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July 2014
Dear friends,
Our tradition teaches that each generation must create a
blueprint for Jewish living and belonging suited to its time.
The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot serves
communities and individuals as they take up this important
task, offering exhibitions and programs that showcase the
legacies of previous generations and encourage reflection
and action for our own Jewish future.
Through explorations of culture, history, trends, lifestyles
and Jewish leaders throughout the ages, The Museum of
the Jewish People provides unmatched resources for the
Jewish world to access and utilize. As you will see in the
pages that follow, in 2013 thousands of individuals from
around the world did just that.
This was an exciting year at Beit Hatfutsot. Our exhibitions
brought old stories to light in new ways that attracted
large audiences. Our databases and archives were
accessed from around the globe and grew with tens of
thousands of new entries. Our International School for
Jewish Peoplehood Studies brought its groundbreaking
methodologies and programs to educators and learners
of all ages. Looking to the future, Beit Hatfutsot is in the
midst of an $85 million campaign to fund the creation of
a new Core Exhibition that will reflect our future vision.
The Museum intends to be an important catalyst in the
ongoing evolution of Jewish life in Israel and around the
world. As the center in Israel for world Jewish communities,
we have a unique role to play in transmitting and shaping
the incredible story of the Jewish People.
We thank you for your continued support and partnership,
and we invite you to join us on the exciting journey to
come.
connect the personal narrative of every Jewish
visitor to the collective story of the Jewish people.
Irina Nevzlin Kogan
Chair of the Board
Dan Tadmor
CEO
On any given day, The Museum of the Jewish People is alive with the sights and sounds of people encountering
new aspects of the Jewish experience. These people – of all ages and backgrounds – discover and create the many
different stories that constitute our collective past, present and future - our peoplehood.
WHERE
IS THE
FUTURE
OF
JEWISH
PEOPLE?
Whether it was families making art together, teens researching their family histories, volunteer guides leading tours
in over 10 languages, or sold-out lecture series on Yiddish culture - 2013 was a year when Beit Hatfutsot reached
hundreds of thousands of individuals with innovative, substantive and high quality content.
A numerical snapshot of 2013:
• 9 countries were represented among the 20
• 7,600 people used 1,000 liters of paint
• 2,000 educators studied at the
• 12,250 visitors enjoyed two original
winners of the My Family Story competition,
which celebrated its 18th year.
International School for Jewish Peoplehood
Studies and returned to their communities in 12 different countries - with new tools
and strategies for teaching Jewish history,
identity, peoplehood and leadership.
• 6,800 students and seniors participated
in G2G: Generation to Generation (Hakesher
Harav Dori), a joint initiative of Beit Hatfutsot
and the Israeli Ministries of Education and
Senior Citizens, which paired seniors and
youth for mutual learning about technology
and personal history.
• 7,500 individuals submitted search
requests to the Database Department
via the web.
during Blue and White in Color, a community
art project and collective imagining of the
Jewish future.
special exhibitions, Here Comes the Bride Bridal Gowns Embroidering a Jewish Story
and Threads of Silk: The Story of Bukharan
Jewry.
WHAT
MAKES
JEWS
A PEOPLE?
• 32,600 Israeli school children visited
Beit Hatfutsot in groups and benefitted from
learning experiences at the International
School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies.
• 4.5 million entries now constitute
Beit Hatfutsot’s genealogical database,
making it one of the largest such Jewish
databases in the world.
IN
ISRAEL
AM I
A JEW
OR AN
ISRAELI?
• 10 million dollars were raised for
The New Museum of the Jewish People.
These numbers reflect the dedication and creativity of the excellent professionals who teach, present, engage and
elaborate on the Jewish story at Beit Hatfutsot. They also represent the stories of hundreds of thousands of people
who accessed the institution in person and online for a multitude of reasons – curiosity about personal roots, interest
in a particular aspect of Jewish culture, a day of family fun, connection to modern Israeli culture and many others.
