New Israel Fund Guardian of Democracy Invitation 2008

1. Guardian of
14th Annual Democracy The New Israel Fund (NIF) is the leading organization committed
Thursday, June 19, 2008 to democratic change within Israel. For twenty-nine years,
6:00 PM Cocktails / 7:00 PM Dinner NIF has fought for social justice and equality for all Israelis.
Julia Morgan Ballroom at the Merchants Exchange We believe that Israel can live up to its founders’ vision
of a state that ensures complete equality of social and
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political rights to all its inhabitants, without regard to religion,
Dietary Laws Observed race or gender.
Honoring Widely credited with building Israel’s progressive civil society from
Steve Abel, Guardian of Democracy Award scratch, we have provided more than $200 million to more than 800
Robin Mencher, New Generations Leadership Award cutting-edge organizations since our inception. What’s more, through
our action arm, SHATIL, we mentor, train and lead Israeli civil society
Special Guest Speaker
in an ongoing struggle to empower the underprivileged.
Ilana Dayan
Israel’s premier investigative journalist
NEW ISRAEL FUND SAN FRANCISCO STAFF:
Steven Rothman Orli Bein
Dinner Chairs
Regional and Associate and
Candice Gold, Hilary Kushins, Lee Pollak, Diane Rosenberg
Leadership Gifts Director New Generations Director Thursday, June 19, 2008
Guardian of
Dinner Committee
14th Annual
Joanne Abel, Susan and Greg Abel, Howard Brodke, David Coltoff and Becky Buckwald Marina Javor
Debra Perrin Coltoff, Matthew Dimond, Abby Friedman, Associate Director Development Associate
Susan and Bill Heller, Doris and George Krevsky, Elroy and Dee Kursh,
Ellen Lefkowitz, Betty Ann Polse, Linda Popofsky,
Joan and Russell Pratt, Michael Simon, Alexandra Wall and Paul Bosky New Israel Fund
Democracy
785 Market Street, Suite 510 San Francisco, CA 94103 Dinner at the Julia Morgan Ballroom
To register online, please visit: 415.543.5055 (phone) 415.543.6066 (fax) sf@nif.org www.nif.org
www.nif.org/guardian at the Merchants Exchange in San Francisco

2. Ilana Dayan GUARDIAN OF DEMOCRACY AWARD HONORARY DINNER COMMITTEE
Fran and Hillel Abel Jeremy Lizt
Ilana Dayan is Israel’s foremost television and radio
Steve Abel Fred Altshuler and Julia Cheever Martin Lowenstein and Inbar Telem
journalist. She is the anchor of Uvda (Fact), one of Eileen Auerbach and Lawrence Burgheimer Rabbis Janet and Sheldon Marder
Steve Abel has been a uniquely productive member
the most important programs in the history of Israeli Alvin Baum Barbara J. Meislin / Purple Lady Fund
of the New Israel Fund (NIF) Regional Board since
television. Often called Israel’s 60 Minutes, it has Ann and Irwin Bear Sherry Morse and John Maccabee
2002, and active in Jewish affairs for over 40 years. Jeanine Becker Dan Newman
covered all of the critical issues facing Israeli society,
A native San Franciscan and East Bay resident since Ralph and Gail Bernstein Martha and Richard Pastcan
and has made Dayan a household name. She also
1965, he has been involved with the Jewish Community Rachel and David Biale Linda Polse
recently launched a second interview program for Michael Bien and Jane Kahn Linda and Larry Popofsky
Federation of the Greater East Bay, the Contra Costa
Israel’s Channel 2, and hosts a popular weekly news program called As of this Elizabeth Friedman Branoff and Rabbi Oren Postrel
Jewish Community Center, and especially the
Morning for Israel Defence Forces (IDF) radio. Steven Branoff Rabbi Larry Raphael, Congregation
Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living. Steve was first introduced to the
Meryl Brod Sherith Israel
New Israel Fund in September 2000, when he traveled to Israel on an NIF Marvis and Howard Brodke Andrea Resnick
At the end of the first Lebanon War, Dayan was the first female soldier to become Study Tour. What was, at first, a pretext to visit Israel again, became a focus Pamela Burdman Susan W. and Carl W. Robertson
a news correspondent for IDF radio, and was the first woman anchor of the for Steve to direct his time and energy. He has demonstrated true leadership Rabbis Micah and Karen Citrin David Rosenhan
television interview program New Evening, at age 23. She has a law degree from in guiding the last three Guardian of Democracy dinners, and is dearly Adi Cohen Raine Rude
Tel Aviv University, interned at the Supreme Court of Israel, and earned a doctorate committed to NIF’s principles, ideas, and programs, and the influence they Janice Corran Peter Rukin and Sharon Djemal
from Yale Law School. While in the United States, she was a contributor to Yediot have on making Israel the best that it can be. Sandra Curtis The San Francisco Foundation
Aharonot, Israel’s most popular newspaper. Diane and Richard Einstein Gerry and Lela Sarnat
Dr. David S. Fankushen David Saxe
Irwin and Concepcion S. Federman Lynn and Paul Sedway
NEW GENERATIONS LEADERSHIP AWARD Sandy and Dan Feldman Rita R. Semel
Leah Frei and Dan Kolkowitz Connie and James Shapiro
Robin Mencher Dr. Jonathan D. Fuchs and Steven Glomstad Larissa Siegel
Michael D. Geschwind Richard Sinkoff
Robin Mencher gives the New Israel Fund a powerful Rabbi George Gittleman Seth Skolnick
voice among emerging Jewish leaders. This is Robin’s Nancy Goldberg Gary B. Sokol and Paul Blanc
fifth year serving on the board of New Generations, Marcia and John Goldman Joelle Steefel
NIF’s young adult leadership group. She is also Jane Gottesman and Geoffrey Biddle Vera and Harold S. Stein, Jr.
completing her second year as a representative on Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Judge Edward Stern (Ret.)
Scott Herscher Ingrid Tauber and Frank Taforo
NIF’s Regional Board. Raised in a progressive Jewish
Grace Hughes and John Levinsohn Susan and Paul Teicholz
household in Southern California, Robin grew up Robert and Ellen Jasper Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum
committed to the principle of Tikkun Olam, and has always connected Linda and Thomas Kalinowsky Sydney Kapchan and Steven Tulkin
Judaism with social justice and action. She was first introduced to the Leslie Kane and Manuel Fishman Dorothy and Paul Wachter
New Israel Fund during her junior year at Hebrew University. When Rebecca Katz Murry and Marilyn Waldman
she later returned to Jerusalem for a second year of study, Robin Wendy and Howard Kleckner Mark Warnick
Children from the
volunteered for NIF grantee Nisan: Young Women Leaders, which Asher Kotz and Robyn Lieberman Marilyn and Ray Weisberg
Bedouin town of
Hannah Kranzberg Harmony Williams
Lakiya participate in builds the leadership skills and self-esteem of Arab and Jewish Israeli
Linda Kurtz Drs. Carol and Terry Winograd
a grassroots public young women. At Nisan, Robin helped develop the organization’s Marvin Langsam Susan and Robert Wolfe
initiative to tackle local administrative infrastructure and curriculum for its after school youth Madeleine Lansky Vincent Worms
environmental problems. development program. Adele and Mark Lieberman Alan and Monica Zimmerman