Uded !heir local re&ration; 73 percent helped some kind ufl~rael-focuscrl program and
59 pc:n..-cru backed theu JocaJ Jewish t:mnnn.utity ctnter.
The donors surveyed ~:tilt.!d from 29 st'1Tes and C:an~<'b, u-e:e u.c..L!:tlly paron~ 01·
grandparents ofday school students and s.it on d<ly sch11ol boards.
One such do"or at the c11ntc:n:nce was Clair,e Ellman of la Jolla, Ca.. \\hose thrtc
cillldren attended the San Diego Jewish Acarlemy, :l plun1li:.ti::, 700-s111dc.ot sch(H>l with
Ellman~ just helped the sohvul raise S3.! million to.,.,,ard a m:w building, the
rargest single effort to date in the city's Je"'i~b conunuwty.
Born in South Africa, Ellman says her grandfather st3.rt.t'd ('.ape Tovm •s first Je'V·ish
B:.it she believes not all ar~nor~ support ednc:itmn for Lhc 'ainc: reason:..
'':\lot of people ate go~ Lu gin:: to Jc"ish edui:ation berause tJ1er reel so strnngl}
:;.bou1 cominuity," she says, "but oilso because uf a guilt i.:mn.plcx" 1har they personally
failed ltJ teach theiT children Jewish values.
Tbt study did not reach th3l c:onclus1on. though it did .find thar l 0 pcrceut of donors
said the most important r~asun to back Jewjsh cl:ly schools wa:; to teacli Jewish
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Rabbi Herbert Friedman

President Emeritus
The Wcxncr Heti1:2.ge Foundation
551 Madison Avenue
New York, NL'W York 10022

Dear He.rb:

Thanks for youc note and I look forward to joining you and Stc..-vc at 10:30 a.m. on the 16ch at
Steinhardt's offices.

I don't chink it appropriate to invice Lee to rhis puucula.r meeting; and l do not know who Alvin
Mars is, Herb.

In all events, I will see you at 10:30 11..m. next week.

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AGENDA FOR ~IEETING AT STEINHARDT'S OFFICE
- JANUARY 16, 2003

1. Articles concerning the basic premise : survival of the Jewish

community in the U.S.

a.) Chapter 43 of "Roots of the Future"

b.) Alan Dershowitz
c.) Arthur Hertzberg
d.) Adin Steinsaltz

2. Form a Corporation- Joseph Rack.man, lawyer, is the N.Y. partner of

Hogan and Hartson. He offers his services.

