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w w w . n i f . o r gTo register online please visit: www.nif.org/guardian

785 Market Street, 14th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94103415.543.5055 415.543.6066 fax sf@nif.org

Guardian of Democracy Dinner11th Annual

Larry GarberExecutive Director

Eliezer Ya’ariDirector in Israel

Gary SokolRegional Board President

Dr. Jonathan FuchsChair, New Generations Board

Steven RothmanRegional Director

Peter EdelmanPresident

Jonathan CohenEleanor Friedman

Founders

THE NEW ISRAEL FUND

The New Israel Fund (NIF) works to strengthen Israel’sdemocracy and to promote freedom, justice andequality for all Israel’s citizens. Inspired by Israel’sDeclaration of Independence and sustained by Jewishtradition, NIF has led the development of Israel’s vibrantpublic interest sector, providing financial and technicalsupport to hundreds of national and community-basedorganizations. A philanthropic partnership of Israelis,North Americans and Europeans, NIF’s focus today is onfighting for civil and human rights, promoting religioustolerance and pluralism and closing economic and socialgaps in Israeli society.

Rhonda AbramsRabbi Camille AngelEric AntebiMimi Arfin and Robert RebitzerLynne R. ArkinRabbi Melanie Aron and Michael DineVivian and Ruben ArquilevichGeorge AulAlvin BaumRabbi Allen B. BennettNatalie Berg / Forest City DevelopmentGail and Ralph BernsteinDavid BialeJudy BloomPamela BurdmanDrs. Allen and Dorothy CalvinJerome CarlinWilliam and Jean CoblentzGary and Holly CohnSandra ColiverCongregation Eman-ElAdele CorvinJulia Fayngold Covey and Russell CoveySandra CurtisAdina DanzigRabbi Lavey DerbyPaul and Valerie Crane DorfmanRobert A. EfroymsonDavid Fankushen and Nancy HawthorneLeah Frei and Dan KolkowitzDavid Friedman and Paulette MeyerPhyllis FriedmanK. Bruce and Lois Friedman

Elizabeth Friedman Branoff and Steven BranoffDonald and Janie FriendRebecca and Seymour FromerMichael D. Geschwind, MD, PhDHeather GoldNancy and Lawrence GoldbergNeil GoteinerRabbi Sarah Graff and Dr. Scott RoySheldon GreeneEvelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. FundRabbi Margie JacobsLeslie Kane and Manuel FishmanWendy and Howard KlecknerMarla KolmanHannah KranzbergDoris and George KrevskyNaomi LauterJohn L. Levinsohn and Grace A. HughesRabbi Sheldon and Lorri LewisRon LezellMark and Adele LiebermanRabbi Brian LurieMelanie and Peter MaierLeslie and Alex MeyerovichHoward and Eleanor MillerHarold MindellLynne Newhouse SegalPeter B. NewmanSara J. NewmanDonald and Shari OrnsteinRabbi Stephen S. PearceThe Honorable Stuart and Lee PollakBetty Ann Polse

Lisa and John PritzkerMorton G. RivoRabbi Michael and Ruth RobinsonErica and Andrew RosenblattDavid L. RosenhanGerald RosensteinMatthew RothschildChristine Russell and Mark SchlesingerAdene Sacks and Joseph HellersteinGerry and Lela SarnatDavid SaxeLaura Scher and Ian AltmanNorman Schlossberg and Dennis JaffeRabbi Judy Shanks and Dr. James GracerGary B. Sokol and Paul BlancAllan and Ophelia SolomonowRuth and Al SporerVera and Harold Stein Jr.Laura TalmusIngrid Tauber and Frank TaforoDr. and Mrs. Irvin TaylorSteven Tulkin and Sydney KapchanURJ Camp Newman /

Camp Swig Friends of Raquel NewmanDr. Paul and Dorothy WachterEllen Bob and David Waksberg John Weinstein and Heidi StewartAdam Weisberg and Rachel BrodieMarilyn and Ray WeisbergAmos WilnaiCarol and Terry WinogradRobert and Susan WolfeVincent Worms

DINNER COMMITTEE

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Nurturing The Seeds of Israel11th Annual Guardian of Democracy Dinner

Monday, May 16, 20056 p.m. Cocktails7 p.m. Dinner

SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL

Main Entrance

Dietary Laws Observed

Dr. Raquel H. NewmanGuardian of Democracy Award

Dr. Jonathan FuchsNew Generations Leadership Award

Guardian of Democracy DinnerNURTURING THE SEEDS OF ISRAEL

For over 20 years Avraham Burg has been a leading figure in Israeli politics anda staunch supporter of peace in the Middle East. He was the youngest speaker inthe history of the Israeli Knesset (1999-2003) and served a 5 year term as head ofthe Jewish Agency for Israel. He was the first NIF Leadership Fellow in 1983, andserved on the NIF International Board from 1985-1988.

We proudly honor Dr. Raquel Newman with the Guardian of Democracy Awardin recognition of her enduring and superlative dedication to strengtheningIsrael’s democracy. She has been involved with NIF almost since its inception in1979, taking leadership roles in virtually every aspect of the organization. Sheserved on the International Board in the 1990s, just completed her term asPresident of the San Francisco Regional Board, and continues to serve on the NIF’sInternational Council. She has earned respect locally and internationally for hercommitment to the Jewish community, tzedaka, social justice, and pluralism. Sheis a remarkable person to whom NIF owes much of its continuing success.

Dr. Newman is President of RHN Associates, and has been a consultant and writerfor and about not-for-profit organizations. Author of the philanthropy guideGiving Your Money Away, she continues to serve as a board member for anincredible variety of organizations, most notably Jewish Family and Children’sServices, Fromm Institute of Lifelong Learning, Congregation Emanu-El, TheGraduate Theological Union, the New Israel Fund, Achenbach Graphic ArtsCouncil of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Pacific GraduateSchool of Psychology. Dr. Newman also received an honorary Ph.D., doctor ofhumane letters, from the Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles.

Dr. Jonathan Fuch’s love and appreciation for Israel were nurtured as a studentat the Hebrew University in 1990 and as a Dorot Fellow in Jerusalem from 1991to 1992. He brings this same passion to his role as Chair of the New GenerationsBoard. He became a New Generations Board Member in 2002, and served as a Co-Chair of the Education Committee. He is currently both the Director of HIVVaccine Studies at the San Francisco Department of Public Health and an assistantclinical professor of medicine at UCSF. He has extensive experience with traininginternational clinical trial sites to conduct prevention research in HIV.

As a San Francisco regional board and international council member, Jonathan iscommitted to ensuring that the New Israel Fund continues to flourish in itsmission to support voices for democracy and inclusion in Israeli society.

Please join us for the 11th Annual New Israel Fund

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K E Y NOT E S P E A K E R

Avraham Burg, former speaker of the Israeli Knesset

Avraham Burg

Raquel H. Newman, Ed.D.

Dr. Jonathan Fuchs

Honoring

Dinner ChairsSteve & Joanne AbelRabbi Dorothy Richman

& Dr. Michael SteinmanRita SemelBonnie & Marty Tenenbaum

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