New Israel Fund Guardian of Democracy Tribute Journal 2009

1. Building a just and
democratic Israel for
30 years
30 TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
THE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

3. Building a just and
democratic Israel for
30 years
30TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
THE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
WELCOME
Stuart Pollak President, San Francisco Regional Board
Rabbi Brian Lurie
GREETINGS FROM THE STATE OF ISRAEL
Member of Knesset Avishay Braverman, Minister of Minority Affairs
MOTZI
DINNER
NIF: 30 YEARS OF SOCIAL CHANGE
FAREWELL TO ELIEZER YA’ARI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW ISRAEL FUND IN ISRAEL
Naomi Chazan President, New Israel Fund
GUARDIAN OF DEMOCRACY AWARD
Rabbi Brian Lurie
NEW GENERATIONS LEADERSHIP AWARD
Rebecca Katz Chair, New Generations Board, San Francisco
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
David Broza

4. 1979
NIF is founded by Jonathan J. Cohen and Ellie
Friedman. $80,000 in grants is distributed
to 20 organizations throughout Israel. NIF
becomes the major supporter of the emerging
30th Anniversary Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI),
Achievements helping grow ACRI into the country’s leading
human rights organization.
MUSICAL PERFORMER
David Broza
Israeli superstar David Broza brings captivating,
flamenco and salsa-tinged performances in
English, Hebrew and Spanish to audiences
worldwide. Headlining with artists such as Paul
Simon, Bob Dylan, and Van Morrison, Broza
has built a reputation as a dynamic and vibrant
singer/songwriter.
David Broza is also well known for his commitment
to humanitarian causes and using music to inspire
social change. As a musician, he has spread the
message of peace worldwide, above all with his
hit song Yihye Tov (“Things Will Get Better”) which
is an anthem of the Israeli peace movement and
which we will hear tonight.
2 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

5. 1980 1981 1982
NIF initiates NIF grantees – Interns for Peace, NIF establishes SHATIL
community Neve Shalom and Shutafut – (“seedling” in Hebrew) to
organizing and take the lead in creating a network increase NIF’s impact by
citizen activism to of organizations to facilitate greater providing consulting and
renew low-income communications and cooperation training to social change
neighborhoods. between Arabs and Jews. organizations.
SPECIAL GUEST
Member of Knesset Avishay Braverman
Minister of Minority Affairs
A member of the Israeli Knesset for the Labor Party since April
2006, Professor Avishay Braverman is the Israeli government’s
Minister of Minority Affairs. As such, he focuses on the economic,
social, and educational challenges Israel faces in the 21st century,
with emphasis on partnership with and equality for Israel’s
Arab citizens.
Previously, Professor Braverman served as President of
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (1990–2006). He holds a
PhD in economics from Stanford University and served as a
Senior Economist and Division Chief for the World Bank (1977–
1990) where he led research, policy work and project evaluation
throughout South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and
Eastern Europe, emphasizing balanced economic development
and social justice.
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 3

6. 1983 1984 1985
NIF names NIF’s fundraising exceeds NIF addresses the status of
Avraham Burg $1 million. NIF and the women in Israel by funding
the first NIF Washington College of Law the Israel Women’s
Leadership Fellow. at American University in Network, a non-partisan
Washington, DC launch the coalition founded by
US-Israel Civil Liberties Professor Alice Shalvi.
Law Program to build
Israel’s public interest and
civil rights bar.
SPEAKER
Naomi Chazan New Israel Fund Board President
Naomi Chazan, former Israeli Knesset Deputy Speaker and
leading human rights activist, began her new role as president of
the New Israel Fund in June 2008. She is Professor Emerita
of Political Science and African Studies at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, where she served as Chair of the Harry S. Truman
Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace. Chazan
currently serves as Head of the School of Government and
Society at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo. She has been
a Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard University and
spent the academic year 2004–2005 as the Wilhelm Fellow at
the Center for International Studies at MIT. She is an outspoken
leader in the struggle for women’s rights, civil rights, religious
freedom, pluralism and peace.
4 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

