New Israel Fund Guardian of Democracy Invitation 2006

1. 12th Annual
THE NEW ISRAEL FUND
The New Israel Fund (NIF) works to strengthen Israel’s democracy and to
promote freedom, justice and equality for all Israel’s citizens. Inspired by
Israel’s Declaration of Independence and sustained by Jewish tradition,
Dinner at San Francisco City Hall
NIF has led the development of Israel’s vibrant public interest sector,
providing financial and technical support to hundreds of national and
community-based organizations. A philanthropic partnership of Israelis, HONORING
North Americans and Europeans, NIF’s focus today is on fighting for civil
and human rights, promoting religious tolerance and pluralism and George Krevsky
closing economic and social gaps in Israeli society. Guardian of Democracy Award
Seth Skolnick
New Generations Leadership Award
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Daniel Kurtzer
Ambassador to Israel 2001-2005
Thursday May 18, 2006
6 p.m. Cocktails /7 p.m. Dinner
12th Annual
San Francisco City Hall
Dietary Laws Observed
DINNER CHAIRS
Nancy and Larry Goldberg, Hilary Kushins,
Rafael Mandelman, Alex and Leslie Meyerovich,
Raquel H. Newman
Dinner at San Francisco City Hall
785 Market Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103 TO REGISTER ONLINE PLEASE VISIT:
415.543.5055 / 415.543.6066 fax
sf@nif.org /www.nif.org www.nif.org/guardian
Dinner Committee
Steve and Joanne Abel James Leventhal Dr. James Gracer
Larry Garber Daniel Kurtzer Gerald Abrams
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel
Rabbi Moshe Levin
Shira Levine
Dr. and Mrs. James Shapiro
Larissa Siegel
Executive Director Ambassador Kurtzer was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador Eric Antebi and Marla Kolman Rabbi Michael Lezak and Mimi Silbert
to Israel on July 16, 2001, after five years as Ambassador to Egypt. Mimi Arfin and Bob Rebitzer Rabbi Noa Kusher Rabbi Suzanne Singer
Rabbi Melanie Aron Jerome Carl Lipkin Richard Sinkoff
During his long service, Ambassador Kurtzer contributed Beryl and Joshua Bar-Lev Jeremy Lizt Emily Skolnick
Eliezer Ya’ari significantly to the ongoing peace efforts between Israelis and Alvin Baum Martin Lowenstein and Inbar Telem Peter L. Stein
Palestinians, and helped build strong relations between the U.S., Wendy Bear Steven Lurie Vera and Harold Stein, Jr.
Director in Israel Jeanine Becker Rabbi Brian Lurie Michael Steinman and
Israel and Egypt. In acknowledgement of his illustrious Rabbi Allen Bennett Rafael Mandelman Rabbi Dorothy Richman
diplomatic efforts, he received several prestigious Ralph and Gail Bernstein Abigail Melamed Paul Sunshine
awards,including the President's Distinguished Service Award Michael Bien and Jane Kahn Robin Mencher Roselyne Swig
Peter Edelman and the Henrietta Szold Award by Hadassah, first awarded to
Bluer & Bluer, LLP Howard Metzenberg Laura Talmus
Nancy and Roger Boas Howard Mindell Ingrid Tauber and Frank Taforo
President Eleanor Roosevelt in 1949. Drs. Jerome and Meryl Botkin Rabbi Sydney Mintz and Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum
Elyse and Alan Boyar Deborah Newbrun Jeffrey M. Tockman
Pamela Burdman Richard Nagler and Sheila Sosnow Dr. Paul and Dorothy Wachter
Drs. Allen and Dorothy Calvin Peggy Nathan Sarah Wall Memorial Fund
Jonathan Cohen Matthew and Lisa Chanoff Jackie and Howard Nemerovski Susan and Felix Warburg
Rabbis Micah and Karen Citrin Dan Newman Marilyn and Ray Weisberg
Eleanor Friedman George Krevsky Jeffrey Cohn David Orleans and Adam Weisberg and Rachel Brodie
Gary Cohn and Holly Brock-Cohn Arianna Gallup-Orleans Diane Jordan Wexler and Bruce Beron
Founders George Krevsky has been an independent theater producer and art Adele K. Corvin David Patchen Carol and Terry Winograd
Adina Danzig Bill and Margaret Payne Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan
dealer since 1978. After working for many years at JCCs in Harrisburg, Rabbi Lavey Derby Rabbi Stephen Pearce Susan and Robert Wolfe
Fort Worth, and Nashville, George arrived in San Francisco in 1972 to Maurice Edelstein Nehemiah and Tia Persoff Seymour Zoger, M.D.
