America-Israel Cultural F Ioundation, inc. 2 WEST 45th STREET NEW YORK 36, N. Y. OXFORD 7-4030 Cable address: AMFUNDPAL ’SAMUEL RUBIN •ROBERT S. BENJAMIN ROBERT W. DOWLING S. HUROK E. HELENA RUBINSTEIN SPYROS P. SKOURAS July 11, 1963 HON. ABE STARK STERN ». SOL KITTAY Mr. Artur Rubinstein SLUMOFE KOUSSEVITZKY 80 Avenue Foche SOLOMON Paris 16, France . BOUKSTEIN Dear Mr. Rubinstein: IA ETTINGER ARTHUR E. GELBER GEORGE GREENSPAN •OSCAR M. LAZRUS •ADOLF C. ROBISON May I extend, greetings and. best wishes on behalf of the BETHSABEE DE ROTHSCHILD DEWEY D. STONE Board of this Foundation as well as personally. We trust ■PAUL WYLER that you and Mrs. Rubinstein are spending a pleasant summer. RAPHAEL RECANATI RUBENSTEIN Our committee in Chicago has been keeping us informed of JARVIS RALPH I. GOLDMAN their progress in planning the Dinner to take place there BEN ABRAMS in your honor on Sunday evening, December 15th. It occurred HON. ABRAHAM D. BEAME to us that so much time has elapsed since we received final LEONARD BERNSTEIN JACOB BLAUSTEIN ISIDORE M. COHEN approval of this date that it would be wise to drop you this BENJAMIN COOPER SAMUEL H. DAROFF note to refresh your mind about the details. MAX DOFT MRS. MARION DONIGER DR. CHARLES G. EICHEL EDMUND K. EICHENGREEN •RAYMOND FOGELMAN Our committee in Chicago consists of some of the leading JOSEPH N. FRANK LAURENCE FREIMAN people in that area whose efforts are devoted to our program CHARLES FROST LEON L. GILDESGAME of aiding Israel's cultural life. They are planning a $100 . NELSON GLUECK AHUM GOLDMANN SRAEL GOLDSTEIN a plate Dinner-Concert and, from the excitement that has been IRA GUILDEN GOTTLIEB HAMMER engendered by the knowledge that you will be the Guest of MRS. HENRY ITTLESON Honor, they anticipate a tremendous success and forsee an HON. JACOB K. JAVITS MORRIS JOFFE DR. LEO JUNG income in excess of $100,000. As a matter of fact, they JACOB M. KAPLAN •SOL R. KAPLAN already have several tables of reservations committed for LABEL KATZ •HERBERT KATZMAN the event. EUGENE V. KLEIN ‘OSCAR KOHN MRS. OSCAR KOLIN ARTHUR B. KRIM They plan to arrange an excellent musical program with one ALBERT A. LIST of the major symphony orchestras and an outstanding conductor. HENRY MECHUTAN JOSEPH MEYERHOFF We will, of course, keep you and the Hurok office informed of MRS. JOSEPH REGENSTEIN HERMAN ROBBINS JOSEF ROSENSAFT all further details as we are apprised of them. SAMUEL ROTHBERG SIMON H. SCHEUER HARRY SCHERMAN J. MARTIN SEILER HERBERT R. SILVERMAN RUDOLF G. SONNEBORN MILTON SPERLING HERMAN SPERTUS WILLIAM STEINBERG HON. STANLEY STEINGUT LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI JULIUS STULMAN LAURENCE A. TISCH EDWARD M. M. WARBURG HAROLD WEILL Samuel Rubin •K. B. WEISSMAN GEORGE S. WISE President MICHEL YARDNEY SAMUEL J. ZACKS RICHARD ZEISLER SR/b ELEAZAR LIPSKY cc: Mr. Walter Prude CONSTANCE HOPE L. RATNER Formerly: American Fund for Israel Institutions, Inc. ISSACHAR MIRON ANNE KOSTANT FOUNDER: EDWARD A. NORMAN • 1900-1955 ELAINE AUGUST BOARD OF DIRECTORS ISRAEL ADVISORY BOARD Officers, Trustees and NORMAN L. ADOLF Honorary Chairman MOSHE SHARETT, M.K. LESTER AVNET LAVY BECKER Chairman REUBEN DAFNI ELIAHU ELATH HON. MAURICE BERNHARDT ELIEZER PERI YONA ETTINGER EPHRAIM F. BLOCH BRACHA HABAS-HACOHEN Vice Chairmen MAJOR L. M. BLOOMFIELD, Q.C. AVRAHAM HARMAN EDWARD E. GELBER DR. REUVEN R. HECHT WILLIAM BRANDT JOSEPH E. SHAPIRO ABRAHAM KLIER MISS MOLLY BRECHER ITZHAK NORMAN RABBI ISADORE BRESLAU Treasurer MRS. BETHSABEE DE ROTHSCHILD ITZHAK RABINOWITZ REUVEN RUBIN MRS. RUTH CHERNER - HAROLD CLURMAN Scholarship Committee Chairman General Secretary YOCHANAN SAMUEL DAVID COLEMAN DR. YESHAYAHU SPIRA MRS. A. C. COWAN Director, Scholarships and JEAN DALRYMPLE Hospitality Chairman Special Projects DR. BENZION KADURY MRS. JUDITH WACHTEL HON. DAVID DIAMOND EDWIN DURST Legal Adviser Public Relations MRS. RACHEL S. HUBNER IRVIN A. EDELMAN NAHUM RUDY MRS. IRVIN A. EDELMAN JULIUS C. C. EDELSTEIN DR. IRA EISENSTEIN HERMAN ELKON ISRAEL OFFICÊ- -------- E«+€-J.