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TRUTH SHALL GROW FROM THE EARTH 

JUSTICE SHALL LOOK DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS 

PSALMS 85:12 

2002 ANNUAL REPORT NEW ISRAEL FUND

NIF Salutes Israel’s Supreme Court 

Out of deep respect and gratitude for the work of 

the Supreme Court, the New Israel Fund honors 

the Court in this year’s annual report. In 2002, our 

grantees looked to the Court, as they consistently 

have in the past, to protect basic civil and human 

rights, to help civil authority reduce religious control 

over everyday life and to preserve the integrity 

of Israel’s democratic process. 

The building itself — featured on the cover and on 

this page — brings to life Psalm 85:12, which served 

as one of many inspirations to the architects who 

designed it. 

We salute the Court’s ongoing commitment to 

Israel’s democracy. 

To the New Israel Fund: 

I am very pleased by the New Israel Fund’s recognition 

of the Israeli Supreme Court’s role in advancing human 

rights, equality before the law, and principles of fair 

government in Israel. 

Over the past several years, the Court has been subject 

to severe criticism, aimed primarily at weakening its 

authority and damaging its credibility. The critics are 

trying to make it difficult for — or even to prevent — 

the Court from effectively critiquing the Knesset, the 

government and other public bodies. Addressing this 

danger requires presenting the public with a true picture 

of the Court, its role and contribution to Israeli society 

— as the New Israel Fund seeks to do. 

As one deeply familiar with the Court, both as a former 

justice and a law professor, I can say that the Court is a 

remarkable institution, compared not only to other public 

bodies in Israel, but to its peers in other countries. 

As the final line of defense for human and civil rights 

in Israel, the Supreme Court decided, some twenty 

years ago, to open its doors to every individual and 

organization presenting a claim in the name of the rule 

of law. Through its gates have entered many of the 

country’s leading public interest organizations in their 

quest to protect human rights and ensure the fairness 

of government. These organizations have made an 

important contribution to the rule of law in Israel, 

with their petitions driving many of the Court’s most 

significant rulings in the field of human rights. 

As you salute the Court, you and the organizations you 

support deserve recognition and praise as well for 

advancing the values of the strong democratic society 

we all envision Israel to be — now and in the future. 

Sincerely, 

Itzhak Zamir 

Retired Supreme Court Justice

A Letter from the New Israel Fund 

Dear Friends: 

It is hard to believe that, as we write, Israelis and 

Palestinians have endured nearly three years of 

violence and horror. All of us who love Israel continue 

to live with constant concern for the safety and 

security of our families, friends and colleagues. 

With all our heart, we continue to believe that Israel 

— conceived out of tragedy and reared in war and 

insecurity — will ultimately emerge in strength from 

this latest chapter in its dangerous history. Yet with 

each passing day, our concern grows for the soul and 

the character of the country that survives the crisis. 

All across a world torn by terror and ruled by fear, 

safety and security have justifiably become paramount 

concerns. But concerns for rights and values, even 

for democracy itself, are increasingly dismissed by 

too many as misplaced — unfortunate but inevitable 

casualties in a time of danger and war. 

The New Israel Fund remains steadfast in its belief 

that the long-run strength and survival of Israel 

depend as much on its moral as on its physical 

strength. Even in a fight for security and to defeat 

terror, Israel must never give up its commitment to 

basic democratic principles of justice, freedom and 

equality. These values remain the heart and soul 

of the Israel we seek to build. 

No institution in Israel has been more protective of 

the heart and soul of the country than the Supreme 

Court. In 2002, Supreme Court decisions in litigation 

brought by lawyers NIF supports kept Arab politicians 

on the ballot in this past election. Court rulings also 

mandated that the government recognize as Jewish 

in the Population Registry those converted by Reform 

and Conservative rabbis, and placed limits on the 

army’s use of civilians as human shields. 

2002 saw other bright moments of hope as well: 

from the soccer field where NIF’s “New Voice in the 

Stadium” campaign brought thousands of Jewish 

and Arab youth together in a celebration of diversity 

and coexistence, to the halls of the Knesset where a 

SHATIL-assisted sit-in by persons with disabilities led 

to the protection of vital benefits and income for 

this vulnerable population. 

The work of NIF — of strengthening Israel's democracy, 

of standing up for the values on which the state was 

founded — is more important now than ever. In a time 

of war and political and economic upheaval, the advocacy 

community plays an especially important role in 

balancing state interests with individual and 

group rights. 

While this report honors the Supreme Court, it is also 

a tribute to our ever-growing network of supporters 

who recognize that our critical work must go on in a 

time of crisis. Last year, despite very trying economic 

times, individual donors contributed more than in 2001. 

Total support for NIF’s general operations went up, 

even as so many major institutions that support us 

had to reduce their grants. To all of you, our deepest 

thanks. To the Supreme Court and the Israeli public 

interest bar which NIF helped to create, our eternal 

gratitude. 

Sincerely, 

Peter Edelman 

President, Board of Directors 

Norman Rosenberg 

Executive Director 

Eliezer Ya’ari 

Executive Director, Israel

Overview New Israel Fund 

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The New Israel Fund (NIF) works to strengthen 

Israel’s democracy and to promote freedom, justice 

and equality for all Israel’s citizens. For nearly twentyfive 

years, NIF has been a leader in building a just 

and strong Israel, believing that Israel’s strength 

depends as much on its commitment to democratic 

principles as on its ability to defend itself against 

physical and military threats. Not only are these 

principles guaranteed in Israel’s Declaration of 

Independence, they are central elements of the 

Jewish tradition. 

A philanthropic partnership of Israelis, North 

Americans and Europeans, NIF is today the leading 

funder of social change in Israel. NIF has planted the 

seeds for much of the country’s vibrant public interest 

sector, and is providing the financial and technical 

support to help hundreds of national and communitybased 

organizations grow. 

In this time of terror and war, NIF is working to 

address three issues that are tearing at the fabric 

of Israeli society and also pose serious threats to its 

democratic nature and long-term survival. One is 

the widening rift within Israel between Jewish and 

non-Jewish citizens, the second is the growing 

socio-economic gap between rich and poor and 

the third is the tension between religious and civil 

control in a state that seeks to be both democratic 

and Jewish. 

While Israel struggles to assure the security and 

strength of the state, NIF is committed to addressing 

an equally important set of challenges to ensure the 

strength and long-term survival of Israel’s democracy: 

fighting for civil and human rights, promoting religious 

tolerance and pluralism and closing the social and 

economic gaps in Israeli society. 

To promote these goals, the New Israel 

Fund pursues an integrated strategy of 

grantmaking, technical assistance and 

coalition building. NIF nurtures and 

develops grassroots organizations that 

become the backbone of Israel’s civil 

society, and it partners with funders 

who share this vision of strategic 

philanthropy in support of democracy 

and social justice. 

Since its founding in 1979, NIF has 

granted over $120 million to nearly 700 

organizations in Israel. Our goal is to 

build institutions able to stand on their 

own — while constantly investing in 

new organizations and taking 

on new challenges. 

The following sections provide more detailed information 

on NIF’s work on the ground in Israel, with examples of how 

NIF grantees are making a difference, descriptions of major 

projects and initiatives and a listing of the organizations 

to which NIF made core grants of $20,000 or more. For a full 

listing of grants and more information on NIF’s grantees and 

programs, please visit our website at www.nif.org. 

LETTER / NEW ISRAEL FUND 

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2002 ANNUAL REPORT

SHATIL 

2002 Achievements New Israel Fund 

The New Israel Fund is at philanthropy’s cutting 

edge thanks in large part to SHATIL, the Empowerment 

and Training Center for Social Change Organizations. 

Founded in 1982 to complement NIF’s grantmaking, 

SHATIL provides NIF grantees and other social change 

organizations with hands-on assistance, training, 

written materials and workshops in the basics of 

nonprofit management. Topics run the gamut from 

setting clear goals, developing strategies, organizing 

issue campaigns and working with reporters, to 

building a board, raising money, managing volunteers 

and evaluating programs. 

Over the past 20 years, SHATIL has grown from one 

staff member serving 20 organizations to 50 ethnically 

diverse professionals, support staff and interns, with 

offices in Jerusalem, Haifa and Be’er Sheva, serving 

nearly 800 organizations. 

Its work today includes bringing organizations together 

in large coalitions to accomplish what no single group 

could achieve on its own. It also carries out special 

projects to foster citizen action on issues and among 

population groups neglected by other institutions. 

SHATIL accomplishments include organizing the public 

education campaigns that led to the adoption of 

groundbreaking legislation like the Freedom of 

Information Law and the Public Housing Law, and 

conducting training programs that have produced core 

leaders in Israel’s marginalized communities — Arab 

Israelis, Ethiopians, immigrants from the former Soviet 

Union and single parents. SHATIL plays a catalytic role in 

creating a vibrant and professional nonprofit sector that 

takes on critical challenges ranging from community 

organizing in low-income neighborhoods to improving 

educational opportunities for the Negev Bedouin. 

While economic and political conditions in 2002 made 

SHATIL’s work more challenging than ever, last year was 

still a year of significant accomplishment. Working with 

coalitions such as the Forum for the Struggle Against 

Unemployment, the National Forum for Single Parent 

Families and Za’akat Kol Ha’am (“Cry of the People”), 

a new Negev-based protest movement, SHATIL has 

been at the center of advocacy efforts to minimize 

the impact of budget cuts on Israel’s most vulnerable 

citizens. Victories for SHATIL and its allies included the 

government’s reversal of a decision to increase the 

number of months a person must be unemployed to 

qualify for income support; a decision to allow single 

mothers attending university to receive income support; 

and the creation of a special fund to offset the childcare 

expenses of women returning to work. 

SHATIL also focused more sharply on the role of the 

media, with emphasis on ways to counter its lack 

of attention to the social agenda generally and the 

situation of Arab Israelis in particular. For example, 

SHATIL sponsored a series of training sessions with a 

leading U.S. communications expert that was attended 

by approximately 180 representatives of social change 

organizations. SHATIL also teamed up with a private 

public relations company to establish a media relations 

center that will help social change organizations 

develop contacts with journalists and win greater 

publicity for their causes. 

2002 may well have been one of the most difficult 

years Israel has faced since its founding 54 years 

earlier. As the security crisis stretched into a third year, 

its impact on the economy took an unprecedented 

toll on jobs, incomes and government budgets. NIF 

grantees and all those working for freedom, justice and 

equality in Israel faced not only a hostile government, 

but a less sympathetic public and with it diminished 

economic support for their work. 

Yet, despite the pain and hardship and the everdeepening 

rifts in Israeli society, 2002 was also a year 

of achievement — ever more meaningful because of 

the surrounding environment. The Supreme Court — 

honored in our report this year — figures prominently 

in many of these achievements. It has played a central 

role in ensuring the country’s ongoing commitment to 

the democratic values on which Israel was founded 

and which NIF works to protect. 

The list that follows is but a small sample of these 

achievements: 

■ The Supreme Court ruled that the government must 

recognize Reform and Conservative conversions. 

■ The Supreme Court limited the army’s use of 

Palestinian civilians as human shields when 

searching for suspects in private homes. 

■ NIF, SHATIL and NIF grantees marshaled public 

opposition to a policy that would have reserved 

government-developed land for use by Jews alone. 

Faced with intense public pressure, the Knesset 

abandoned its initial support for this discriminatory 

policy. 

■ Jerusalem held its first Gay Pride Parade, the 

culmination of years of community-building 

around gay and lesbian issues. 

■ Land was allocated for civil burials in the 

Tel Aviv area. 

Leaders of the Association for the Struggle for the 

Disabled during their strike for improved benefits. 

■ Supreme Court rulings ensured that mixed Jewish- 

Arab cities include Arabic on their street signs, 

and reinstated free Hebrew-to-Arabic translations 

of civil court documents. 

■ Public companies in Tel Aviv were required to 

meet specific targets for appointing certain numbers 

of women as members and chairs of their boards 

of directors. 

■ The first advocate for the rights of agunot (wives 

unable to obtain a halachic divorce from their 

husbands) was elected to the committee that 

appoints religious court judges, and immediately 

placed women’s rights on its agenda. 

■ The Knesset guaranteed the right of children with 

special needs to receive essential support services 

wherever they study, not just in special education 

classes. It also barred the firing of whistleblowers 

who reveal corruption on the job. 

SHATIL assistance brought tangible improvements to 

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SHATIL 

SHATIL’s Director in Be’er Sheva, Dr. Thabet Abu-Ras, 

presents back-to-school kits assembled by Canadian 

schoolchildren to first-graders in Abu-Tlool, an unrecognized 

village in the Negev. The event was part of NIF’s 

campaign to highlight the need to improve education 

for Israel’s Bedouin citizens. 

the lives of diverse groups of Israelis. SHATIL projects 

helped Arab Israeli NGOs press for changes in land, 

planning and housing policies, and assisted homeless 

families squatting in public housing on a case-by-case 

basis to resolve their situations with the Housing 

Ministry. 

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Civil and Human Rights 

Protecting civil and human rights is the centerpiece of NIF’s mission. This annual report 

salutes Israel’s Supreme Court as the battleground where critical struggles to protect these 

Accomplishments 

rights are fought. Yet access to the Court for the aggrieved depends on the availability of 

lawyers willing to champion unpopular causes. Through its law fellows program, NIF has 

helped train some of the leading public interest lawyers in Israel. 

Banna Shougry-Badarne, a staff attorney with ACRI, is a recent graduate of the program — and 

hers is a story of fighting in the trenches on behalf of civil and human rights. 

The following are representative accomplishments of 

NIF, SHATIL and NIF grantees in the area of civil and 

human rights. Space limits what can be included in 

this report. For more detail on NIF accomplishments, 

please visit www.nif.org. 

■ NIF and SHATIL helped lead the fight against a policy 

Father and son walk in Dreejat, an unrecognized Bedouin village. 

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CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

Banna Shoughry-Badarne, a 

young Arab attorney, knows how 

to fit into the world around her. 

During a visit to the Bedouin 

village of Wadi Na’am, the 27- 

year-old lawyer sits down on 

the multi-colored woven rug in 

Ibrahim Abu-Fash’s tent and 

begins poring over maps of the 

area with Labbad Abu-Fash, 

Ibrahim’s younger brother. 

Both men are leaders in this 

makeshift village, and Shougry- 

Badarne’s clients. 

Banna Shoughry-Badarne “Here’s the school, and here 

reviewing planning maps with is where the residents want to 

Labbad Abu-Fash in the Bedouin 

put the health clinic,” she said, 

village of Wadi Na’am. 

explaining her clients’ ongoing 

argument with Kupat Cholim, 

the government health service. “The health clinic 

people want to put it all the way over here. It’s an 

argument that has been going on for three years, 

and there’s still no clinic.” 

The placement of a state-run health clinic is one of 

several issues Shoughry-Badarne has been arguing 

on behalf of the Bedouin in the Negev. 

She works for ACRI, the Association for Civil Rights 

in Israel, and is a graduate of the New Israel Fund’s 

Israel-U.S. Civil Liberties Law Program. Brought up 

in the Arab village of Kfar Yassir near Acco, she 

knows how difficult it is to succeed in a system 

that doesn’t consider her an equal. And yet Israel 

is where she belongs, she says, because it is her 

homeland and the country whose problems she is 

aiming to help solve. 

She always dreamed of becoming a human rights 

lawyer and went to work at ACRI after earning a law 

degree from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. 

The fellowship with NIF’s law program allowed her 

to spend a year in Washington, DC, studying at 

American University. The program, she said, made 

her a better lawyer by giving her an international 

perspective on civil rights issues. She rejoined ACRI 

as part of her commitment to the program. 

Her goal is to help the Bedouin realize their goals by 

working collaboratively with them, rather than doing 

the thinking and planning for them. 

“Every person knows better than I what he or she 

needs,” Shoughry-Badarne said. “I want to know 

from them what hurts them, and then to see whether 

working together we can change the situation through 

the court system.” 

On this cold, rainy morning she sits with the Abu- 

Fash brothers discussing the changes that have been 

made in Wadi Na’am, a town in which 5,000 Bedouin 

live in traditional, cement-floored tents, near a power 

plant and with only a dirt road offering access to the 

main highway. 

“I’m looking to attain at least a minimum standard of 

living,” she explained. “There’s a pile of issues here, 

and I’m only one person. But we have to work with 

what we have.” 

For the Abu-Fash brothers and the entire village of 

Wadi Na’am, however, Shougry-Badarne has made 

all the difference. 

“We never would have gotten this far without Banna,” 

said Labbad. 

that would have allocated government-developed 

land to Jews only. NIF’s news conference and its 

Ha’aretz ad generated massive support for a petition 

condemning the policy. The resulting public pressure 

ultimately led the Knesset to reject the policy by a 

wide majority. 

■ Bizchut: Center for Human Rights of Persons 

with Disabilities educated lawmakers about the 

importance of enabling children with special needs 

to receive essential support services wherever they 

study. The Knesset subsequently passed legislation 

that makes thousands of children with special needs 

eligible to be integrated into the educational 

mainstream. 

■ The Association of Rape Crisis Centers helped 

female survivors of incest persuade policymakers 

to raise the age by which victims of rape and incest 

as minors must report the crimes. 

■ The Hotline for Migrant Workers won the right 

for foreign workers to post bail while being detained 

in prison before a deportation hearing. The Hotline 

and Physicians for Human Rights won a precedentsetting 

commitment from the government to provide 

insurance policies for victims of human trafficking 

who are waiting to testify against their traffickers. 

■ More than 4,000 people marched from Zion Square 

to Independence Park in Jerusalem’s first Gay Pride 

Parade. The Jerusalem Open House was one of the 

primary moving forces behind this celebration of 

pluralism and tolerance in the Holy City, which was 

the culmination of years of organizing within Israel’s 

gay and lesbian community. 

■ The Israel Women’s Network (IWN) played a key 

role in the Tel Aviv city council’s decision to require 

at least 30 percent female representation in senior 

board and chairperson posts. 

■ The Regional Council for Unrecognized Negev 

Arab Villages completed eight border plans for 

unrecognized villages, as part of their ongoing efforts 

to achieve government recognition. Border plans for 

five other villages were recognized in 2002, and they 

are already negotiating with the government on 

zoning plans required before they can build or 

construct basic infrastructure and services. 

■ Adalah and ACRI successfully petitioned the 

Supreme Court to require the four major Jewish- 

Arab mixed cities to post street signs in Arabic 

as well as Hebrew. 

■ Oggen: The Association to Combat Corruption 

in the Business and Public Sectors built public 

support for expanding whistleblower protections. 

As a result, workers fired for revealing workplace 

corruption can now turn to the Labor Court or the 

Supreme Court for reinstatement. 

■ Seven human rights organizations, including 

Adalah, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel 

(ACRI), Public Committee Against Torture in 

Israel and HaMoked: Center for the Defense of 

the Individual, won a court ruling preventing the 

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from using Palestinian 

civilians as human shields when searching for 

suspects in private homes. 

■ When the IDF banned Palestinian farmers in some 

areas from harvesting their olives, ACRI filed a 

petition demanding that village residents be protected 

by the IDF and police during the harvest. The IDF 

lifted the ban and promised protection to any 

Palestinian who requested it. 

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2002 ANNUAL REPORT

Programs, Projects & Grants Civil and Human Rights 

PALESTINIAN INITIATIVE: PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF 

ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIXED 

ISRAEL WOMEN’S NETWORK (IWN) — $65,000 

ARAB CITIZENS OF ISRAEL –$322,000 This part of NIF’s 

FAMILY RIGHTS — $32,000 Advocacy efforts to 

Advocacy, litigation, research, education and 

program to advance the rights of the Arab minority in Israel 

advance the rights of mixed families, in which the 

training to improve the status of women in 

makes grants to nonprofits focusing on land, housing and 

Judaism of one or both partners is in question. 

