IN MEMORIAM Morton L. Mandel 1921-2019
Memorial Ceremony Jerusalem, November 2019
1 Morton L. Mandel (1921–2019)
Morton L. Mandel was a renowned business leader, philanthropist I seek now to light as and dedicated social entrepreneur. At the time of his death, he served as Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Parkwood LLC, and Co- many more candles as Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel I can, to help brighten Foundation. the prospects of those less
The generosity of Morton along with his brothers, Jack (1912-2011) fortunate in this world ." and Joseph (1913-2016), has made a global impact. Through their Foundation and individually, the Mandel brothers have donated — Morton L. Mandel more than $900 million to Jewish, educational and cultural causes around the world.
This booklet pays tribute to Mr. Mandel's activities in Israel, which continued throughout his lifetime and will have a lasting impact on Israeli society for generations. The memorable photographs on the following pages are accompanied by quotes that are part of the legacy of this extraordinary leader, passionate Zionist, lover of Israel, generous philanthropist, and man of vision.
Cover photo: Nannette Bedway, USA
2 We 're Jewish, and we are concerned about
World Leadership Conference for Jewish Education, 1984 the viability, the health, and the vigor of the Morton L. Mandel, Chairman of the Education Committee of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency; Jewish community going forward." Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir; and Jewish Agency Chairman Aryeh Dulzin, at the Knesset
2 3 Mandel Jerusalem Fellows Program, Cohort 17 (1998-2000) Joseph C. Mandel, Jack N. Mandel, Professor Shlomo (Seymour) Fox, and Morton L. Mandel at the Mandel Board Meeting (Jerusalem, 1995)
4 5 We felt one of the ways to make a difference was to improve the quality of education. And we chose to do that by turning out leaders who will change Morton and Barbara Mandel with Michael Gal, the reality ." Director of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership (early 1990’s)
Fellows of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership with School Director Danny Bar Professor Seymour Fox, Morton L. Mandel, and Annette Hochstein Giora, Morton L. Mandel, Mandel at the opening of the Mandel Institute head office (Jerusalem, 1990) Foundation President Professor Jehuda Reinharz and Mandel Foundation Vice Chairman Stephen H. Hoffman at the Mandel Graduation Ceremony (2018)
6 7 There's no question in my mind that there is no bar anywhere, no level We see strengthening of performance anywhere, where Israel and helping it be striving to improve the situation is a stronger democratic not a worthy effort." state, more viable state, and a stronger democratic Jewish state, as an important driver for us. It's one of our major thrusts."
You never get what you expect, Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek with Morton L. Mandel (2000) only what you inspect."
8 9 new home of the
Barbara and Morton Mandel cut the ribbon with Professor Rivka Carmi Morton L. Mandel at the new home of the Mandel and Professor Avishai Braverman at the opening of the Mandel Center Center for Leadership in the North (2018) for Leadership in the Negev, as Professor Seymour Fox looks on (Beer Sheva, 2006)
Morton L. Mandel visits the Morton L. Mandel and Steven H. Hoffman Mandel Center for Leadership with fellows of the Mandel Program for Local in the Negev (2016) Leadership in Baqa al-Gharbiyye (2016)
10 It is you, the graduates of our
programs, who are Morton L. Mandel congratulating a graduate doing my work… of the Mandel IDF and the work that Educational Leadership Program at the 2018 you are doing is Mandel graduation dazzling ." ceremony
Just three words are stamped on the cover of the U.S. Army’s leadership manual: Be-Know-Do. The army advises emerging leaders that the most important of the three words is listed first – Be. How a leader lives out Morton L. Mandel visits Mandel School for Educational a commitment to ethical behavior teaches more than Leadership graduate Karen Tal, CEO of Tovanot Educational Network, at the Bialik-Rogozin School (Tel Aviv, 2011) spoken words or printed words. It’s not what you say. It's what you do."