7. 1986 1987 1988
The High Court of Justice rules unanimously SHATIL serves over 100 Seeing the polarization and escalating
in favor of Shoshana Miller, an American organizations working in violence emanating from the Intifada,
immigrant converted to Judaism by a the areas of Jewish-Arab NIF establishes a special fund to
Reform rabbi in the US, registering her as coexistence, women’s rights, address threats to Israel’s democracy.
a Jew on her identity card. The decision neighborhood advocacy, B’Tselem: The Israel Information
validates the Jewish status of immigrants civil and human rights, and Center for Human Rights is
converted under non-Orthodox auspices. community development. awarded a special grant.
NIF-funded grantees, including Hemdat,
play a leading role in this landmark
decision, the first of many to follow over
the next 20 years.
OUTGOING NEW ISRAEL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN ISRAEL
Eliezer Ya’ari
Eliezer Ya’ari has served as the New Israel Fund’s Executive
Director in Israel for 12 years. A native of Jerusalem, Ya’ari
began his career in the Israeli Air Force as a combat pilot. He
joined soon after the 1967 war and served until 1976, retiring
with the rank of Major. He then joined the staff of the Israel
Broadcasting Authority and in 1992 became Director of
Programs. During his three-year term at the Israel Broadcasting
Authority, Eliezer was in charge of all television productions.
Before joining NIF in 1997, Ya’ari studied Public Administration
as a Wexner Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University.
We pay tribute to Eliezer’s exceptional years of service to the
New Israel Fund.
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 5

8. 1989 1990
The threats of growing anti- NIF meets the challenges posed by the
democratic values and extremism unprecedented aliyah of Soviet Jews to
mobilize Israelis to channel their Israel by launching the Soviet Aliyah
energies into the voluntary non- Fund to support organizations serving
profit sector. With NIF support, immigrants. SHATIL works actively with
hundreds of organizations self-help groups involved in the absorption
emerge, promoting democracy of immigrants from the former Soviet
and tolerance throughout Israel. Union. NIF supports the creation of the
Association of Rape Crisis Centers.
GUARDIAN OF DEMOCRACY AWARD
Rabbi Brian Lurie
Rabbi Lurie is a longtime supporter of the New Israel Fund and
eminent leader of the local, national, and international Jewish
community. He served for seventeen years as Executive Director
of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the
Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties and for five years as
President of the San Francisco Jewish Museum. He also worked
as Executive Vice President of the United Jewish Appeal (UJA),
where he was instrumental in launching the second phase of
Operation Exodus. In recent years, his vision for progressive
change in Israel has inspired a broad movement to support the
rights of Israel’s Arab citizens—the Inter-Agency Task Force on
Israeli Arab Issues—which he currently co-chairs.
6 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

9. 1991 1992
Sikkuy is established in response to growing concern over the New Generations is established in New York,
gaps between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. Its first report, Boston and Washington, DC to attract the next
produced in cooperation with the National Council for the generation of leaders and philanthropists to NIF’s
Child, documents severe social gaps between Arab and Jewish mission. NIF funds Menukha Nekhona: The
children. The National Council for the Child, the leading Association for Eternal Rest following the High
advocate for children’s rights in Israel, scores a series of ground- Court of Justice victory establishing the right to
breaking achievements, through its Center for the Child and non-Orthodox burial.
the Law, headed by NIF law fellow Tamar Morag.
NEW GENERATIONS LEADERSHIP AWARD
Rebecca Katz
Rebecca Katz is a driving force within the young NIF community.
As a dynamic New Generations Board Chair, she has provided
leadership, inspired grassroots organizing among Board
members, and co-chaired two Benefits. Rebecca has toured,
led programs to, and lived in Israel eight times. She became
involved in NIF both because of her commitment to social
justice and her desire for Israel to be a country that embodies
those principals. A Bay Area native, Rebecca spent 10 years as
a San Francisco Deputy City Attorney and currently works on
ensuring the welfare of other living beings as the Director of the
San Francisco Department of Animal Care & Control.
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 7

