LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR LIMMUD FSU
Over the last several years, Limmud FSU has greatly expanded its range of activities. During 2009, four Limmud FSU conferences took place, one of which was a one-day event; total expenditures were US $1.1 million. It is planned to hold eight full three-day conferences in 2014, as well as two special events – one of these will be Limmud FSU’s global leadership conference. The total projected annual budget is US $2.81 million.
In order to meet the challenges of these continuing developments, Limmud FSU needed to re-configure its general management structure. Recently, there have also been changes and additions amongst the projects managers for the various countries in which Limmud FSU operates. Together, these two trends have led us to present Limmud FSU’s current management.
Limmud FSU’s senior governing body is the International Steering Committee (ISC), which approves its programs and budgets. The ISC receives and reviews reports on Limmud FSU conferences and other activities. It comprises representatives of supporting organizations, donor foundations and sponsors as well as individuals active in promoting Limmud FSU’s educational and cultural work.
The Executive Committee sets operational policy for Limmud FSU, authorizes budgetary adjustments between ISC sessions and sets guidelines for the preparation of the annual work plan. Currently, its members are:
Matthew Bronfman, Chairman
Aaron Frenkel, President, Limmud FSU
Chaim Chesler, Founder and Chair of the Executive Committee
Sandra Cahn, Co-founder and Chair of FRD Committee
Aaron Abramovich, Former Chairman, Masa
Alan Gill, Executive Vice-President Emeritus, JDC
Alan Hoffman, Director-General, JAFI
Alex Bilinkis, Chair, Jewish Community of Moldova
Alexander Mashkevich, Philanthropist, President, Mashkevich Fund
Anita Friedman, President, Koret Foundation
Arie Zukerman, Secretary-General, European Jewish Fund
Aviad Hacohen, President, Sha’arei Mishpat Academic College
Avner Shalev, Chairman, Yad Vashem
Avraham Duvdevani, Chairman, World Zionist Organization
Avraham Infeld, President, Hillel Israel
Bill Hess, President, AZM
David Bilchitz, Chair, Limmud International
David Hoffman, Chair, Limmud
David Schizer, Executive Vice President and CEO, JDC
Dahlia Rabin, Chair, Yitzhak Rabin Center, Tel Aviv
Daniel Mariaschin, Executive Vice-President, B’nai B’rith International
Danny Atar, World Chairman, Jewish National Fund (KKL)
David Harris, Executive Vice-President, American Jewish Committee
David Kislin, Philanthropist
Deborah Lipstadt, Professor, Emory University, Atlanta
Diane Wohl, Philanthropist
Feliks Frankel, Philanthropist
Edward Mermelstein, President, COJECO
Eli Cohen, Director - General, WZO
Elyakim Rubinstein, Former Supreme Court Judge
Eric Goldstein, Executive Vice-President, UJA - Federation of New York
| Eric Fingerhut, President, Hillel International |
Gerda Feuerstein-Perelman, Director General, L.A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education in Diaspora
Gideon Meir, Ambassador
Gidi Grinstein, President, Reut Institute
Gidi Mark, Chief Executive Officer, Taglit-Birthright Israel
| Greg Masel, Director General, Keren Hayesod |
Greg Schneider, Executive Vice-President, Conference for Jewish Material Claims against Germany
Haim Ben Yakov, Executive Director, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress
Helena Glaser, Chair, Zionist Council
Herzl Makov, Chairman, Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem
Ilia Salita, President and CEO, Genesis Philanthropy Group
Israel Maimon, President and CEO, Israel Bonds
Izzy Tapoohi, President and CEO, Birthright Israel Foundation
| Jonathan Arkush, President, Board of deputies of British Jews |
Julius Berman, Chair, Conference for Jewish Material Claims against Germany
| Len Blavatnik, President, Blavatnik Family Foundation |
Lynn Schusterman, President, Schusterman Family Foundation
Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice- President, Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
Mark Levin, Executive Vice-President, National Council for Soviet Jewry
Mark Tsesarsky, Philanthropist
Mark Wilf, Philanthropist, Wilf Family Foundations
Michal Grayevsky, President, JCS
Michael Miller, Executive Vice-President and CEO, Jewish Community Relations Council
Michael Wegier, Chief Executive, UJIA
Michal Frank, Director, FSU Department, JDC
Mikhail (Moshe) Mirilashvili, President, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress
| Miri Yachin, Head of the ceremonies and events division, Knesset |
Moshe Kantor, President, European Jewish Fund
Moshe Shneerson and Nona Kuchina, Dr Nona International
Moshe Vigdor, Director-General, Mandel Foundation Israel
Naomi Ben-Ami, Board Member, Africa - Israel
Natan Sharansky, Chairman, Jewish Agency for Israel
Neta Briskin-Peleg, Head, Nativ – Prime-Minster’s office
Norman Lipoff, Chairman, Chester Foundation
Pini Glinkewitz, Director, Absorption Authority, Municipality of Jerusalem
Tom Blumberg, Philanthropist, New York
David Horwitz, Chairman, KWALU
Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director of International Affairs, American Jewish Committee
| Rabbi Avraham Krieger, Head, Shem Olam Institute |
Rabbi Avraham Wolff, Chabad Chief Rabbi, Odessa
| Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, Hillel UCLA |
Rabbi Mark Schneier, Founder and President, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
Rabbi Menachem Hacohen, President, Sapir Institute
Raymond Simonson, Executive Director, JW3 – Jewish Community Centre (London)
Ron Weiser, Past President, Zionist Federation of Australia
Ronald Lauder, President, World Jewish Congress
Robert Singer, Secretary-General, World Jewish Congress
Roman Polonsky, Director of RSJ Department, JAFI
Shmuel Rosenman, Chairman, International March of the Living
| Timur Hihinashvili, President, Israeli-Russian Business Council |
Tsvia Walden, Professor, Ben Gurion University
Vadim Rabinovich, President, All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress
| Yakov Livne, Director of Euro-Asian Department , Ministry of Foreign affairs |
Yehiel Leket, Former Chairman, WZO
Yoel Rappel, Historian
Yoram Dori, Strategic Advisor
Yuri Kanner, President, Russian Jewish Congress
Yuriy Zelvensky, OCSiAL group, Philanthropist, Moscow
Zeev Khanin, Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Aliya and Integration
