13th Annual New Israel Fund San Francisco Region Guardian of Democracy Dinner Invitation 2007

1. 13 th Annual
Guardian of
Democracy
DINNER AT SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL
New Israel Fund
The New Israel Fund (NIF) works to strengthen
Israel’s democracy and to promote freedom, justice
Thursday May 17, 2007 and equality for all Israel’s citizens. Inspired by Israel’s
Declaration of Independence and sustained by Jewish
6 p.m. Cocktails /7 p.m. Dinner
San Francisco City Hall tradition, NIF has led the development of Israel’s vibrant 13 th Annual
Dietary Laws Observed public interest sector, providing financial and technical
support to hundreds of national and community-based
organizations. A philanthropic partnership of Israelis,
Guardian of
Honoring
Dale & Bob Mnookin
Guardian of Democracy Award
North Americans and Europeans, NIF’s focus today
is on fighting for civil and human rights, promoting
religious tolerance and pluralism and closing economic
Democracy
DINNER AT SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL
and social gaps in Israeli society.
Hilary Kushins
New Generations Leadership Award
Special Guest Speaker New Israel Fund San Francisco Staff:
Jeffrey Goldberg Steven Rothman Orli Bein
Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker Regional Director New Generations Director Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Author of Prisoners: A Muslim & A Jew Across Becky Buckwald Pamela Brown
the Middle East Divide Associate Director Development Assistant
DINNER CHAIRS
Joanne and Steve Abel, Sandy and Dan Feldman, Doris and George
Krevsky, Lee Pollak, Lynn and Paul Sedway, Seth Skolnick New Israel Fund
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2. Dinner Committee
Jeffrey Goldberg Guardian of Democracy Award Patricia Adler Rabbi Michael Lezak and Rabbi Noa Kushner
Fred Altshuler and Julia Cheever Ron Lezell
Jeffrey Goldberg is an award-winning journalist and a
specialist on the Middle East and Africa. His recently
Dale & Bob Mnookin Eric Antebi and Marla Kolman-Antebi Mark and Adele Lieberman
Cantor Roslyn Barak Jeremy Lizt
published book, Prisoners: A Muslim & A Jew Across the Middle East Missourians both, Bob and Dale Mnookin met at a country
Al Baum and Robert Holgate Inbar Telem and Martin Lowenstein
Divide, was hailed as one of the year’s best by the Los Angeles club dance at 15 and were married 5½ years later. Dale Natalie Berg / Forest City Development Rafael Mandelman
attended Michigan while Bob went to Harvard College Michael Bien and Jane Kahn Robin Mencher
Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Among his
and later Harvard Law School. After Bob’s clerkship on Rabbi Richard and Susan G. Block Ariel Meyerstein
various accolades are the 2003 National Magazine Award
the Supreme Court, the Mnookins moved to the Bay Area Rabbi David Booth Sherry Morse and John Maccabee
for Reporting for his coverage of Islamic terrorism and the Overseas Press Club Award Flo and David Braker Judy and Jay Nadel
with their two young daughters in 1970. Soon thereafter
for his coverage of the crimes of Saddam Hussein. Goldberg joined The New Yorker in Dr. David Braun and Family Dan Newman
Bob became a professor at Boalt doing path-breaking research relating to children’s rights
2000, after covering international affairs for The New York Times Magazine. Over the past and child custody. In 1980 the Mnookins moved to Stanford where Bob became a leading Rachel Brodie and Adam Weisberg Raquel H. Newman
seven years, his reporting has taken him to Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he lived Janet and Shelly Brown Allison Mnookin and Cory Olcott
figure in the field of dispute resolution. He launched Stanford’s Center on Conflict
for a month in a Taliban madrasa, as well as to Upper Egypt, Syria, the Bekaa Valley of Pamela Burdman Shari and Don Ornstein
and Negotiation, and Dale founded a nanny placement agency. In 1993, they moved to Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Rabbi Lawrence Raphael
Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. A native New Yorker, Goldberg is married Cambridge where Bob became Harvard’s Williston Professor of Law and the Chair of the Adele K. Corvin Rabbi Dorothy Richman and Michael Steinman
and the father of three children. Program on Negotiation. Bob’s recent research has become increasingly international, Adina Danzig Diane and Donald Rosenberg
focusing on the resolution of ethnic conflicts in general and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Ellen and Tom Ehrlich David Rosenhan
in particular. An active community volunteer, Dale runs a speakers series for the benefit of Connie and Al Eisenstat Lela and Gerry Sarnat
Mt. Auburn Hospital, and serves on the boards of Summer Search and Facing History and Judi and Joe Epstein Adene Sacks and Joseph Hellerstein
Ourselves. Bob and Dale are long-time supporters of the New Israel Fund; Bob served on Jerry and Nancy Falk David Saxe
NIF’s international board from 1991-2003 and was treasurer for four years. They returned David Fankushen Michelle Schneiderman
Irwin and Concepción Federman Rita R. Semel
to the Bay Area for this academic year, nearer their four California grandchildren, and for
Lois and K. Bruce Friedman Randi Shafton and Drew Lieberman
Bob to accept a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Phyllis Friedman Connie and James Shapiro
Rabbi Stacy Friedman Bonnie and Marvin Siegel
Elizabeth Friedman Branoff and Steven Branoff Larissa Siegel
Jonathan Fuchs and Steven Glomstad Richard Sinkoff
New Generations Leadership Award Drs. Alfred and Joan Goldberg Emily M. Skolnick
Nancy and Larry Goldberg Vera and Harold Stein, Jr.
Hilary Kushins John and Marcia Goldman Ingrid Tauber and Frank Taforo
Hilary Kushins has been involved in promoting social justice Rabbi Sarah Graff Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum
Juliet and Michael Helft Gregory Tertes
and supporting like minded organizations for most of her adult
Grace Hughes and John Levinsohn Steven Tulkin and Sydney Kapchan
life. She holds a Juris Doctorate and Masters of Social Work from Elizheva Hurvich Dorothy and Paul Wachter
the University of Maryland at Baltimore and works as supervising Ellen and Bob Jasper Alexandra Wall and Paul Bosky
attorney for Dependency Legal Services, a law firm that provides Leslie Kane and Manuel Fishman Judy and Doug Weil
legal representation to indigent parents in child abuse/neglect Wendy and Howard Kleckner Marilyn and Ray Weisberg
cases. Hilary also helps to guide the implementation of Dependency Ellen Klutznick Lenard and Nancy Weiss
Drug Treatment Court (DDTC) in courtrooms throughout the country. Hilary became Asher Kotz and Robyn Lieberman Diane Jordan Wexler and Bruce Beron
a New Generations Board member in 2003 and recently served as Vice Chair. Hilary’s Hannah Kranzberg Carol and Terry Winograd
As part of its crisis response following the Lebanon War, NIF supported a commitment to social justice was fostered at an early age by her wonderful parents, Shelli Linda Kurtz Susan and Robert Wolfe
summer camp for Jewish and Arab Israeli children, helping to reestablish Ellen Lefkowitz Vincent Worms
and Hal Kushins; she continues to be inspired by her family, her friends, her beautiful
Assemblyman Mark Leno
trust between the two communities. niece, Ella, and her husband-to-be, Scott Herscher.