12 13 All of Israel’s “tribes” meet at Mandel There's no bar anywhere, no level of performance anywhere, where Graduates of all Mandel Programs at the Graduation Ceremony in Jerusalem (2019) striving to improve the situation is not a worthy effort…. in almost every kind of human endeavor, we are far from the top of the mountain. And it's just a question of understanding that there is no limit to what an enterprise can accomplish."
14 15 Morton L. Mandel presenting President of Israel Reuven (Ruvi) The mission of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Rivlin with the second edition of It’s All About Who at the Foundation is to contribute to the flourishing of President’s Residence (2018) the United States and Israel as just, inclusive, compassionate and democratic societies, and to Ben-Gurion University President Professor Rivka Carmi and Morton L. Mandel at the inauguration of the building of the Jack, improve the quality of life in both countries ." Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Social Leadership (2016)
16 17 The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies, Rabin Building, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2017)
Morton L. Mandel and Beer Sheva Mayor Ruvik Danilovich at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Children’s Museum of The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Beer Sheva – Lunada (2014) Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015) We stand on the shoulders of Confucius, Socrates, Aristotle, Maimonides, al-Farabi, Shakespeare, Voltaire, and many, many others. Their powerful ideas should be studied by each new generation."
18 1919 We chose not to invest in things, but to invest in people, because of our deep conviction that ‘it’s all about who’."
Morton L. Mandel at the National Hebrew Book Week exhibit in Tel Aviv, with the Hebrew edition of It's All About Who (2014)
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandele Wing for Jewiw sh Art and Lifee, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2010)
20 21 Morton L. Mandel Boulevard, Yeruham (2018)
Rendering of the new Bezalel building
Morton L. Mandel and Professor Adi Stern at the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for the new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building and Rendering of the Jack, Joseph and Campus of the Bezalel Academy of Morton Mandel Innovation Center, Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2015) Yeruham, home of Mind-CET
22 23 To have a dream and to believe that the dream can be realized – that's what we did." MF-I Director General Moshe Vigdor, Professor Jehuda Reinharz, MK Zeev Elkin; Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat; President Reuven Rivlin, and Morton L. Mandel at the Cornerstone Ceremony of the new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Headquarter Building in Jerusalem (2017)
Morton L. Mandel at the site of the new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Headquarter Building in Jerusalem (2017)
24 25 Morton L. Mandel speaking via video during the Pre-Opening Event of the new Jack, Joseph and Morton The new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Headquarter Building in Jerusalem (2019) Mandel Foundation Headquarter Building in Jerusalem on his 98th birthday, September 19, 2019
26 27 Powerful ideas, driven by outstanding people, represent a sure way to light more candles and illuminate the world."
Morton L. Mandel receives a standing ovation at the Cornerstone Ceremony for the new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Headquarter Building in Jerusalem (October 30, 2017) Our values: integrity, honesty, decency, respect, generosity – we saw all those at home."