The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot is a 21st century cultural center that meets all of these demands
through rich offerings that include exhibitions, educational programs and extensive databases as well as photographic,
film and music archives related to Jewish life, communities, family trees and family names.
On the following pages you will discover how we continue to innovate and grow even as we prepare the new Core
Exhibition that will transform Beit Hatfutsot in content and form.
WHO
IS
A
JEW?
Our Treasures:
Family Trees and Names, Films, Music, Photographs and Community History
The founders of Beit Hatfutsot created a museum that
told the Jewish story without a traditional collection.
Amazingly, 36 years later our spectacular collection of
images, film, music, family stories and histories tells the
story of Jewish life across the centuries.
Patrons access the collection at onsite study spaces
and through online and in-person search requests.
The databases empower people to dig deeper and
understand more about their heritage and the global
Jewish experience. The content and clients of the
Database Department embody the international nature
of Beit Hatfutsot. During 2013 staff directly engaged
with approximately 35,000 individuals, routinely fielding
inquiries from Israel, the United States, Canada, France,
United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, other countries in
Western and Eastern Europe, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil,
Russia, countries of the former Soviet Union and Australia.
Students preparing for My Family Story and other
roots projects turn to the Database Department to
understand the meaning of family names, to conduct
genealogy searches and uncover the history of Jewish
communities. Academics, publishing houses, the news
and entertainment media and cultural institutions also
utilize Beit Hatfutsot. The Museum of the History of
Polish Jews in Warsaw, the Gesher Theater in Jaffa, Israeli
film director Amos Gitai, Haaretz newspaper, the Jewish
Museum of Athens and the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel
Aviv all turned to Beit Hatfutsot for photographic and
archival materials in 2013.
Our film, photographic and genealogical resources grew
considerably in size and diversity through the focused
efforts of our expert team. Genealogical data increased
by 20% with new family trees amassed from Jewish
families in Israel and abroad. With nearly 4.5 million
entries, Beit Hatfutsot now holds one of the largest
Jewish databases in the world. An extended family tree of
Dutch Jewry that includes over 90,000 individuals stands
out among the genealogical acquisitions of 2013. The film
collection expanded with rare footage from the 1930s
and new professional releases. The acquisitions include
amateur work documenting daily life from the Jewish
community of Harlau, Romania prior to the Holocaust,
testimonies of Holocaust survivors from Libya, and rare
promotional films for a Jewish owned shop in interwar
Czechoslovakia. The photographic holdings grew with
unique materials collected from private individuals
depicting Jewish life in Switzerland, France, Poland,
Romania, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel and other countries. In
addition, the Department received musical recordings,
books and other publications. Of special importance are
family history books and biographies that complement
an already significant collection of genealogy-related
publications.
In preparation for opening the Department’s resources
to online access by late 2014, our staff and volunteers
dedicated significant time to the preservation, cataloguing
and digitization of various resources.
The Database Department provides the visuals that make
the ideas of peoplehood come to life in the Museum’s
publications, programs and exhibitions. Among other
projects, Department staff played a central role in the
curatorial, design and production work for Here Comes
the Bride - Bridal Gowns Embroidering a Jewish Story,
and the preparation of the Remember the Past, Live
the Present, Trust the Future album for the Annual Gala
Dinner held in New York City and hosted by the American
Friends of Beit Hatfutsot.
Learning that Enriches and Activates:
The International School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies
The International School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies
at Beit Hatfutsot is a one-of-a-kind institute in the Jewish
world. The source of docent training and all exhibitionrelated learning materials for the Museum, the School
also develops lecture series and cultural programs,
dealing with Jewish Peoplehood, for the general public. An
international resource, the School team trains educators
and develops original content that makes the concepts
of Jewish Peoplehood and identity more accessible,
meaningful and substantive for people of all ages in both
formal and informal learning settings. Highlights from the
School’s flagship programs follow.