-FRAMK - 32 Allenby Road, Tel-Aviv DR. B. A. GOODMAN MRS. B. A. GOODMAN Cable Address: Kèram Telephone: 6-6753 D. P. GOTLIEB MRS. D. P. GOTLIEB PROJECTS MRS. JENNIE GROSSINGER AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION DONALD A. HENDERSON " CONSTANCE HOPE MUSEUMS, ART & ARCHAEOLOGY Haifa Theatre MAX JACOBY Archaeological & Allied Publications Inbal Dance School SERGE JARVIS Beit Gordon Museum Inbal Dance Theatre PROF. HORACE M. KALLEN Beit Wilfred Israel Lyric Theatre DR. MAX LERNER Bezalel National Museum Ohel Theatre MITCHELL LEVENTHAL Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts Zuta Theatre HARRY LEVINE Ein Harod Museum MARTIN LEVINE Ein Hod Artists Village — Ceramic Workshop LITERATURE RABBI ISRAEL H. LEVINTHAL Gazit Art Journal HON. LOUIS E. LEVINTHAL Hebrew Language Academy Glicenstein Museum ABRAHAM LINDENBAUM Hebrew Writers Association ELEAZAR LIPSKY Institute for Painting & Sculpture Museum of Ancient Art, Haifa OTHER PROJECTS ALEXANDER LOWENTHAL Museum of Modern Art, Haifa IRVING MAIDMAN Cultural Exchange Programs Painters & Sculptors Association BEN S. MARCUS Middle East Fellowships Tel-Aviv Museum—Helena Rubinstein Pavilion A. WILFRED MAY Scholarships in the Arts MRS. PAULINES. PALINSKY MUSIC JAN PEERCE BUILDING PROJECTS Chamber Music Association MRS. JAN PEERCE Committee for Music Programs in Immigrant, ¡'"Beth Tchernikowsky HERBERT H. PENSIG Arab & Druze Settlements F"Sol Bloom Auditorium, Negev Institute HON. SAMUEL RABIN Dissemination of Scores ¡•"Chamber Theatre DR. OSKAR K. RABINOWICZ ¡"Haaretz Museum East-West Music Conference THEODORE. R. RACOOSIN ¡'"Habimah Theatre Haifa Chamber Choir ANDREW S. ROSCOE Haifa Symphony Orchestra ¡'“'Hebrew Language Academy JAMES N. ROSENBERG Israel Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv Inbal Dance Studio DANIEL G. ROSS Israel Music Institute Jerusalem Museum of Art & Archaeology t©UtS RUDD IsraeHvrusicFestivals ------- ------ * - Kolin Cultural Center DORE SCHARY Israel National Opera Herbert H. Lehman Cultural Center^ ~ ALBERT SCHIFF Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ¡"Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, Tel-Aviv HON. MARTIN SCHWAEBER : Jeunesse Musicale ¡'“''Barnett & Pauline Palinsky MRS. REBECCA SHULMAN Music Alliance Cultural Center, Haifa ROGER STARR Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra Billy Rose Sculpture Garden DONALD STEINFIRST Rinat Choir Leonard Rose Cultural Center FRANCIS E. STERN Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music, Haifa MRS. ISAAC STERN Tel-Aviv Chamber Choir ¡-''Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem LEE STRASBERG Tel-Aviv Youth Band Rubin Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv MILTON TAUBMAN ¡"Rubin Cultural Centers DAVID A. TEICHMAN THEATRE & DANCE ¡"Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, GEORGE C. TEXTOR Chamber Theatre Tel-Aviv Museum IRA D. WALLACH Drama Research ¡"Shever Community Center, Beersheba JACK YOUNG Dramatic School ¡"Beth Sokolow Press Center MAX E. YOUNGSTEIN Habimah Theatre ¡"Wingate Institute ¡"Completed OTHER OFFICES Western Regional Office Chicago Office Canada Office 51 1 N. Cienega Blvd. 154 E. Eric St. 150 Beverley St. Los Angeles 48, Calif — OL 7-2310 Chicago 11, III.— 337-2076 Toronto 28, Ont. Mrs. Ruth B. Lazere, Regional Director Herbert H. Lipson, Director.