Israeli society. 

planning, education and the development of Arab Israeli 

leadership. NIF has three strategic partners in the field: the 

Arab Center for Alternative Planning, the Regional Council 

of Unrecognized Negev Arab Villages and the Follow-Up 

Committee for Arab Education. 

SHATIL Projects 

ASSOCIATION OF FORTY FOR RECOGNITION OF 

ARAB VILLAGES — $25,000 Advocacy on behalf of 

Arab villages in the north of Israel that have not 

received official state recognition. 

ASSOCIATION OF RAPE CRISIS CENTERS — 

$40,000 A joint effort of Israel’s rape crisis centers 

to reduce the incidence of sexual violence and to 

KESHEV: CENTER FOR PROTECTION OF 

DEMOCRACY IN ISRAEL — $26,000 Media 

monitoring, activities to raise public awareness 

and advocacy on issues that endanger Israeli 

democracy, particularly political incitement and 

violence. 

MOVEMENT FOR QUALITY GOVERNMENT — 

PALESTINIAN INITIATIVE: EQUAL ACCESS — $837,855 

The second part of NIF’s program to advance the rights 

improve services for survivors of sexual assault. 

BIMKOM: PLANNERS FOR PLANNING RIGHTS — 

$20,000 Litigation, advocacy and education on 

issues of government accountability. 

of the Arab minority in Israel is this SHATIL-led initiative 

to combat discriminatory policies, laws and regulations, 

$38,000 Professional assistance in the development 

of alternative urban plans that take into 

OGGEN: ASSOCIATION TO COMBAT CORRUPTION 

IN THE BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SECTORS —— 

as well as to reduce inequality in the provision of basic 

account the interests of low-income populations. 

$23,000 Practical and legal assistance for people 

An estimated 4,000 marchers from across Israel turned 

out to celebrate diversity at Jerusalem's first Gay Pride 

Parade last June. 

services to Arab Israelis, including those living in mixed 

Jewish/Arab cities. The project promotes dialogue between 

Arabs and Jews and develops leadership opportunities for 

Israel’s most marginalized groups. Specific emphases 

include early childhood and special education for Arab 

Israelis, empowerment programs for Bedouin women 

and extracurricular activities for Bedouin youth. 

BIZCHUT: CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OF PER- 

SONS WITH DISABILITIES — $35,000 Advocacy for 

the rights of disabled individuals in areas such as 

housing, education and employment. 

FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE FOR ARAB EDUCATION — 

$92,000 Programs that advance educational 

services for Arab citizens of Israel, promote 

who have suffered as a result of uncovering 

corruption in their work settings. 

POLITICAL COUNCIL FOR GAY RIGHTS IN ISRAEL 

(PCGRI) — $25,000 Efforts aimed at advancing 

the rights of homosexuals, bisexuals and transgendered 

individuals in Israel through advocacy 

for non-discriminatory policies. 

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CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

Programs 

EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY — $251,590 This program 

works to make civics and democracy education an integral 

part of the Israeli education system. The program establishes 

teacher training tracks in universities and colleges that will 

produce educators specializing in this area; promotes the 

development of a core curriculum by the Ministry of 

Education; and seeks to ensure that resources for 

democracy education are available at all schools. 

ISRAEL-U.S. CIVIL LIBERTIES LAW PROGRAM — $169,600 

Established in 1984, this is the only U.S. training program 

in human rights law specifically for Israeli lawyers. Among 

the program’s 46 alumni are the country’s leading human 

rights lawyers who work in academia, the government and 

public interest groups. They form the cornerstone of 

Israel’s public interest bar, breaking new ground on a wide 

range of issues including the rights of Arabs and other 

minorities, disability law, children’s rights, rights of the 

elderly, religious freedom and the environment. 

Grants 

Because of space limitations, the following list 

includes general support grants of $20,0000 

or more only. 

ADALAH: LEGAL CENTER FOR ARAB MINORITY RIGHTS 

IN ISRAEL — $72,000 Litigation and advocacy efforts 

by and for Arab citizens of Israel to ensure the rights of 

this community. 

ALRABBATA: LEAGUE FOR THE ARABS OF JAFFA — 

$30,000 Advocacy efforts to improve housing in Jaffa 

for Arab Israelis. 

ARAB CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE PLANNING — $105,000 

Advocacy efforts to promote the equitable allocation of 

land resources to the Arab population in Israel, and 

increased representation of Arab citizens on planning 

bodies. 

ASSOCIATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN ISRAEL (ACRI) — 

$482,500 Litigation, counseling, monitoring, education 

and legislative consultation to establish and protect civil 

and human rights. Active for more than 30 years and 

NIF's flagship grantee, ACRI is the leading civil rights 

organization in Israel. 

equitable allocation of educational resources to 

Arab schools and develop specific goals and 

curricula for the Arab school system. 

HAMOKED: CENTER FOR DEFENSE OF THE 

INDIVIDUAL — $25,000 Programs to protect the 

civil and human rights of Palestinians in the 

territories and East Jerusalem, and advocacy 

efforts to improve Israel’s human rights policies. 

HOTLINE FOR MIGRANT WORKERS IN ISRAEL — 

$34,000 Programs to protect the rights of migrant 

workers and victims of human trafficking in Israel. 

IDAN HADASH (NEW ERA) — $25,000 Educational 

workshops and leadership training on democracy 

and pluralism for immigrants from the former 

Soviet Union. 

ISRAEL AIDS TASK FORCE — $20,000 Assistance 

to people with AIDS and their families; efforts to 

prevent discrimination against people with AIDS; 

and public education to prevent the spread of the 

HIV virus. 

REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR UNRECOGNIZED NEGEV 

ARAB VILLAGES: AL-AUNA — $125,000 Planning, 

advocacy and community organizing to promote 

an equitable solution to land issues in the Negev. 

SOUTH WING TO ZION — $27,000 Efforts to 

promote the aliyah and absorption of Jews 

remaining in Ethiopia. 

WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE–NAZARETH — 

$25,000 The first battered women’s shelter and 

hotline run by and for Arab women, and public 

education and advocacy campaigns discouraging 

violence against women. 

WORKERS’ HOTLINE: KAV LA-OVED — $50,000 

Legal and practical assistance to foreign workers 

and citizens who allege their rights have been 

violated in the course of employment in Israel. 

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2002 ANNUAL REPORT

Religious Pluralism and Tolerance 

Promoting religious pluralism and tolerance in Israel is the second pillar of NIF's mission. NIF seeks 

to liberalize religious practices for non-Orthodox Jews; reduce strict rabbinical control over critical 


aspects of daily life, from marriage to burial to the definition of who is a Jew under Israeli law; and 

support inclusive forms of Jewish learning. 

Perhaps the most serious impact of the rabbinate’s control Israelis feel is when they seek to marry. 

Below are the stories of two of thousands of Israeli couples who have had to marry outside Israel or 


NIF, SHATIL and NIF grantees in the area of religious 

pluralism and tolerance. Space limits what can be 

included in this report. For more detail on NIF 

accomplishments, please visit www.nif.org. 

avoid marriage altogether — either because the rabbinate would not marry them or because they 

wished to be married by Reform or Conservative rabbis. 

Ylona Skikovsty arrived in Israel in 1997 For Ylona, the issue is personal freedom and choice. 

and was recognized by the government 

For Orli Moss, an active Conservative Jew who was 

as a Jew because both her parents are 

brought up by her South African parents in Ra’anana, 

Jewish. Her fiance, Alex Goldberg, who 

it is a matter of rabbinic monopolies. 

arrived two years ago, was recognized 

as Jewish because his father’s father 

was Jewish. 

But when it came to marrying, they 

were told unequivocally that Alex was 

not Jewish and, to be married legally in 

Israel, he would have to convert under 

“Stepping into the rabbinate building is acknowledging 

their authority over me and over Judaism,” Moss said. 

“I don’t think they can monopolize that authority.” 

Moss and her fiance, Jonathan Cummings, a British 

immigrant who was brought up in the Reform movement, 

became engaged last November. They wanted 

Orli Moss and 

the auspices of the Orthodox rabbinate, Jonathan’s uncle, a Reform rabbi in England, to 

Jonathan Cummings are 

a process that would take at least six perform the ceremony, but they wanted to marry 

planning a wedding 

months. 

in Israel as well. 

ceremony that is 

meaningful to them — 

but not recognized 

by the state. 

Ylona was not interested. “I didn’t want 

anyone telling me what I should do.” 

Unlike many Israeli couples that choose 

to marry in a civil ceremony outside Israel 

One option was to be married by an Orthodox rabbi 

and then have Jonathan’s uncle perform a ceremony 

in Israel that was more religiously significant to them. 

Instead, during a recent trip to South Africa, the couple 

and then have a Jewish wedding in Israel with the non- had a civil ceremony in a Capetown government office. 

Orthodox rabbi of their choice, Ylona did not want to 

Now they’re planning their May 30 wedding in 

marry in Cyprus. 

Israel, an egalitarian ceremony to be performed by 

10 For now, Alex and Ylona haven’t decided what to do 

about getting married. 

"Many couples face the same dilemma," commented 

Zamira Segev, coordinator of the Forum for Freedom 

of Choice in Marriage and executive director of 

Hemdat, which promotes religious freedom. 

Jonathan’s uncle. But, in following their conscience, 

Orli and Jonathan, like Ylona and Alex, will not have 

their union sanctioned by the Orthodox rabbinate. 

The Forum for Freedom of Choice in Marriage plans 

to keep the issue of Israeli civil marriage high on the 

political agenda. With a new government that includes 

the secular Shinui party, Zamira Segev hopes to prod 

"Our goal is to change the law so that every Israeli will 

the religious parties to address the problem as well, 

be able to marry legally in Israel, according to his or 

so that Israelis can eventually marry whom and how 

her choice and belief," said Segev. "That means making 

they wish. 

civil marriages, as well as Reform, Conservative and 

Orthodox marriages legal." 

RELIGIOUS PLURALISM & TOLERANCE 

■ Petitions by the Israel Religious Action Center 

of the Reform Movement and the Masorti 

(Conservative) Movement resulted in a Supreme 

Court ruling that conversions performed by any 

of the three main streams of Judaism must be 

recognized by Israel’s Population Registry. 

■ With intensive SHATIL guidance, the Forum For 

Freedom of Choice in Marriage provided the 

Knesset with a comprehensive policy proposal 

guaranteeing Israelis the right to marry as they 

wish. Although the Knesset rejected the plan, 

the Forum’s proposal generated widespread 

media coverage and won public support from 

many key Knesset members. 

■ After years of unsuccessful attempts at dialogue, 

Kolech: Religious Women’s Forum arranged a 

groundbreaking conference in cooperation with 

rabbis from the National Religious stream of 

Orthodoxy on including gender and family studies 

in the state religious school curriculum. As a result, 

Kolech has opened the Institute for Gender and 

Family in Judaism, where rabbis and their wives 

are now formulating the new curriculum. 

■ The Knesset committee that handles burial matters 

instructed the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) to grant 

land permits for civil burials in the Tel Aviv area to 

NIF grantee Menucha Nekhona: the Association 

for Eternal Rest, which had already secured permits 

for small areas in Jerusalem and Haifa. Civil burial 

had previously been limited to kibbutzim and a 

cemetery in Be’er Sheva. 

■ Years of hard work are paying off for the International 

Coalition for Agunah Rights (ICAR), a SHATILcoordinated 

coalition advocating for the rights of 

agunot, women unable to obtain a religious divorce 

(“get”) from their husbands. The Israel Bar 

Israelis from across the spectrum of religious observance study 

texts together at Elul. 

Association elected the first strong advocate for 

women’s rights to the appointment committee for 

rabbinical court judges, who immediately placed 

women’s rights on the committee’s agenda. Also, 

ICAR members are staging vigils inside rabbinical 

courts in divorce proceedings that have dragged on 

for years. In several cases the husband finally agreed 

to a get. 

■ Panim and SHATIL convened a conference for 

pluralism organizations on ways to relate their 

work to issues that arise in times of crisis and war. 

Participating organizations, including Panim, 

Tmurot, the Israel Religious Action Center and 

the Masorti Movement, are working with SHATIL to 

build “A Jewish Voice,” a framework within which 

pluralism organizations can give voice to a 

democratic, humanistic Judaism. 

■ ACRI won a Supreme Court decision mandating 

that the Army provide glatt kosher food to haredi 

(ultra-Orthodox) soldiers. ACRI’s petition, on behalf 

of a haredi medic who had always had to bring his 

own food from home while on the base, emphasized 

that every soldier has the right to be provided with 

food in accordance with his or her religious beliefs. 

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Programs, Projects & Grants Religious Pluralism and Tolerance 

12 

RELIGIOUS PLURALISM & TOLERANCE 

Programs 

JOINT VENTURE: PLURALISM — $1,265,000 A partnership 

of NIF, the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Dorot 

Foundation, Joint Venture: Pluralism promotes the development 

of a pluralistic and tolerant Israeli culture that is 

inclusive of diverse approaches to Judaism and Jewish 

identity. In addition, it seeks formal recognition by the state 

for non-Orthodox institutions and activities, including 

the equitable and unbiased allocation of government 

resources. 

SPECIAL GRANTS POOL TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIZATION 

IN THE FSU IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY — $150,000 This 

initiative supports Education for Democracy programs 

geared toward “opinion leaders” within the Russian 

immigrant community. It seeks to broaden the community’s 

exposure to the principles of democracy, pluralism and 

liberalism; increase these immigrants’ trust in Israel’s 

governmental system; and accelerate the integration of 

immigrants and veteran Israelis. 

SHATIL Project 

RELIGIOUS PLURALISM - $105,555 Established in 1998 

to enhance religious pluralism and tolerance in Israel, this 

project aims to encourage diverse expressions of Jewish 

identity, strengthen liberal elements within Orthodox 

Judaism, facilitate religious freedom through policy 

change and promote freedom of choice in marriage. 

Grants 



or more only. 

ALMA TEACHERS COLLEGE — $20,000 A center for 

humanistic education in which Jewish studies, texts and 

culture play a significant role in the educational process. 

ASSOCIATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN ISRAEL — $20,000 

Research, a public awareness campaign and encouragement 

of public debate on the need for alternative marriage 

and divorce options. 

ASSOCIATION FOR ETERNAL REST: MENUCHA NEKHONA — 

$30,000 Pioneering efforts to establish secular cemeteries 

that allow pluralistic burial services. 

B’SOD SIAH — $20,000 Dialogue programs to build bridges 

of community among groups in conflict from across the 

political and religious spectrum. 

COLLOT IN THE NEGEV: INSTITUTION FOR EDUCATION, 

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE — $30,000 Leadership training 

for Jewish pluralism and social change; educational outreach 

to Mizrachim, new immigrants and secular Israelis; 

and a Bet Midrash program. 

CONGRESS OF RUSSIAN-SPEAKING JOURNALISTS — 

$22,000 Democracy and pluralism seminars for Russianspeaking 

journalists. 

DIALOGUE FOR HARMONY BETWEEN CULTURES AND 

TE’ENAH: A SOCIAL-CULTURAL CLUB — $30,000 Cultural 

activities promoting better integration of immigrants from 

the former Soviet Union and veteran Israelis. 

ELUL CENTER — $40,000 A center of learning where 

religious and secular Israelis come together to study 

Jewish texts informed by a variety of interpretations, 

ranging from traditional rabbinic commentaries to modern 

literary theory. 

ERETZ ACHERET: A DIFFERENT LAND — $65,000 A monthly 

magazine on Jewish culture and Israeli identity, giving 

voice to a broad range of pluralistic viewpoints. 

FORUM FOR FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN MARRIAGE 

(THROUGH HEMDAT) — $110,000 A coalition working to 

promote freedom of marriage and divorce in Israel, with 

special activities for university students and the Russianspeaking 

population. 

HEMDAT: COUNCIL FOR FREEDOM OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, 

AND CULTURE IN ISRAEL — $20,000 A coalition of 

organizations that uses public education and advocacy 

to promote religious freedom and tolerance. 

HILLEL: ASSOCIATION FOR JEWS LEAVING ULTRA- 

ORTHODOXY — $20,000 Assistance for individuals 

leaving ultra-Orthodoxy, enabling them to choose their 

own lifestyles and to adapt to secular society; activities 

include a hotline and efforts to obtain government 

assistance. 

HIZDAHUT: MOVEMENT FOR OPEN ZIONISM — $20,000 

New immigrants’ activities to promote Jewish pluralism, 

with an emphasis on encouraging mixed families to take 

part in Jewish culture. 

ISRAEL RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER OF THE MOVEMENT 

FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM IN ISRAEL (REFORM) — 

$55,000 Policy analysis, litigation and public campaigns 

on issues of religious freedom. 

KEHILLA: CENTER FOR COOPERATIVE LEARNING — $45,000 

Community activities and programs that promote pluralistic 

education in Beit Shemesh. 

KOLOT — $45,000 Educational programs to develop 

pluralistic lay leadership in Israel and to encourage 

programs that promote cultural dialogue between Israel 

and the Diaspora. 

KVUTSAT RE’UT — $25,000 Educational activities and 

leadership programs for secular and religious youth in 

a low-income neighborhood in Jerusalem. 

MASORTI (CONSERVATIVE) MOVEMENT — $60,000 

Efforts to establish spiritual centers in Ashdod for new 

immigrants from the former Soviet Union, and new student 

organizations working to promote pluralistic activities. 

MERCHAVIM: INSTITUTE FOR MULTI-CULTURAL AND 

DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION FOR ISRAEL — $24,000 A model 

program to promote shared citizenship, pluralism and 

multiculturalism through educational activities. 

MIDRESHET IYUN — $30,000 A creative Bet Midrash 

program in Tel Aviv in the spirit of the Masorti 

(Conservative) Movement, reaching out to secular Jews. 

MEITAR: COLLEGE OF PLURALISTIC JUDAISM — $30,000 

Educational programs that present a secular vision of 

Jewish culture, literature, history and values, and the 

establishment of a pluralistic framework in which soldiers 

combine active military service with Jewish studies, 

community service and student teaching. 

MIFNE INSTITUTE — $30,000 Promoting democracy and 

pluralistic Jewish education by training educators and 

rabbis who teach in the religious educational system. 

MOVEMENT FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM IN ISRAEL 

(REFORM) — $43,000 Projects to develop leadership for 

community activities and to expose secular schools to 

alternative ways of conducting and observing Jewish 

rituals. 

NEGEV COEXISTENCE FORUM — $26,000 Cultural, educational 

and social activities that promote cooperation between 

Jews and Bedouin in the Negev, with special emphasis on 

the problems of unrecognized Bedouin villages. 

NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM — $25,000 Coexistence 

activities of the School for Peace, and the kindergarten and 

primary school of this integrated Jewish-Arab village. 

NEW FAMILY: ORGANIZATION FOR FAMILY RIGHTS — 

$40,000 Legal services and advocacy efforts to ensure 

full rights for all types of families in Israel. 

NISAN: YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS — $25,000 Programs 

to advance the leadership skills of young Jewish and 

Arab women. 

ORANIM: HAMIDRASHA CENTER FOR STUDY FELLOWSHIP 

— $60,000 Educational programs for secular Israelis that 

NIF supports groups that are expanding the 

boundaries of legitimate Jewish expression. 

explore Jewish identity through pluralistic approaches to 

Jewish and other texts. 

PANIM — $48,700 Professional training, advocacy, 

information sharing and fundraising assistance to build 

cooperation among religious pluralism organizations. 

PELECH SCHOOL — $30,000 A progressive, pluralistic 

religious girls’ school that uses innovative techniques 

for teaching democracy, tolerance and community 

involvement. 