My Family Story is an original curriculum through which
middle and high school students research and document
their family stories, and in the process connect to
the larger Jewish narrative. As a culminating activity,
students represent family histories in three dimensions
as dioramas, installations or elaborate family albums.
Students may then enter these in the Manuel Hirsch
Grosskopf International Annual Program held at Beit
Hatfutsot. Winners of this juried competition receive
a trip to Israel, enjoy celebrations and a ceremony held
at Beit Hatfutsot and have their work shown in a special
exhibition.
Works from the 2013 My Family Story exhibition
The School’s educational offerings for professionals
and lay leaders focus on cultivating a connection to the
Jewish People and increasing involvement in local and
global Jewish communities. Varied and customizable,
our programs explore the six meaningful assets of the
Jewish People: historical memory, Jewish values, Israel,
Hebrew, Jewish creativity and the Jewish lifecycle.
Through the school we aim to teach and engage
toward a sense of practical and activated peoplehood.
In 2013, the School team trained 2,000 educators from
Israel and around the world. These individuals, in turn,
reached hundreds of thousands of students. School staff
worked directly with 32,826 Israeli students, an increase
of more than 25% over 2012. Thirty international groups
attended the School’s seminars. In addition to this
explicitly peoplehood-focused work, the School offered
cultural programming based on Beit Hatfutsot’s rich
visual archive. Single lectures and multi-session courses
attracted more than 7,500 patrons of all ages and covered
topics as varied as Israeli documentary film, Yiddish
culture and Jewish communities around the world.
The 2013 winners hailed from Argentina, Costa Rica,
Mexico, Austria, Germany, Spain, Australia, Israel and
the United States. The Ambassadors of Costa Rica and
Austria joined in the award ceremony. Winning entries
came from a pool of 76 participating institutions and
over 12,000 young people spread across five continents
including the countries listed above, Canada, Venezuela,
Uruguay, Chile, Switzerland and Russia.
RABBI TALIA AVNON-BENVENISTE, DIRECTOR
G2G: Generation to Generation (Hakesher Harav Dori)
links two generations via technology and history. A
collaboration between Beit Hatfutsot, the Ministry of
Education and the Ministry for Senior Citizens, G2G pairs
Jewish Israeli students with Jewish Israeli seniors for
mutually beneficial learning experiences. The seniors
develop their Internet and computer skills and the students
document the seniors’ stories, in the process gaining a
new appreciation of personal and collective narratives.
In 2013, 250 schools throughout Israel took part, for a
total of 6,800 participants (3,800 students and 3,000
senior citizens) who uploaded 1,000 stories to our online
story collection. In 2014 G2G will expand beyond Israel.
Talia joined the executive team in September 2013,
bringing with her extensive knowledge of Jewish culture
and practice as well as expertise in Israeli and international
Jewish education. As director of the education department
at The Daniel Center for Progressive Judaism in Tel AvivJaffa, Talia worked to establish an official national policy
for Jewish curricula in Israeli secular schools. Since
coming to the School, Talia has enriched its offerings
and undertaken promising new collaborations such as
Partnership2Gether, an international virtual platform for
sustaining meaningful relationships between Israeli and
Jewish schools worldwide. This initiative leverages The
Jewish Agency’s Partnership2Gether infrastructure to
connect educators.
