Michael Steinhardt

A record-breaking number of North American applicants signed up to take part in Birthright-Taglit this year, according to data released by the…

Over the course of his long and illustrious dual careers – first as a wildly successful hedge fund manager, raking in hundreds of millions for…

Shamir, Leumi battle over Tnuva By ERAN PEER Mivtach Shamir Holdings controlling shareholder Meir Shamir and Bank Leumi are battling bitterly over…

Popularity is just that Sir, – Regarding “Kahlon, Erdan, Steinitz seen as best-performing ministers. Eli Yishai gets lowest rating” (December 7),…

As someone who has worked to build Jewish organizations in various parts of the world, I have met my share of wealthy people and philanthropists.…

As one who has spent the last 12 years speaking for Israel to Jewish and non- Jewish audiences worldwide the question most frequently asked is “Why…

Tonight, thousands of young Jews from across the world will come together at the Jerusalem International Convention Center for one of the capital's…

IT WAS somehow appropriate that the 10th anniversary of the Begin Heritage Center should take place during the Christmas period, one of whose focal…

For the first time in his presidency, Barack Obama has, according to a Gallup poll, fallen below a 50 percent approval rating. It's not hard to see…

"This has been an Annus Horribilis for the Jewish people," the president of Yeshiva University, Richard Joel, remarked last week, conjuring the Latin…

HEBREW media have been having a field day at the expense of Ambassador to the UN Gabriela Shalev, reporting almost gleefully that former…

Every once in a while a story comes along so jolting that it is scarcely believable. One such story appeared in The New York Times this past Sunday,…

JERUSALEM WILL soon host not one but two members of the Clinton family. It was announced in Washington this week that US Secretary of State Hillary…

THE LINGUISTIC skills of President Shimon Peres were put to the test on Tuesday of last week. In the morning, he used his English skills when hosting…

ONE OF the prestige events of the annual meeting of the International Council of the Israel Museum is the awarding of annual fellowships. This year's…

Two years after the debut of a controversial public school focusing on Arabic language and culture, a Hebrew language charter school is opening in…

Michael Steinhardt, the philanthropist who helped start Birthright Israel, says the leading topic of talk among New York Jews isn't the invasion of…

We do not yet know the full extent of the damage, as foundations scramble to discover third- and even fourth-degree exposure to their investments in…

DECEMBER 2008 is a happy time in the families of the sisters Ambache, who have made significant contributions to boosting Israel's image. On…

Ten Days of Birthright IsraelBy Leonard Saxe and Barry ChazanBrandeis University Press/University Press of New England240 Pages; $24.95Since 2000,…