3. Decide on Name.

4. List from which board members may be chosen.

5. List of prospects for minimum often million each.

6. Invite Lee Twersky to this meeting?

7. Invite Alvin Mars to this meeting?

FROM JTA (212)643-8498
.17l'l DailyNews Bulletin
Vol. ao, No. 25
I T~P N.~~s ''!!!!~_~J
Bush budget includes Israel aid 1 /Jy .Julie Wiener
Presidenr Bush's budget reque)I iodudes in·
creased military aid for Israel.
Released Monday, the budget tails for $2.1
billion in military aid and $600 million in economic
aid for Israel.
This is in keeping wirh o pion to increase Israel's
military ald by $60 million each yeor while decreasing
its economicaid by $120 million each year until 2009
when, according lo the plan, U.S. economic aid to
luoe.I will end.
In the planned budget, Egypt will receive Sl .3
billion in military aid and S6l5 in economic aid.
This is the first time that economic aid planned
for Egypt will be higher than rhot earmarked for
Israel.
According ro rhe budgef Jordon will meive $250
million in military aid and S198 million in economic
aid, while the West Bonk and Gaio Strip will receive
S75 million, the usuol allocation for projeds run by the
United Stoles Agency for International Development
(Page 3]
UJC names two senior offic ials
The United Jewish Communities named two new
senior vice pre.sidenrs.
Nachman Shai is the federation umbrella's senior
vice president and director general of rhe Israel Office,
ond Ron Meier is lhe group's senior vice pmident for
human resource development.
Shoi most recently served as chairman of rhe
Israel Broadcasting Aulhorily.
Meier has been executive vite president of the
Jewish federation in Bergen County and North Hudson,
NJ., since 1994.
Dreyfus s tatue d ef aced
Anti-Semitic vandals defaced a stolue in Paris
honoring Allred Dreyfus.
The vandals mowled oStar of David and wrote
the words •oirty Jew' ou the statue.
In acase that sparked a wave of anti-Semitism in
France, Dreyfus, a Jewish coploin in the French army,
was falsely convidcd in 1894 or treason, publicly
degraded and sent lo Devil's Island, a penal rolony in
Souln America.
He served five years of a lrfe senrence belort
receiving a presidential pardon.
Published by JTA-The Global News Service of the Jewish People
(TUE) 2. 5' 02 23 :25/ ST.19: 42/ N0. 4261235162 p '/.
Wednesday. February 6, 2002 85th Year
:
UJC considers retur ning
to known brand name - U.JA
NEW YORK (ITA)- Whe.11 the North American Jewish feder.1liun system chose
the namt ''United Jc:wish Communities" three yeats ago, some insiders joked that since
the first two words already appeared in lhe name of one of the groups wt preceded it,
"c(lmmunities" was the most expen.-;ive wotd in the Jewish lel.'.icon.
The new name- dccid¢d oo ~\c:r focus group research and input from consul~nt>
- represented the merger of the United Jewish Appeal, Council of Jewish FederanozH
, ~nd United lsrsel Appeal.
Uut now, st the request of sevc.·nl member fecl~tio.as, including Detroit anl
Ch1c:igo, the UJC is considering changing its name again- back to the United Jewis:1
Appeal.
While supporters of the id~ say rhe change could impro' e the group's 0:1.m::
recognition and reaffirm its commitmenl to overseas needs, others say the UJA nam<?
carries negative baggage, and thal iris ultimately more import.ant what the group c..loes
than what it calls itself.
The UJC is the umbrella for J89 North American federation.~, Jewish phllaatlJiopies
thc1l raise and aUocat.e money for c:nm.llll.Ullty needs domestically and overseas, a.nci 400
independent communities.
The group, 'Mlicb L!Ilderwcnc a full leadership cha.age at the top this fall, i~ c:urremly
in the process of uying to move: from the merger sugc: - in which it was preoccupied
wtth hammering out governance issues - to bt!coming a more a~li\·e player.
Tut UJC is in the middle of a pnority-settmg proce~s. in which ir is undc:r pi e~smc
to ot1er strong leaders.hlp :ind Vision and be: a coordinating body, while .tlso trimming
1t' approximately $42 million annual budget.
lt also is struggling to wiite its dh·ersc 3.lld sometime.o; disencha111cd mernbl!r
fodc:r.i.lions.
Some federations believe the UJC bas not offered enough service:; to justify ilS b!s
budget
OtbeJS art disappointed bec3USC: their hopr.."1l wt the merger would result rn larg::r
federation allocations for overseas needs have go.oe unfulfilled.
Federation campaigns wsed a total ofS850m11lio.nin1001, S2!1 million inorc th;.n
Ill 2000. That is on top ofsepar~tc funds m:;ed as part of an Isnie) ~<"l id.arily i.niti3th·
and for endowments.
"The issue is simply that we had whal marketers would call a significanr amuuul
ofbr.i.nd equity in the UJA name.'' s:iid James Tii:ch. ch.airman of the UJC hoard.
"You sayUJA to people, and they know whac you're t.alkin~ abouc," he sui<l. "Yc1u
say UJC, and~ often than nor they don't know, unless you're talking to pcl1ptc: lh:it
ai e into ~idc.the-park baseball."
The disawion is still in itS early stagc:s, Tisch said, adding tlial h~ does nm }et
have an opinion o.n the matter.
Ric:ba.rd I>carlsione, the t:JC's lay leader in charge of marketing. is ~atherbg
information. but member federations have not yet received a proposal or any derails in
writing.
"A number of federations hrought up the issue and we're taking it under adri! e-
m~·nt." Tisch said.
fotmded in 1938, tbc t 'nn:J Je'll·ish Appeal ran widespread :incl J:ugely succ:css::\JI
~rJss-roots fund·r.tising campai~'lls that made tl :i household ns.me
For some, the UJA era rcprcsMts a heyday in American k"'1sh communal
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3.) + 4.)