Karla Amiga -Makif Zayin Hakirya School, Ashdod, Israel
Gideon Aroni- Bialik College, Victoria, Australia
Alejandro Finkelstein Kaplan - CIM-ORT School, Mexico City, Mexico
Yanai Ben Zvi - GMLS San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, USA
Sol Manor - Sinai Akiba Academy, Los Angeles, USA
Brooke Rubinoff - Associated Hebrew Day Schools, Toronto, Canada
Inviting Exploration:
Special Exhibitions and Public Programs
Each year The Museum of the Jewish People presents
special exhibitions that reflect aspects of the Jewish
experience. The curatorial team, led by Dr. Orit Shaham
Gover, seeks to give voice to previously untold stories and
to look at long-told stories in new ways. The Museum
offered four major new exhibitions in 2013:
Threads of Silk: The Story of Bukharan Jewry told the
story of an ancient Jewish community living along the Silk
Road and its outstanding economic, cultural and spiritual
achievements. The Bukharan community prides itself on
a long and impressive history dating back to the exile of
the Ten Tribes of Israel or to Persian Jewry, depending on
the source. The exhibition featured artworks, sumptuous
clothing, objects, embroidery, jewelry, historical and
contemporary photographs, documents and film footage
that captured the customs, ceremonies, beliefs, culture
and aspirations of this multifaceted community. (January
to June 2013)
This Great Sight - Moshe Rosenthalis: The History of the
Jewish People presented four monumental paintings
of Jewish history accompanied by works made in their
development. These paintings – entitled The Exodus from
Egypt; From the Inquisition until the Immigration to Jewish
Palestine; From the Israeli War of Independence until the
Settlement of the Negev Desert; and Jerusalem – were
commissioned in the 1970s by Saul Eisenberg for a board
room in Tel Aviv. They had never before been presented
for public viewing. Four works depicting the Exodus
through the Diaspora up to the liberation of Jerusalem
were donated to the Museum and will certainly impact
visitors for years to come. (March to July 2013)
Here Comes the Bride - Bridal Gowns Embroidering a
Jewish Story presented 14 original wedding gowns created
by Shenkar College of Engineering and Design students
after time spent at Beit Hatfutsot. Our core exhibition
and databases provided inspiration and information for
students as they conceived of dresses that reflected
their personal narratives. The resulting gowns drew on
the styles and traditions of many Jewish communities,
including Yemen, Iraq, Turkey, Salonika, Spain, Poland,
Germany, Morocco and Algiers. The exhibition highlighted
the design process and the historical and cultural
references that guided the designers. (September 2013 to
April 2014)
J.D Kirszenbaum 1900 – 1954: The Lost Generation
Initially on display at the Art Museum in Ein Harod, this
exhibition represents a generation of Jewish artists who,
faced with increasingly hostile and repressive political
environments, were compelled to leave their native
Eastern Europe. Kirszenbaum’s work encompasses the
avant-garde movement in Berlin and Paris during the
1930s, the height of displacement and persecution under
the Nazi Regime and the period of recovery that followed.
The exhibition’s back-story, including how Kirszenbaum’s
nephew championed his legacy, provided insight into
the history of Jews and Jewish artists around the World
Wars. Each element was a piece of the puzzle that came
together in a new way to tell this lesser-known chapter in
Jewish history. (July 2013 to January 2014)
These special exhibitions drew new audiences to our
museum. Threads of Silk attracted thousands of people,
many of them Bukharans moved at having their unique
heritage explained and displayed with heart and depth by
a national museum in Israel. Here Comes the Bride brought
in a young and hip audience and highlighted how tradition
can inspire cutting edge design. This Great Sight provided
an opportunity to contemplate the creative process of
a contemporary artist and the extraordinary sweep of
Jewish history. Finally, The Lost Generation displayed with
poignancy how one Jewish artist beautifully reflected the
major intellectual, artistic and social upheavals of his time.
As The Museum of the Jewish People and center for
world Jewish communities, Beit Hatfutsot has a particular
obligation to offer a varied menu of public programs.
Between 17 and 20 such programs were offered each
month in 2013, many as collaborations across different
divisions. For example:
• An evening commemorating 70 years since the Aliyah of
the Tehran Children was presented in cooperation with
Yad VaShem and the Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University.
It included a screening of Children of the Odyssey and
attracted many of these “children.” “Tehran Children”
were a group of Polish Jewish children – many of them
orphans – who escaped Nazi occupation and found
refuge in the Soviet Union and Tehran before reaching
Israel in 1943.
