PLEASE JOIN n 1990, the City of Beitar was founded by several families. Located fifteen minutes BEITAR MAYOR YITZCHAK PINDRUS I from Jerusalem, Beitar now boasts a population of almost 35,000. Hundreds IN CELEBRATING THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF of Beitar residents hail from the United States, and have been instrumental in the THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BEITAR ILLIT, ISRAEL. development of this rapidly growing beautiful city. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 Beitar is synonymous with Jewish history. Two thousand years ago, Beitar was the final RECEPTION 5:30 PM - DINNER 7:00 PM chapter after the destruction of the second Temple, when Israel fell under Roman rule. This rebellion was led by Shimon Bar Kochva. As a result of this supreme effort in BROAD STREET BALLROOM heroism, Beitar became a hallmark of Jewish pride and tenacity to this very day. 41 BROAD STREET, NEWYORK CITY The Beitar Foundation underwrites capital projects to promote development in Beitar Keynote Speaker: Illit. Currently, the Foundation awaits the final stages of construction of its new 17,000 UNITED STATES SENATOR NORM COLEMAN square-foot Beitar Illit Emergency Medical Center, which will provide 24-hour medical care to residents of Beitar and its surrounding communities. The Foundation is also COUVERT: $360 PER PERSON focusing on the “prized jewel of Beitar” – its newly established vocational centers which YOUNG LEADERSHIP: $180 PER PERSON (UNDER 35) will boost the city’s economy, while training Beitar’s residents in viable careers, such as BLACK TIE OPTIONAL computer programming, graphic design, accounting, architecture and engineering. The Beitar Foundation is also planning to build more permanent school buildings, which are Beitar Chai U.S. SENATOR NORM COLEMAN sorely needed as many of Beitar’s children still attend “school” in caravans. Also on the Keynote Speaker horizon, The Foundation is planning the creation of two industrial parks. Senator Norm Coleman grew up in a large Jewish family in Brooklyn, New Celebration Dinner York. A graduate of Hofstra University in Long Island and the University of Iowa Law School, Coleman was a student activist involved in the anti-war THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 and civil rights movements. After serving as the mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota for almost a decade, Senator Coleman was elected as U.S. Senator of Minnesota in 2003. He secured a seat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, and has tirelessly defended the Farm Bill. He has brought Minnesota’s commitment to renewable fuels to the United States Senate, and has led the effort to expand renewable fuel initiatives, serving as the co-chairman of the bipartisan Senate Biofuels Caucus. Senator Coleman is a member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, DINNER COMMITTEE where he serves as the Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI). He serves as a member of the prestigious Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where his work Mark Appel Aviva Levinson-Feinman Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth includes the Ranking member on the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. To foster U.S. Alan W. Berger, M.D. Susan Lobel Eddie Shamah Marc Berger, M.D. Menachem Lubinsky Yeruchim Silber ties with Latin America, he has traveled to numerous Central and South American destinations Steven Etkind Ruben Margules Joseph B. Sprung defending democracy, the rule of law, and hemispheric cooperation. He is a member of the Senate Joseph Grunfeld Ari Noe Kurt and Melissa Stein Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, and was recently selected to join the U.S. Elie Hirschfeld Ron Rettner Michael Tobman Senate Special Committee on Aging. Senator Coleman and his wife, Laurie, have two children, Israel Goldberg Esq., President, The Beitar Foundation Jacob (20) and Sarah (16). GUEST SPEAKER HONOREES ROTEM ROSEN, CEO, AFRICA-ISRAEL, USA JOSEPH B. STAMM AMY SOLOMON “American-Israeli Economic Ties” HaTov U’Meitiv Man of the Year Award Young Leadership Award Amy Solomon is 27 years old and resides on the Upper East Side of Rotem Rosen, CEO of Africa-Israel USA, a division of Africa Israel Joseph B. Stamm, is President and CEO of MedReview, Inc., the oldest healthcare utilization review company in New York. In his more than thirty Manhattan. She works at America Online in Rockefeller Plaza in Production Investments LTD, is an international holding and investment years of service at MedReview, Mr. Stamm has overseen the growth of the and Development. Amy has also worked in Public Relations at other firms company lead by its new president and CEO Mr. Erez Meltzer. The organization into one of the largest of its kind in the country with 275 staff in New York City. She is a graduate of Brandeis University where she majored in American Studies and Journalism and worked at the Cohen Company is controlled by world renowned businessman, Mr. Lev Leviev. Africa Israel is members and a roster