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Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. ET

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Tune in to learn about Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s (BGU) unique role in a post-October 7th Israel. Journeying through BGU’s three campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sde Boker, and Eilat, you’ll discover a powerful story of excellence in the face of adversity.

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Event Host

Natasha Kirtchuk

i24 News Anchor & Correspondent

Event Committee Chairs

Tracy Bell, Dallas, TX and Ilana Subar, Baltimore, MD

 

Event Committee Members

Sharon Cohan, Austin, TX
Marci Dollinger, San Rafael, CA
Steven Finkelman, Houston, TX
Dan Israel, Atlanta, GA
Donna Lam, Los Angeles, CA
Lynda Lieberman, St. Louis, MO
Alli Medof, Atlanta, GA
Michael Ozer, San Antonio, TX
Joel Reinstein, Tel Aviv, Israel
Louis Reinstein, Plantation, FL
Ernie Simon, Chicago
Linda Suib, Houston, TX
Marla and Rob Zipkin, Wynnewood, PA

 

Sponsors

For more information go to the Sponsorship Opportunities page or contact Sissy Zoller at [email protected] or 646-452-3710.

Presenting Sponsor
Anonymous (2)
Victoria and Lloyd Goldman, New York, NY
Ellis Goodman Family Foundation, Chicago, IL
The Bernard F. Graham Foundation, Key Biscayne, FL
Ernest Scheller, Jr., Naples, FL
The Sheba Foundation, Chicago, IL
Melanie and Gerald Shreiber, Mullica Hill, NJ

Innovation Sponsor
Madeleine and David Arnow, Scarsdale, NY
Archie Gottesman and Gary DeBode, New York, NY
Drs. Merry Sherman and Mark G.P. Saifer, San Carlos, CA
Simon Family, Chicago, IL
David and Janet Polak Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Carol and Harry Saal, Palo Alto, CA
Lisa J. Scheller, Naples, FL
Danna and Alex Slusky, San Francisco, CA

Negev Sponsor
Anonymous (2)
The Jack and Florence Berlin Foundation, Littleton, CO
Doreen and Neil Davidowitz, Larchmont, NY
Marvin Israelow and Dorian Goldman, Chappaqua, NY
Paula and Jerome Gottesman, Morristown, NJ
Summit Rock Advisors, New York, NY
Gail Victor, New York, NY
Toni Young, New York, NY

Beer-Sheva Sponsor
Anonymous (4)
Nina Appel, Wilmington, DE
Elyse and Joshua Arnow, Pound Ridge, NY
Mindy and Lou Berger, Rockville, MD
Rhona and Bruce Caress, Houston, TX
Riki and Coby Dayan, Los Altos Hills, CA
Marci and Marc Dollinger, San Rafael, CA
Lisa Douglass Pearlmutter and Steven Pearlmutter, San Francisco, CA
Michael Field and Doug Hamilton, New York, NY
The Field Family Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Sandra and Steve Finkelman, Houston, TX
Esther and Albert Foer, Washington, DC
Margot and Tibor Gonda, New York, NY
Craig Granowitz, Morristown, NJ
Elizabeth and David Grzebinski, Bellaire, TX
Jane Gural-Senders and Willy Senders, Atlantic Beach, NY
Christina and Aaron Hendelman, Mercer Island, WA
Carolyn Glazer Hockstein and Neil Hockstein, Greenville, DE
Sandra and Richard Jackson, Bellaire, TX
Sylvia and Donn Johnson, Atlanta, GA
Reiko and Barry Kayne, Wilmington, DE
Louise and Gerald Kerner, New York, NY
Karen and Paul Levy, Palm Beach, FL
Ellen Marcus and Harvey Malyn, Austin, TX
Joanne Moore, Tel Aviv, Israel
Edward Oleen, Albany, GA
Pat Kalmans and Michael Ozer, San Antonio, TX
Lana Pinkenson, Trevose, PA
Deborah and Hunter Reisner, Rye, NY
Bathsheva Rifkin and Howard Hochster, Westport, CT
Carol Rothschild, Wilmington, DE
Ernie and Judith Simon, Evanston, IL
Rose and Stuart Singer, Boca Raton, FL
Michael Staenberg, St. Louis, MO
Robin and Brad Stein, Bellaire, TX
David and Alison Wagonfeld, Hillsborough, CA
Sue and Lew Winarsky, Sarasota, FL
Zegar Family Fund
Robert Zinn, Houston, TX