•“A Glimpse of” evenings included talks about genealogy
and family names from Poland, Hungary and Germany.
This series attracted younger generations looking for
information about their roots.
• Multi-session courses on major topics such as Jewish
and Israeli Identity in Documentary Film, The Bible in
World Culture, Jews in the Big City, The Jewish Family
in Yiddish Culture and The Shtreimel and the Beret (on
Jewish identity, offered in cooperation with the Nevzlin
Center for Jewish Peoplehood Studies at IDC Herzliya) .
Finally, the Museum offered special workshops for
children on Sukkot, Hanukkah and Passover and
participated in the Ministry of Culture’s “Culture Days”
by offering reduced admission.
Looking Forward:
The New Museum of the Jewish People
The new Core Exhibition, scheduled to open in 2017, will
completely revolutionize Beit Hatfutsot. A 21st century
masterpiece, the Museum will tell the triumphant story of
Jewish life through cutting-edge technology, interactive
exhibits, art, film, online resources and user-accessible
databases. Visitors will even have opportunities to add
their own stories to the narrative.
Designed by Gallagher & Associates, an international
museum planning and design firm based in Washington
DC, and curated by Dr. Orit Shaham Gover, the Core
Exhibition will begin in the present day and flow
through time, experiences and geographies to convey a
nuanced and proud journey. Patrons will encounter the
ideas, expressions and beliefs that have guided Jewish
communities for nearly four millennia.
Campaign with primary responsibility for philanthropy
and leadership development in the area. David came to
Beit Hatfutsot with a passion for Jewish Peoplehood and
extensive success in the Federation world.
Ambassador Moses on investing in the Synagogue Hall:
“The Great Hall of Synagogues will portray unity
but also diversity with synagogues, old and new,
from many lands. It will present the different
architecture and styles, braiding together myriad
threads of the Jewish spirit into one theme, as
a gathering place for Jews to celebrate their
Jewishness. Synagogues have always been a
communal home for culture, learning, celebrating
and just congregating.”
Some visitors may explore Jewish identity in the context
of modern life. Others might delve into 4,000 years of
Jewish history, traditions and achievements. Whatever
their focus, every visitor will enter the unique and ongoing
story of the Jewish People.
Under the leadership of Medy Shvide, who manages
the Museum’s development on site, the substance and
structure of the Core Exhibition advanced enormously in
2013. The team, working simultaneously in Tel Aviv and
Washington DC, completed highly detailed design work
for all three exhibition levels which will collectively span
more than 9,300 square meters. Most importantly, in
2013 the Tel Aviv Municipality granted permits for work to
begin in September 2014 on the Great Hall of Synagogues
and new Family Galleries.
On the curatorial side, a team worked through the year to
locate artifacts that carry interesting stories for display in
the new Core Exhibition. Media and interactive materials
will play a large role in the narrative of the New Museum.
The year ended with content, design and location
determined for 40 films and subjects set for 60 interactive
displays. Production firms will bid on the media work and
Gallagher & Associates will develop the interactive pieces
in partnership with the team at Beit Hatfutsot.
An $85 million campaign to build the New Museum
received lead gifts from the Government of Israel, the
Nadav Foundation and the families of Ambassador Alfred
H. Moses and Milton and Tamar Maltz. In late 2013 David
Chivo joined as North America Director of the Renewal
Milton Maltz on Beit Hatfutsot’s role in the Jewish world:
“Beit Hatfutsot is a singular place, in the
heartland of Judaism, the land of Israel. It is a
focal point for world Jewry and those interested
in the Jewish story and its universal lessons.
It embraces the total of Jewish history in past,
present and future. It presents the Jewish narrative
in stimulating, impactful, current, appealing
and varied educational approaches relying on
technology and geared to young people.”
Renderings of the New Core Exhibition of The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot
Friends around the World
Beit Hatfutsot reaches out to communities around the
world through traveling exhibitions, educational programs
and publications for audiences of all ages. We regularly
publish newsletters in Hebrew, Spanish and English.