POSSIBLE NAMES FOR CORPORATION

1) (UJA) New Century Fund

2) (UJA) Fund for the Jewish Future

3) (UJA) Capital Fund for Survival

Questions

1. Do we want to use the 60-year old Brand Name?

2. If so, investigate who owns that name.
3. Several persons liked #2 the best.
2.) + 3.)

POSSIBLE NAMES FOR CORPORATION

1) (UJA) New Century Fund

2) (UJA) Fund for the Jewish Future

3) (UJA) Capital Fund for Survival

Questions

1. Do we want to use the 60-year old Brand Name?

2. If so, investigate who owns that name.
3. Several persons liked #2 the best.
 Suggestions for Board of Governors
After discussion with Joseph Rackman April 3, 03
People can easily be added or dropped

Directors

Michael Steinhardt- Chairman

Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman- Founder

Richard Wexler- Campaign Chair

Dr. Steven Nasatir- President, CEO

Executive Committee at Large

Morris Offitt
Dai
Vol. 81 . No. 37
AJan Slifka

Edgar Bronfman TOP_NEWS IN BRIEF

Woman fo head JA~I hoard
I
John Ruskay
Cqr_ole Solomon will become the new chair of the
sOo1d of Gover110ts ofrl\e Jei.ish 4a~oel,
Lester Crown orrOl'ding ro informed sources.
Solomon, rhe choir or rne Compoign/Financiol
Lynn Shusterman Resource Oevelopmenl Pillar of the United Jewish
Communities, emerged os rhe choice during meetings
rhis week of rhe Jewish Agency's Boord oi Governors in
Susan K. Stem Jerusalem
Solomon was opproved unanimously Sunday by
Carole Solomon - J't'- J"tf1 4.t""''c:.lc. rhe Jewish Agency's nominating commilree, which '
includes reprmntorives of the United Jewish Commu-
Harvey Krueger nilies and Keren Hoyesod, ond on Mondoy by lhe
Wotld Zionist Organization.
She is e.cpetted robe for molly approved Tuesdoy
Jack Wertheimer by the enlire Board of Governors.
Solomon, vrho lives in Hew York. sucreeds Alei
Gary Rosenblatt Grau, the founder of Rit~ Aid, who served for four
yeo1s.
Eli Evans She 11t'1l 1 be the board's first f!mole mair. Solo.
mon beo1 oul Robert Goldberg, chairman rifthe Wrs
uewlive a>mmittee, ond Richard Peorlston!, chair of
Daniel Rose l~e Jewish Agency's Budger ond Finona: Committee.
Her term would begin in June.
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Memo to Michael

1. Summary of Purpose

2. Joseph Raclanan re: corporation board

3. Contact with Joe Imberman (sent him a plan) . He's completely

sympathetic to the basic premise and wishes to help by talking to
federation endowment directors in New York, Chicago, Baltimore and
San Francisco.

4. Rabbi Brian Lurie (David Gilo)

(Richard Goldman)

5. Leon Levy- Mega-Gifts not to Jewish causes.

6. Pick prospects and decide how to solicit

7 . Philadelphia - good reaction- Irv Geffen 215- 832-5000, campaign

director; v.p. fundraising, secretary Donna.

8. Bill Gates- Microsoft- strong on Israel

9. Michael Dell- via Mark Lit, local Federation, Exec.

UJA-Federation Leadership Page 1of3

Our Leadership

President
Larry Zicklin *

Chair of the Board

Morris W. Offit*

Executive Vice President & CEO

John S. Ruskay

General Chairs
2003 Campaign
Harvey Schulweis*
Susan K . Stern *

Vice Chai r, 2003 Ca mpaign &

Chair, Women's Cam paign
Joan Ginsburg *

Chair, Special Gifts

Jerry W. Levin *

Commission Chairs
Marion Blumenthal*
Cheryl Fishbein *
Liz Jaffe*
Sidney Lapidus *

Treas urer
Paul J. Konigsberg *

Secretary
Judy E. Tenney*

Executive Committee At Large

Lynn Korda Kroll *
Roger Einiger*
Merryl Tisch*
Marc A. Utay*
Roy J. Zuckerberg *