RELIGIOUS WOMEN’S FORUM — $50,000 Advocacy and 

other efforts by Orthodox women to promote women’s 

rights, equality in the family and equality in the community 

all within the framework of halacha. 

RE’UT – A RELIGIOUS PLURALISTIC COMMUNITY — 

$30,000 A new model religious school in Jerusalem that is 

committed, simultaneously, to halachic practice and use of 

a pluralistic curriculum. 

SHDEMOT: CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION — 

$100,000 Training enabling educators to teach pluralistic 

models of Judaism and programs developed by the 

Midrasha Center at Oranim; also a community-building 

project that trains local leaders to develop pluralism 

programs in their communities. 

SCHECHTER INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES — $35,000 

Pluralistic educational leadership and education programs 

in schools through the TALI program. The Institute is the 

academic education center of the Masorti Movement in 

Israel. 

T’MUROT: MOVEMENT FOR RELIGIOUS ZIONIST RENEWAL 

— $60,000 Educational programs targeted to the religious 

Zionist community in Israel, on issues of democracy, 

pluralism and religious tolerance. 

YESODOT–FOUNDATIONS — $105,000 Educational programs 

that explore issues of Judaism and democracy with 

students and teachers in state religious schools. 

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Social and Economic Justice 

Closing the social and economic gaps in Israeli society is the third pillar of NIF’s mission. In 2002, 

a deepening economic crisis and sharp cuts in government funding for social supports widened the 


and others. Implementation of the law is currently 

frozen pending resolution of the case. 

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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE 

gap between rich and poor, already the second largest in the developed world. Through grantees like 

Community Advocacy, NIF seeks to close these gaps by providing tools people can use to improve 

their lives, their community and their nation. 

Ayala Sabag’s story is the story of hundreds of Israelis who have sought help from grassroots organizations 

only to become part of the solution for themselves, their neighbors and so many others like them. 

Ayala Sabag stands at the 

makeshift counter, ringing up 

cellophane packets of white 

rice, bottles of olive oil and 

sugar. It’s a typically busy 

Tuesday afternoon at the 

food co-op in the Katamonim 

neighborhood of Jerusalem. 

For Sabag, 42, it’s the 

realization of one of several 

goals for her low-income, 

Some friends told her about Community Advocacy, 

an organization that works to maximize access for 

disadvantaged people to existing social benefits and to 

change social policy when there is no right guaranteed 

by law. Based in a storefront aptly called “the Rights 

Store,” it is a welcoming, unpretentious place to turn 

for help. 

“I fell in love with the place,” said Ayala. “They didn’t 

look at me like I was weird; they made me feel normal 

for feeling abandoned by the social welfare system. 

It really lifted me up, this acceptance of who I am.” 

somewhat rundown 

Community Advocacy’s Jerusalem branch reaches 

neighborhood. 

about 10,000 people annually: some 6,000 through the 

Ayala Sabag (fourth from right) 

and other Community Advocacy 

activists demonstrate against a 

“It took us 15 months to 

organize this place,” she 

said. “For some, it’s about 

cutting their food costs. For 

others, it’s about reaching out 

Rights Store, and another 4,000 through outreach and 

community organizing. About seven percent of the 

total served are from Beit Safafa, an Arab Israeli 

neighborhood located next to the Katamonim, one 

of Jerusalem’s poorest neighborhoods. 

government proposal to impose to the larger community and 

Even as Ayala began receiving assistance from 

VAT on basic food items. changing economic policy.” 

Community Advocacy, she began volunteering with 

Sabag knows something 

about community power. Orphaned at 10, she was 

raised by her seven older brothers, leaders of the 

Black Panther movement, a forerunner of today’s 

vibrant social change community among Mizrachim 

(Jews from Arab countries). After graduating from a 

the group. Since then, she and several neighbors 

helped create the local food co-op that offers basic 

food items at reduced prices. The co-op has grown 

from 46 members to more than 200 in the last two 

years, and Sabag is looking to expand it to other 

poor neighborhoods. 

local high school and briefly attending the Bezalel Art 

Sabag has also taken a leadership role in Community 

School, Sabag married and had children. By the age 

Advocacy, organizing women in the Katamonim area 

of 27, she was divorced, without a home or source 

to place their issues on the public agenda. 

of income. 

Did she ever expect to be a social activist Not 

She found herself in a deep depression, on the verge 

necessarily. 

of a breakdown. “It all just hit me suddenly,” said 

Sabag, flicking ash from her cigarette into a carved 

wooden ashtray. “I had four kids, and I couldn’t 

handle it any more.” 

“Community Advocacy taught me the ABC’s of how to 

have an impact on society for my benefit and that of 

others,” she said. “So I give back all I can.” 


NIF, SHATIL and NIF grantees in the area of social and 

economic justice. Space limits what can be included in 

this report. For more detail on NIF accomplishments, 

please visit www.nif.org. 

■ In a major victory for open space preservation, 

SHATIL and a coalition of social justice organizations, 

including Wellspring for Democratic Education, 

Community Advocacy, Mahapach, New 

Discourse: Democratic Mizrachi Rainbow, 

Bimkom and Mehuyavut, blocked the development 

of more than 1,000 luxury apartments in the valley 

adjacent to the Katamonim, a low-income Jerusalem 

neighborhood. The Regional Planning Authority 

designated the area as open parkland. The valley 

now remains the only green space for the 35,000 

area residents, and alternative plans are being 

developed for a community park. 

■ A petition spearheaded by New Discourse: The 

Democratic Mizrachi Rainbow resulted in the 

Supreme Court's voiding of a 1995 decision by the 

Israel Lands Authority (ILA) allowing kibbutzim and 

moshavim to sell their agricultural land to real estate 

developers. The Court ruled unanimously that the 

moshavim and kibbutzim would accrue excessive 

profits from the sales and that the ILA must manage 

state lands for the benefit of the entire public. The 

decision capped a five-year struggle by the SHATILcoordinated 

Land Forum and establishes a precedent 

for fair allocation of state resources. 

■ In June, the Knesset amended the National Insurance 

Law by cutting child allowances by four percent — 

with additional cuts of 20 percent for families in 

which neither parent served in the army or in national 

service. Seven Supreme Court petitions were filed 

challenging the legality of the cuts. The court’s 

decision to have all of its members hear the case is 

testament to the legal significance of the questions 

at stake. The petitions were accompanied by strong 

grassroots protest in which many NIF grantees took 

part, including organizations representing single 

mothers, Bedouin, Arab Israelis, Russian immigrants 

■ In a major gain for public participation in land-use 

planning, SHATIL helped residents of Jerusalem's 

Ein Kerem neighborhood prepare a groundbreaking 

petition allowing residents’ associations to develop 

plans for their own areas. By bringing this petition to 

stop planned development that threatened to shrink 

neighborhood green spaces, the residents succeeded 

in changing the neighborhood’s master plan. The 

SHATIL-coordinated Coalition for Public Participation in 

the Planning Process filed its own petition in the matter. 

■ SHATIL and the University of Haifa inaugurated a 

training partnership to offer a management course 

for senior staff and directors of Arab Israeli NGOs. 

The 19-session class, the only one of its kind, drew 

participants from throughout Israel. 

■ SHATIL helped the Association for the Struggle for 

the Disabled during a 77-day strike on the steps of 

the Knesset, assisting with planning and coalition 

building. The strike forced the government to include 

an additional NIS 300 million in benefits and 

programs for people with disabilities. 

■ SHATIL and Telah: The National Ethiopian Women’s 

Forum hosted the first National Ethiopian Women’s 

Conference in Tel Aviv. Women from 17 cities around 

Israel examined their evolving roles as activists and 

community leaders. As more and more Ethiopian 

women take on jobs to help support their families or 

enroll at university, they are becoming positive forces 

for change in their communities. 

■ After a four-year campaign, the Supreme Court ruled 

that the Ministry of Education must establish libraries 

at all schools in unrecognized Bedouin villages in the 

Negev. Setting a precedent for access to education, 

the ruling came in response to a petition by SHATIL, 

the parents committee and the local committee of 

Wadi Na’am El Azazme, an unrecognized Bedouin 

village. Until recently, there were no public libraries 

in any Bedouin villages. 

■ Yedid: The Association for Community 

Empowerment helped more than 17,000 families — 

a 75 percent increase over 2001 — receive a wide 

range of rights and benefits, particularly with 

respect to housing. 

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Programs, Projects & Grants Social and Economic Justice 

Programs 

THE GREEN ENVIRONMENT FUND — $895,000 The New 

Israel Fund’s partnership with the Nathan Cummings 

Foundation, the Dorot Foundation and the Andrea and 

Charles Bronfman Philanthropies is the first collaboration 

among foundations in Israel to protect and preserve Israel’s 

environment and to strengthen the country’s environmental 

movement. This consortium makes grants to dozens of 

local and national organizations and helps vulnerable 

populations participate in environmental decision-making. 

Major grants in 2002 were made to the Israel Union for 

Environmental Defense, Heschel Center for Environmental 

Learning and Leadership, Society for the Protection of 

Nature in Israel, Green Network, Arava Institute for 

Environmental Studies, Association for the Quality of 

Life and Environment in Nahariya and the Sheli Fund. 

democracy, equal opportunity and active citizenship. 

The first project of the NIF/IVN partnership is the three-year 

Education Initiative (EI), launched in 2002 in Tiberias. 

Partnering at the local level with government agencies, 

the EI strives to improve the achievement of Tiberias 

students and to create a model that can be adopted 

nationally when the pilot ends. 

The Initiative’s goals are to increase access to educational 

opportunity and technological skills in Israel’s peripheral 

communities and to increase the number of students 

who successfully complete matriculation examinations. 

Currently, only 40% of Jewish students and 20% of Arab 

students pass the exams, which open the door to higher 

education. An initial program review in October 2002 and 

test results from December have shown significant 

progress in student achievement in comparison with 

previous years. By mid-year, almost 50% of the first 

graders had reached full competency in reading and 

writing, much faster than in previous years. 

Grants 



or more only. 

ADVA CENTER —$50,000 Policy analysis, advocacy and 

public education on issues of inequality among various 

population groups in Israel. 

AL-AHALI ASSOCIATION — $30,000 Community organizing 

and educational activities that promote civic participation 

by Arab citizens of Israel. 

AL-ZAHRAA: ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN — $30,000 

Educational activities and community programs for women 

in the city of Saknin and the surrounding area. 

ASSOCIATION FOR ARAB YOUTH — $20,000 Activities to 

promote social involvement and democratic values among 

young Arab Israelis. 

Hanna Zohar, director of Workers’ Hotline: Kav 

La-Oved, advises foreign workers of their rights. 

ELKWAREZMI ASSOCIATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN 

THE NEGEV — $35,000 Diverse activities to improve educational 

opportunities for Bedouin citizens in the Negev. 

ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (ACRE) — 

FIDEL: ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION AND SOCIAL 

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Innovative NIF education initiatives aim to close 

Israel's social and economic gaps. 

ISRAEL VENTURE NETWORK (IVN) / EDUCATIONAL 

INITIATIVE — After working over two decades in development 

towns and with marginalized communities to close 

the growing gap between rich and poor in Israel, NIF is 

turning a great deal of attention and resources to the 

critical role education can play in ensuring that all Israeli 

students — particularly the disadvantaged — are 

prepared to participate in the 21st century economy. 

Two years ago NIF launched a groundbreaking partnership 

with American and Israeli high-tech entrepreneurs, called 

the Israel Venture Network (IVN), to develop entrepreneurial 

initiatives in education and social policy, which will promote 

SHATIL Projects 

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBOR- 

HOODS — $238,466 Fighting poverty in Israeli society, 

this project trains and guides local activists in organizing 

their communities. 

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE — $202,636 Training Israelis 

from disadvantaged groups, who often bear the brunt of 

environmental hazards, to become effective advocates for 

a clean environment, and promoting public involvement in 

the planning process. The project also sponsors an annual 

conference that is the premier event for Israel’s environmental 

movement. 

ASSISTANCE TO ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS 

—$289,551 Fostering Ethiopian leadership, this project 

bolsters efforts to improve educational opportunities and 

build strong community activism, with a special focus on 

Ethiopian students and women. 

ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS — 

$136,871 Advancing democracy, this project trains activists 

from the former Soviet Union to operate effective nonprofit 

organizations and provides a forum for networking with 

other activists from the Russian and veteran Israeli 

communities. 

THE EVERETT FELLOWS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAM 

— $46,000 Placing Israeli student interns in non-profits, 

thereby providing crucial human resources to social 

change organizations while simultaneously giving these 

students first-hand experience in the public interest 

community. 

$25,000 Community-based aid and community organizing 

among disadvantaged populations in Acre. 

ASSOCIATION OF BEDOUIN WOMEN TO PROMOTE EDUCA- 

TION — $40,000 Efforts to promote education among 

Bedouin women in the Negev by encouraging the 

community’s support for high school and university 

enrichment programs. 

COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND A JUST SOCIETY 

(MEHUYAVUT) — $50,000 Community-organizing in 

disadvantaged neighborhoods to empower the unemployed 

and educate them about links between social 

justice and peace. 

COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR ARAB 

STUDENTS — $30,000 Efforts to promote higher education 

for Arab citizens of Israel, peer support for Arab university 

students and advocacy for equal opportunity within 

institutions of higher learning. 

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY: GENESIS ISRAEL — $58,000 

Community-based legal and practical aid and community 

organizing in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Jerusalem 

and Be’er Sheva. 

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN — $20,000 

Education and training to empower women from 

disadvantaged populations. 

EICHUT HAHAYIM: QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE — 

$23,000 Program development for former Soviet Union 

immigrant organizations and coalition efforts to secure 

social rights. 

INTEGRATION OF ETHIOPIAN JEWS — $30,000 

Training enabling Ethiopians to serve as the liaison 

between Ethiopian families and the school system, and 

as advocates for appropriate educational services for 

Ethiopian children. 

FRIENDS OF KEDMA SCHOOL — $52,000 A model academic 

junior high and high school, for youth from disadvantaged 

neighborhoods, that can be replicated around the country. 

FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION — $20,000 Activities 

to involve immigrants in parent committees within the 

Israeli educational system. 

HILA: ISRAEL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION IN MIZRACHI 

NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEVELOPMENT TOWNS — $30,000 

Workshops, counseling and information to help parents 

improve educational services in underprivileged communities 

and development towns. 

HIWAR FOR ALTERNATIVE-DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION — 

$28,000 Establishment of an Arab state-run democratic 

school and a center for democracy education in Haifa. 

ILAM: MEDIA CENTER FOR PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL — 

$33,000 Advocacy efforts to ensure Arab citizens’ 

participation in and use of mass media as a tool to 

promote social equality. 

IMHA: ASSOCIATION OF IMMIGRANT SINGLE-PARENT 

FAMILIES FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION — $20,000 

Programs to promote the rights and interests of singleparent 

immigrant families from the former Soviet Union. 

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IMMIGRANTS FOR SUCCESSFUL ABSORPTION IN THE 

NEGEV — $25,000 Advocacy efforts in the Negev related 

to public housing policies and other social rights for new 

immigrants. 

KAYAN (“BEING”): THE FEMINIST ORGANIZATION FOR 

WOMEN IN ARAB SOCIETY — $25,000 Public education, 

training and consciousness-raising to promote a feminist 

agenda within the Arab Israeli community. 

KFAR QASSIM SOCIETY FOR INFORMAL EDUCATION AND 

CULTURE — $25,000 Educational programs, leadership 

training and community programs in the Arab village of 

Kfar Qassim. 

KOL B’SHECHUNOT (NEIGHBORHOOD VOICE) — $25,000 

Advocacy and community organizing efforts in underdeveloped 

neighborhoods, particularly concerning the 

availability of low-income housing. 

LABORER’S VOICE (SOT EL-AMEL) — $43,000 Advocacy 

and legislative efforts to advance the rights of Arab Israeli 

workers and the unemployed. 

LAGIYA: ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE 

STATUS OF WOMEN — $25,000 Educational and training 

programs to enhance the status of Bedouin women in 

Lagiya and surrounding villages. 

MA’AYANOT: SPRINGS FOR EDUCATION — $27,000 

Development of educational models for youth from 

disadvantaged neighborhoods and development towns, 

and for programs that promote Jewish pluralism from a 

Mizrachi perspective. 

MAHAPACH: EDUCATION, HOUSING, AND LIVELIHOOD — 

$32,000 Educational and community programs operated 

by university students in low-income neighborhoods and 

development towns. 

MASAR INSTITUTION FOR ONTOSOPHICAL EDUCATION — 

$20,000 Support for a Nazareth school for Arab children 

that promotes values of democracy and pluralism. 

MOSSAWA CENTER — $65,000 Policy analysis and 

advocacy efforts to promote equality in government 

budgets and policies regarding Arab citizens of Israel. 

NEW DISCOURSE: THE DEMOCRATIC MIZRACHI RAINBOW 

— $45,000 Advocacy for social rights, including housing 

and educational opportunities, for disadvantaged 

populations. 

NOAR TZEDEK HEVRATI — $20,000 Educational activities 

designed to increase the number of high school graduates 

from disadvantaged populations and to develop leadership 

among youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods and 

development towns. 

ONE PLUS ONE: ASSOCIATION OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH — 

$25,000 Leadership programs for young immigrants from 

the former Soviet Union. 

PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT CENTER — $30,000 Activities 

aimed at empowering low-income parents to become 

more engaged in advocacy with policymakers. 

SHILUV: INTEGRATION — $25,000 Activities to facilitate 

the integration into Israeli society of immigrants from the 

former Soviet Union . 

SIDREH — $22,000 Employment and educational programs 

to enhance the status of Bedouin women in Lagiya and 

unrecognized villages in the surrounding area. 

SISTER FOR WOMEN IN ISRAEL — $35,000 A multi-year 

coalition effort, The Year of the Working Woman, to 

advance the status of low-income working women. 

New Voice in the Stadium 

Soccer matches, one of the few 

meeting places for Israeli Jews and 

Arabs who lead such separate lives, 

have been fertile grounds for namecalling, 

racial slurs and violence. 

Therefore, NIF and the Hapoel Keter 

Tel Aviv Soccer Club launched a 

grassroots campaign, New Voice in 

the Stadium, to fight racism and 

incitement in Israel — starting on 

the soccer field. 

In December, NIF brought 7,000 

young soccer fans — Jewish, Arab, 

Druze, Bedouin, Russian and 

Ethiopian — to Jaffa’s Bloomfield 

Stadium for the campaign’s kick-off. 

Over a million viewers saw the event 

on television. New Voice hopes the 

call against racism will echo from the 

stadium to society at large. NIF has 

developed a program to monitor 

racism at games and to help foster 

dialogue about racism in Israeli 

society. 

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WELLSPRING FOR DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION — $31,000 

Educational enrichment activities in low-income 

neighborhoods. 

YEDID: THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWER- 

MENT — $45,000 Information services, educational 

programs, advocacy and leadership development for 

new immigrants, Mizrachim and other disadvantaged 

populations in low-income neighborhoods. 

NIF is working to close the economic gaps that 

threaten Israel’s internal security.