Gary Sokol serve as Director of the Brotherhood Way Jewish Community Center. Robert A. Efroymson Stuart and Lee Pollak
Honorary Committee
David S. Fankushen Miche Price
Regional Board President His commitment to community is demonstrated by the many boards Lawrence Ferlinghetti Varda and Irving Rabin Senator Dianne Feinstein
on which he has served including: the Pacific Jewish Theater, the Rabbi Jack Frankel Rabbi Lawrence Rafael Senator Barbara Boxer
Leah Frei and Dan Kolkowitz Bruce Reingold Congressperson Nancy Pelosi
Oakland Art Gallery, and the San Francisco Art Dealers’ Association. Rabbi Stacy Friedman Jonathan and Hillary Reinis Congressperson Tom Lantos
Seth Skolnick For the past seven years George has been a committed member of Dr. Anita Friedman and Morton G. Rivo State Senator Carol Migden
the Regional Board of the New Israel Fund. This past summer, Igor Tartakovsky Michelle Roos State Senator Jackie Speier
Chair, New Generations Board David Friedman and Diane and Don Rosenberg Assemblyperson Mark Leno
George went on his first New Israel Fund Study Tour, only deepening Paulette Meyer David L. Rosenhan Mayor Gavin Newsom
his enthusiasm about Israel and the NIF mission. He is the founder Elizabeth Friedman Branoff and Honorable David and Phyllis Rothman Mayor Jerry Brown
Steven Branoff Steven Rothman and Kathleen Tierney Pres. Bd. of Sups. Aaron Peskin
and Director of the George Krevsky Gallery, married to Doris, and the Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Jonathan Fuchs and John F. Rothmann
New Israel Fund San Francisco Staff: father of Shani Krevsky. Steven Glomstad Matthew Rothschild Supervisor Chris Daly
Deborah Gasiorek Peter Rukin and Sharon Djemal Supervisor Bevan Dufty
Michael D. Geschwind Adene Sacks and Joseph Hellerstein Supervisor Sean Elsbernd
Steven Rothman Orli Bein Andrew and Shana Goldberg Lee Sankowich and Deborah Taylor Supervisor Fiona Ma
Regional Director New Generations Director Seth Skolnick Deborah Goldman
Jane Gottesman and
Gerry and Lela Sarnat
David Saxe
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval
Though a native New Yorker, Seth’s active Jewish involvement Geoffrey Biddle Lynn and Paul Sedway District Attorney Kamala Harris
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gottlieb Lynn Newhouse Segal Public Defender Jeff Adachi
really took root in San Francisco. Today Seth is a devoted Jewish Albert Huerta, Ph.D. Rita Semel City Attorney Dennis Herrera
Rachel Canar Pamela Brown community leader serving on the board of the San Francisco Grace Hughes and John Levinsohn Rabbi Judy Shanks and Pres. Coll. Bd. Natalie Berg
JCC and as a member of the LGBT Alliance of the Jewish Max Isaacman and Joyce Glick
Associate Director Development Assistant Rabbi Margie Jacobs
Community Federation. Seth received his B.A. in Architecture from Rabbi Eitan Julius
RISD in Providence and was a Ph.D candidate at Cambridge Helga Justman
University. He was a Senior Lecturer at the California College of the Rabbi Yoel Kahn and Dan Bellm
Maurice Kanbar
Arts where he taught for four years and today he works as a Leslie Kane and Manuel Fishman
licensed real estate agent with Zephyr Real Estate. Seth has been Leslie S. Katz
Wendy and Howard Kleckner
actively involved with the New Israel Fund as a New Generations Benita Kline
785 Market Street, 5th Floor Board member for the last three years. He has shown extraordinary Susan and Felix Kolb
commitment and vision, and is currently breaking new ground as Hannah Kranzberg
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.543.5055 / 415.543.6066 fax
TO REGISTER ONLINE PLEASE VISIT: Chair of the New Generations Board and as a new member of the
Doris Krevsky
Hilary Kushins and Scott Herscher
sf@nif.org / www.nif.org www.nif.org/guardian Regional Board. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Ellen Lefkowitz
Jack Levine

2. 12th Annual
THE NEW ISRAEL FUND
The New Israel Fund (NIF) works to strengthen Israel’s democracy and to
