MS-763: Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman Collection, 1930-2004. Series I: Wexner Heritage Foundation, 1947-2004. Subseries 1: General Files, 1949-2004. Box Folder 66 2 Steinhardt, Michael. 2003. For more information on this collection, please see the finding aid on the American Jewish Archives website. 3101 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 513.487.3000 AmericanJewishArchives.org MEETING AT MICHAEL STEINHARDT'S OFFICE JANUARY 16, 2003 1. Present: Michael Steinhardt Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman Richard Wexler Steve Nasatir Joseph Rackman 2. Articles concerning the basic premise: survival of the Jewish community in the U.S. a.) Chapter 43 of ((Roots of the Future" b.) Alan Dershowitz c.) Arthur Hertzberg d.) Adin Steinsaltz 3. Form a Corporation- Joseph Rackman, lawyer, is the N.Y. partner of Hogan and Hartson. He offers his services. 4. Decide on Name. 5. List from which board members may be chosen. 6. List of prospects for minimum often million each. 7. Two Statements of Case, written after the meeting. I 4.) Possible Candidates for Board of Directors vJ. Leslie H. Wexner /i. Michael Steinhardt 3. Bruce Soll 4. John Ruskay 5. Nathan Laufer 6. Gary Rosenblatt 7. David Edell vB. Richard Wexler 9. Richard Joel vfO . Bud Meyerhoff vi 1. Gordon Zacks v(2. Steve Nasatir vf'3. Harvey Krueger 14. Gershon Kekst "1'5. Morris Offit 16. Barry Goren 17. Mark Lit 18. Ramie Arian 19. Abba Eban (Hon.) vio. Jack Wertheimer "21 . Alan Slifka 22. Israeli Council- General Alon Pinkas 23. Peter Joseph 5.) POTENTIAL PROSPECTS J) Walter Annenberg 2) Arthur Belfer 3) Alan Bildner, N.J. 4) Blaustein Fndn.- Baltimore 5) H + R Block, Kansas City 6) Michael Bloomberg- Patricia E. Harris, Deputy Mayor for Administration Sometimes advises the mayor on charities 7) Shepard Broad Fndn. 8) Stewart Colton ./ 9) Lester Crown, Chicago I 0) Cummings Fndn. I I) Bill Davidson 12) Michael Dell- via Mark Lit, Federation Exec. 13)Draper-Fisher Jurvetson- via Josh Elkin or Harold Grinspoon (#24) 14) George Farkas 15) Factor-Feinstein Family, LA I 6) Jacob Feldman, Dallas 17) Eugene Ferkauf 18) Irwin Field, L.A. 19) Max Fisher, Detroit 20) Flumenberg Foundation 1 21) Funders Network 22) Gates Fndn.- via Steve Ballmer, president Microsoft and via Barry Goren, Fed. Exec. of Seattle 23) Richard Goldman- San Francisco 24) Sol Goldman Foundation 25) Alex Grass, Harrisburg, PA 26) Ace Greenberg- via Harvey Krueger? 27) Harold Grinspoon- via Josh Elkin 28) Jesselson Family- N.Y. 29) Haas-Koshland, San Francisco 30) Joseph Kanter- Miami 31)Kohl Family- Milwaukee 32) Harvey Krueger (and Greenberg 23) 33) Ronald Lauder- via Harvey Krueger? 34) Levitt Fndn. Lake Success, NY 35) Nonnan Lipoff, Miami 36) Mort Mandel, Cleveland 3 7) Bernie Marcus, Atlanta 38) Peter May v 39) Meyerhoff Family 40) Millken Family- L.A. 41) Paul Milstein 42) Morris Offitt 2 43) Stephen Peck 44) Carol Petrie 45) Pritzker Family 46) Rabb Family- Boston 4 7) Albert Ratner- Cleveland 48) Bert Resnick~ NY v 49) Revson Fndn. via Eli Evans 50)Dan and Elihu Rose- N.Y. 51) Edmond Safra Fndn. - gave $6 million toward $60 million goal for the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park. 52) Maurice Saltzman, Cleveland ./ 53) Lynn Schusterman- Tulsa 54) Nathan Shapell- L.A 55) Shwayder Family- Denver 56) Larry Silverstein v 57) Alan Slitka 58) Charles Smith- Washington Robert A. Smith Brother-in-law Bob- supporter of David Hartman 59) Sosland Family- K.C. 60) Abraham Spiegel- L.A 61) Steven Spielberg- L.A 62) Strauss Fndn- Baltimore 63) Michael Steinhardt- N.Y. 64) Stone Family- Cleveland 3 65) Leonard and Helen R Stulman Charitable Foundation- gave $5 million to Johns Hopkins 66) Swig Family- San Francisco 67)Tisch Family- N.Y 68) Sanford Weill- N.Y. 69) Larry Weinberg- L.A. ./ 70) Weinberg Fndn.- Baltimore 71) Joseph Wilf, NJ. 72) Ray Zimmerman- Nashville 4 Billionaire List 1) Newhouse Family (Samuel and Donald) 2) Bill Gates 3) Sumner Redstone + Family 4) Mark Rich 5) Tisch Family 6) Walter Annenberg 7) Leslie Wexner 8) Ted Arison Family 9) Pritzker Family 10) Leonard Stem 11) Shaul Eisenberg- Tel Aviv (owns 73% of Israel Corp.) 12) Samuel Heyman- 90% GAF chemicals (Sam + Ronnie) 13) Rudin Family (Jack+ Lewis) 14) George Soros 15) Jeffrey Epstein 16) Edgar Bronfman 17) Eli Broad- Los Angeles 18) Hank and Maurice Greenberg (AIG group) 19) Abraham? (Slim Fast)- Palm Beach J...) \J" l "'"4..1 ( t\ c"· .... ~a.( .t,'._.,_ ~t) c,.~<, v; ......dc./< - G-f,)~~ (r•ss:"t O"'L .,f ~ f"'~c~ '\-- g.· ,.~ .. ~)LJ 'J:J f"o{. 5 [ JEWISH WORLD Philanthropists, educators seek -.