10. 1993 1994
SHATIL initiates a campaign to reunite In light of the 1993 breakthrough in Oslo, NIF creates
Ethiopian Jews with family members new opportunities to help Israelis prepare the ground
who remained behind in Ethiopia for peace. NIF supports the Adam Institute to instill
and implements programs to assist a deeper understanding of democratic values, and the
Ethiopians in their absorption into Association for Civil Rights in Israel to provide civil
Israeli society. The New Israel Fund and human rights training to police, prison and other
of Great Britain is launched. security service personnel.
AJEEC – The Arab-Jewish Center for
Equality, Empowerment, and Cooperation
Spotlight WINNER OF THE MIRIAM FLIGELMAN LEVY CROSS CULTURAL PRIZE
on NIF AJEEC (Arabic for “I am coming towards you”)
advances the status of Arab Bedouins and
promotes cooperation between Bedouin and
Jewish Israelis. The organization’s work is
based on encouraging volunteerism, mutual
Miriam Fligelman AMAL ELSANA
ALHJOOJ
assistance, and community responsibility as
Levy was an DIRECTOR OF AJEEC necessary components of a vibrant democratic
innovator and
society; and the belief that if Jews and Arabs
a social thinker
who, along with work together, they can create a more equitable and just Israel.
her husband
Irving, dedicated her life to AJEEC’s educational programs include a project that brings
bridge building. Her legacy and young Jewish and Bedouin Israelis together to benefit both
her commitment to these values communities. Each year a group of outstanding high school
are carried on by her daughter
Judith Levy Sender and by her
graduates—10 Bedouin and 10 Jewish—are chosen to
sons Joseph Fligelman Levy and undertake a year of joint full-time community service. The
John Fligelman Levy. volunteers undergo an intensive training program before and
during their work in the community. In addition, the volunteers
receive professional guidance preparing them for the task of
tutoring and conducting after-school enrichment activities for
Jewish and Arab schoolchildren.
8 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

11. 1995 1996
NIF’s fundraising exceeds $10 million. The High Court of In the wake of the assassination
Justice delivers a landmark decision granting women the of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin,
right to volunteer for pilot training in the Israeli Air Force NIF responds with the Campaign
resulting from advocacy by NIF grantees Israel Women’s for Tolerance, Dialogue and
Network and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Democracy, launched by President
Ezer Weizman.
Mixed Cities Project
RECIPIENT OF THE EDITH S. COLIVER HUMAN RIGHTS FUND
Last fall, violence broke out between the Arab Spotlight
and Jewish residents of Akko, heightening the
tension between the two populations. With
on NIF
these events as a backdrop, the Mixed Cities
Project has taken on new importance for NIF.
As the only organization with a major focus
and presence in Israel’s mixed cities, NIF Susie Coliver and
believes that tackling these societal divides are Sandy Coliver
imperative to the health of Israeli democracy. established the
Fund in 2002
Five of Israel’s cities have mixed Arab and Jewish populations— to recognize
Akko, Haifa, Jaffa, Lod and Ramle. Arab Israeli residents generally and remember
their mother Edith Coliver’s
lack equal access to health care, parks, education and social tremendous contribution to
services compared with their Jewish neighbors. Because building the cause of human and civil
and expansion permits are rarely issued to Arab families, many rights. Always with an open
heart and an open mind, Edith
live under the looming threat of home demolition, with about
brought great thoughtfulness
650 current demolition orders issued for Lod and Ramle. and genuine compassion to
her activism on behalf of a just
Launched in 2003, NIF’s acclaimed Mixed Cities Project and tolerant Israeli society. Her
promotes the idea of a shared society and, in particular, the service on the International
rights of Arab Israelis in these cities. Since its establishment, the and Regional Boards of NIF
was emblematic of her lifelong
project has succeeded in freezing dozens of home demolition commitment to human rights
orders and setting up neighborhood forums for promoting and democratic values.
housing and education rights.
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 9

12. 1997 1998
NIF leads the “Who is a Jew” campaign in the NIF launches “Israel Signing Anew,” inviting Israeli
US, advocating for religious pluralism in Israel. NIF citizens to reaffirm the values of their Declaration of
grantee Kav La Oved receives and processes nearly Independence. The campaign generates 532,789 signatures
900 new complaints of labor rights violations and including those of former President Ezer Weizman, then
succeeds in securing more than $400,000 in unpaid former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former
wages and salary benefits. Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
DINNER CHAIRS DINNER COMMITTEE
✽
Steve Abel Joanne Abel
Candice Gold✽ Al Baum
Thank you Nancy Goldberg Michael Bien✽
Leslie Kane✽ Susan Bluer
Ari Lurie Doris and George Krevsky✽
Daniel Lurie Leslie R. Katz
Hilary Kushins✶
Sherry Morse✽
Lee Pollak
Diane Rosenberg✽
Seth Skolnick✽
Bonnie Tenenbaum✽✹
Marilyn Weisberg✽
Carol✽ and Terry Winograd
✽ NIF REGIONAL BOARD MEMBER
✶ NEW GENERATIONS BOARD MEMBER
✦ NIF INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEMBER
✹ NIF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER
10 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