28 29 Total Mandel Foundation Giving
ישראל - תרומות מרכזיות Boston, Massachusetts Cleveland, Ohio (cont.) Israel – Main Giving
■ ■ American Academy of Arts & Sciences Mandel Teacher Educator Institute ■ עמיתי ירושלים ■ ■ ■ Brandeis University MidTown Cleveland Mandel Jerusalem Fellows ■ ■ ■ מכון מנדל למנהיגות Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education Neighborhood Leadership Development Program Mandel Leadership Institute - ■ ■ בית ספר מנדל למנהיגות חינוכית Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for the Humanities ■ Mandel School for Educational Leadership - ■ United Way of Greater Cleveland ■ ■ ■ מרכז מנדל למנהיגות בנגב Mandel Institute for Nonprofit Leadership Western Reserve Historical Society Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev ■ ■ מרכז מנדל למנהיגות בצפון Cincinnati, Ohio New York, New York Mandel Center for Leadership in the North ■ ■ האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ■ Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion ■ - המכון למדעי היהדות ע"ש ג'ק, ג'וזף ומורטון מנדל Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum - Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies ■ - בית ספר ג'ק, ג'וזף ומורטון מנדל ללימודים מתקדמים במדעי הרוח Cleveland, Ohio Jewish Community Centers Association - Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies ■ Jewish Community Centers Global in the Humanities ■ אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב ■ ■ ■ - מכון ג'ק, ג'וזף ומורטון מנדל למנהיגות חברתית Case Western Reserve University Jewish Federations of North America Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Jack, Joseph and Morton Institute for Social Leadership ■ אוניברסיטת תל-אביב Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences - Palm Beach County, Florida ■ - מרכז ג'ק, ג'וזף ומורטון מנדל למדעים, הנדסה ומדעי הרוח Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Community Studies Tel Aviv University - ■ ■ - תוכנית ג'ק, ג'וזף ומורטון מנדל ללימוד מדעי הרוח בפקולטה להנדסה Cleveland Clinic Foundation Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County - Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for STEM and the Humanities ■ ■ - Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Program for Humanities in Engineering ■ בצלאל אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב, ירושלים ■ Cleveland Institute of Art Mandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches ■ ■ Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem ■ מוזיאון ישראל, ירושלים ■ Cleveland Museum of Art Mandel Public Library, West Palm Beach ■ ■ Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center The Israel Museum, Jerusalem ■ הסוכנות היהודית לישראל ■ Cleveland Neighborhood Progress ■ The Jewish Agency for Israel - תוכנית מנדל למצוינות .Cleveland State University Washington, D.C ■ - Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Program for Excellence ■ לונדע - מוזיאון הילדים של באר שבע ע"ש ג'ק, ג'וזף, ומורטון מנדל ■ Cleveland Zoological Society ■ Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Children’s Museum of Beer Sheva – Lunada ■ U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum ■ קרן ירוחם החדשה ■ Cuyahoga Community College New Yeruham Fund - מרכז ג'ק, ג'וזף ומורטון מנדל לחדשנות, ירוחם ■ Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation Wilmington, Delaware - Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Innovation Center, Yeruham ■ ■ ■ מרכז תרבות ע"ש ג'ק, ג'וזף ומורטון מנדל, תל אביב-יפו Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hill ■ Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Cultural Center, Tel Aviv–Jaffa ■ Jewish Federation of Delaware ■ ■ מרכז קיימות חוייתי לבעלי חיים מדבריים, באר שבע Jewish Education Center of Cleveland Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Wildlife Sanctuary, Beer Sheva ■ ■ ■ רשות העתיקות Jewish Federation of Cleveland Israel Antiquity Authority ■ - הספרייה הלאומית והארכיב לארכיאולוגיה של ארץ ישראל Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland - Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Library and Archives for ע“ש ג'ק, ג'וזף ומורטון מנדל, ירושלים the Archaeology of Israel, Jerusalem
30 31 Photos:
Nannette Bedway, USA Mandel Foundation–Israel: Shlomi Amsalem | Asher Azulay | Debbi Cooper | Avi Dodi Sivan Farag | Ariel Jerozolimski | Yariv Weinberg | Three Photographers Studio Ben Gurion University: Dani Machlis Bezalel Academy: Lance Productions The Israel Museum, Jerusalem: Elie Posner The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Yoram Aschheim | Bruno Charbit
Graphic Design: Studio Fisher, Jerusalem
The hallmark of our philanthropy is our commitment to invest in
people with the values, ability and passion to change the world." Back cover: Morton L. Mandel with Mayor of Yeruham Michael Biton, ‒ Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Mandel School for Educational Leadership graduate (Yeruham, 2014)
32 35 I think of the world as having a huge number of candles, and only a small percentage are lit. I have devoted a big part of my life to lighting as many candles as I can. To light a candle is to make the world a better place."
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