- Er new strategy for funding day schools - Ry Joe Berlwfsky New U.JC fundi "g for Israel The United Jewish Communities announced S28.l LOS A.'t.JGELES (JTA)- Financial wizard Michael Steinhardt is hlunt iti ~st-ssu1 ~ million in new emergency funding to supporl ISToeli.L the future ofNorth American Jewry. The funds, donated lo the UJC's Israel Emergency 1bc nextgeneratlon is "mostly Jewish ignoramuses," Stti.nMrdt s~)'3. ''\Vchaw•1' 1 Campaign, will be used for emergency medical services convinced the general Jewish population ofthe ~lue of s Jewish cducm•on." ond for preventing and relieving lroumo. Steinhardt's bleak asse$mcnr was aimed not al Jews in general, hut at a select funds olso will be earmarked for supporting llfOUp: those who bave doruttcd :it le~t S 100,000 - amf as much as SC\':!ral millio1\ -· Argentinian immigrants to Israel. To Jewish day iichl)ok 'nlcre arc only 1,800 such major supporter of tbe country's approK.imately 70ll New Israel Fund cuts back Jewish day school<;, howc\·er. and that, St~inhardt says. is "not enough.·· The New lsroel Fund will cenrrolize ond scale ·'We ru."Ccl •o double lhal numbu " bod its U.S. offices in rhe hopes of pumping 1m illion S Steinhardt was 1tddressing the third tUlllual L>onor A~sembly of the Partnership fo1 peoc.e Israel more loward and social jusJice efforts in Ex1.:ellcnce w Jc"'isll :Educ:it1on. the day-school advocacy group hl'. launchcd fh·e ~arr The Washington-hosed group, which promotes ago. peace ond ci11il righ~ progroms in hroel, will dose For the first time this week. most big donors nungled wilh Jeudsh communal and regional offices in Boston, Chirogo and Los Angeles day sdwul professionals m a leaderslllp assewbl} of mcm: tb;in 600 pC'op!e, aiming lu ood expand hubs in New Yock and Son Francisco, the hammer out a national strategy ti) promote Jeu·ish tlay schiJolr.. group announced Thursday. The gathering comes at :i time whm many day schuuh, viewed as solid foundations The move, aimed ol lowering the group's~­ fo1 lifelong Jewish identify, arc str.lpped for funds. head and ronsolidoting operations, should large~ AJid m:ioy who "-anr To altl'Drl cbr schools cannot afford the high i.:ust of o Jewish fund the odditionol Sl million fol Israel, officio ls sold. et.luc.ltion. The fund so id~ hos awarded S120 million to 700 Some 200,000 chlJdren attend Jc"ish da) i.chools 111 this country. 79 percent of Israeli groups since 1979. them Onhodox or fervent!\• Orthodox. Among the top goals ~ft'he phllanlhmpists w:i.i; finding new sources of money. f .U. office probes P.A.. 1·0 bolster their ad,•ocai:y etton. the ~oup, kn0\\1l as PEJE, uffer:d thi: inillal The European Union's onti-froud offire roid it findillgs of a sarir-ey of 177 of th())c hi& r1ay-schoul ~porten; . hos bee11 investigating the Palestinian Authorily's use Thi.: g:roup also relc1m:d the rcsultl; of wlcn ·1cu.·s with 65 othn donor~ . poteulial of E.U.-donoted funds. donor~ nnd day school expcns. The office soid Wednesday the probe wos hosed The survey, conducred in Octobc:r anrl ~O \C; mber by TDC Rcsc3rch uf Bostcio, on allegations rhot some mo11eys ore being used to found that among current donors, 49 percent give IL) da) s1:hools bt.'Cause they .>ce them fund lerroriYn. as ,·chides to "~lln Jewish continuity" ill1d 13 percent wl'rc mori,·11tcd to £:11 c.: becau~:i: The inquiry hos been going Oil for several i they had a persotal C?nnection, such as a child ur lrr:mclch.i!J in riay sc:hool. monrhs. ~we d&ided to onnoumo: it publicly ofter 13ut among donors, nondooors and experts, the study fnuud: media reports thar on investiga~on wos under way,• • 81 percent believe that day scboi)ls ensure continuity. a spokesman for the office soid. • 78 percent SUpportcd day schools because of the kw~· "collr:cti~·e fu1UTc." !he announcement rome Otllid coils from E.U. • 75 percent backed day schools OL'Cause they ''foster commt:mities of ~ommilll·d lowmokers lhQI the European Parliament loondl ifs J~ :· own inquiry into how the Polcslinlon Authe>rily is using Ofthose who respondl!d. 97 percent also "'!\°c mooty lo then· syiia~ogue ; 92 percent E.U. funds. .Uded !heir local re&ration; 73 percent helped some kind ufl~rael-focuscrl program and 59 pc:n..-cru backed theu JocaJ Jewish t:mnnn.utity ctnter. Alleged Nazi expelled The donors surveyed ~:tilt.!d from 29 st'1Tes and C:an~<'b , u-e:e u.c..L!:tlly paron~ 01· Costa Rico ~elled u11 alleged Nazi war crimmol. grandparents ofday school students and s.it on d<ly sch11ol boards. Horry Manni!, 82, wos prmnfed from moving from One such do"or at the c11ntc:n:nce was Clair,e Ellman of la Jolla, Ca.