promote freedom, justice and equality for all Israel’s citizens. Inspired by
Israel’s Declaration of Independence and sustained by Jewish tradition,
Dinner at San Francisco City Hall
NIF has led the development of Israel’s vibrant public interest sector,
providing financial and technical support to hundreds of national and
community-based organizations. A philanthropic partnership of Israelis, HONORING
North Americans and Europeans, NIF’s focus today is on fighting for civil
and human rights, promoting religious tolerance and pluralism and George Krevsky
closing economic and social gaps in Israeli society. Guardian of Democracy Award
Seth Skolnick
New Generations Leadership Award
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Daniel Kurtzer
Ambassador to Israel 2001-2005
Thursday May 18, 2006
6 p.m. Cocktails /7 p.m. Dinner
12th Annual
San Francisco City Hall
Dietary Laws Observed
DINNER CHAIRS
Nancy and Larry Goldberg, Hilary Kushins,
Rafael Mandelman, Alex and Leslie Meyerovich,
Raquel H. Newman
Dinner at San Francisco City Hall
785 Market Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103 TO REGISTER ONLINE PLEASE VISIT:
415.543.5055 / 415.543.6066 fax
sf@nif.org /www.nif.org www.nif.org/guardian
Dinner Committee
Steve and Joanne Abel James Leventhal Dr. James Gracer
Larry Garber Daniel Kurtzer Gerald Abrams
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel
Rabbi Moshe Levin
Shira Levine
Dr. and Mrs. James Shapiro
Larissa Siegel
Executive Director Ambassador Kurtzer was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador Eric Antebi and Marla Kolman Rabbi Michael Lezak and Mimi Silbert
to Israel on July 16, 2001, after five years as Ambassador to Egypt. Mimi Arfin and Bob Rebitzer Rabbi Noa Kusher Rabbi Suzanne Singer
Rabbi Melanie Aron Jerome Carl Lipkin Richard Sinkoff
During his long service, Ambassador Kurtzer contributed Beryl and Joshua Bar-Lev Jeremy Lizt Emily Skolnick
Eliezer Ya’ari significantly to the ongoing peace efforts between Israelis and Alvin Baum Martin Lowenstein and Inbar Telem Peter L. Stein
Palestinians, and helped build strong relations between the U.S., Wendy Bear Steven Lurie Vera and Harold Stein, Jr.
Director in Israel Jeanine Becker Rabbi Brian Lurie Michael Steinman and
Israel and Egypt. In acknowledgement of his illustrious Rabbi Allen Bennett Rafael Mandelman Rabbi Dorothy Richman
diplomatic efforts, he received several prestigious Ralph and Gail Bernstein Abigail Melamed Paul Sunshine
awards,including the President's Distinguished Service Award Michael Bien and Jane Kahn Robin Mencher Roselyne Swig
Peter Edelman and the Henrietta Szold Award by Hadassah, first awarded to
Bluer & Bluer, LLP Howard Metzenberg Laura Talmus
Nancy and Roger Boas Howard Mindell Ingrid Tauber and Frank Taforo
President Eleanor Roosevelt in 1949. Drs. Jerome and Meryl Botkin Rabbi Sydney Mintz and Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum
Elyse and Alan Boyar Deborah Newbrun Jeffrey M. Tockman
Pamela Burdman Richard Nagler and Sheila Sosnow Dr. Paul and Dorothy Wachter
Drs. Allen and Dorothy Calvin Peggy Nathan Sarah Wall Memorial Fund
Jonathan Cohen Matthew and Lisa Chanoff Jackie and Howard Nemerovski Susan and Felix Warburg
Rabbis Micah and Karen Citrin Dan Newman Marilyn and Ray Weisberg
Eleanor Friedman George Krevsky Jeffrey Cohn David Orleans and Adam Weisberg and Rachel Brodie
Gary Cohn and Holly Brock-Cohn Arianna Gallup-Orleans Diane Jordan Wexler and Bruce Beron
Founders George Krevsky has been an independent theater producer and art Adele K. Corvin David Patchen Carol and Terry Winograd
Adina Danzig Bill and Margaret Payne Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan
dealer since 1978. After working for many years at JCCs in Harrisburg, Rabbi Lavey Derby Rabbi Stephen Pearce Susan and Robert Wolfe
Fort Worth, and Nashville, George arrived in San Francisco in 1972 to Maurice Edelstein Nehemiah and Tia Persoff Seymour Zoger, M.D.