Sde Boker Sponsor
Anonymous (7)
Phyllis and Buddy Aerenson, Wilmington, DE
Terri and Bruce Alpert, Madison, CT
Richard Appel, Los Angeles, CA
Susie Avnery, Dallas, TX
Carol Poll Basse and Philip Basse, Sea Cliff, NY
Deborah K. Bergeron, Houston, TX
Sharon Cohan and Brent Bersin, Austin, TX
Dana and Brian Friedman, Denver, CO
Bettina and Andrea Goren, New York, NY
Soref-Breslauer Texas Foundation Houston, TX
The Jane & Alan Cornell Foundation, Boca Raton, FL
Ibex Investors, Denver, CO
IDB Bank
David Fisher and Pearl Beck, New York, NY
Elisabeth and Max Gitter, New York, NY
Abbie and Moshe Greenberg, New York, NY
Linda and Gerald Grossman, Santa Monica, CA
Emily Hernandez and Brian Deitch, Spicewood, TX
Kathy Katz, Jupiter, FL
Shelly and Jeff Kupfer, Chevy Chase, MD
Maribeth and Steve Lerner, Lower Gwyned, PA
Fred Levinson, San Francisco, CA
Marge London, Chevy Chase, MD
Millie and Larry Magid, Aventura, FL
Ruth and Ben Marandy, Los Angeles, CA
Alli and Billy Medof, Atlanta, GA
Abbie Meiselman and Kenneth Bloom, Greenwich, CT
Angelica Mojarro and Scott Greiper, Aspen, CO
Sallie Needles, Jenkintown, PA
Nut Tree Capital Management
Peter and June Olster, Philadelphia, PA
Karen Appel Oshman and Gene Oshman, Houston, TX
Kate and Bob Pincus, Wilmington, DE
Joel Reinstein Family Fund, Boca Raton, FL
Lite Sabin, New York, NY
Sherrie Savett, Bryn Mawr, PA
Marjorie and Max Schechner, Woburn, MA
Paula L. Schlusberg, Tucson, AZ
Sue and Doug Seserman, Denver, CO
Fay and Samuel Singer, Boynton Beach, FL
Barbara Epstein Sivan, King of Prussia, PA
Kathleen and Rob Spitzer, Mercer Island, WA
Ilana Subar, Baltimore, MD
Noah Tratt and Daphne Minkoff, Seattle, WA
Saul Unter, New York, NY
Julie and Alexander Zaks, Pacific Palisades, CA
Violet Zeitlin, Elkins Park, PA