NIF Combined Statement of Financial Position 

Combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 2002 

with summarized combined financial information for 2001 

ASSETS 2002 2001 

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2002 2001 

CURRENT ASSETS 

Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,201,190 $ 5,271,459 

Investments (Note 3) 7,119,816 7,955,768 

Prepaid expenses 74,279 92,478 

Pledges receivable, current portion (Note 2) 2,686,353 2,889,373 

Advances 7,274 5,023 

Other receivables 14,916 35,613 

Inventory 2,553 2,738 

Total current assets 15,106,381 16,252,452 

FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS 

Furniture and equipment 1,462,200 1,345,684 

Leasehold improvements 72,091 72,091 

1,534,291 1,417,775 

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization (975,821) (822,405) 

OTHER ASSETS 

Net furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements 558,470 595,370 

Pledges receivable, net of current portion (Note 2) 333,895 125,000 

Deposits 4,121 5,883 

Asset held in charitable trust (Note 14) 103,797 104,974 

CURRENT LIABILITIES 

Capital lease liability, current portion (Note 12) $ 4,622 $ 4,289 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,213,482 1,082,509 

Grants payable 4,192,402 4,633,319 

Liability under trust agreement, current portion (Note 14) 6,300 6,300 

Annuities payable, current portion (Note 10) 22,974 20,153 

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES 

Total current liabilities 5,439,780 5,746,570 

Capital lease liability, non-current portion (Note 12) 6,726 11,348 

Deferred rent (Note 4) 93,380 63,916 

Liability under trust agreement, non-current portion (Note 14) 24,285 24,983 

Annuities payable (Note 10) 173,983 136,653 

NET ASSETS 

Total long-term liabilities 298,374 236,900 

Total liabilities 5,738,154 5,983,470 

Unrestricted 2,460,440 3,207,235 

Temporarily restricted (Note 5) 3,782,787 3,760,170 

Permanently restricted (Note 7) 4,125,283 4,132,804 

Total net assets 10,368,510 11,100,209 

Total other assets 441,813 235,857 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $16,106,664 $17,083,679 

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TOTAL ASSETS $16,106,664 $17,083,679 

21 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

2002 ANNUAL REPORT

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

NIF Combined Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets 

Combined statement of activities and change in net assets for the year ended December 31, 2002 

with summarized combined financial information for 2001 

SUPPORT AND REVENUE 

CONTRIBUTIONS: 

2002 2001 

Temporarily Permanently 

Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total 

General support (Note 11) $11,188,201 $ 2,643,847 $ (7,521) $13,824,527 $15,775,763 

Donor-advised gifts (Note 11) 5,676,461 1,764,834 - 7,441,295 7,940,041 

Bequests 235,133 - - 235,133 737,997 

Investment income (Note 3) 226,115 (565,311) - (339,196) 193,071 

Program revenue 90,396 - - 90,396 41,293 

In-kind contributions (Note 13) 37,688 - - 37,688 111,359 

Other 16,000 - - 16,000 73,252 

Net assets released from restriction— 

satisfaction of donor restrictions 

(Note 6) 4,219,835 (4,219,835) - - - 

TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE 21,689,829 (376,465) (7,521) 21,305,843 24,872,776 

EXPENSES 

PROGRAM SERVICES: 

Grants and projects: 

Grants to Israel not-for-profit 

organizations 5,573,231 - - 5,573,231 5,851,980 

Donor-advised grants 6,696,561 - - 6,696,561 7,650,612 

Grants to New Israel Fund 

projects 3,631,253 - - 3,631,253 4,028,644 

Total grants and projects 15,901,045 - - 15,901,045 17,531,236 

Grant management 859,384 - - 859,384 1,237,385 

Educational activities 1,224,951 - - 1,224,951 1,956,465 

Total program services 17,985,380 - - 17,985,380 20,725,086 

SUPPORTING SERVICES: 

Management and general $ 1,152,937 $ - $ - $ 1,152,937 $ 1,253,398 

Fundraising 2,899,225 - - 2,899,225 3,380,574 

Total supporting services 4,052,162 - - 4,052,162 4,633,972 

TOTAL EXPENSES 22,037,542 - - 22,037,542 25,359,058 

Change in net assets before other item (347,713) (376,465) (7,521) (731,699) (486,282) 

Other items: 

Transfer (399,082) 399,082 - - - 

Uncollectible contribution - - - - (324,517) 

Total other items (399,082) 399,082 - - (324,517) 

Change in net assets (746,795) 22,617 (7,521) (731,699) (810,799) 

Net assets at beginning of year 3,207,235 3,760,170 4,132,804 11,100,209 14,012,812 

NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $2,460,440 $3,782,787 $4,125,283 $10,368,510 $13,202,013 

Notes TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING 

POLICIES AND GENERAL INFORMATION 

Organization The New Israel Fund (The Fund) is a publiclysupported 

not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to 

provide grants and technical assistance to organizations in 

Israel that are dedicated to strengthening democracy and 

achieving positive social change in Israel and to provide 

public education in North America and Israel in support of 

these goals. 

The Fund has established an office in Israel. Included in 

the accompanying financial statements are the amounts 

from financial statements for the New Israel Fund — Israel 

office that were audited by other auditors whose reports 

have been furnished to us. At December 31, 2002, the audited 

financial statements of the New Israel Fund — Israel 

office have been combined with the accounts of the New 

Israel Fund. All significant intercompany transactions have 

been eliminated. 

Signing Anew, an affiliate, is a public institution whose 

goals include the creation of an educational and ethical 

value change in the State of Israel, assistance to recognized 

educational bodies to further their work, and to reduce the 

educational gaps in Israeli society. The New Israel Fund and 

Signing Anew have related Board members such that the 

New Israel Fund has oversight of Signing Anew. At 

December 31, 2002, the audited financial statements of 

Signing Anew have been combined with the accounts of the 

New Israel Fund. All significant intercompany transactions 

have been eliminated. 

Method of accounting The accompanying financial statements 

are presented on the accrual basis of accounting and 

in accordance with Statements of Financial Accounting 

Standard (SFAS) No. 117, "Financial Statements of Not-for- 

Profit Organizations". 

Grants Grants are recorded as expenses and liabilities at the 

time the Board approves the specific grant. 

Contributions Contributions are recorded as revenue in the 

year notification is received from the donor. Contributions 

received with donor-imposed restrictions are recognized as 

unrestricted support only to the extent of actual expenses 

incurred in compliance with the restrictions. Donor-restricted 

contributions received in excess of expenses are shown as 

temporarily restricted net assets in the accompanying financial 

statements. 

Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements 

Furniture and equipment are recorded at cost and are depreciated 

on the straight-line method over their estimated useful 

lives, generally five years. Leasehold improvements are 

recorded at cost and amortized over five years. 

Income taxes The Fund is exempt from Federal income 

taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

The Fund is not a private foundation as described in Section 

509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision 

for income taxes has been made in the accompanying 

financial statements. 

Signing Anew is registered as an “Amuta” (association) 

in Israel. The Amuta is classified as a public institution pursuant 

to Section 9(2) of the Israel Income Tax Ordinance. 

Use of estimates The preparation of financial statements 

in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted 

in the United States of America requires management to 

make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported 

amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results could 

differ from those estimates. 

Pledges receivable Outstanding pledges at December 31, 

2002 are for the general support of the organization and for 

donor-advised gifts. 

Investments Investments are carried at market value. 

Realized and unrealized gains or losses are included in 

investment income in the Combined Statement of Activities 

and Change in Net Assets. 

Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents 

include cash on hand and other highly liquid instruments 

with maturities of less than three months. 

At times during the year, the Fund and Signing Anew 

maintain cash balances at financial institutions in excess of 

FDIC insurance limits. The Fund has an agreement with the 

financial institutions whereby excess cash deposits are reinvested 

in a repurchase agreement of government securities 

on an overnight basis. Management believes the risk in 

these situations to be minimal. 

Foreign operations The financial statements include the New 

Israel Fund – Israel office and Signing Anew. The accounting 

records are maintained in the functional currency of the foreign 

country, which is the Israeli Shekel. 

Assets and liabilities denominated in the functional currency 

are converted into U.S. dollars at year-end exchange 

rates, and revenue and expense accounts are translated at 

the average rates in effect during the year. Unrealized 

exchange gains and losses are reported in the Combined 

Statement of Activities and Change in Net Assets. 

2. PLEDGES RECEIVABLE 

Pledges receivable at December 31, 2002 are 

comprised of the following: 

General Support $2,345,248 

Donor Advised and Special Projects 675,000 

$3,020,248 

Following is a summary of maturities of pledges receivable 

at December 31, 2002: 

Year Ended December 31, 

Amount 

2003 $2,686,353 

2004 111,250 

2005 104,952 

2006 99,012 

2007 18,681 

$3,020,248 

3. INVESTMENTS 

The investments are recorded at market value. The cost and 

market value at December 31, 2002 are as follows: 

Market Value 

Money market funds $3,318,941 

Mutual funds 3,472,967 

Securities 326,308 

Israel bonds 1,600 

$7,119,816 

Included in investment income on the Combined Statement 

of Activities and Change in Net Assets are the following: 

Unrealized Loss ($111,348) 

Realized Loss (398,634) 

Interest and Dividends 170,786 

TOTAL INVESTMENT LOSS $339,196 

4. LEASE COMMITMENTS 

The Fund entered into an office lease in Washington, D.C., 

commencing March 20, 2000, which expires on March 31, 

2011. The lease agreement specified that annual rent will be 

$264,137 per year with annual adjustments agreed upon by 

both parties and stipulated in the lease agreement. 

Future minimum rental payments under the lease agreement 

are as follows: 


Amount 

2003 $ 393,036 

2004 320,106 

2005 304,225 

2006 314,984 

2007 321,284 

2008 and Thereafter 1,088,579 

$2,742,214 

Rent expense and deferred rent for the Washington, D.C. 

office for the year ended December 31, 2002 was $297,502 

and $93,380, respectively. 

5. TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS 

At December 31, 2002, temporarily restricted net assets consisted 

of the following: 

Contributions and pledges NIF – U.S. $3,302,041 

Contributions and pledges NIF – Israel 212,500 

Contributions and pledges – Signing Anew 268,246 

$3,782,787 

6. NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS 

The following is a summary of net assets that were released 

from restriction in 2002 by incurring expenses satisfying the 

restricted purposes: 

Contributions NIF – U.S. $2,588,406 

Endowment projects NIF – U.S. 172,789 

Contributions NIF – Israel 40,000 

Restricted contributions – Signing Anew 575,708 

Israel Ventures Network 277,621 

Endowment Investment Income 565,311 

$4,219,835 

7. PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS 

At December 31, 2002, permanently restricted net assets are 

restricted to investment in perpetuity, the income from 

which is expendable to support the following: 

SHATIL $1,155,000 

Association for Civil Rights in Israel 1,200,000 

Israel – U.S. Civil Liberties Law Program 165,000 

Leadership Development 100,866 

Grants and projects 1,504,417 

$4,125,283 

8. PENSION PLAN 

The Fund operates two pension plans as described below: 

• A 401(a) defined contribution pension plan under which 

full-time employees are eligible to participate after two years 

of service. The contribution to the pension plan is made 

solely by the employer and is determined on an annual 

basis. Pension expense for the employer-funded plan was 

$81,364 for the year ended December 31, 2002. 

• A 403(b) plan administered by the New Israel Fund which 

is available to full-time employees immediately upon hire. 

Each employee determines their contribution to the plan and 

chooses the investment vehicle within approved options. 

9. ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES 

Expenses that relate directly to a program service are 

charged to that program. Other expenses are allocated 

based upon time expended on a particular activity. 

10. ANNUITIES PAYABLE 

In 1996, the Fund established a charitable gift annuity with a 

market value of $39,263. In return, the Fund has agreed to 

pay the donor an annual annuity totaling $2,631. At 

December 31, 2002, the present value of the annuity is 

$22,885, of which $1,628 is recorded as a current liability and 

$21,257 is recorded as a long-term liability. 

In 1997, the Fund established two charitable gift annuities 

with a market value totaling $36,091. In return, the Fund 

has agreed to pay the donors annual annuities totaling 

$2,815. At December 31, 2002, the present value of the annuities 

is $18,157, of which $2,031 is recorded as a current liability 

and $16,126 is recorded as a long-term liability. 

In 1998, the Fund established five charitable gift annuities 

with a market value totaling $158,056. In return, the 

Fund has agreed to pay the donors annual annuities totaling 

$14,884. At December 31, 2002, the present value of the 

annuities is $81,767, of which $11,395 is recorded as a current 

liability and $70,372 is recorded as a long-term liability. 

In 1999, the Fund established four charitable gift annuities 






In 2000, the Fund established two charitable gift annuities 






In 2001, the Fund established one charitable gift annuity 

with a market value of $21,595. In return, the Fund has 

agreed to pay the donor an annual annuity of $2,592. At 


$10,714, of which $2,145 is recorded as a current liability and 


In 2002, the Fund established one charitable gift annuity 

with a market value of $10,000. In return, the Fund has 

agreed to pay the donor an annual annuity of $1,110. At 


$1,367, of which $220 is recorded as a current liability and 


11. CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS 

NIF entered into agreements with the N.I.F. Canadian 

Charitable Trust (NIFC) and the New Israel Fund in Great 

Britain (NIFGB) whereby NIF acts as their agent in supporting 

certain projects and making certain grants in Israel. Total 

amounts received from NIFC and NIFGB for the year ending 

December 31, 2002 were $0 and $643,560, respectively. 

12. OBLIGATION UNDER CAPITAL LEASE 

The Fund leases certain office equipment, which is classified 

as a capital lease. The lease expires in fiscal year 2005. The 

following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease 

payments required under the capital leases together with the 

present value of the minimum lease payments as of 

December 31, 2002: 


Amount 

2003 $ 5,317 

2004 5,317 

2005 1,771 

Total minimum lease payments 12,405 

Less: Interest (1,057) 

Future minimum lease payments 11,348 

Less: Current portion (4,622) 

Long-Term Portion of 

Capital Lease Obligation $ 6,726 

13. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS 

In-kind contributions consist of tuition fellowships of the 

Washington College of Law at the American University as 

part of the Israel – U.S. Civil Liberties Law Program and software 

from Microsoft. 

14. CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST 

NIF was named the trustee and remainderman of a charitable 

remainder annuity trust. Under the terms of the trust, NIF 

is required to pay an annual annuity of $6,300 to the income 

beneficiaries for their lives. For the year ended December 31, 

2002, the asset held in trust was $103,797 and the liability 

based on the trust agreement is $30,585, of which $6,300 is 

recorded as current liability and $24,485 is recorded as a 

long-term liability.

Planned Giving Honor Roll, Endowments, Philanthropic and Memorial Funds 

Donors to the New Israel Fund 

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PLANNED GIVING HONOR ROLL 

PLANNED GIVING HONOR ROLL 

The following individuals have generously provided for the 

future of the New Israel Fund by naming NIF the beneficiary of 

a will, life insurance policy, retirement plan or by establishing 

a charitable gift annuity or trust. 

Anonymous 

Judith and Robert Appelbaum 

George J. and Alice N. 

Benston 

Rachel Oriel Berg, Ph.D. 

Stephanie Davis 

Joy Dryfoos 

Glenn R. Fleischman 

John Franken 

Sanford and Linda Gallanter 

Ghita D. Ginberg 

Barbara and Isaac Green 

Frank and Bette Gruskay 

Lois and Richard Gunther 

Sheldon Hearst 

Renee N. Herman 

David Hochberg 

Sidney Hollander, Jr. 

Mary Ann and Donald N. 

Horenstein 

Miriam E. Jencks 

Estelle W. and Karen S. Kalish 

Foundation 

Michael L. Kaplan 

Irma and Allen Leboff 

THE TENENBAUM CONFERENCE ROOM 

Jan Abby Liff 

Margit Lowenstein 

Barbara J. Meislin/The Purple 

Lady Fund 

Linda B. Miller 

Murray and Belle Nathan 

Arnold and Sylvai Nestel 

Bruce and Myra Newman 

Robert R. Oliff 

Allan and Jane Paulson 

Leon Reinharth and Francoise 

Rothman 

Jane Rubin 

Mark Schleisner 

Emily and Alec Skolnick 

Robert and Ruth St. John 

Bruce Temkin 

Harry L. Turtledove 

Paul and Dorothy Wachter 

Roberta Elliott Wantman 

Kayla M. Weiner, Ph.D. 

Marilyn and Raymond 

Weisberg 

Ginia Davis Wexler 

Stephen S. Winter 

The conference room in NIF’s Jerusalem headquarters 

has been named for Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum in 

honor of their multi-year $500,000 gift. 

The Tenenbaum Conference Room is a virtual nerve 

center for NIF’s and SHATIL’s work on civil rights and social 

justice across Israel. A frequent setting for brainstorming 

and strategy sessions for coalitions brought together by 

NIF and SHATIL, the Conference Room has been the birthplace 

of campaigns that have led to important reforms in 

Israeli government policies and practices. 

ESTATES AND TRUSTS 

The following individuals passed away and support was 

provided to NIF through a trust, bequest in a will or a 

named beneficiary of a life insurance policy, retirement 

plan or charitable gift annuity. 

Robert Busch 

Ellen H. Estrin 

Daniel Freudenthal 

Herbert B. Fried 

Naomi Futorian 

Dorothy Glaser 

Laura Hart 

Benjamin M. Kahn 

Margaret Leibenstein 

Anne Pinzow 

Helen Shagrin 

Edwin R. Wagner 

Victor Weil 

William Wernick 

ENDOWMENTS, PHILANTHROPIC AND 

MEMORIAL FUNDS 

The New Israel Fund is grateful to many individuals and 

foundations for establishing endowment, family endowment, 

memorial and family philanthropic funds. These 

funds honor or memorialize individuals whose lives and 

values are reflected in the work of the New Israel Fund. 

Tzippora and Moshe Ayalon Memorial 

Scholarship Fund (Israel) 

Rosalyn Amdur Baker Endowment Fund 

Berenstein-Levy Fund (Canada) 

Robert Efroymson Endowment Fund 

Nomi Fein Social Justice Fellowship in Israel 

Fel-Pro/Mecklenburger Fund 

Mitchell and Esther Fisher Law Fellowship 

Ford Foundation Endowment 

for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel 

Ford Foundation Endowment for SHATIL 

Phyllis K. and Howard A. Friedman Fund 

Gallanter Fund 

Rita and Herbert Z. Gold Fund 

Morris A. Gross Endowment Fund (Canada) 

A. Hiatt Fund 

Shoshi Herber Fund 

Richard J. Israel Memorial Fellowship Fund 

Kahal Foundation Special Fund 

Karsten Family Fund 

Naomi Kies Endowment Fund 

Lee and Luis Lainer Fund for Leadership 

Development 

Clara Lauder Fund 

Miriam Fligelman Levy Cross-Cultural Prize 

Deborah Balaban Mendales Fund 

Nathan Micay Endowment Fund (Canada) 

Linda B. Miller Endowment Fund 

Arthur Minden Leadership Award (Canada) 

Raquel Newman Fund for Professional Development 

Jay Orlin Memorial Fund for Volunteerism in Israel 

Josephine Bay Paul Endowment for the 

Center for Law and the Child 

Pomegranate B. Fund 

Hirsch and Braine Raskin Endowment for 

Youth and Education 

Rabbi Morris Gabriel Silk and Diana Silk 

Memorial Fund (Canada) 

Rosenberg Family Fund 

Ira Silverman Fund 

Wendy Weiker-Gordon Memorial Fund 

Marianne Wolman Endowment Fund 

The New Israel Fund is grateful to all of its contributors. 

The accomplishments of the NIF are a tribute to our 

donors, whose contributions, large and small, have 

enabled us to support so many worthwhile endeavors 

in Israel. 

Space does not permit us to list all contributors. 

However, we extend our sincere gratitude to each of 

you as well as to those donors who wish to remain 

$100,000 and Above 

Anonymous (6) 

Joan and Robert Arnow 

Nir Barkat 

Ramona Bovshow 

The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein 

Foundation 

Citigroup Foundation 

The Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen 

Foundation 

Nathan Cummings Foundation 

Barbara and Eric Dobkin 

Dorot Foundation 

Franklin M. Fisher and Ellen 

Paradise Fisher 

The Ford Foundation 

Phyllis K. Friedman 

Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund 

Sally Gottesman 

Stella and Charles Guttman 

Foundation, Inc. 

