New Israel Fund Trifold Guardian of Democracy Dinner Invitation 2011

1. Featuring
Peter Beinart
A great friend of the New Israel Fund, prominent journalist and author Peter
Beinart is one of the most vibrant new voices on engagement with Israel.
Beinart’s groundbreaking essay about the American Jewish relationship to Israel,
“The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment,” became last year’s Jewish
story of the year. A Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation
and Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science at The City
University of New York, Beinart is also Senior Political Writer for The Daily
Beast, and a contributor to Time.
Beinart formerly served as editor of The New Republic and has also written for
The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, the Boston Globe,
the Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek and Slate—to name a few. We are eager to hear
his perspective on current events in the Middle East, and their significance to
American Jewry’s relationship with Israel.
Contributors of $1,000 or more are invited to an early reception at 5:15 PM featuring
Peter Beinart in conversation with NIF Chief Executive Officer Daniel Sokatch.
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Steven Rothman National Director of Development Phone 415 543 5055
Daniel Sokatch Chief Executive Officer
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to achieve equality for all the citizens of the state; realize the civil
a shared society at peace with itself and its neighbors. NIF works
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17 t h A n n ua l
Guardian of
Democracy dinner
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 • The Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco

2. 17 t h A n n ua l
Guardian of
Democracy dinner
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
6:00 pm Cocktails, 7:00 pm Dinner
The Four Seasons Hotel
757 Market Street, San Francisco
Honoring
Rabbi Amy Eilberg and Professor Louis Newman
Featuring
Peter Beinart
Co-Chairs
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Lee Labé Pollak, and Diane Jordan Wexler
Honoring
Rabbi Amy Eilberg &
Professor Louis Newman
Recipients of the Guardian of Democracy Award
Two truly distinguished figures in the American Jewish community, Rabbi Amy
Eilberg and Professor Louis Newman have proudly supported and advocated
for NIF since 1984. Amy is a pioneer in countless ways: as the first woman
rabbi ordained in the Conservative movement, as co-founder of the Bay
Area Jewish Healing Center, as a leader in Jewish hospice work and spiritual
direction, and as a bridge-builder—between Israelis and Palestinians; between
Jews, Christians and Muslims; and among Jews across the ideological spectrum.
She is currently at work on a book on Judaism and peacemaking.
Louis is among the country’s leading scholars of Jewish ethics and a celebrated
professor at Carleton College, where he has taught for nearly three decades.
He is author of numerous publications, including his most recent Repentance:
The Meaning and Practice of Teshuvah. Louis is also a devoted community
leader, serving as president of both the St. Paul Talmud Torah and Beth Jacob
Congregation, his synagogue in Saint Paul. Louis is also a longtime member of
NIF’s International Council. Amy and Louis live in Minnesota, but maintain a
deep connection to the Bay Area, where Amy has many colleagues, friends and
her daughter, Penina.
Dinner Committee
Steve Abel, Ellen Bob & David Waksberg, Candice Gold, Daniel Langenthal, Riv-Ellen Prell &
Steven Foldes, Carol & Terry Winograd
New Generations Host Committee
Michael Amerikaner, Jason Bernstein, Rebekah Bob-Waksberg, Rabbi Jill Cozen-Harel,
Alexander Germanacos, Lindsay Kauffman, Marnie Krell, Amiee Kushner, Sarah Lesser,
Rachael Levy, Dyanna Loeb, Sam Ruben, Naomi Shiffman
Honorary Dinner Committee
Joanne Abel, Fred H. Altshuler & Julia W. Cheever, Rabbi Camille Shira Angel, Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, Eric Antebi & Marla
Kolman Antebi, Professor Deena Aranoff, Rabbi Bradley S. Artson, Eileen Auerbach & Larry Burgheimer, Maia Azubel, Alvin Baum,
Bruce Beron, David & Rachel Biale, Michael Bien & Jane Kahn, Shirley K. Bob, Seymour & Sylvia Boorstein, Elizabeth Friedman
Branoff & Steven Branoff, Ellen & Marc Brown, Adi Cohen, Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Sandra Curtis, Rabbi William Cutter, Rabbi
Alexander Davis, Ilana DeBare & Sam Schuchat, Rick,Tina, and Nathan Fein Dinitz, James Dubey, Gladys Eilberg, Rabbis David Ellenson
& Jacqueline Koch Ellenson, Adina Danzig Epelman & Dan Epelman, Lisa Erdberg & Dennis Gibbons, David S. Fankushen, Concepción S.
& Irwin Federman, Chaplain Bruce Feldstein, M.D., Dr. Jonathan Fuchs, Rabbi Rosalind Glazer, Nancy Goldberg, Serra Falk Goldman
& William Goldman, Renanah Halpern & Joel Green, Grace Hughes & John Levinsohn, Rabbi Yoel Kahn, Thomas & Linda Kalinowski,
Leslie Kane & M. Manuel Fishman, Leslie S. Katz, Rebecca Katz, Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow, Hannah J. Kranzberg, George Krevsky,
Linda Kurtz, Hilary Kushins & Scott Herscher, Rabbi Noa Kushner, Founding Rabbi,The Kitchen, Amy L. Lansky, PhD, Ellen Lefkowitz,
Joyce & Len Levitan, Sheldon & Lorri Lewis, Rabbi Michael Lezak, Congregation Rodef Sholom, Adele & Mark Lieberman, Jeremy
Lizt, Caroline & Brian Lurie, Rhoda & Don Mains, Carol Malnick, Rabbi Janet Marder, Congregation Beth-Am, Elizabeth McKinsey
& Thomas Clough, Barbara Meislin & Stuart Kaplan, Robin Mencher & Matthew Diamond, Judy & Jay Nadel, Bonnie Newman, Jane
Newman & Amy Lange, Dr. Raquel H. Newman, Steve & Sheryl Newman, Dr. Richard & Martha Pastcan, Alan & Nancy Raznick, Rabbi
Dorothy Richman & Michael Steinman, Diane Rosenberg, David L. Rosenhan, Toby & Robert Rubin, Peter Rukin & Sharon Djemal,
Rabbi Sandy E. Sasso & Rabbi Dennis C. Sasso,Toby Schonfeld, Lynn & Paul Sedway, Rita R. Semel, Rabbi Judy Shanks & Dr. James Gracer,
Bella Shapero & Ronald Meckler, Eileen Soffer and Rick Levenson, Gary B. Sokol & Paul Blanc, Harriet & Martin Spitz, Susan Stahl
& Jane Stepak, Rabbi Jacob Staub & Michael Spitko, Heidi Stewart & John Weinstein, Dianne & Hector Sztainer, Laura Talmus, Howie
& Nechama Tamler, Ingrid Tauber & Frank Taforo, Bonnie & Marty Tenenbaum, Rabbi David & Betsy Teutsch, Consul General of
Israel Akiva Tor & Mrs. Naomi Tor, Steve Tulkin & Sydney Kapchan, Mark Tuschman, Rabbi Burt Visotzky, Paul & Dorothy Wachter,
Alexandra Wall & Paul Bosky, Stephen Weiner, Marilyn & Dr. Raymond Weisberg, Susan & Robert Wolfe, Rev. Sandee Yarlott
& Rev. Ron Stief, Dr. Gail Bates Yessne & Peter Yessne, Alan & Monica Zimmerman, Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman, Sabrina Zimmerman
to register online, please visit www.nif.org/guardian