Posts Tagged: Michael Steinhardt
New Sharansky Book Discloses Strains Between Netanyahu, US Jews
“Liberal American Jews really don’t like Israel,” a frustrated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told then-Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky in 2015, according to an account...
‘Jewish…Sexual Harassment’ New York Times Story Sparks Complaints
A front-page New York Times-ProPublica article headlined “A Leading Jewish Philanthropist Is Accused of Sexual Harassment,” is triggering complaints. One objection is that that the Times...
Jew ‘Obsession’ of New York Times Undermines Its Credibility, a German Says
A “news analysis” in Sunday’s New York Times by the newspaper’s deputy Washington editor, Jonathan Weisman, predicts, as the headline puts it, “American Jews and...
Boteach: Sean Penn’s Humanity is Worth Celebrating (INTERVIEW)
Media personality Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said it was the humanity of actor Sean Penn, in helping to rescue Chasidic Jew Jacob Ostreicher from a Bolivian...
Boteach: Elie Wiesel’s NYT Iran Ad ‘Not About Israel or the Jewish People, but About Human Rights’ (INTERVIEW)
Elie Wiesel's full-page ads in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are "not about Israel or the Jewish people, but about human...
Elie Wiesel Says ‘Iran Must Not Be Allowed to Remain Nuclear’ in Full Page Ads in NYT, WSJ
Professor Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Laureate and The Algemeiner Advisory Board Chairman, on Wednesday said,"Iran must not be allowed to remain nuclear," in a full...
Three Ways to Save American Jewry From Extinction
By now you've heard about the Pew Research poll, published this week, which concludes that American Jewry is on its way to oblivion. No need...
Jewish 100: Michael Steinhardt – Philanthropy
Michael Steinhardt Philanthropist A co-founder of Taglight-Birthright Israel, Steinhardt has actively involved himself in Jewish causes for decades. With over $125 million in donations thus...
Israel at 64: “Chutzpah is the Key”
As Israel prepares to begin its 65th year of modern-day independence, there can be no disputing that this nation remains confronted with a myriad of...
Bloomberg News: Israel was the Safest bet for Investors Over the Last 10 Years
With a risk-adjusted return of 7.6 percent over a 10-year period that ended Feb. 19, Tel Aviv's TA-25 Index represented the safest bet for investors...
Israel’s Open University Hosts New York Gala
Over 270 guests attended a glitzy New York gala at the Pierre Hotel benefiting Israel's Open University Foundation. A total of $620,000 was raised at...
Cantor: Arab Culture Is a Culture of Death
Under the umbrella of Rabbi "Shmuley" Boteach's Values Network Eric Cantor, the highest ranking Jewish elected official in American faced off with Michael Steinhardt, founder...
Can Obama Be Trusted on Israel?
This past Sunday night I conducted a conversation between Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader and highest -ranking Jewish elected official in American history Birthright...
Rebirthing Birthright
Birthright Israel is now 11 years old and has brought some 300,000 young Jews to Israel. I recently led another Birthright trip for Mayanot, one...