Arnold and Anne Hiatt 

The Mayer & Morris Kaplan 

Family Foundation 

Lopatin Family Foundation 

Moriah Fund, Inc. 

Open Society Institute 

Posen Foundation 

Pfizer Foundation 

Estate of Anne Pinzow 

Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum 

Ruth B. Ziegler 

$50,000 To $99,999 

Anonymous (4) 

Kathryn Ames Foundation, Inc. 

The Bydale Foundation 

Checkpoint Technologies Ltd. 

Jonathan Cohen and Eleanor 

Friedman 

Combined Jewish Philanthropies 

Shamaya and Davidi Gilo 

Barney and Rachel Gottstein 

Stephen D. Gunther 

Albert A. List Foundation, Inc 

Stacy Mandel 

The Harvey M. & Lyn P. Meyerhoff 

Fund, Inc. 

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff 

Memorial Trusts 

Olive Bridge Fund 

The Rita Poretsky Foundation 

The Porter Foundation 

Relations Foundation 

The Sandler Family Supporting 

Foundation 

Lela and Gerard Sarnat 

Yoav Shoham 

The Silverweed Foundation, Inc 

Irvin Stern Foundation 

Stichting Het Solidaritistsfon 

Sunrise Foundation 

The Tsadik Fund of theTides 

Foundation 

Francine and Butch Weaver 

The Norman and Rosita Winston 


$25,000-$49,999 

Anonymous (11) 

Madeleine and David Arnow 

Ben-Shachar Family 1998 Trust 

Eric and Illeana Benhamou 

Marjorie C. Benton 

David Berg Foundation 

Stanley and Pamela Chais 

Ben N. Teitel Charitable Trust, 

Gerald Cook, Trustee 

The Baron De Hirsch Fund 

Barbara and Maurice Deane 

Rita and Harold Divine Foundation 

Edith and Henry Everett 

Estate of Herbert B. Fried 

William S. Friedman 

Sanford and Linda Gallanter 

Mae S. Gelb 

John and Kathryn Greenberg 

Lois and Richard Gunther 

Michael Hirschhorn and Jimena 

Martinez 

Audrey & Sydney Irmas Charitable 

Foundation 

Dafna and Dove Izraeli 

Jewish Federation of Grand 

Rapids, MI 

Charles and Joann Kaplan 

Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan 

Family Foundation 

Koret Foundation 

Harry Kramer Memorial Fund 

Luis and Lee Lainer 

Landau Family Foundation 

The Lehman Family 

Jesse and Dana Lehman 

Bobby and Fran Lent 

Judith Mishkin 

Edie and Jonathan Nadler 

Murray and Belle Nathan 

Neuer Israel Fonds Schweiz 

Raquel H. Newman 

Price Charities 

Rothman Family Foundation 

Sylvia Sabel 

Renee and Ernest Samson 

Jonathan and Gail Schorsch 

Segal Family Foundation 

Larry Schwartz and Shelley Levine 

Joan and James Shapiro, Soretta 

Shapiro, Earl and Brenda 

Shapiro through the Soretta and 

Henry Shapiro Family 

Foundation 

John Shapiro and Shonni 

Silverberg 

Rose L. Shure 

Alan Sieroty 

Joseph and Diane Steinberg 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Streim 

Sun Hill Foundation 

Uzi Zucker 

$10,000 To $24,999 


Samuel I. Adler Family Supporting 

Foundation 

anonymous. Included in this list are donors of $1,000 

or more to the New Israel Fund from January 1, 2002, 

through December 31, 2002. 

We have included within the appropriate categories 

below individuals who have made donations to the 

N.I.F. Canadian Charitable Trust for whom the New 

Israel Fund acts as agent in distributing money in 

Israel. 

Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Ltd 

Norman and Jane Alpert 

Amcha For Tsedakah 

Angelina Fund 

Annsville Pty. Ltd. 

Ronald M. Ansin 

Peter and Lucy Ascoli 

Alfred Bader 

Ellen Barnett 

Belsize Square Synagogue 

Andrew and Froma Benerofe 

George J. and Alice Benston 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 

Michael and Judith Berman 

Mindy Berman and Andrew 

Sumberg 

Helen and Robert Bernstein 

Diane and Norman Bernstein 

Foundation 

Gay Block and Malka Drucker 

Bloomberg Financial Markets 

Commodities News 

Hilary Blume 

Harvey N. and Sally Bock 

Ernest and Rita Bogen 

Abraham Bornstein's Charitable 

Settlement 

Jonathan J. Bridge 

Marna Broida and Ian Weiss 

The Broms Family Foundation 

Nick Bunzl and Judy Bernstein- 

Bunzl 

Paul and Ossi Burger 

CarEth Foundation 

Jonathan A. Chanis 

Cogan Family Foundation 

The Cohen Opportunity Fund 

Yehudah B. Cohn 

Louis L. Colen 

The Edward T. Cone Foundation 

The Crown Family 

Richard Dale and Dorit Harverd 

Yossi Dashti 

Mr. and Mrs. A. Ephraim Diamond 

Isabel P. Dunst 

Peter Edelman 

Paul Egerman 

Lois & Richard England Family 

Foundation 

Nancy Falk 

Robert and Shelley Fischel 

Ellen Flamm 

Fox Family Foundation 

Foundation for the Jewish 

Community 

Miriam D. Frankel 

Estate of Daniel K. Freudenthal 

David Friedman and Tirzah 

Firestone Friedman 

David Friedman and Paulette 

Meyer 

Naomi Futorian 

Gal Foundation 

Elaine and Murray Galinson 

Elkan and S. Zelda Gamzu 

Theodore and Frances Geballe 

The Generations Fund 

Gimprich Family Foundation 

Sarah and Seth Glickenhaus 

Mark Goldberg 

Jerome S. Golden 

Norbert Goldfield 

Ruth and Harold L. Goldman 

Phyllis and Alvin Goldman 

Robert Goodman and Jayne 

Lipman 

Jane L. Gottesman 

Lois E. and Edward L. Grayson 

Phillip Gross 

Jonathan Grossman 

Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund 

Judith Hans and Betty Nitkin, 

Pierremount Holdings Ltd. 

Estate of Laura Hart 

Drs. Jacqueline Heller and Bradley 

Warren 

Juliane M. Heyman 

Daniel Hirsch and Brenda Gruss 

David Hochberg Foundation 

Ruth P. Horwich 

Dr. Sherry Israel 

Rabbi Richard J. Jacobs and Ms. 

Susan K. Freedman 

Jewish Community Foundation of 

the United Jewish Community 

of Broward County, FL 

The Jewish Federation of Greater 

Houston, TX 

The Jewish Women's Foundation 

of Metropolitan Chicago, IL 

The Karma Foundation 

Esther Kerner 

Key Foundation 

Linda Gerber Klein, L.I.C.S.W. 

The Nathan & Helen Kohler 

Foundation 

Murray Koppelman 

Arthur and Barbara Kravitz 

The Louis J. Kuriansky Foundation 

Betsy and Donald Landis 

Harry and Sadie Lasky Foundation 

James and Ruth Levitan 

Robert B. Lifton and Carol 

Rosofsky 

Susan and Jeffrey Liss 

Dolly Maass 

Walter S. Mander Foundation 

Jesse Margolin 

Melvin and Elizabeth Mark 

Albert E. Marks Charitable Trust 

Felice Massie Charitable Trust 

Egon Mayer and Marcia Kramer 

Mayer 

Thomas G. McKinley 

Janice Meister 

Elizabeth Melamid 

Martin and Joan Messinger 

The Milton and Sophie Meyer 

Fund 

Cindy L. Miller 

Marjorie and Morgan Miller 

Lawrence E. Mitchell 

Robert and Dale Mnookin 

Robert and Audrey Morris 

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2002 ANNUAL REPORT

26 

DONORS TO THE NEW ISRAEL FUND 

David E. Nachman 

Michele Neri 

NEST U.S.A., Inc. 

Leo and Libby Nevas 

P Newton 

Steven Nichols 

Olum Foundation 

Ordinary People Foundation 

Yair Oren 

Bonnie Orlin 

The Purple Lady Fund 

The Philanthropic Collaborative 

Pritzker Cousins Foundation 

Daniel Raiffe 

Rapaport Family Foundation 

Seymour and Lilian Reich 

Karen Rose 

Irwin and Cecilia Rosenblum 

Lyle and Gloria Rosenzweig 

The Rosenzweig Coopersmith 

Foundation 

Alexander Ross 

Norman and Evelyn Rothfield 

Royal Bank of Canada (Channel 

Islands) Limited 

May and Samuel Rudin Family 

Foundation 

Michael Rukin 

Noreen Gordon Sablotsky Family 

Foundation 

Steven Salop and Judith Gelman 

Bettylu and Paul Saltzman 

The San Francisco Jewish 

Federation, CA 

David E. Scheim 

Harriet and Leonard Schley 

Scholarship Fund for Ethiopian 

Jews 

Jodi J. Schwartz and Steven F 

Richman 

Renata and Jack Schwebel 

Herschel Segal 

Jean and Charles Segal 

Erich Segal 

Harold Shames 

Ben and Norma Shapiro 

Charles & M. R. Shapiro 


Joan and Herbert Shayne 

Danny Shiff 

Lawrence E. Silverton 

Gloria D. Simons 

Karen Sloss 

Stanley and Mary Ann Snider 

Sobell Foundation 

Gary B. Sokol 

Alan and Susan Lewis Solomont 

The Spitzer Foundation 

Henry Steiner 

Zemach M. Sternberg 

Hazel S. Stix 

Edward Streim 

Streisand Foundation 

Diane Troderman 

United Jewish Appeal-Federation 

of New York, Inc. 

Bernard van Leer Foundation 

Emily and Frank Vogl 

Mary Ann and David Wark 

Bernard Weingarten 

John Weinstein and Heidi 

Stewart 

Donna and Jerry Weiss 

Earl and Sally Wiener 

Estate of Edith Wilensky 

Roger Wingate 

Arthur Winter 

Genevieve and Justin Wyner 

Saul Zabar 

Bobette Zacharias 

$5,000 To $9,999 


Saul S. Abracen and Family 

Foundation 

Yediot Acharonot 

Susan Adelman and Claudio 

Llanos 

Karen Adler and Laurence 

Greenwald 

The Lassor and Fanny Agoos 

Charity Fund 

Kobi and Hana Alexander 

Charitable Foundation 

Paul and Sylvia Amber 

Helen Asher, Susman and Asher 

Foundation 

Ziona and Edwin Balaban 

Andrew Balint 

Annette and Ephraim Baran 

Richard Baron 

Alvin H. Baum, Jr. 

Richard and Eileen Bazelon 

Shimon and Terry Benninga 

William Bernstein 

The J.A. Besner Family 

Foundation 

BFK Foundation 

J.B. Margaret Blaugrund 

Foundation 

Blum-Kovler Foundation 

Jordan Bock 

Robert J. Brand and Elizabeth 

Werthan 

Estate of Robert Busch 

Carmel Ventures 

Simona and Jerome A. Chazen 

Marshall and Shirley Cohen 

Peter and Barbara Cohen 

Lillian S. Coliver 

Susan Coliver and Robert 

Herman 

Congregation Emanu-El of the 

City of New York 

Peter and Nancy Copen 

Craig Cramer 

Jeanette and Ernest Dicker 

Daniel and Alisa Doctoroff 

Isser Dubinsky and Antoinette 

Wertman 

Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish 

Federation, NC 

Jonathan and Edith Eddy 

Susan and James Edelman 

Robert A. Efroymson 

David and Audrey Egger 

Pamela and Adam Emmerich 

M.P. & J.G. Epstein Philanthropic 

Fund 

Fred Eychaner 

Itchko Ezratti 

Fabrangen Tzedakah Collective 

Gabi Fainaro and Edna Kisman 

Jerome and Nancy Falk 

Robert and Marjorie Feder 

Concepcion and Irwin Federman 

Leonard Fein 

Donald Ferencz 

Florence Finer 

Nettie Fisher 

Michael Flamm 

Fort Wayne Jewish Federation, IN 

Claire and William Frankel 

Naomi C. Franklin 

Barbara Freedman 

Rabbi Dayle Friedman and David 

Ferleger 

Jack Himmelstein and Lauren 

Friedman 

Friendship Foundation Inc. 

Gaia Fund 

Barbara and Richard Garrett 

The David Geffen Foundation 

David Gildin 

Rita and Herbert Z. Gold 

Madeline L. Goldberg 

Milton and Jean Goldberg 

The Jacob Goldfarb Charitable 

Foundation 

Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund 

Margery Goldman and Marvin 

Naiman 

Robert and Ruth Goldston 

Richard C. Goodwin 

Samuel and Grace Gorlitz 

Mark and Janet Gottesman 

Carol and Allen Gown 

Barbara and Isaac Green 

Frank and Judith Greenberg 

Ellen Grobman 

Leon Gross 

Alexander E. Grossman 

Foundation 

Ronald and Amy Guttman 

Sheldon Hearst 

Lenore Hecht 

James and Marlene Henerson 

Bob and Phyllis Henigson 

Michal and Jack Hillman 

Anita Hirsh 

Victor and Lorraine Honig 

Hull Family Foundation 

ISAL Investment 

Marvin Israelow and Dorian 

Goldman 

Alexander E. Grossman 

Foundation 

The Humanitarian Trust 

Michael and Judy Jackson 

Howard G. and Samita B. Jacobs 

Ilene and Richard Jacobs 

The J.P. Jacobs Charitable Trust 

Jewish Federation of Southern 

New Jersey 

Todd Jick and Rose Zoltek-Jick 

Alan and Carol Kaplan 

Marilyn H. Karsten 

Steven and Priscilla Kersten 

Paul and Susanne Kester 

Seth A. and Beth S. Klarman 

Jonathan and Sara Klein 

Kenneth Klothen and Eve Biskind 

Klothen 

Philip Schlein and Ellen Klutznick 

Sandra and Leo Kolber 

Foundation 

Ronald Kramer and Jack Gwartz, 

G.S. Dunn & Co. Ltd. 

Edward Labaton 

Carol A. Leif 

Irving Levin and Stephanie 

Fowler 

Irwin Levin 

Benny Levin-Aniki 

Barbara Levinson 

George D. and Karen S. Levy 

David Lewis 

Jan Abby Liff 

Dr. Russell M. Linden 

Bryna Linett and Peter Shapiro 

Joel N. and Francie DeCarlo 

Lippman 

Leonard Litwin 

Theodore R. Live 

Margit Lowenstein 

Louise D. & Morton J. Macks 

Family Foundation, Inc. 

Edna and David Magder 

Ellen R. Malcolm 

Timon J. Malloy 

Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis 

Peter Manuel and Beth Robin 

The Linda Marcus Charitable 

Trust 

Yaffa and Paul Maritz 

Amy and Harold Masor 

Daniel and Lenore Mass 

Thomas Meites and Lynn 

Frackman 

David and Beth Meltzer 

Mark and Beth Metzger 

Cantor Eric Miller 

Annette and Michael Miller 

Beatrice Minden 

Kenneth and Harle Montgomery 

Yuval Neeman and Hemda Arad 

The Netter Foundation 

Jane Newman and Amy Lange 

Jonathan S. Newman 

Louis Newman and Rabbi Amy 

Eilberg 

Sharee and Murray Newman 

John and Kayla Niles 

Fred and Gilda Nobel 

Arthur and Judith Obermayer 

Arthur Peck 

Perrin Family Fund 

Edwin and Penelope Peskowitz 

Adele Platt 

The Honorable Stuart and Lee 

Pollak 

Richard and Rheta Ponemon 

Arleen and Aaron Priest 

Yale and Barbara Rabin 

Elisa Rapaport and Michael 

Schoenbaum 

Beth Reisen and Mark Dyen 

Jean F. Reisen 

David Richman and Janet Perry 

Marlin Risinger, III and Lori Ellen 

Fields 

Sidney Robbins 

June and David Rokoff 

Aaron M. Roland, M.D. 

Jerry and Bernice Rubenstein 

Nancy and Miles Rubin 

Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. 

Paul and Prentice Sack 

David Salem and Laurie Aloisio 

Victor and Barbara Samuels, The 

Samuels Foundation 

Eve and David Savitzky 

Donald Schapiro 

Susan and Robert Schechter 

Elizabeth Scheuer and Peter 

Joseph 

Rosel and Elliot Schewel 

Mark and Isabel Schiffer 

Philip D. Schild and Shirley 

Dichek Schild 

Les and Deborah Schneider 

Leonard and Paula Schneiderman 

Schulz Charitable Foundation, 

Inc. 

Deborah R. and Howard L. 

Schwartz 

Emanuel and Charlotte Schwartz 

Betty and Frank Seelig 

Daniel and Sheila Segal 

Hersh Segal 

Nancy and Robert Segal 

Earl and Brenda Shapiro 

The Shared Fund 

Nachman Shelef 

Jim Shenkman and Denise Zarn 

Ken Sherman 

Donald and Linda Silpe 

Peter J. Silverman and Janet 

Heettner 

Emily and Alec Skolnick 

Elaine and Jim Slater 

Anne and Jonathan Sofer 

Herbert and Elene Solomon 

Abby Sosland 

Marc A. Spilker 

Bernard and Anne Spitzer 

Esta and Jamie Stecher 

Arthur Steer, M.D. 

Thomas N. Stern Charitable 

Annuity Lead Trust 

Nancy and Ofer Strichman 

Merle and Michael Tarnow 

Richard and Ann Tavan 

Arthur and Abigail Ostow Telegen 

Judith G. Teller 

Temple Beth Torah 

The Samuels Foundation 

The Tilles Family Foundation 

Trillium, a charitable foundation 

John Tuschman 

Lillian Unger 

Beaty Voremberg 

Andrea and Arthur Waldstein 

Barry and Elsa Waxman 

Michael Webber 

John and Marilyn Weiker 

Marvin and N. Sue Weiler 

Sanford and Karen Weiner 

Sharon Weintraub 

Roger Weisberg and Karen 

Freedman 

Harriet Mouchly-Weiss and 

Charles Weiss 

Stanley and Mikki Weithorn 

West End Synagogue 

Ruth K. Westheimer 

$2,500 To $4,999 


Ruth and Henry Aaron 

Stephen and Joanne Abel 

Rachelle Abrahami 

William and Susan Abrams 

Jonathan A. Adelsberg 

Alfred and Alice Adler Memorial 

Trust 

Richard Almond, M.D. and 

Barbara Almond, M.D. 

Jerome Alpern 

John and Betty Ann Altman 

Arthur Applbaum and Sally 

Rubin 

Miriam Arfin and Robert Rebitzer 

Peter and Kathi Arnow 

Aronson Foundation, Inc. 

Sara and George Asher 

David and Susan Axelrod 

David and Gloria Baerncopf 

JoAnne and Michael Bander 

Irl Barg and Janet Walkow 

Earl and Cheryl Barish 

Marcia Baum 

Ruth and Roy Belzer 

Sue Berger 

William Berley 

Melissa A. Berman 

Robert and Willa Bernhard 

Ralph and Gail Bernstein 

Tom and Andi Bernstein 

Joseph and Joan Birman 

Irene and Asher Birnbaum 

William and Ellen Blair 

Joseph L. and Nancy Bower 

Dr. David Braun and Sherri 

Brown 

Sheila and Edward Braun 

Barbara Bronfman, Stellabar 

Foundation 

Neill and Linda Brownstein 

Martin Bunzl and Deborah Hertz 

Chaya Burstein 

Debbie Bussel 

Gloria Callaci 

Debra Grobstein Campbell and 

Barry Campbell 

Dennis and Jane Carlton 

Alan Cohen 

Emanuel and Anna Cohen 

Foundation 

Gloria and Morris Cohen 

Congregation Emanu-El 

Mary I. Coombs 

Betty and Stuart Cotton 

Courage to Refuse 

Sandra Curtis 

Reuben and Rivka Dori 

Joy G. Dryfoos 

Robert and Ellen Eisenberg 

Dr. Alexander and Maureen 

Ellenberg 

Rahm Emanuel 

Deborah and David Epstein 

Howard and Cynthia Fuchs 

Epstein 

Estate of Ellen H. Estrin 

Joan and David Evans 

Fadem Family Foundation 

Herbert and Jane Falender 

Rabbi Emily H. Feigenson 

Fred Feigenson 

Emily S. Fenichel 

Robert and Linda Finkel 

Mark Finklestein and Janet Penn 

The FJJ Foundation, Inc. 