In 2013 Let My People Go: The Soviet Jewry Movement
1967-1989 showed at the Miller Center of the University
of Miami during January, at the Janice Charach Gallery in
Detroit during June and July, and at the Ben and Esther
Rosenbloom Jewish Community Center in Baltimore
during October. Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian
Jews started the year at the Fowler Museum at UCLA
and ended it at Yeshiva University Museum in New York
City. These exhibitions enable us to get to know new
communities and vice versa.
Enia Zeevi Kupfer, Director of the European Desk, regularly
visits Europe connecting with local Jewish communities,
foundations and governments. In March 2013 Enia spoke
on Jewish Peoplehood and identity at the Bavarian
Parliament’s Israel Study Day. She also spent time in
Vienna securing grants from two Austrian government
funds - Zukunft Fonds and National Fonds - to support
completion of a model of The Turner Temple, a Viennese
synagogue destroyed on Kristallnacht. Beit Hatfutsot will
dedicate the model in September 2014 in the presence
of the Austrian Minister of Interior Affairs, Johanna MiklLeitner, and foundation representatives. The model will
be on display in Beit Hatfutsot’s lobby and later become a
part of the new Core Exhibition.
Bronfman. Hundreds gathered at the Mandarin Oriental
Hotel in New York City for an evening of tribute that
highlighted Andrea’s dedication to the Jewish People
and the creativity and commitment she brought to the
causes that most moved her. We are proud to say that
Beit Hatfutsot was privileged to be one of them.
Charles Bronfman, Pippa, Tony and Jeremy Cohen at the American Friends Annual Gala
Dinner in New York City
Barbra Streisand visiting Beit Hatfutsot with Irit Admoni Perlman and Irina Nevzlin Kogan
Shula Bahat, Cybelle Jones and Patrick Gallagher (Gallagher & Associates)
and Cheryl Fishbein
Dan Tadmor, Eitan Ben Eliahu and Ravit Tarlovsky at Beit Hatfutsot
The Israeli Friends Annual Gala Dinner at the Tel Aviv Hilton
Barbara Stamm, President of the Bavarian Parliament, Enia Zeevi-Kupfer and Consul General
of Israel, Tibor Shalev Schlosser, Israel Day at the Bavarian Parliament
Fashion Designer Tommy Hilfiger visiting the Here Comes the Bride exhibition
Einat Sarouf and Motty Reif at the Israeli Friends Independence Day Ball
The American and Israeli Friends of Beit Hatfutsot both
attracted new members and saw an increase in funds
raised in 2013.
Total membership in the Israeli Friends grew to 500, 10%
of whom are members of the Business Forum for Beit
Hatfutsot. With resources raised through membership
and events, the Israeli Friends provided significant
support to mount exhibitions - including Here Comes the
Bride which they initiated - and underwrote admission
for youth, families and soldiers. Special events included a
concert with David D’or and Gil Shohat; a book launch for
The Ben Yehuda Strasse Dictionary- A Dictionary of Spoken
Yekkish in the Land of Israel; the annual Independence Day
Ball; and the Annual Gala Dinner at the Tel Aviv Hilton,
titled “Flavors and Sounds”. These lively social gatherings
raised the Museum’s profile and generated resources for
special programs.