Eilat Sponsor
Anonymous (12)
Elsa and Stanley Aglow, Voorhees, NJ
Carol and Seth Alberts, Bellaire, TX
Tracy and Jay Bell, Dallas, TX
Meredith Berkman and Daniel Mintz, New York, NY
Joan Rosen Bloch and Jay Bloch, Cherry Hill, NJ
Liz and Jim Breslauer, Cypress, CA
Sylvia Brodsky, Lansdale, PA
Linda and Irwin Buchwald, Concord, MA
Marcia Caden and Maurice Goldberg, Beverly Hills, CA
Andrea Goldrich Cayton and Barry Cayton, Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Cogan and Lori Finkel, New York, NY
Michelle and Lanny Edelsohn, Wilmington, DE
Roslyn and Charles Epstein, Newtown Square, PA
Paul Finkel, Highland Beach, FL
Mark and Jill Fishman, Bryn Mawr, PA
Linda and Bob Flanagan, Summit, NJ
Bonnie Freundlich and Yuri Sergeyev, Philadelphia, PA
Julian Friedman and Lydia Sawyer, Bluffton, SC
Dave and Helene Gallagher, New Hope, PA
Ruth and Jack Glantz Family Foundation, Madison CT
Dena and Michael Granof, Austin, TX
Ginsburg Family Foundation, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Tracy and Marc Ginsburg, Gladwyne, PA
Paula and Bill Glazer, Gladwyne, PA
Jennifer and Gregg Goldstein, Chadds Ford, PA
Christine and Andy Gottesman, New York, NY
Suzanne and Stuart Grant, Greenville, DE
Jordan Halpern-Leistner, New York, NY
Rebecca and Seth Harlem, Boca Raton, FL
Dr. Wilma Harrison, Boca Raton, FL
Cynthia Lois Hertz and Family, Lake Worth, Florida
Robin Karol-Eng and Jerald Eng, Wilmington, DE
Sam and Connie Katz, Philadelphia, PA
Berta Kerr, Wilmington, DE
Elaine Koffman, Chicago, IL
Luciano and Adriana Kolodny, Lake Elmo, MN
Susanna Lachs and Dean Adler, Gladwyne, PA
David and Amy Landesberg, New York, NY
Deb and Jon Lanzkowsky, New York, NY
Larken Associates, Somerville, NJ
Marcia Halpern and Jay Leistner, Elkins Park, PA
Susan and Peter Lerner, Sands Point, NY
Julie and Rodger Levenson, Wilmington, DE
Michele and Robert Levin, Philadelphia, PA
Richard Levine, Wilmington, DE
Debbie and Henri Levit, Newtown Square, PA
Paula and Rich Mandel, Conshohocken PA
Cathy Marcus and James Hassenfeld, Sparta, NJ
Michelle and David Margules, Wilmington, DE
Bari Mattes, Newark, NJ
Charlotte and Nathaniel Mayer, Blue Bell, PA
Ellen and Robert Meyer, Wilmington, DE
Bret and Elisa Morris, Wilmington, DE
Ally and Neal Myerberg, Old Greenwich, CT
Jackie Needleman and David Cohen, Wynnewood, PA
Lelaine and Stuart Nemser, Glen Mills, PA
Mitchell and Naomi Oelbaum, Toronto, ON
Jay Pepose and Susan Feigenbaum, Chesterfield, MO
Perlman and Perlman, New York, NY
Lynne Quittell and Eric Skolnick, New York, NY
Hilda & Hershel Rich Family Fund
Charney Rosinsky, Houston, TX
Debbie and David Ross, Wilmington, DE
Elana and Peter Rothschild, Scarsdale, NY
Debbie and Jeffrey Rothschild, Scarsdale NY
Marcia Bronstein and Eric Salmansohn, Philadelphia, PA
Julie and Jordan Savitch, Radnor, PA
Sheila Savitt, Weston, FL
Gina and Josh Schoenberg, Wilmington, DE
Michelle Schwartz, Board Chair, American Friends of Jordan River Village, Berkeley, CA
Patricia and Stephen Segal, Philadelphia, PA
Stacey and Jonathan Seligson, Edwards, CO
Jacob Shochat, Mahwah, NJ
Elizabeth and Mitchell Siegler, San Diego, CA
Lorna Siepser and Steven Klebe, San Mateo, CA
Kris and Mark Soffa, Philadelphia, PA
Karla and Larry Steinberg, Dallas, TX
Melanie Sturm and Marc Zachary, Aspen, CO
Linda Suib, Houston, TX
Alton Sutnick, Philadelphia, PA
Susan and Ariel Szafir, Mercer Island, WA
Mac and Kim Taylor, Millburn, NJ
Richard J. Thalheimer, Cole, CA
Ann Waldman and Robert Wolf, Jenkintown, PA
New Legacy Group, New York, NY
Claire Winick, Cheltenham, PA
Mona Zeehandelaar and Ken Harris, Haverford, PA
Michael Zeiger, Randolph, NJ
Marla and Rob Zipkin, Wynnewood, PA
Mindy and Barry Zisholtz, Atlanta, GA
Judy and Howard Zucker, Wilmington, DE