Ted and Barbara Flicker 

Joseph and Claire Flom 

Forest City Development 

Diane and Charles L. Frankel 

Dr. Morris and Carol Fred 

Laurence and Natanya Freed 

The Jack & Pauline Freeman 


Robert Friedman and Kristina 

Kiehl 

Susan and Sy Frolichstein 

Aviva Futorian 

Steven Garmaise and Susan 

Rebick 

Joseph and Carson Gleberman 

Marty and Andrea Glenn 

Edna Glikmann 

Judy A. Gold 

Nora Gold and David Weiss 

Judith F. Goldberg 

Arthur S. Goldman 

Marcia and John Goldman 

Goldman, Sachs & Co. 

Mirele Goldsmith and Richard 

Marker 

Gerald and Sylvia Goldstein 

Thomas J. Goldstein 

Betty B. Golomb 

Archie Gottesman and Gary 

DeBode 

David and Rita Gottlieb 

Terry E. Grant 

Irving and Barbara Green 

Maurice and Katrin Green 

Stephen L. Green 

David Greenwald and Sheri 

Young 

Harold Grinspoon Charitable 

Foundation 

Stephen and Judith Gutmann 

Richard and Raphy Haimowitz 

Dean Hansell 

Ellen A. Harnick 

Suzanne H. Harris 

Catheleen K. Healey 

Warren and Shirley Heiman 

Bluma and Donald Herman 

Willard and Annette Hertz 

Kathryn Hirsch 

Marvin Hoffman and Rosellen 

Brown Hoffman 

Stephen and Dale Hoffman 

Home Box Office 

Paul Homer 

The Hoppenstein Family 

Foundation 

Howard Horowitz and Alisse 

Waterston 

Julia Irvine 

Sidney and Sandra Jacobson 

Simon and Marie Jaglom 


The Jewish Agency for Israel 

Jewish Community Alliance of 

Southern Maine 

Jewish Federation of Greater 

Manchester 

Jewish Federation of 

Metropolitan Chicago 

Beatrice and Robert Kahn 

Leslie Kane and M. Manuel 

Fishman 

Susan B. Kasser 

Kurt and Sylvia Kelman 

Leslie M. Kimerling 

Sonia and Lawrence Klein 

Clement and Sarah Kleinmann 

Jim and Judy Klutznick 

Samuel J. Klutznick 

Thomas Klutznick 

Lauren Kogod and David Smiley 

Stuart A. Kogod 

George and Doris Krevsky 

Scott and Elizabeth Lassar 

Stacy Lawson and Steven 

Sarkowsky 

Steven and Susan Lebow 

Lefkowitz Family Foundation 

Paul Lehman and Ronna Stamm 

Harvey Leibenstein 

Lew and Laurie Leibowitz 

Ann K. Lenway 

Terry and Margaret Lenzner 

Richard C. Levi 

Robert A. Levin 

Sally Levin 

Alan Levine and Iris Jacobson 

Levine 

Cynthia and Sanford Levinson 

Dennis and Jane Levitt 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Levitt 

Paula and Joel Levy 

Geoffrey Lewis and Amy Caplan 

Moses Libitzky and Susan 

Solomon-Libitzky 

Robyn Lieberman and Asher Kotz 

Handy L. Lindsey, Jr. 

Steven and Judith Lipson 

The Milton S. and Corinne N. 

Livingston Foundation, Inc. 

Henry and Elsie Loeb 

Martin D. Lowenstein 

Lynchburg Jewish Community 

Council, VA 

Carla Lynton 

Harriet and Bernard Maddy 

Russell Makowsky and Melanie 

Katzman 

Fran and Robert Malina 

Raymond and Judy Mandel 

Dana Mannor 

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Marcus 

Judith and Michael Margulies 

Barry and Ellen Massie 

Ronald Raanan Matthews 

Carol and David Mersky 

Mesirow Financial 

Howard Metzenberg 

Middle East Peace Dialogue 

Network, Inc. 

Charles and Nola Miller 

Linda B. Miller 

Vicki F. Miller 

Niels Michael Millman 

Minneapolis Jewish Federation 

Martha Minow and Joseph 

Singer 

Norman and Jane Moscowitz 

Eleanor Myers 

Morey and Sondra Myers 

Seymour Nagan 

Anita Navon 

Marcia and Hymie Negin 

Jim and Jeanne Newman 

Marion E. Newman 

Jane P. Norman 

Jane Nusbaum 

Howard and Ilene Olansky 

Lisa Orlick Salka and Corey Salka 

Donald and Shari Ornstein 

Judith Stern Peck and Stephen 

Peck 

Gerald and Mona Penner 

Robert Pindyck and Nurit Eini- 

Pindyck 

Howard and Geraldine Polinger 

Jonathan Polish and Rabbi Lisa 

Greene 

Ellen Popper 

Lester and Irma Poretsky 

Sharri and Richard Posen 

James R. Posner and Jill J. 

Prosky 

Meyer & Anna Prentis Family 

Foundation 

Michael and Jo-Ann Price 

Audrey Prins and Josh 

Trachtenberg 

George A. Rabb 

Julie Rabinowitz and Andy Buck 

Nancy and Roy Raizen 

Murray & Isabella Rayburn 


Paul Resnick and Joan M. Karlin 

Paul Resnick and Caroline 

Richardson 

Marriam Cramer Ring 

David Roberts and Sue 

Fischlowitz 

Shai and Judy Robkin 

Richard Rogg 

Dan and Maureen Roin 

Miriam J. Roland 

Tobey H. Roland 

Edythe Roland Grodnick 

Susan Romer and Don Ungar 

Norman S. Rosenberg and Tanya 

George 

Soryl and Gibby Rosenberg 

Jerry Rosenstein 

Ruth M. Rothstein 

Art and Anita Rotman 

Jane Rubin 

Rochelle Rubinstein 

Hattie Ruttenberg 

Adene Sacks and Joseph 

Hellerstein 

Barry and Yvonne Sacks 

Edmund and Norma Sacks 

Esther and Alan Saks 

Lisa R. Schachner 

Frederick P. Schaffer 

Frieda Schneider 

Joseph and Judith Schocken 

Michael W. Scott 

Marilyn M. Segal 

Diana Selig and Meredith Rose 

Jerrold and Naomi Senser 

Faigel and Len Shapiro 

Seyfarth Shaw 

Shteinshleifer Philanthropic Fund 

Victor and Rhoda Shields 

The Shepard Broad Foundation 

Holly C. Shulman 

Susan and Richard Sigel 

Louis and Jean Sloss 

Glenn B. and Lisa K. Solomon 

Eva Sonesh-Kedar, Ph.D. 

Southridge Corporation 

Ann and Paul Sperry 

Marcia Cohn Spiegel 

Martin Spiro 

Elisa Spungen Bildner and Robert 

Bildner 

Gaye and Andrew Stein 

Eugene and Marilyn Stein 

Francine Stein and Samuel Kasoff 

Norman Stein and Sheryl Dicker 

Robert and Elaine Stein 

Joseph and Elaine Steiner, The 

Harry Steiner Foundation 

Peter and Abbe Steinglass 

Edith and Arthur Stern 

Dr. Cathy D. Stern 

Kenneth Stern and Linda Stein 

The Hon. Paula Stern and Paul 

London 

Diane D. Sternberg 

Jerry V. Sternberg 

Howard Stone 

Martin and Gail Tomberg 

Ruthellen and Monte Toole 

Mitchell and Heidi Tyson 

Lloyd and Lassie Ulman 

David Umansky and Penni 

Morganstein 

Michael and Marion Usher 

Paul and Dorothy Wachter 

Ayelet Waldman and Michael 

Chabon 

Michael and Judith Walzer 

Mayer and Joan Weinstein 

The Anna and Emanuel 

Weinstein Foundation 

Jeff Weiss 

Phyllis Weisberg 

Bernice Weissbourd 

The Wexler-Beron Family 

Foundation 

Patricia Willens and Scott Berrie 

Walter and Jacqueline Williams 

Chris and Barbara Wilson 

Judy Wise and Sheldon Baskin 

Elaine and Maynard Wishner 

Peter and Gail Bates Yessne 

Norma and Arnold Zack 

Saul and Sara Zalik 

Helen Zell 

Alan and Betsy Zimmerman 

Joyce Zinbarg Rosenthal and 

Steven Rosenthal 

Lois Zoller 

$1,000 To $2,499 


Susan Abramowitz and Aaron 

Gurwitz 

Dorothy Abrams 

Sonia S. Abrams 

Walter and Alice Abrams 

David Abromowitz and Joan 

Ruttenberg 

Action Electric Sales Inc. 

Adath Jeshurun Congregation 

S. James and Mary Adelstein 

Debra and Jerry Agam 

Naomi Alboim and David 

Kaufman 

Cyna Alderman 

Paul and Sheila Alexander 

Barry and Mimi Alperin 

Hubert and Joan Alpert 

Joel and Barbara Alpert 

Ralph Alpert 

Edwin and Ann Altman 

David and Linda Altshuler 

Fred Altshuler and Julia Cheever 

Nitai and Thalia Alush-Aben 

Maurice Amado Foundation 

Albert and Carole Angel 

John Antignas and Rabbi Susan 

Laemmle 

Sanford Antignas 

Roberta Apfel and Bennett Simon 

Judith and Robert Appelbaum 

Isaac Applbaum 

David and Sheara Arbit 

Michael and Rose Ann Ariel 

Ariel Capital Management 

Walter and Diane Ariker 

Jonathan Arnold 

Joshua and Elyse Arnow 

Jeffrey and Corinne Ascherman 

Jo and Bob Asher 

Bennett Ashley and Ruth Weinreb 

Robert Austrian 

Joyce and Michael Axelrod 

Michael and Charlotte Baer 

Keri and Phillip Bahar 

Harry and Golda Bain 

Judith Bain 

Gunther and Dorothy Baldauf 

Stanley and Shelley Balis 

Frank K. Bamberger 

Gerald and Ursula Bamberger 

William and Janet Bangser 

Bank Mercantile Discount 

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DONORS TO THE NEW ISRAEL FUND

28 


Barry and Elizabeth Bar-El 

Joshua and Beryl Bar-Lev 

Arthur and Betty Bardige 

Marie Barr 

The Barrington Foundation, Inc 

Morris and Sally Barron 

William and Donna Barrows 

Harvey and Sonya Barsha 

Julie and Roger Baskes 

Marian Bass 

Michael Bauer 

G. Kenneth Baum 

Howell Baum and Madelyn 

Siegel 

Irwin and Ann Bear 

Wendy Bear 

David Bechhofer and Kate Neave 

James and Susan Beck 

Daniel Becker and Johanna van 

de Woestijne 

William and Debbie Becker 

Ellen Soren Beda 

Irwin and Ruth Been 

Ruth Greenspan Bell and Joseph 

Bell 

Herb Belman 

Jeremy Ben-Ami and Alisa Ben- 

Ami 

Estate of Judith L. Ben-Or 

Oz Benamram and Gali 

Freedman 

Ralph and Sarah Benard 

Charles Bendheim 

B. Richard and Mary Benioff 

Julie and Jeff Bercow 

Eugene and Lilo Berger 

Berkeley Hillel Foundation 

Myra Berkowitz 

Louis and Nancy Berlin 

Jim and Diane Berliner 

Mark R. and Pamela Berman 

Peter Bermont 

Yoram Bernet 

Daniel and Marge Bernstein 

Susan Bernstein and Jodie Siegel 

Robert A. Besner 

David and Rachel Biale 

Ernst and Hannah Biberstein 

David Bier and C. Avi 

Handelsman 

Robert A. Billstein 

Marsha and Brian Bilzin 

Richard and Elaine Binder 

Judith and George Bishop 

Paul and Kathy Bissinger 

Samuel Bleicher and Emily Blair 

Bleicher 

Bailey and Rabbi Bernard Bloom 

Alan and Helen Bonapart 

Stephanie and Alex Borns-Weil 

Joan E. Boros 

The Boston Foundation, Inc. 

Rudolph & Sara Wyner Prize 

Fund 

Judith Bradeen and Jeff Olson 

Ellen Braitman and David Shapiro 

Gita S. Braude 

Peter and Roberta Braun 

Richard and Barbara Braun 

Beverly Braverman 

Brener Family Foundation 

Marc and Ilana Breslaw 

Martin I. and Shirley B. Bresler 

David Bressler and Susan Adler- 

Bressler 

Robert and Barbara Breyer 

Arnold M. Brier, M.D. 

Stanton and Judith Brody 

Mrs. Marjorie Bronfman 

Shifra Bronznick 

Katherine Browning 

Robert and Laura Brownstein 

Benedict Bruno 

Rabbi Gustav and Sheila 

Buchdahl 

Earle and Minna Buck 

Pamela S Burdman 

Beth Burnam 

Mark Burstein and David Calle 

Nelson and Mimi Burstein 

Michael and Ilsa Bush 

Robert and Ann Buxbaum 

Merle and Michael Cahan 

Burton and Shulamith Caine 

Allen and Dorothy Calvin 

Cannon Family Foundation 

Bruce M. Canter 

Ronald and Lilllian Cape 

Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund 

Robert and Marilyn Carr 

Candace Carroll and Leonard 

Simon 

David and Gladys Catterton 

Renaud Caumartin 

Champaign-Urbana Jewish 

Federation, IL 

Leona Chanin 

Matthew and Lisa Chanoff 

David and Elaine Chapnick 

Kenneth Chasen and Allison Lee 

Judith G. Chasin 

Laura and Richard Chasin 

Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault 

Beverley Chernos 

Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Chodorow 

Willard and Rita Chotiner 

Citibank Israel 

William K. Coblentz, Esq. 

Annebelle and Arnold Cohen 

Bernard and Elizabeth Cohen 

Bruce Cohen and Gale Mondry 

Carolyn Cohen and Ruby Namdar 

Chari Cohen and Alex Speigel 

David Cohen 

James E. Cohen 

Lawrence and Marilyn Cohen 

Marcia and Elias Cohen 

Nancy Cohen 

Saul and Miriam Cohen 

Stanley Cohen 

Stephanie and Charles Cohen 

Steven Cohen and Elsie Stern 

Susan B. Cohen 

Barbara and James Cole 

Leonard and Elaine Comess 

Congregation Or Ami Tzedakah 

Fund Committee 

Chester L. Cooper 

Frank and Margery Cooper 

Mitchell and Renee Cooper 

Rabbi Scott M. Corngold 

William and Adele Corvin 

Susan L. Coskey 

Jeanne Courval and Aryeh Stein 

Rabbi Rachel B. Cowan 

Larry and Barbara Cuban 

Barry and Phyllis Cytron 

Shirley Kaufman Daleski 

Babette Dalsheimer 

The Damial Foundation 

Maxwell and Esther Dane 

Michael and Rhoda Danziger 

Jim Davis and Anna Korteweg 

Ilana DeBare 

Joel Deitz and Barbara Berko 

Dengrove Family Foundation 

Marshall and Laura Derby 

Steven and Ariel Derringer 

Seymour and Elaine Diamond 

Frances P. Diller 

Rise Dimson 

Tom and Donna Divine 

Annette Dobbs 

Karen and Leah Doryoseph 

The Kenneth Douglass 

Foundation 

Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips 

Ellen and James Dreyfus 

Martin and Lucie Dreyfuss 

Dina Dublon 

Mr. and Mrs. Juan C. Duque 

Shirley Dworsky 

Sandra Edelman and Burton 

Visotzky 

Maurice and Marguerite Edelstein 

Rosalind Edelstein 

Herman and Rosalyn Efron 

Tom and Ellen Ehrlich 

Jack Eiferman and Fern Fisher 

Ein Raish Hadpasot Ltd. 

Henry and Florence Einhorn 

David Elcott and Shira Milgrom 

Arthur and Lois Elias 

Julian and Rhoda Eligator 

The Elovitz Family 

Beulah R. Elving 

Lori Emslie 

Diana Engel 

Roy and Romy Engel 

Catherine S. England 

Richard and Diana England 

Muriel Ente 

Franklin H. Epstein, M.D. 

Clement and Caroline Erbmann 

Maia Ettinger 

Richard and Roberta Evans 

Robert M. Factor 

John and Kathryn Fairfield 

William and Barbara Fairman 

Edith and Gerald Falk 

Susan M. Falk 

Melvin and Lucille Falkof 

Steven and Susan Farber 

Milton and Olga Farbstein 

Joseph and Ruth Fath 

Carol and Jack Feder 

Robert and Elaine Feldman 

Peter Felsenthal and Jennifer 

Litchfield 

Ernest and Marcia Field 

Barbara J. Fife 

Harriet and Michael Finck 

Dr. Edward E. Fischel 

Stanley and Rhoda Fischer 

Bernard and Barbara Fishbein 

Abraham and Helene Fishman 

Leora Fishman 

George L. Fleming 

Nancy M. Folger 

Carl and Leonore Foorman 

Robert and Betty Forchheimer 

Foundation 

James and Audrey Foster 

Foundation For Middle East 

Peace 

Lloyd Frank 

Randall and Ellen Frank 

Robert and Velma Frank 

Frank Family Foundation 

Alice Kross Frankel 

Tom and Myrna Frankel 

Herbert and Barbara Franklin 

Marc A. Franklin 

J. Norman and Diana Freed 

The Honorable and Mrs. 

Frederick A. Freedman 

Matthew and Gladys Freedman 

Leah Frei and Dan Kolkowitz 

Morris Friedell 

Gerald W. Friedland 

David and Maya Friedler 

Benjamin M. Friedman 

Howard Friedman and Sherry 

Leibowitz 

Martin and Peggy Friedman 

Stanley and Joyce Friedman 

Victor Friedman 

Donald and Janie Friend 

Joseph and Maya Froomkin 

Jonathan D. Fuchs 

Jonathan A. Funk 

Herbert and Louise Gans 

Allan H. Gasner 

Guy Gecht and Noa Grant 

Nancy L. Gefen 

The Gelb Foundation 

Stephen and Rhea Gendzier 

Aliza R. Geretz 

Allan and Joan Nathan Gerson 

Gary Gerstenblith 

Charles Getz 

Atherlie K. Gidding 

Middie and Richard Giesberg 

Jack Gilad 

Jim Gilbert and Susan Orbuch 

Nina Gilson 

Gary Ginsberg and Elaine 

Shapiro 

Ann Gips 

Michael Gitlin 

David Glaser 

Dena and Jason Glasgow 

Marian and Arthur Glasgow 

Jonathan B. and Sarah Glass 

Myron and Penina Glazer 

Charles Anderson and Jeri Glick 

Peter Glick and Elizabeth Evans 

Dolores Gluck 

Samuel Gluskin and Sarah Braun 

Linda Gochfeld 

Arnold Goldberg, M.D. 