13. 1999 2000
The High Court of Justice unanimously decides The Green Environment Fund (GEF) is
to outlaw the use of physical force in civilian established to bring new attention and
interrogations following years of advocacy by NIF resources to the campaign to preserve
grantees Public Committee Against Torture in and protect the environment of Israel and
Israel, ACRI, B’Tselem: Israeli Information Center the health of its people. NIF’s partners
for Human Rights and Hamoked: Center for the include the Andrea & Charles Bronfman
Defense of the Individual. Philanthropies, the Nathan Cummings
Foundation, and the Pratt Foundation.
HONORARY COMMITTEE
Eileen Auerbach and Susan and William Heller Dr. Richard and
Larry Burgheimer Martha Pastcan
Grace Hughes and
Maia Azubel John Levinsohn Lisa and John Pritzker
Rabbi Michael and Linda and Tom Kalinowski Nancy and Alan Raznick✽
Hannah Barenbaum Estelle S. Katz Michael Steinman and
Ron and Ellie Berman Wendy and Rabbi Dorothy Richman
Eve Bernstein and Dr. Howard Kleckner David L. Rosenhan✽
Alex Gersznowicz Hannah J. Kranzberg✽ Peter Rukin✽ and
✽ Sharon Djemal
Rachel and David Biale Linda Kurtz
Elizabeth Friedman Branoff Sam Lauter Sylvia Sabel and
and Steven Branoff Joel Rubinstein
Ron Lezell
Jerome Braun Gerry✽✦ and Lela Sarnat✹
Mark and Adele Lieberman
Sandra Curtis✽ Jim and Emily Scheinman
Jeremy Lizt✶
James Dubey Rita R. Semel✽
Melanie and Peter Maier
Lisa Erdberg and Rabbi Judy Shanks✽ and
Dennis Gibbons Susan and Jay Mall Dr. James Gracer
Irwin and Barbara Meislin and Gary B. Sokol✽ and Paul Blanc
Concepción S. Federman Stuart Kaplan
Vera and Harold Stein Jr.
Lori and Michael Ferguson Robin Mencher ✽✶
Roselyne C. Swig
Phyllis Friedman Armando Mendoza Miranda
Tad Taube, President,
Jonathan D. Fuchs✽✹ Raquel H. Newman✽✹ Koret Foundation
Lawrence Goldfarb Shari and Don Ornstein Ingrid Tauber✹ and
Frank Taforo
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 11

14. 2001 2002
NIF’s fundraising exceeds $20 million. The NIF, SHATIL, and NIF grantees marshal public opposition to a
Israel Venture Network, a partnership of NIF policy that would have reserved government-developed land
and Israeli and North American venture capitalists, for use by Jews alone. Faced with intense public pressure, the
is established to promote systemic improvement in Knesset abandons consideration of this discriminatory policy. The
Israel’s education system and to provide resources High Court of Justice rules that the government must recognize
to students in disenfranchised communities. non-Orthodox conversions whether performed in Israel or the
Diaspora, following a petition by the Israel Religious Action
Center and the Masorti (Conservative) Movement.
HONORARY COMMITTEE (CONTINUED)
Akiva Tor, Consul General of Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier
Israel to the Pacific Northwest
Supervisor John Avalos
Sydney Kapchan and
Supervisor David Campos
Steven Tulkin✽
Supervisor Carmen Chu
Paul✽ and Dorothy Wachter
Supervisor Bevan Dufty
Marilyn and Murry Waldman
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Dan and Gina Waldman
Assemblymember Paul Fong
Alexandra Wall and Paul Bosky
Assemblymember
Mark S. Warnick
Jared Huffman
John Weinstein and
Representative Barbara Lee
Heidi Stewart
State Senator Mark Leno
Diane Jordan Wexler✽ and
Bruce Beron Assemblymember Fiona Ma,
Majority Whip
Susan and Robert Wolfe
Supervisor Eric Mar
Jonathan Zimman
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
Mary and Harold Zlot
Supervisor Nathan Miley
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
Assemblymember
Sandre R. Swanson
Representative Lynn C. Woolsey
✽ NIF REGIONAL BOARD MEMBER
✶ NEW GENERATIONS BOARD MEMBER
Betty Yee, Chairwoman of
✦ NIF INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEMBER State Board of Equalization
✹ NIF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER
12 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