Honorary Officers
Meshulam RikJis
Laurence A. Tisch

Life Trustees
Robert H. Arnow
Lawrence B. Buttenwieser
George H. Heyman, Jr.
William Kahn
Irving Schneider

http://www.ujafed ny.org/About_Us/Our°/o20Leadership.htm 1/22/2003

OJA-Federation Leadership Page 2 of3

Stephen Shalom
Dan iel S. Shapiro
Samuel J. Silberman
Sanford Solender
Wilma S. Tisch
lames L. Weinberg
Elaine K. Winik

Life Benefactors
The Belfer Family
Jack & Zella B . Butler Foundation
The Fisher Family
Leo & Julia forchheimer foundation
Ruth & David Gottesman
Kathryn & Alan C. Greenberg
The lesselson family
Leni & Peter W. May
Henry & Lucy Moses Foundation, Inc.
The William Rosenwald Family
Jack & Lewis Rudin
Family of S.H. & Helen R. Scheuer
Helen & Irving Schneider
The T i sch Family
Wachtel! , Lipton, Rosen & Katz
The Weiler Arnow Family
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Past Chairs, Board of Directors

Morton A. Kornreich
Joseph Gurwin
Irwin Hochberg
Larr y A . S i lver stein
Judith Stern Peck
Larry Zicklin

Past Presidents
Peggy Tishman
David G. Sacks
Alan S. Jaffe
Louise B. Greilsheimer
lames S. Tisch

Executive Vice Presidents Emeritus

Er nest W . Michel
Ste phen D . Solender

* Executive Committee member

http://www.ujafedny.org/About_Us/Our°/o20Leadership.htJn 1/22/2003
 Billionaire List

I) Newhouse Family (Samuel and DonaJd)

i ,~ l,'""- 4'("1'1'&.Jc.
2) Bill Gates ,.. J4. ..

3) Sumner Redstone + Family

4) Mark Rich

5) Tisch Family

6) Walter Annenberg

7) Leslie Wexner

8) Ted Arison Family

9) Pritzker Family

I0) Leonard Stem

11) Shaul Eisenberg- Tel Aviv (owns 73% ofisrael Corp.)

12) Samuel Heyman- 90% GAF chemicals (Sam+ Ronnie)

13) Rudin Family (Jack + Lewis)

14) George Soros , h" rc.:d. ~c. "'c.. +1

.l\,Is (. . . A~
+. Ji--< °'-•1,..
~t. fw .. k- cL'e.1.

15) Jeffrey Epstein

16)Edgar Bronfman

17) Eli Broad- Los Angeles

18) Hank and Maurice Greenberg (AIG group)

19) S. Daniel Abraham (Slim Fast)

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 REPORT TO MICHAEL STEINHARDT

l. I asked Eli Evans for ten million - and tried to reach him again by phone.
We will continue to talk.

2. Mark Charendoff-the visit was lengthy, cordial, and he fully agreed that the
members of his JFN were exactly the people whom we have to reach with an
educational umbrel la, for they are the ones who may be lost in the erosion. He
accepted our premise, was delighted that you were willing to be the chairman and
explained that he could not soJicit his members, but when I suggested that he
could be the " shadchen" to match up a good solicitor with a good prospect; he
accepted that
 May 2, 2003
Fund For The Jewish Future

The Fund' s purpose

ls to create a massive umbrella of instruments designed to educate as many American

Jewish persons as possible: children, young adults, college students, adults, senior
citizens, new Russjan immigrants, non-Jewish partners in intermarriages, persons seeking
conversion to Judaism and non-Jews seeking knowledge about Jews.

The umbrella will include the following:

1.) Scores of day schools, from pre-school to elementary to high. These are to be
established particularly in towns and cities Jacking such schools, as well as larger
cities possessing schools, but needing more.

2.) Increasing the number of Jewish summer camps for that age group.

3.) A program of Jewish studies for Hillel groups on university campuses.

4.) Enlarging the successful Birthright program for sending young adults on trips to
Israel. So far tens of thousands have been sent and this must expand to hundreds
of thousands.

5.) Adult seminar groups with a planned two-year curriculum.