Donald J. Goldberg and Bettyruth 

Walter 

Edward Goldberg and Barbara 

Saidel 

Harold Goldberg and Alisa Israel 

Goldberg 

Henry and Janet Goldberg 

Marty and Susan Goldberg 

Nancy and Larry Goldberg 

Norman and Sheila Goldberg 

Victor J. Goldberg 

The Goldberg Family Foundation 

Bruce N. Goldberger 

Israela Goldblum 

Laura Goldblum 

Lauren B. Goldenberg 

Muriel S. Goldhammer 

Frances E. Goldman 

Irving and Doris Goldman 

Morris Goldman and Hilarie Lieb 

Robert and Rebecca Goldman 

Nathan and Helen Goldrich 

Emanuel and Shirley Goldsmith 

Daniel Goldstein and Laura Sklar 

Harold Goldstein 

Susan Goldstein and Andy Kivel 

Eliot and Betty Goldwarg 

The Goodday Foundation 

Arthur and Judith Goodkind 

Ellen Goodman and David Cohen 

Frank and Joan Goodman 

William W. Goodman 

Wolfe and Millie Goodman 

Foundation 

Rabbi Donald M. Goor 

Hadassah and Leon Gordis 

Robert and Doris Gordon 

Stacy Gordon 

David and Ruth Gorton 

Kurt and Sorel Gottfried 

Howard L. Gottlieb 

Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk 

Martin Gouterman 

Dr. James S. Gracer and Rabbi 

Judy B. Shanks 

Gillian Granoff 

Richard and Mary Gray 

Arthur and Kathy Green 

Audrey and Arthur Greenberg 

I. Melbourne and Louise 

Greenberg 

Joshua and Reva Greenberg 

Leon and Doris Greenberg 

Lorne Greenberg and Esther 

Chetner 

Ruth S. Greenberg 

Sally Greenberg 

Steven Greenberg and Avra 

Goldman 

Sheldon and Judy Greene 

Benn Greenspan and Barbara 

Lewis 

Jay S. Greenspan 

Elizabeth Greenstein 

Robert Greenstein 

Win and Jerry Greenwald 

Lionel and Alice Greer 

Allen and Jessica Gribetz 

Clifford and Barbara Grodd 

Charles F. Gross 

Margery L. Gross 

Martin and Audrey Grossman 

Robert and Frances Grossman 

Stanley and Hazel Grossman 

Eleanor Grosz and Lawrence 

Zweifach 

Gruber Foundation 

Rosalyn Gruen 

Mildred Guberman 

Mark Gunther and Anne Krantz 

Richard M. Gutman 

Frederic Haber and Jill Jacobs 

Richard and Joan Haber 

Maureen Hack, M.D. 

Frances L. Hackett 

Morton Halperin and Carol 

Pitchersky 

Robin Halsband and Jeremy 

Spector 

Abby Hamlin and Robert Kandel 

Herbert and Stella Harris 

The Harris Foundation 

The Harris Foundation 

Elisa J. Harvitt 

Alex W. and Gloria Hastreiter 

Alan and Barbara Haubenstock 

Martin L. Haubenstock 

Hazon 

Oren Heiman 

Ben and Cristine Heineman 

Jack and Naomi Heller 

Jeffrey A. Heller 

F. Warren Hellman 

Clifford Hendler and Deborah 

Neipris Hendler 

Helen D. Henkin 

Jeff and Toby Herr 

Ittai Hershman and Linda Rich 

Arthur and Edith Hessel 

Howard and Doris Hiatt 

Betty R. Hiller 

Abraham and Eva Hirsch 

Leroy and Miriam Hirsch 

Celia and Allen Hirsh 

Michael and Suzanne Hockstein 

Elaine Hoffman and Jack Cherbo 

Harriet Holtzman 

Susan and David Horowitz 

Susan V. Horowitz 

Randy and Tamara Horton 

Larry Horwitz and Naomi Pinchuk 

Sylvia Horwitz 

Judith Howard and Amy Scarr 

Grace A. Hughes 

Roger Hurwitz and Karen Propp 

Michael S. Hyman 

Paula Hyman and Stanley 

Rosenbaum 

Toby R. Hyman 

Leah Ice 

John and Ann Ingram 

Joseph Italiaander 

Daniel Jackson and Claudia 

Marbach 

Robert and Debra Jacobs 

Adam Jacobson and Beth Levine 

Harvey and Betty Ann Jacobson 

Nadine and Robert Jacobson 

Dennis and Paula Jaffe 

Janet Jaffin 

Peter and Karen Jakes 

Beth Janus and Seth Lieberman 

Rona and Lee Javitch 

Jewish Communities of Western 

Connecticut, Inc. 

Jewish Community Board of 

Akron, OH 

Jewish Community Federation of 

Richmond, VA 

Jewish Community of Amherst, 

MA 

A Jewish Voice for Peace 

Barbara Johns 

Daniel Johnson and Julia Parzen 

Norman and Shirley Joseph 

Andrew Joskow and Lisa Sockett 

Robert and Roni Jossen 

Arthur and Lorie Juceam 

Linda Kacser 

Wendy and Daniel Kahn 

Norman and Lee Kalant 

Sophie Kalina 

Jan Kallish 

Sheila and Morton Kamerman 

The S. Irwin Kamin Foundation 

Grace Kamins 

The Kandell Fund 

Nancy H. Kane 

Louis M. and Sally B. Kaplan 

Martin and Doris Kaplan 

Robert A. Kaplan 

Morris J. & Betty Kaplun 


Michael Karasick and Stacey 

Berlow 

Richard Kass and Elaine Soffer 

Sidney Kass 

Richard and Heidi Katz 

Susan Katz-Snyder and Alan 

Snyder 

Gerri Kay 

Carl Kaysen 

Joel Kazis and Sara Nathan 

Kelen Family Foundation 

Saul and Pamela Kelner 

Craig and Karen Kennedy 

Daniel Kessler and Yael Friedman 

Harry and Doraline Kesten 

Solomon and Rita Kimerling 

Andrea King 

Drs. Robert and Ruth King 

Stephen and Susan Kippur 

Kirkland & Ellis Foundation 

Morton Kirshner 

Alice D. Kisch 

Karen Kissel Wegela 

Samuel and Francine Klagsbrun 

Howard and Wendy Kleckner 

Rabbi Gerald J. Klein 

Suzanne Silk Klein 

Karen Wilk Klein 

Robert Klutznick 

Miriam Bazelon Knox 

Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Inc., 

TN 

Yonatan Koch 

Leslie S. Kogod 

Roger L. Kohn 

Janet L. Kolodner and Michael S 

Klein 

Julius Koppelman 

Lottie Kornfeld 

Rabbi Emily and Sidney Korzenik 

Alan and Pamela Kosansky 

Helen L. Koss 

Ronni Kotler 

Nathan and Mary Lynn Kotz 

David and Elizabeth Kozart 

Susan and David Kraemer 

Ruben Kraiem and Elizabeth 

Leiman 

Albert H. Kramer 

Sidney & Judith Kranes 

Charitable Trust 

Jesse and Maris Krasnow 

Herbert and Catherine Kraus 

Joel Krauss 

Jason H. Kravitt 

Saul and Beri Kravitz 

Mona B. Kreaden 

Samuel and Marilyn Krimm 

Norman and Susan Krinsky 

Jules and Lynn Korda Kroll 

Robert L. Krulwich 

Arthur and Rosalind Krupp 

Patricia and Bart Krupp 

Joseph and Rachel Kruskal 

Michael and Carolyn Kulakofsky 

Holly K. Kulka 

Jonathan and Karen Kupetz 

Alyse Laemmle 

Peter and Ruth Laibson 

Ellie and Mark Lainer 

Joshua Landes and Bryna 

Shuchat 

David A. Landis, M.D. 

Rabbi Debra Bel Landsberg 

Henry A. Landsberger 

Jeff Lang and Ramona 

Svendgard 

Bryan Langholz and Susan 

Auerbach 

Richard Lapedes and Maureen 

Lynch 

Anita Lapidus 

Leonard and Benna Lasken 

Elliott and Phyllis Lasser 

Thomas Layton and Gyongy Laky 

Professor Ariela Lazar 

Rubin and Serene Lazar 

Howard Learner and Lauren 

Rosenthal 

William E. Leavitt 

Allen Leboff 

Ann Lederer 

Bishop Peter James Lee 

Gerard and Lilo Leeds 

Sylvia and Henry Leff 

Donald and Judy Lefton 

Kenneth and Lucy Lehman 

Jonathan and Shelah Lehrer- 

Graiwer 

Robert Leikind and Ellen Jawitz 

Leonard and Joan Leiman 

Herbert and Bernice Levetown 

Joshua Levin and Debra Fried 

Levin 

Robert and Bonita Levin 

Eric and Suzi Levine 

Jonathan D. Levine 

Leslie and Marsha Levine 

Sandra and Herbert Levine 

Bernard and Lory Levinger 

Keith and Bari Levingston 

John L. Levinsohn 

Henry and Esther Levinson 

Aviram Levy 

Peachy and Mark Levy 

Robert J. Levy 

Ann Lewis and Myron Sponder 

Steven A. Lewis 

Jules Lewy and Joanna Slone 

Elliott and Judith Lichtman 

Dorothy Lieberman, M.D. 

Elana Lieberman and Lorne 

Abramson 

Mark and Adele Lieberman 

Alan Iser and Sharon Liebhaber 

Dan E. Linder, D.D.S. 

Stanley and Evelyn Lipkin 

William and Doris Lippman 

Linda Lipsett and Jules Bernstein 

Marc Lipsitch and Meira Levinson 

Channing T. Lipson, M.D. 

Alan and Sharon Lipworth 

William and Patricia Lisberg 

Lawrence Litvak and June 

Cooperman 

Gordon Litwin and Anne Luzzato 

Thomas and Dorothy Litwin 

Eva C. Lokey 

Gerald and Selma Lotenberg 

Louis and Helen Lowenstein 

Lowenstein Brothers Foundation 

Stephen Lowey 

Philip and Pinchas Lozowick 

Alvin Luebeck 

Richard and Helen Lynn 

Bernard Lytton, M.D. and Norma 

Lytton 

James and Kay Mabie 

Mimi Mager 

Jerry Malamud 

A. Harry and Ruth Malin 

Joshua Malina and Melissa 

Merwin-Malina 

Michael and Anita Malina 

Ruth Mandel 

Ruth S. Mann 

Theodore R. Mann 

Jerome A. Manning 

In memory of Buddy and Beatrice 

Manolson 

Jacques Marchand and Eva 

Daniel 

Bernard and Roberta Marcus 

Paul and Annette Marcus 

S. Edward Marder 

Gayle and Jerry Marger 

David M. Margolick 

Asher J. Margolis 

William Margolis Jewish Legacy 

Fund 

Lee and Dorothy Marsh 

David and Anne Martin 

Sylvia Marx 

Rachel Masters 

Stuart and Ellen Masters 

Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon and 

Talia Hatzor 

Steven A. Matthews 

Daniel and Karen Mayers 

Paul Mayo and Charlotte Malasky 

McCaffrey Family Foundation 

Susan McCarthy 

Emily Gantz McKay and Jack 

McKay 

Mark and Marjorie Medress 

David Mehlman and Arlene 

Alpert Mehlman 

Joseph and Stephanie Meis 

Ilse Melamid 

Melaver Foundation 

Robert and Marjorie Mellen 

Mark Mellman and Mindy 

Horowitz 

Daniel Meltzer and Ellen 

Semonoff 

Richard and Colette Meltzer 

William Mencow and Amy Mates 

Mark J. Mendell 

Alvin M. Mesnikoff 

Nathaniel A. Mesnikoff 

Foundation 

Paul and Alice Meyer 

Suzanne M. Meyer 

Leon Meyers 

Janet G. Michaels 

Janet Green Mikkelsen 

Milken Family Foundation 

Avy L. & Roberta L. Miller 

Foundation 

George and Roslyn Miller 

Shirley and Mitchell Miller 

David A. Mindell 

William Mindlin 

Lisa Minsky-Primus 

James and Wendy Mnookin 

Leo Model Foundation, Inc. 

Moguls Ski and Snowboard 

Tours, Inc. 

Dov Moran 

Rabbi Leon A. Morris 

M. Peter and Elizabeth K. Moser 

Jonathan and Abigail Moses 

Harold and Lani Moss 

Jerold and Carol Muskin 

Samuel and Ruth Musnikow 

Joshua Nash 

Bennett and Sondra Nathan 

Pearl G. Nathan 

Aaron and Marcia Naveh 

Dorothy and Mark Nelkin 

Howard and Jackie Nemerovski 

Jean and J. Jordan Nerenberg 

Charlotte and Michael Newberger 

Bruce and Myra Newman 

Michael A. Nieder 

David Nirenberg and Jane Dailey 

Arthur and June Nislick 

Israel and Noga Niv-Adler 

Joyce and Carl Norden 

Seymour and Bernice 

Nordenberg 

Peter and Joan Novick 

Ernest A. A. Noymer 

Charles and Richard Oestreich 


Edward D. Ohlbaum and Karyn L. 

Scher 

The Oppenheim Family 

Helene H. Oppenheimer 

Adrienne and George Orlan 

Abe and Esther Orlick 

Julie Orlin 

Gilbert and Margaret Osnos 

Mortimer and Miriam Ostow 

Stacy Osur and Keith Gilbert 

Robert Owens and Eve Klein 

Corrine Parver 

Bill and Janet Pauli 

Allan and Jane Paulson 

Muriel G. Miller Pear 

Wendy Peikes 

Nanette H. Perlman Berman 

Raphael and Rachele Pfeffer 

Rhona Philips and Ben Carniol 

Bruce Phillips and Judith Kaye 

Robert Pitofsky 

Judith Plaskow 

Bonnie L. Podolsky 

Laurie Ferber Podolsky 

Sandy Polishuk 

Lucile and Maurice Pollak Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Pollak, Sr. 

Seymour and Martha Pomerantz 

Lia and William Poorvu 

Ramon L. Posel 

Daniel C. Price 

Public Welfare Foundation 

Deborah Lee Rabina 

William and Martha Rabinowitz 

Paula J. Rackoff 

Robert and Susy Raful 

Rabbi Sanford and Masayo 

Ragins 

Gilda and Jerry Raiken 

Dr. Anna T. Rand 

Jack Rapaport 

Daniel and Maxine Rapoport 

Steven Rappaport and Judith 

Garson 

Michael and Joyce Rappeport 

Bob and Margie Rashti 

Elinor G. Ratner 

Melvin Rauch 

Ms. Susan Rebick and Mr. Steve 

Garmaise 

Reboul,MacMurray,Hewitt & 

Maynard 

Melvin and Edna Reder 

Henry & Anne Reich Family 


Fred Reiner and Sherry Levy- 

Reiner 

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Bruce Reingold 

David and Ann Peck Reisen 

Thelma and Harvey Reisman 

Yoav and Denise Rekem 

Eugene and Elizabeth Renkin 

Deborah J. Reznick 

Marjorie and Stephen Richards 

Dorothy A. Richman 

Ilene Richman 

Lorne Richmond 

Robert and Ellen Rinsky 

Rita K. Robert 

Anne Roberts and Wayne 

Neiman 

Dan J. Roberts 

Daniel and Betty Roberts 

Edward and Peggy Robin 

Rabbi Michael and Ruth 

Robinson 

Naomi S. Robinson 

James and Diane Roche 

June and Marvin Rogul 

Jennie E. Roitman 

Nathan Rome and Bonnie Alpert 

Amy and Harvey Rose 

Sandra and Frederick Rose 

Barry A. Rosen 

Constance Rosen 

Elliott and Phyllis Rosen 

Harold L. Rosen 

Emily Rosenberg 

Rabbi Rachel and Mark Mikva 

Rosenberg 

Joseph B. Rosenblatt 

Barbara and Stephen Rosenfeld 

Naomi and Steven Rosenfeld 

David L. Rosenhan 

Edna U. Rosenheim 

Elden and Marjorie Rosenthal 

Peter N. Rosenthal 

Sheldon and Rose Rosenthal 

Benjamin and Mildred 

Rosenzweig 

Ann Rosewater 

Bella Rosner and Saul Schapiro 

Howard and Kathy Rosof 

Alison Ross 

Rabbi Francine and Marc Roston 

Robert and Judith Roth 

Meyer and Naomi Rothberg 

Dr. Irving Rothchild 

Sylvia Rothchild 

Alan and Susan Rothenberg 

Susan Rothenberg 

David and Phyllis Rothman 

Steven Rothman and Kathleen 

Tierney 

Peter Roussak 

Ernest Rubenstein 

Brad A. Rubin-Brooks 

Jack and Edith Ruina 

Jonathan and Barbara Ryder 

Moshe Safdie 

Walter and Marjorie Salmon 

The Jack & Anita Saltz 


Norman and Betsy Samet 

Steven J. Samuel 

Sangstat 

Karen Sarachik and Joel Epstein 

Dene A. Sarason 

Claire Satlof and Jeffrey Bedrick 

Louis and Barbara Savrin 

Kitt and Heather Sawitsky 

David Saxe 

Dianne and Stewart Saxe 

Judith and Richard Schachter 

Daniel C. Schaffer 

Jan Schakowsky 

Uri and Tamar Scharf 

Julie B. Schecter 

Tamara Scheinfeld 

Scher-Altman Family Foundation 

of the Jewish Community 

Endowment Fund 

Harold and Margot Schiff 

Steven and Bonni Schiff 

Steven and Adrienne Schiff 

Jean Schiro-Zavela and Vance 

Zavela 

Alice and Robert Schloss 

Stanley and Kay Schlozman 

Arthur and Gerry Schneeberg 

Brynah Schneider-Friedman 

Harriet F. Schnur 

Leonard Schoolman 

Lisbeth B. Schorr 

Myron Schreck 

Alfred and Jocelyn Schrott 

Leonard and Celia Schuchman 

Mel and Ruth Schulman 

Myrl S. Schuster 

Jolie Schwab and David Hodes 

Thomas and Lois Schwab 

Amy Schwartz and Eric Koenig 

Mrs. Francine Schwartz 

Howard and Phyllis Schwartz 

Joseph and Gloria Schwartz 

Lawrence and Cherie Schwartz 

Sanford Schwartz 

Mary and Stanley Schwartzberg 

Amy Schwartzman and Kevin 

Moss 

Malca and Shmuel Schwarzmer 

Ed Segal and Lynne Newhouse 

Segal 

Hattie and Arnold Segal 

Sandra and Martin Segal 

Joseph and Randee Seiger 

Janice V. Selix 

Rita R. Semel 

David Senensieb and Carol Kurz 

Karen Senter 

Kim Shafer and Isaac Finkle 

Donald and Doris Shaffer 

Randi Shafton and Andrew 

Lieberman 

Joan Shain 

Risa Shames and Neil Silverston 

Deborah Shapira and Barry Stern 

Alan D. Shapiro 

Aliza Shapiro 

Edmond and Marla Shapiro 

Gary and Dana Shapiro 

Howard and Manya Shapiro Fund 

of The Oregon Community 

Foundation 

Jack Shapiro 

Myron Shapiro and Joan 

Goldman 

Steven J. Shapiro 

The Shefa Fund 

Matthew G. Sheinin 

Michael and Meg Sheketoff 

Judy and David Shenker 

Samuel and Jill Deane Sheppard 

Rochelle E and Jesse Shereff 

Reuben and Leona Shevitz 

Helaine and Allan Shiff 

Audrey Shiffman and Peter 

Langmaid 

Gina Shochat-Rakoff and Vivian 

Rakoff 

Norman M. Shore 

Martin and Julia Shubik 

Deborah G. Shulevitz 

Edwin and Ellen Sue Shulkin 

Adam Shyevitch and Nicole 

Lamberg 

John Siegal 

Alfred and Mildred Siegel 

Burton and Naomi Siegel 

Donald and Elaine Siegel 

Sue J. Siegel 

Alan and Susan Silberstein 

The Silver Family Fund 

David Silver and Ann Schwartz 

Dr. and Mrs. L. David Silver 

Irving Silverman 

Riva Silverman and Abram 

Heisler 

Amy R. Simon 

Ernest and Eve Simon 

Betty and Ernest Singer 

Daniel and Maxine Singer 

William Singer and Joanne 

Cicchelli 

Richard H. Sinkoff 

Alison Sirkus 

Abigail Slater and Morry 

Guttman 

Michael and Kathleen Slater 

Richard and Cynthia Sloan 

Irving and Lois Slott 

Anita Small and Norman 

Rosenblum 

Beth K. Smith 

H. Marcia Smolens 

Eugene Sofer and Judith Bartnoff 

Aviam Soifer and Marlene Booth 

Felicia Sol 

Solel Congregation of 

Mississauga 

Janet W. Solinger 

May Soll 

Robert S. and Jean M. Solomon 

Marvin Sparrow 

Irene Speiser 

Michael P. Spertus 

Helen and Thomas Spiro 

Alfred and Ruth Sporer 

Norma and Kenneth Spungen 

David and Tasha Stadtner 

Maureen Stahl 

Rabbi and Mrs. Mark N. Staitman 

Shalom and Janet Staub 

Amy J. Stein 

Carol Stein 

Fredric and Nikki Stein 

Drs. H. Thomas and Madlyn Stein 

Clifford and Suzanne Steinberg 

Harold and Sybil Steinberg 

Stephen and Phyllis Steinbrecher 

Paul M. Steiner 

David M. Stern 

Judge Edward Stern and Judge 

Maxine Chesney 

Jane R. Stern 

Susan and Jeffrey Stern 

Michael Stevens and Deborah 

Brown 

Robert Stillman and Janet Surkin 

Lloyd and Susan Stockel 

Ruth B. Stoltzfus 

Thomas and Donna Stone 

Nancy A. Storch 

Michael Strassfeld and Joy Levitt 

Maxwell Strawbridge Charitable 

Foundation 

Joan and Steve Subrin 

Evelyn Sucher 

Alvin and Barbara Sugarman 

S. Donald Sussman 

Ralph J. Sutton 

Richard and June Swartz 

Susan Swartz and Bruce 

Solomon 

Michael and Bryna Sweedler 

Myron Szold 

Laura Talmus Associates 

David and Peggy Tanner 

Matthew and Janice Tannin 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Tartell 