15. 2003 2004
NIF and SHATIL mobilize The Supreme Court ordered the government
worldwide attention to reroute a large section of the Security Fence
around activist Vicki northwest of Jerusalem to balance security and
Knafo and her campaign human rights. Petitioners included NIF grantees
to oppose cuts in Association for Civil Rights in Israel, B’Tselem,
benefits to single-parent Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights and and
families and other others, who were key to this landmark ruling.
marginalized Israelis.
Candice Gold graciously sponsored the gifts you will take home tonight.
These are soaps, bath salts, and lip balms handmade by Nathalie Nadel
of Kibbutz Snir, infused with organic herbs from her garden. Nathalie runs
her own micro-business in Israel, part of Northern Exposure, a project
initiated by SHATIL, the New Israel Fund’s action arm. To learn more about Special thanks
Northern Exposure, virtually “meet” the business owners, and purchase
products visit www.nes.org.il.
Producer and director Lee Sankowich generously donated his time and
expertise to design this evening’s speaking program and performance.
Many of the images that grace this tribute journal and the invitation were
kindly contributed by photographer Irene Fertik.
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 13

16. 2005 2006 2007
In preparation for the Gaza In the aftermath of the second The Regional Council for
disengagement, NIF worked to bring Lebanon War, NIF provided basic Unrecognized Bedouin Villages
together left and right, religious and humanitarian assistance to the held a successful campaign protesting
secular to understand and combat most vulnerable populations in the Bedouin home demolitions, culminating
the threat to democracy. In the North. SHATIL’s North Star Forum, in a government moratorium for one
end, the disengagement occurred Mobadera and Northern Exposure year. In a landmark decision, the Jewish
relatively peacefully and was notable programs set the stage for long-term National Fund agreed for the first time
for the overall lack of confrontation commitment as dozens of civil society to sell land to non-Jews just before the
and violence. The Conflict groups worked to rebuild the North High Court of Justice began to consider
Transformation and Management and call attention to longstanding a petition from two NIF grantees.
Center is created by SHATIL. social and economic inequities in
Israel’s periphery.
GUARDIAN DEFENDER
Rabbi Brian and Caroline Lurie Joanne and Steve Abel
Sylvia Sabel and Alvin Baum
Guardian of Joel Rubinstein Adi Cohen
Democracy Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum Phyllis Friedman
Candice Gold and
Donors VISIONARY Edmond Russell
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund Leslie Kane and
Manuel Fishman
Linda Kurtz
Doris and George Krevsky
David L. Rosenhan
Armando Mendoza Miranda
Gerry and Lela Sarnat
Diane Jordan Wexler and
Ingrid Tauber and Frank Taforo Bruce Beron
Drs. Terry and Carol Winograd
CHAMPION
PATRON
Michael Bien and Jane Kahn
Michelle and Robert Friend Fred Altshuler and
Julia Cheever
Stuart and Lee Pollak
Deena Aranoff
Lisa and John Pritzker
Eileen Auerbach and
David and Phyllis Rothman Larry Burgheimer
Peter Rukin and Sharon Djemal Maia Azubel
14 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