6.) Adult study groups for the 400,000 Russian Jews who have migrated to the U.S.
in the last decade, never having had the opportunity fo r such study in their home
countries.

7.) Hebrew language ulpanirn- based on the Israeli system.

8a.) Production of many more trained teachers and principals, by increasing the
capacity of the education departments of the three major theological seminaries.

8b.) Purchasing the Baltimore and Boston Hebrew Colleges to increase the numbers
of graduates.

9.) A massive endowment program for granting student aid. All facilities listed above
must have completely free tuition. This will open the doors for mill ions of
families to partake, children and parents alike, in all of these educational
opportunities.
Conclusion:

Knowledge of Jewish history, religion, literature, tradition and Modem

Israel, results in an individual's pride and a strong sense of tribal identity.
The intellectual and psychological values of pride and identity will reduce
the tendency to drift away, to assimilate. The Jewish Future in the U.S.
can thus be protected.

The billions of dollars which this program will cost are worth the rescue oftbe
millions of Jewish persons who will strengthen the Jewish presence in America,
which, in tum, will strengthen Israel.
3. Irv Geffen. the campaign _executive of Philadelphia, was approached by David
Edell, to receive me and to listen to the story. Edell did such a good job that
Geffen was prepared with a list of five persons who are perfect prospects for us:
Annenberg, Kimme~ Abramson (U.S. Healthcare), Pearlman and Robertson.
Geffen was actually excited at our project and promised to communicate his
reaction to Harold Goldman, the chief executive of the Federation. The only
worry Ge:ffen communicated to Edell was that if we succeeded we might be
hurting their annual campaign. I was prepared to explain the relationship of the
Fund for the Future to the local community, with the following example: I
suggested that Philadelphia should produce $500 million, and in case that
Philadelphia needed another day high school, we would build one there and
endow it so that tui6on could be free. If the Fund for the Future got money from
the local communfry, we, in tum would give it back to them in whatever
educational instruments they wanted. He was delighted to hear it, and asked that
we suggest the next steps.

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 Billionaire List

I) Newhouse Family (Samuel and Donald)

2) Bill Gates - )< ~ r,~ t....·... ~ tr?,·c/c..

3) Sumner Red.stone + Family

4) Mark Rich

5) Tisch Family

6) Walter Annenberg

7) Leslie Wexner

8) Ted Arison Family

9) Pritzker Family

10) Leonard Stern

11) Shaul Eisenberg- Tel Aviv (owns 73% of Israel Corp.)

12) Samuel Heyman- 90% GAF chemicals (Sam +Ronnie)

13) Rudin Family (Jack + Lewis)

15) Jeffrey Epstein

16) Edgar Bronfinan

17) Eli Broad- Los Angeles

18)Hank and Maurice Greenberg (AJG group)

19) S. Daniel Abraham (Slim Fast)

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ISRAELLine Microsoft's Bill Gates: Israel Represents

the Leading Edge of Innovation
Expressing confidence in the future of Israeli
technology, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said
that his company will exp~d its investment in
Israel in the future, YEDIOT A.HARONOT
reported ...We are investing and continue to invest
in our research and development in Israel. Our
team in Israel has recently been handed with some
challenging and ambitious tasks. They are working
with new developments, particularly in the field of
digital security. In this area Israel has an impressive
record of accomplishment," Gates said.
Gates said that despite the political and security
situation, Israel continues to represent the. cuning
edge of innovation, and Microsoft will continue to
no
be a part of it. "There is connection between the
war that lsrael is fighting and the future of th<
technology that is being created there," he said. He
added that while the company is al\.vays concemec
about the welfare of its employees, securit)
concerns "won't stop us from deepening ou:
activities in Israe I."
Microsoft Israel, founded in 1989, is one of th<
few Microsoft outposts abroad fully owned anc
operated by the U.S. parent company. Th<
Microsoft research and development center ir
Haifa is one of a small group of overseas centen
involved developing new products for the U.S
based company.
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SOUNDING OFF
'From 6 million in 1945,
there should be 36 million Jews
in the U.S. today.'
Outgoing ChiefAshken~i RABBI YISRAEL LAU, speaking to the
Jerusalem Post Monday about the effects ofassimilation, Jack ofeducation
and intermarriage on U.S. Jewry.