of more than 100 clients. He received his rabbinical Photo by Nicolai Froehlich Center for Modern Jewish Studies, founded by her grandfather, Maurice extremely active in an extensive range of investments in Israel and abroad. The company ordination from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva in New York City and earned his MPA from New Cohen. Amy has worked with several Jewish philanthropies, including Hebrew University, has expanded its scope in fields such as income-yielding properties, shopping malls, York University. He is also a member of a number of health care associations, as well as a fellow Hebrew College, and Brandeis University. She has traveled to Israel several times with her family. energy, fashion, telecommunications & media, infrastructure, industry and residential of the New York Academy of Medicine. Mr. Stamm is a recognized expert in the medical review As a young leader, Amy firmly believes that only through the involvement and the commitment industry and is on the faculty of Columbia University School of Public Health. He has lectured real estate investments in Israel and abroad. Rotem has a Masters Degree in Intellectual of young Jewish leaders can Jewish continuity be achieved. She is honored to be involved in The nationally and internationally, and has been published on health care-related topics in scholarly Beitar Foundation. Property Law from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, an MBA journals such as Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, the New York Academy of Medicine Journal and from The University of Manchester, and in 2001 was admitted into the Israeli Bar. He the Journal of Community Health. KENNETH S. ABRAMOWITZ is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the European Affairs Mr. Stamm and his lovely wife, Anne, are the proud parents of five children (Tamar, Yisroel Zev Jabotinsky Defender of Israel Award Committee as a representative for the State of Israel. After serving in the Israeli Zev, Moshe Aryeh, Daniel and Devorah) and love to spend their spare time doting on their Kenneth S. Abramowitz is a Managing General Partner and co-founder of NGN Capital, a team of professional advisors with investment and Intelligence Force, Rotem worked for Bank Leumi USA in their legal department and 10 grandchildren. management backgrounds in the Healthcare and Venture Capital industry on later on became a partner in the largest law firm in Israel, Balter, Guth, Aloni, & Co. DR. DANIEL ROSHAN a global basis. Mr. Abramowitz has published several notable studies on Rotem is honored to speak at this year’s Beitar dinner. Humanitarian Award healthcare service companies, major medical mergers and cardiovascular Daniel Roshan, MD, FACOG, FACS, is a Board Certified OB/GYN, device innovation. He serves on the Board of Directors of EKOS Corp., Option Care, Inc., OpitScan Biomedical Corp., Power Medical Interventions, Inc., and Small Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. He is an active member of the American Bone Innovations, Inc. LYON (LENNY) ROTH College of OB/GYN and American College of Surgeons. He was trained at Dinner Chairman Johns Hopkins Hospital and is a member of Johns Hopkins Medical and MICHAEL FRAGIN Lyon Roth is First Vice President within the Merrill Lynch Private Surgical Society, Johns Hopkins Howard Kelly Society, Society for Maternal- Public Service Award Banking and Investment Group. He principally assists high-net-worth Fetal Medicine, American Society for Human Genetics, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Michael Fragin is the Vice President of Strategic Planning at the Hugh individuals, families, endowments, and foundations set investment Bellevue OB/GYN Society, and New York Obstetrics Society. He is one of the founders of Sephardic L. Carey Battery Park City Authority. He also serves as a trustee of the American Medical Society. He has published over 60 research abstracts, scientific papers and case Long Island Power Authority appointed by the Governor of New York. objectives and implement investment strategies. He also works closely reports. He has performed and supervised over 10,000 births, 5,000 amniocentesis, and over 1,400 Mr. Fragin graduated from Yeshiva University, Magna Cum Laude, with Merrill Lynch’s trust companies (onshore and offshore), the Center for Philanthropy Chorionic Villus Sampling. He has received many awards for his medical performance and acumen, with a degree in Economics and obtained his MBA in Finance and and Nonprofit Management and outside counsel to design appropriate planning vehicles for and is listed in the book, “Castle Connolly Best Doctor”. He is very active in the Great Neck Entrepreneurship from Columbia Business School. clients. He currently serves as a board member of the American-Israel Chamber of community, where he lives with his wife Elana, and their four children, Rachel, Ariel, Rebecca and Prior to the BPCA, he served as Executive Assistant to Governor George Pataki. Prior Joshua. He serves on the Board of Directors of North Shore Hebrew Academy Cherry Lane Minyan.