Gary Sokol serve as Director of the Brotherhood Way Jewish Community Center. Robert A. Efroymson Stuart and Lee Pollak
Honorary Committee
David S. Fankushen Miche Price
Regional Board President His commitment to community is demonstrated by the many boards Lawrence Ferlinghetti Varda and Irving Rabin Senator Dianne Feinstein
on which he has served including: the Pacific Jewish Theater, the Rabbi Jack Frankel Rabbi Lawrence Rafael Senator Barbara Boxer
Leah Frei and Dan Kolkowitz Bruce Reingold Congressperson Nancy Pelosi
Oakland Art Gallery, and the San Francisco Art Dealers’ Association. Rabbi Stacy Friedman Jonathan and Hillary Reinis Congressperson Tom Lantos
Seth Skolnick For the past seven years George has been a committed member of Dr. Anita Friedman and Morton G. Rivo State Senator Carol Migden
the Regional Board of the New Israel Fund. This past summer, Igor Tartakovsky Michelle Roos State Senator Jackie Speier
Chair, New Generations Board David Friedman and Diane and Don Rosenberg Assemblyperson Mark Leno
George went on his first New Israel Fund Study Tour, only deepening Paulette Meyer David L. Rosenhan Mayor Gavin Newsom
his enthusiasm about Israel and the NIF mission. He is the founder Elizabeth Friedman Branoff and Honorable David and Phyllis Rothman Mayor Jerry Brown
Steven Branoff Steven Rothman and Kathleen Tierney Pres. Bd. of Sups. Aaron Peskin
and Director of the George Krevsky Gallery, married to Doris, and the Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Jonathan Fuchs and John F. Rothmann
New Israel Fund San Francisco Staff: father of Shani Krevsky. Steven Glomstad Matthew Rothschild Supervisor Chris Daly
Deborah Gasiorek Peter Rukin and Sharon Djemal Supervisor Bevan Dufty
Michael D. Geschwind Adene Sacks and Joseph Hellerstein Supervisor Sean Elsbernd
Steven Rothman Orli Bein Andrew and Shana Goldberg Lee Sankowich and Deborah Taylor Supervisor Fiona Ma
Regional Director New Generations Director Seth Skolnick Deborah Goldman
Jane Gottesman and
Gerry and Lela Sarnat
David Saxe
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval
Though a native New Yorker, Seth’s active Jewish involvement Geoffrey Biddle Lynn and Paul Sedway District Attorney Kamala Harris
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gottlieb Lynn Newhouse Segal Public Defender Jeff Adachi
really took root in San Francisco. Today Seth is a devoted Jewish Albert Huerta, Ph.D. Rita Semel City Attorney Dennis Herrera
Rachel Canar Pamela Brown community leader serving on the board of the San Francisco Grace Hughes and John Levinsohn Rabbi Judy Shanks and Pres. Coll. Bd. Natalie Berg
JCC and as a member of the LGBT Alliance of the Jewish Max Isaacman and Joyce Glick
Associate Director Development Assistant Rabbi Margie Jacobs
Community Federation. Seth received his B.A. in Architecture from Rabbi Eitan Julius
RISD in Providence and was a Ph.D candidate at Cambridge Helga Justman
University. He was a Senior Lecturer at the California College of the Rabbi Yoel Kahn and Dan Bellm
Maurice Kanbar
Arts where he taught for four years and today he works as a Leslie Kane and Manuel Fishman
licensed real estate agent with Zephyr Real Estate. Seth has been Leslie S. Katz
Wendy and Howard Kleckner
actively involved with the New Israel Fund as a New Generations Benita Kline
785 Market Street, 5th Floor Board member for the last three years. He has shown extraordinary Susan and Felix Kolb
commitment and vision, and is currently breaking new ground as Hannah Kranzberg
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.543.5055 / 415.543.6066 fax
TO REGISTER ONLINE PLEASE VISIT: Chair of the New Generations Board and as a new member of the
Doris Krevsky
Hilary Kushins and Scott Herscher
sf@nif.org / www.nif.org www.nif.org/guardian Regional Board. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Ellen Lefkowitz
Jack Levine