The American Friends of Beit Hatfutsot promoted
the Museum’s development and exhibitions in the
United States and raised over $1 million at its annual
gala honoring the vision and legacy of the late Andrea
Finances
In 2013 Beit Hatfutsot operated on an annual budget of $7.76 million derived from several sources. The Israeli
Government budget line for the Museum ranges from $1.7 to $2 million for operations and comes from the Ministry
of Culture and Sport. An average of $3.3 million is earned income generated from admissions, program fees, facility
rentals, and the gift shop. In 2013 $2.6 million was raised from private sources thanks to the American and Israeli
Friends organizations, the Board of Governors and other individual and institutional funders. The audited financials
are as follows:
AUDITED FINANCIALS
2013
REVENUE
Admission 2,190,000
Government Support – unrestricted
1,792,000
Government Support – designated
Private Contributions & Grants
Retail Shop
Other
TOTAL REVENUE
786,000
2,624,000
301,000
76,000
$7,769,000
EXPENSES
Program
4,249,000
Building Operation & Maintenance
1,488,000
Marketing & Communications
Administration
267,000
1,007,000
Retail Shop
168,000
Fundraising & Membership
522,000
TOTAL EXPENSES
RESERVE
$7,701,000
$68,000
The Renewal Campaign for The Museum of the Jewish People will raise $85 million. The Museum has brought in a total
of $37 million - $17.5 million from the Government of Israel, and an additional $19.5 million from private individuals
and institutions. Under the leadership of the Board of Governors and Board of Directors, a Campaign Committee and
the Museum staff will raise the balance of $48 million by the close of 2017.
The Museum gift shop
Officers and Board Members
Board of Directors
Irina Nevzlin Kogan, Chair
Yohanan Doron, Representative of the Government of Israel
Rabbi Lior Gabai, Representative of the World Jewish Congress
Moshe Leshem, Representative of the World Jewish Congress
Nimrod Lev, Representative of the Public
Alfred Moses, Representative of the Public
Yaron Neudorfer, Representative of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization
Gil Omer, Representative of the Public
Avi Pazner, Representative of the Public
Raanan Rein, Representative of Tel Aviv University
Ruth Shamir Popkin, Representative of the Public
Amy Singer, Representative of Tel Aviv University
Rani Trainin, Representative of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization
Board of Governors
Joseph I. Lieberman, Honorary Chair
Eitan Ben-Eliahu, Chairman
Alfred H. Moses, Chairman
Eli Alroy*
Israel Bartal
Gisele Ben-Dor
Sam Bloch
Erica Brown*
Ram Caspi*
Uri Dori
Gideon Dover*
Moshe Edery *
Ami Federman*
Cheryl Fishbein
Aharon Frenkel
Jeffrey Goldberg
Stephen M. Greenberg
Zeev Holtzman*
Shahab Karmely
Jonathan Kolber*
Harvey M. Krueger
Amihaz Lustig*
Leonid Nevzlin**
Avi Pazner
Chemi Peres
Itamar Rabinovich
Leon Recanati
Uriel Reichman
Ami Sagy
Avner Shalev
Ruth Shamir Popkin
Ricky Shechtel
Zalman Shoval
Rabbi Rene Sirat
Rita Spiegel
Judith Stern Peck
Susan Weikers Balaban
Shlomo Yanai*
Gad Zeevi
* Membership pending
**Founding Chair
American Friends of Beit Hatfutsot – Directors
Daniel Pincus, President
Sam E. Bloch, Chairman
Ruth Shamir Popkin, Vice President
Rita Spiegel, Vice President
Stephen Greenberg, Treasurer *
Elissa Blaser, Secretary
Joel Aaronson
David Ellman
Tanaz Eshaghian
Aaron Feingold *
Cheryl Fishbein *
Irwin Hochberg
Alex Indich
Harvey M. Krueger *
Carlyn Ring
Martin Rozenblum
Marcia Saft
Babara Salmanson
Judith Stern Peck *
Susan Weikers Balaban
Norman Weisfeld
* Past President
Israeli Friends of Beit Hatfutsot – Directors
Reuven Adler, Chairman
Marco Bejarano
Tal Birenfeld
Murray Greenfield
Gabi Hayek
Hedva Sharon
Ronit Hershkovitz
Doron Kochavi
Dan Lahat
Eliyahu Levin
Hanna Levit
Motty Meir
Etty Propper
Hanna Pri Zan
Motty Reif
Ami Sagi
Elli Streit
Ruth Shamir Popkin
Shmuel Shenhar
Iris Yosef