17. 2008 2009
In the wake of the global economic crisis, NIF/ The New Israel Fund celebrates its
SHATIL took emergency action to deal with the 30th anniversary in San Francisco. In
budgetary shortfalls of our family of organizations. the past 3 decades, NIF has granted
Programs supporting shared living, including the over $200 million to more than 800
acclaimed Mixed Cities Project, became a top organizations.
priority following an outbreak of violence in Akko.
Eve Bernstein and Marvin Langsam Rita R. Semel
Alex Gersznowicz Sam Lauter Rabbi Judy Shanks and
Bluer and Bluer LLP Mark and Adele Lieberman Dr. James Gracer
Ellen Bob and David Waksberg Greta Livingston Yoav Shoham and
Jerome Braun Noa Eliaf-Shoham
Jeremy Lizt
Dr. Ronald E. Cape and Gary B. Sokol and
Melanie and Peter Maier Paul Blanc
Lillian J. Cape
Ephraim Margolin Joelle Steefel
Phyllis and David Cook
Barbara Meislin and Vera and Harold Stein Jr.
James Dubey Stuart Kaplan
Irwin and Roselyne C. Swig
Phyllis Moldaw
Concepción S. Federman Tad Taube, President,
Judy and Jay Nadel Koret Foundation
Ford Israel Fund
Raquel H. Newman Sydney Kapchan and
Nancy Goldberg
Shari and Don Ornstein Steven Tulkin
Stephen and Nancy Grand
John Osterweis and Paul and Dorothy Wachter
Grace Hughes and Barbara Ravizza
John Levinsohn Sarah Wall Memorial Trust
Betty Ann Polse John Weinstein and
Jim Joseph Foundation
Joan and Russell Pratt Heidi Stewart
Linda and Thomas Kalinowski
Irving and Varda Rabin Marilyn and Ray Weisberg
Fred and Beth Karren Susan and Robert Wolfe
Michael Steinman and
Wendy and Rabbi Dorothy Richman Adrienne and Ron Yank
Dr. Howard Kleckner
Jim and Emily Scheinman Mary and Harold Zlot
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 15

18. Mazal tov to the
New Israel Fund on this
30 year milestone.
Rabbi Brian and Caroline Lurie
16 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

19. Dear Dad,
Congratulations on this
much deserved evening.
—
We are all very proud of you
and love you very much,
Ari, Daniel & Becca, Alexander, Sonia
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 17

20. We are honored to support the New Israel Fund,
a champion of human rights, on this special 30 th
anniversary. A special tribute to Brian Lurie who has
been a pioneer, a visionary, and exemplary leader of our
community. Brian has been at the forefront of countless
causes, blazing our path and guiding us forward. We
congratulate him on this lifetime achievement and his
dedication to Israel and its people.
Ingrid Tauber and Frank Taforo
18 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

21. Mazal Tov
to the New Israel Fund on
thirty years of strengthening
democracy and promoting
social justice in Israel!
CONGRATULATIONS
to Rabbi Brian Lurie
and Rebecca Katz
on jobs well done!
And THANK YOU for
tirelessly supporting
NIF’s work!
Gerry and Lela Sarnat
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 19

22. Congratulations
to our honorees
Rabbi Brian Lurie and
Rebecca Katz
and to NIF for 30 years
of building a more just
and inclusive Israeli society.
DAVID ROSENHAN
20 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

23. THANK YOU New Israel Fund
For 30 years of helping
Israel strive to realize the
ideals on which our Jewish
homeland was founded
THANK YOU,
BRIAN and REBECCA
For your untiring efforts to
make those ideals a reality.
Stuart and Lee Pollak
C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S T O H O N O R E E S
B R I A N L U R I E A N D R E B E C C A K AT Z
A N D T H A N K YO U T O N E W I S R A E L F U N D
FOR THIRT Y YE ARS OF HELPING OUR
B E L O V E D F A M I LY I N I S R A E L B U I L D
O U R M U T UA L D R E A M O F D E M O C R A C Y
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR ALL!
Frank and Linda Kurtz
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 21

24. Congratulations to Brian Lurie on being
honored with the Guardian of Democracy Award!
YOUR DEDICATION AND VISION INSPIRE ALL AROUND YOU.
THIS IS A MUCH DESERVED AND FITTING TRIBUTE FOR A TRUE PIONEER.
Congratulations Becca.
BECCA A well-deserved honor
ON BEHALF OF for your commitment to
NIF NEW GENERATIONS,
justice and NIF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
DEDICATION, YOUR PASSION
Love,
AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
CONGRATULATIONS.
Your friends
LOVE,
and family,
ADI, ALIX AND PAUL, Erin • Gary • Gwen
ARMANDO, HILARY AND SCOTT,
MICHELLE AND MICHAEL
Jenny • Leslie • Lydia
Mom • Sunny • Susan
22 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

