JNS: ‘Active’ philanthropist Adam Milstein a growing connector in the Jewish world

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February 6, 2015 -     Posted on February 6, 2015 by Jacob Kamaras / JNS.org and filed under Features, Israel, U.S. Click photo to download. Caption: U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ, pictured at left) with Jewish philanthropist Adam Milstein at the Israeli-American Council national conference in Washington, DC, in November 2014. Read More…

StandWithUs Israel in Focus Conference funded by a generous grant from the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation

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December 1, 2014 -     The annual StandWithUs Israel in Focus conference brings together 150-200 college students from across North America as well as StandWithUs Israel Fellows (shlichim) to a weekend-long conference in Los Angeles. The conference is funded by a generous grant from the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation. Over three days, participants learn the ski Read More…

Is the UN Fair to Israel? – SPONSORED BY THE MILSTEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION

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December 1, 2014 -     http://www.prageruniversity.com/ Israel is a vibrant democracy with full rights for women and gays, a free press and independent judiciary. You would think that the United Nations would celebrate such a country. Instead, the UN condemns Israel at every turn to the point of obsession. How did this happen? Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institu Read More…

Jewish Press: The Birth Of A New Force In U.S. Jewish Communal Life

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November 22, 2014 -       More than 700 Israeli-American gathered earlier this month in Washington, DC, for the inaugural Israeli-American Council (IAC) conference. Talks by politicians, deplomats, academics, busdinessmen, philantropists and media personalities, coupled with well-attended sessions on relations between Israel and the U.S. and the role Israelies play Read More…

Israeli-American Council jumps onto national stage with a splash

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November 20, 2014 -     Israeli-American Council Chairman Shawn Evenhaim, former Sen. Joseph Lieberman, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Israeli-American businessman and IAC board member Adam Milstein. Photo by Shahar Azran At the Israeli-American Council’s (IAC) three-day inaugural conference in Washington, D.C., last weekend, nearly 800 at Read More…

The Jewish FORWARD: Sheldon Adelson Is a Philanthropist Like No Other

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November 7, 2014 -     Casino Billionaire Transforms Shape of Jewish Giving GETTY IMAGES/KURT HOFFMAN     By Nathan Guttman Published November 03, 2014, issue of November 07, 2014.   Related Sheldon Adelson's Self-Defeating Meddling Tough Night for Sheldon Adelson When a storm wreaked havoc on East Coast air travel last winter, among th Read More…

JNS: Growing organization helps Israeli Americans find their voice

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October 25, 2014 -     Posted on October 22, 2014 by Jacob Kamaras / JNS.org and filed under Israel, U.S., Features. By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org The so-called “alphabet soup” of American Jewish organizations covers seemingly every communal concern and interest group. Yet despite their direct connection with the Jewish homeland and firsthand knowledge of issues Read More…

Haaretz: Proud to be Israeli-Americans – in the U.S.

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October 19, 2014 -     Attitudes toward Israeli expats have changed in recent years. Nobody in Israel calls them ‘traitors’ any more, while Americans now view them as entrepreneurs rather than blue-collar migrant workers. By Haim Handwerker | Oct. 19, 2014 | 2:00 AM |  2     An IAC event. Six branches have been established across the U.S. within a ye Read More…

A Black South African on Israel and Apartheid – sponsored by the MIlstein Family Foundation

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October 13, 2014 -     Is Israel an “apartheid state,” as its enemies claim? Who better to answer that charge than a Black South African who lived through apartheid? Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the South African parliament, fits that bill. He examines the evidence against Israel and draws a compelling conclusion. The content was produced by Prager University Read More…

New Video for Stand By Me – Please Watch

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September 22, 2014 -     Stand By Me is a nonprofit organization that provides emotional and physical support to local Israeli-Jewish American cancer patients and their families. ​     Read More…