Seymour and Lynne Teich 

Morton I. Teicher 

Rayla G. Temin, in memory of 

Howard M. Temin 

Bruce Temkin 

Temple Shaaray Tefila 

Bruce and Judith Tennebaum 

Hanna L. Tennen 

The Judy and Warren Tenney 

Foundation 

Steven and Carol Teutsch 

Malcolm and Barbara Thomson 

Thorn Fund Philanthropic Fund 

Lester C. Thurow 

Nicola Tiefenbrun 

Rachel B. Tiven 

Aaron and Ziva Tomares 

Jay and Joan Topkis 

Sidney and Lillian Topol 

Ben and Sarah Torchinsky 

Rabbi Michael and Elizabeth 

Torop 

Gary and Evelyn Trachten 

Trio Foundation 

Martha J. Trolin 

Jerome and Adele Trupin 

Floyd and Marcia Tuler 

David and Bonita Turner 

Harry L. Turtledove 

Richard and Gail Ullman 

Michael Umansky and Sherry 

Weiman 

United Jewish Federation of 

Greater Pittsburgh, PA 

United Jewish Fund and Council 

of Greater St. Paul, MN 

United Way of Tri-State 

Jack and Margrit Vanderryn 

Vanguard Public Foundation 

Michael and Serene Victor 

Jennifer D. Vidis 

Milton and Judith Viorst 

Elizabeth Vorenberg 

Estate of Edwin R. Wagner 

Wagner-Braunsberg Philanthropic 

Fund 

Stanley I. Wald 

Martin Wallen 

William and Audrey Walzer 

Eric D. Wanger 

Melvin and Harriet Warshaw 

Arthur Waskow and Phyllis 

Berman 

Gerald J. and Naomi Wasserburg 

Henry Webber and Christine 

Jacobs 

Andrew and Debra Weiner 

David and Debra Weiner 

Robert H. and Jane L. Weiner 

Will and Jeanmaire Weinstein 

Mr. and Mrs. Weisberg 

Marilyn and Raymond Weisberg 

Mortimer and Barbara Weisenfeld 

Dr. David and Estare Weiser 

Hyman Weiss 

Mark and Joan Weiss 

Richard D. Weiss, M.D. 

Jeff Weissglass and Jeannie 

Affelder 

William B. Wiener, Jr. 

Wight & Company 

Jonathan and Judith Wilkenfeld 

Ann F. Wimpfheimer 

Jerry and Gail Winter 

Stephen and Rachel Wizner 

Bernard and Beverly Wolfe 

Rabbi Gregory A. Wolfe 

Susan and Robert Wolfe 

Terri Wolfe-Hirsch 

Ann and Arnold Wolff 

Robert and Joan Wolff 

Ruth E. Wolman 

Carl Woolf 

Wilfred Wyler 

Lawrence Yanover and Fran 

Cohen 

Ray and Ellen Yarkin 

Linda Yenkin 

Rabbi Roderick Young and David 

Mooney 

Josephus Youngerman and 

Ronnie Scharfman 

M. B. & Edna Zale Foundation 

Stanley Zimmering, Ph.D. 

Margot and Paul Zimmerman 

Estate of David Ziskind 

Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin 

Seymour Zoger 

James and Helen Zukin 

Unspecified Amount 

Kay Berkson and Sidney 

Hollander 

Henry and Norma Eigles 

J. Hanna Kranzberg 

Dolores Taller 

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P3 & 18 Lloyd Wolf 

P4 Alberto Denkberg 

P5 Jodi Michaels 

P6 Yoav Loeff 

P7 Jeffrey Rum 

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Jerusalem Weekly 

P10 Courtesy of Orli Moss 

and Jonathan 

Cummings 

P11 Miki Kratsman 

P13 Karen Benzian 

P14 Shlomy Saragossi 

P16 Courtesy of 

Gama Design 

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P19 Flash 90 

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New Israel Fund Board of Directors & Regional Councils 

New Israel Fund Board of Directors 

Officers 

Peter Edelman 

President 


Dafna Izraeli* 

Chair in Israel 

Shlomo Hasson 

Vice President in Israel 

Robert Mnookin 

Treasurer 

Cambridge, MA 

Sanford Gallanter 

Secretary 

San Francisco 

Directors 

Faisal Azaiza 

Kfar Daburiyya 

Jonathan J. Cohen 

Lincoln, MA 

Ellen Dahrendorf 

London 

Franklin Fisher 

Cambridge, MA 

Israela Goldblum 

Jerusalem 

Stephen Gunther 

Santa Monica, CA 

Shira Herzog 

Toronto 

(On leave) 

Michael Hirschhorn 

New York 

Nadera Keverkian 

Jerusalem 

Jonathan Lopatin 

New Rochelle, NY 

Board of Directors of Switzerland 

Philippe Lévy, Chair 

Martin Dreyfus 

Peter Dreyfus 

Roger Dreyfus 

Beat Eisner 

Phyllis Günzburger 

Cindy Miller 

New York 

Yoram Peri 

Tel Aviv 

Paula Rackoff 

New York 

Norman S. Rosenberg 


Uri Scharf 

Jerusalem 

Alice Shalvi 

Jerusalem 

Joan Shapiro 

Chicago 

Alan Solomont 

Weston, MA 

Mary Ann Stein 


Arthur Waldstein 

Boston 

Neta Ziv 

Ramat Hasharon 

Norman S. Rosenberg 


Eliezer Ya’ari 


Israel 

Founders 

Jonathan J. Cohen 

Eleanor F. Friedman 

David Jacobs 

Marlis Jacobs 

Peter Liatowitsch 

Pierre Loeb 

Tascha Loeb 

Board of Directors 

of Canada 

Debra Grobstein Campbell 

President 

Neil Kredentser 

Vice President 

Abigail Slater 

Secretary-Treasurer 

Jonathan Latsky 

Advisory Council 

Rabbi Larry Englander 

Ralph Garber 

Victor Goldbloom 

Wolfe Goodman 

Maurice Green 

Chaviva Hosek 

Rabbi Dow Marmur 

Freda Paltiel* 

Gibby Rosenberg 

Judy Sarick 

Rabbi Israel Silverman 

Herbert Solway 

Alex Speigel 

Sharon Weintraub 

Sheila Zittrer 

Board of Directors 

of Great Britain 

Lady Dahrendorf, Chair 

Sam Clarke, Treasurer 

David Altschuler 

Ron Beller 

Emma Edelson 

Martine Halban 

June Jacobs 

Lady Mitchell 

Jonathan Morris 

Honorary President 

William Frankel 

Patrons 

Lady Berlin 

Lord Lester of Herne Hill Q.C. 

Lord Moser 

Lord Stone of Blackheath 

Advisory Council 

Albert Fuss 

Lady Gilbert 

Mark Goldberg 

Lady Jakobovits 

Manja Leigh 

Stuart Levy 

Rabbi Julia Neuberger 

Martin Paisner 

John Porter 

Michael Sacher 

Ruth Sandelson 

New York 

Regional Council 

Rachel Allen 

Heidi Aronin 

Oz Benamram 

Shelley Fischel 

Liz Greenstein 

Janet Heettner 

Michael Hirschhorn 

Rabbi Richard J. Jacobs 

Leslie Kimerling 

Ruth and James Levitan 

Jonathan Lopatin 

Rabbi Richard Marker 

Rabbi Roly Matalon 

Aliza Mazor 

Cindy L. Miller 

Paula Rackoff 

Irwin Rosenblum 

Frederick P. Schaffer 

Peter Silverman 

Abbe Steinglass 

Bruce Temkin 

David Umansky 

San Francisco 

Regional Board 

President 

Dr. Raquel H. Newman 

Members 

Steve Abel 

Mimi Arfin 

Dr. David Biale 

Pamela Burdman 

Sandra Coliver 

Dr. Sandra R. Curtis 

Leah Frei 

Dr. Linda Gallanter 

Sanford Gallanter 

Nancy Goldberg 

Grace Hughes 

Leslie Kane 

Marla Kolman 

Hannah Kranzberg 

George Krevsky 

Martin Lowenstein 

Howard Nemerovski 

Justice Stuart Pollak 

Rabbi Dorothy Richman 

David Rosenhan 

Lela Sarnat 

Rita Semel 

Gary Sokol 

Marilyn Weisberg 

Diane Jordan Wexler 

Susan Wolfe 

Alan Zimmerman 

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Yoram Peri 

Chair 

Tel Aviv 

Martin Indyk 

Chair-Elect 


Michel Abitbol 

Jerusalem 

Ismail Abu-Saad 

Be’er Sheva 

Karen Adler 

New York 

Elah Alkalay 

Kfar Mordechai 

Arieh Arnon 

Jerusalem 

Mordechai Bar-On 

Jerusalem 

Yossi Beinart 

New York 

Eyal Benvenisti 

Mevasseret 

Mindy Berman 

Newton, MA 

Avishai Braverman 

Be’er Sheva 

Les Bronstein 

White Plains, NY 

Debby Bussel 

Miami, FL 

Yehuda Cohn 

New York 

Rachel Cowan 

New York 

Gerald Cromer 

Jerusalem 

Jerome Davidson 

Great Neck, NY 

Avner De-Shalit 

Jerusalem 

Isabel “Liz” Dunst 

Bethesda, MD 

Sara Ehrman 


Rami Entin 

Tel Aviv 

Nabila Espanioly 

Nazareth 

Leonard “Leibel” Fein 

Boston 

Shelley Fischel 

Scarsdale, NY 

Lois Frank 

Atlanta 

William Frankel 


Dayle Friedman 

Philadelphia 

Aviva Futorian 

Chicago 

Lily Galili 

Jerusalem 

Linda Gallanter 

San Francisco 

Itzhak Galnoor 

Jerusalem 

Ruth Gavison 

Jerusalem 

Judy Gelman 


Benjamin Gidron 

Be'er Sheva 

Nora Gold 

Toronto 

Sally Gottesman 

New York 

Barbara S. Green 


Richard Gunther 

Lois Gunther 

Los Angeles 

Tova Halbertal 

Jerusalem 

Gilad Harish 

Tel Aviv 

Nehama Hillman 

Jerusalem 

Audrey Irmas 

Los Angeles 

June Jacobs 

London 

Richard Jacobs 

Scarsdale, NY 

Marilyn Karsten 

Los Angeles 

Yadin Kaufman 

Ra’anana 

Linda Gerber Klein 


Mordecai Kremnitzer 

Jerusalem 

Luis Lainer 

Los Angeles 

Donald Landis 

Betsy Landis 

White Plains, NY 

Terry Lenzner 


Philippe Lévy 

Bern 

Geoffrey Lewis 

Waban, MA 

David Libai 

Tel Aviv 

Jan Abby Liff 

Nashville, TN 

Robert “Bud” Lifton 

Chicago 

Susan Liss 

Chevy Chase, MD 

Martin Lowenstein 

San Francisco 

Hannah Lowy 

London 

Ellen Malcolm 


Theodore Mann 

Philadelphia 

Edna Margalit 

Jerusalem 

J. Rolando “Roly” 

Matalon 

New York 

Sami Michael 

Haifa 

Raquel Newman 

San Francisco 

Louis Newman 

St. Paul, MN 

Bonnie Orlin 

Cambridge, MA 

Ruth Ottolenghi 

Nataf 

Aaron Panken 

Scarsdale, NY 

Kathleen Peratis 

New York 

Gabbi Peretz 

Kohav Yair 

Stuart Pollak 

San Francisco 

Yuval Rabin 

Rockville, MD 

Frances Raday 

Jerusalem 

Irwin Rosenblum 

Princeton, NJ 

Moshe Safdie 

Cambridge, MA 

Bettylu Saltzman 

Chicago 

David Saperstein 


Gerry Sarnat 

Portolo Valley, CA 

Harriet Schley 

Chestnut Hill, MA 

Len Schneiderman 

Santa Monica, CA 

Amnon Sella 

Mevasseret 

Ruth Sheshinski 

Jerusalem 

Aliza Shenhar 

Haifa 

Varda Shiffer 

Jerusalem 

Joel Siegel 

Mevasseret 

Nancy Schwartz 

Sternoff 

New York 

Simone Susskind 

Brussels 

Bonnie Tenenbaum 

Portolo Valley, CA 

Gordon Tucker 

Scarsdale, NY 

David Umansky 

New York 

Frank Vogl 


Al Vorspan 

New York 

Vincent Worms 

San Francisco 

Chana Zelig 

Chicago 

Dina Zisserman 

Jerusalem 

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL

How You Can Support the New Israel Fund 

Your contribution to the New Israel Fund is more than just a donation; with it, you are joining an international 

partnership working to strengthen democracy and promote equality and social justice in Israel. No other 

organization offers those who believe in a democratic future for Israel a better opportunity to build that future. 

There are many ways you can support NIF: 

ANNUAL GIFTS 

General Support 

The New Israel Fund encourages unrestricted general 

support gifts. Such gifts provide NIF with the flexibility 

to direct the funds where they are most urgently 

needed. 

Area Designated GIving 

An area-designated gift enables you to specify the 

issue area you wish to support, such as safeguarding 

civil and human rights, bridging social and economic 

gaps and fostering tolerance and religious pluralism. 

Grant Fulfillment 

Specifying your gift for grant fulfillment helps NIF 

meet its commitment to an organization that has been 

designated a priority for funding support. 

Donor-Advised Giving 

NIF accepts gifts for organizations that have been 

approved as donor-advised grantees. You may 

advise NIF to allocate your gift to one or more of 

these organizations. 

ENDOWMENT GIFTS 

An endowed fund can be established with a gift of 

$50,000 or more and will continue in perpetuity. 

The principal remains untouched while the revenue 

generated is used for the purpose recommended by 

the donor. Endowment gifts offer the opportunity to 

have your name, or the name of a loved one you wish 

to honor or memorialize, permanently associated with 

the New Israel Fund and its work. 

PLANNED GIFTS 

Planned giving support can be provided by designating 

NIF the beneficiary of your will, life insurance policy or 

retirement plan, or by making a gift that provides you 

with income. 

You can make a gift to NIF in one or 

more of the following ways: 

■ Cash or check 

■ Credit card 

■ Appreciated securities 

(stocks, bonds and mutual fund shares) 

■ State of Israel bonds 

■ Gifts matched by your employer 

■ Gifts through an existing philanthropic 

or community fund 

■ Life insurance (whole life, universal life 

or term insurance) 

■ Transferring real estate and tangible property 

■ Naming NIF as beneficiary of a retirement plan 

■ Naming NIF as beneficiary of a will or codicil 

■ Establishing a trust (charitable remainder trust, 

charitable lead trust or living trust) 

■ Establishing a charitable gift annuity 

In addition, the New Israel Fund in Great Britain and 

the N.I.F. Canadian Charitable Trust raise monies for 

specific projects in Israel in accordance with the 

charitable law in their respective countries. 

The categories of tax efficient donations which may 

be used by residents of Great Britain and Canada 

may be different from those referred to above. 

For more information about making a gift to the 

New Israel Fund, call (202) 842-0900, email 

info@nif.org or visit www.nif.org. 

Or send your donation to: 

P.O. Box 91588 

Washington, DC 20090-1588 

If you live in Israel and would like to make a gift, 

call (03) 739-6365 or visit www.nif.org.il.

UNITED STATES 


New Israel Fund 

1101 14th Street NW 

Sixth Floor 

Washington, DC 20005 

Phone: (202) 842-0900 

Fax: (202) 842-0991 

Email: info@nif.org 

Donations to: 

P.O. Box 91588 

Washington, DC 20090-1588 

New York 


165 East 56th Street 

New York, NY 10022-2746 

Phone: (212) 750-2333 

Fax: (212) 750-8043 

Email: ny@nif.org 

San Francisco 


785 Market Street 

14th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Phone: (415) 543-5055 

Fax: (415) 543-6066 

Email: sf@nif.org 

Florida 


1400 NW 107th Avenue 

Miami, FL 33172 

Phone: (305) 392-4021 

Fax: (305) 392-4004 

Email: florida@nif.org 

ISRAEL 

Jerusalem 


PO Box 53410 

Jerusalem 91534 

Israel 

Phone: 972-2-672-3095 

Fax: 972-2-672-3099 

Email: nif@nif.org.il 

www.nif.org.il 

SHATIL Jerusalem 

P.O. Box 53395 

Jerusalem 91533 

Israel 

Phone: 972-2-672-3597 

Fax: 972-2-673-5149 

Email: info@shatil.nif.org.il 

SHATIL Haifa 

P.O. Box 9195 

Haifa 31090 

Israel 

Phone: 972-4-852-1750 

Fax: 972-4-852-1785 

Email: haifa@shatil.nif.org.il 

SHATIL Be'er Sheva 

PO Box 5045 

Be'er Sheva 84150 

Israel 

Phone: 972-7-628-2008 

Fax: 972-7-627-4836 

Email: beer-7@shatil.nif.org.il 

INTERNATIONAL OFFICES 

Canada 

New Israel Fund of Canada 

801 Eglinton Avenue West 

Suite 401 

Toronto, Ontario M5N 1E3 

Canada 

Phone: (416) 781-4322 

Fax: (416) 781-7443 

Email: info@nifcan.org 

Great Britain 

New Israel Fund Great Britain 

26 Enford Street 

London W1H2DD 

Great Britain 

Phone: 44-207-724-2266 

Fax: 44-207-724-2299 

Email: info@uknif.org 

Switzerland 

Neuer Israel Fonds Schweiz 

Postfach 425 

CH-4010 Basel 

Switzerland 

Phone: 41-61-272-1455 

Fax: 41-61-272-3807 

Email: info@nif.ch 

www.nif.ch

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