25. Whoever would have thought,
when Jonathan Cohen, Eleanor
Friedman, Naomi Lauter and I
spent 14 days of 1979 listening
to a raft of Israeli good-guys
organizations explain their need
for support, that in September,
2009, we would be celebrating
30 years of a New Israel Fund
created to meet that need?
WE CONGRATULATE THE
Al Baum NEW ISRAEL FUND ON THIRTY VERY
SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF BUILDING
CIVIL SOCIETY IN ISRAEL.
Drs. Carol and Terry Winograd
MAZEL TOV BRIAN
Congratulations
to our honorees a leader
Rabbi Brian Lurie
and Rebecca Katz. a mentor
Thank you for helping the
New Israel Fund make Israel
a friend
the best that it can be.
JOANNE AND STEVE ABEL
Doris and George Krevsky
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 23

26. LIBERTY, JUSTICE & EQUALITY
I am so proud of the
wonderful work of
the New Israel Fund
and your consistent
concern for the
people of Israel.
Congratulations on
Honoring Al Baum and the
reaching 30 years!
founders of the New Israel Fund.
Celebrating 30 Years of Social Justice in Israel. Phyllis Friedman
www.sfjcf.org
Dear Brian,
Thank you for putting your
heart and soul into making Israel
a better place for all Israelis.
We love you,
Michelle and Bob
24 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

27. BRIAN
PJA SALUTES THE
ISRAEL, THE BAY AREA, THE
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD... NEW ISRAEL FUND
ALL HAVE BEEN ENRICHED AND
and its dedication to the pursuit
of peace and justice in Israel.
STRENGTHENED BY YOUR VISIONARY
LEADERSHIP AND YOUR ABILITY TO
MOTIVATE OTHERS TO FOLLOW. We invite you to join us
at the 1st PJA Bay Area
THANK YOU.
Community Dinner,
JOELLE STEEFEL
October 15, 2009.
www.pjalliance.org
MAZEL TOV,
BRIAN AND NIF Mazal Tov
to Rabbi Lurie
and Rebecca.
Todah Rabbah
for all you do for
the Jewish people.
Rabbi Steven A. Chester
Temple Sinai, Oakland
NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner 25

28. Congratulations
B’HATZL ACHA TO NIF to our dear friend
ADVANCING CIVIL SOCIET Y Brian Lurie.
IN ISR AEL FOR 30 YE AR S Audrey Weiner and
Jeffrey Solomon
Leslie Kane and
Manuel Fishman May you go from
strength to strength
The Jim Joseph Foundation is proud
to honor Brian Lurie for his many
contributions to the Jewish world.
26 NEW ISRAEL FUND | 30th Anniversary Dinner

30. SAN FRANCISCO
REGIONAL BOARD
STUART R. POLLAK, PRESIDENT
MEMBERS
STEVE ABEL
FRED ALTSHULER
DAVID BIALE
MICHAEL BIEN
SANDRA R. CURTIS
JONATHAN FUCHS
CANDICE GOLD
LESLIE KANE
HANNAH KRANZBERG
GEORGE KREVSKY
EPHRAIM MARGOLIN
ROBIN MENCHER
SHERRY MORSE
RAQUEL NEWMAN
ALAN RAZNICK
DIANE ROSENBERG
DAVID ROSENHAN
PETER RUKIN
GERRY SARNAT
LELA SARNAT
LYNN SEDWAY
RITA SEMEL
RANDI SHAFTON
JUDY SHANKS
SETH SKOLNICK
GARY SOKOL
BONNIE TENENBAUM
STEVE TULKIN
PAUL WACHTER
MARILYN WEISBERG
For thirty years, New Israel Fund has
DIANE JORDAN WEXLER
CAROL WINOGRAD
worked to create an Israel that ensures
NAOMI CHAZAN complete equality of social and political
INTERNATIONAL BOARD
PRESIDENT rights to all its inhabitants, without
MARTIN INDYK
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
regard to religion, race or gender.
PRESIDENT
JONATHAN COHEN
ELEANOR FRIEDMAN NEW ISRAEL FUND SAN FRANCISCO STAFF:
FOUNDERS
STEVEN ROTHMAN
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
703 MARKET STREET
SUITE 1503
BECKY BUCKWALD AND ORLI BEIN
REGIONAL CO-DIRECTORS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
PHONE 415.543.5055 JASON BERNSTEIN
FAX 415.543.6066 NEW GENERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
EMAIL SF@NIF.ORG
WWW.NIF.ORG RECYCLED INFO HERE