Bar-Ilan University | President’s Report 2023

53 JEWISH IDENTITY Jewish Identity gifts engage a new generation of Jews with their rich tradition, texts, and history, and prepare them to shape the future of a vibrant Jewish and democratic state. Anonymous, USA Eric and Judy Breuer Marcos Metta Cohen The Haron Dahan Foundation Daniel and Lisa Gildin Drs. Mordecai z"l and Monique Katz Dr. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Ephraim Kriel The Matanel Foundation Estate of Nina Moinester The Posen Foundation Qualita Yehudit Rachmani Selim Salti Schusterman Family Philanthropies Julius Stulman Foundation Haim Taib - Menomadin Foundation Rabbi Roy and Loretta Tanenbaum UJA Federation of New York Vital Transformation Herbert and Helene Wallenstein Yad Hanadiv SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENTS Scholarships offer access to transformative education and pave the path to professional opportunity, while gifts to outstanding students encourage their pursuit of excellence in their fields. Stephanie and Gilad Abrahami Roger Ades Altshuler-Shaham Investment House Anonymous, Israel Arison Foundation ATIDIM The Grace Shua and Jacob Ballas Charitable Trust Shlomo Bar Gabi Barone Roni Benin-Bar Dennis and Edith Berger Israel and Henia Breslauer Gabi Buganim Teófilo (Tofi) Turquíe Cohen Crown Family Philanthropies Zoltan Erenyi Charitable Fund Notable gifts this year include support that enables motivated Ethiopians to fulfill their academic potential and achieve economic mobility, and support for new students who recently completed military service to their country. Additional scholarships encourage gifted candidates from the periphery to pursue a degree in mathematics, and facilitate the choice by outstanding STEMstudents to study nanoscience and cyber security. Among the gifts that increased our impact on the Israeli and global Jewish communities were support for our optometry and law clinics, which offer the highestquality health and legal services to disadvantaged populations, and for the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education, which equips Jewish educators around the world to inspire students’ interest in their tradition and identity. Also, we received major gifts for programs at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, including for The Russell Berrie Galilee Diabetes SPHERE, and ROM Galil, which brings outstanding young doctors from Israel’s center to its northern periphery. The Gabi Cohen Foundation for Higher Education Alexander Grass Foundation Steve Halaj Sami and Anita Hazan Stephen M. and Mindy Hoffman Ben and Aliza Hosiosky ISEF Drs. Mordecai z"l and Monique Katz Henry Kister KLA The Philip and Harriet Klein Foundation Beverly Lewin Sefi Mei-Zahav Elaine S. Mintzes Estate Trust The Morris Family Foundation Moshal Program ONE Reality Investment Funds Robert Rom Salomon Sadovitch Alice Schoenfeld The Schulich Foundation Rami Shavit, Hamashbir Daniel and Andrea Shindleman Irving I. Stone Foundation Weisfeld Family Charitable Foundation BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS From spaces for research and education to ones for reflection, relaxation, and creating community, our Buildings and Grounds gifts help Bar-Ilan advance all its goals simultaneously. Dr. Alice Bessman Sara O. Briller Alberto Dayan Edmond de Rothschild Foundation Ellen Fawer The Feldman Family Jaime Feldman Friedman Family Charitable Trust Estate of Zachary Fromberg Jayme Garfinkel David and Susan Gradel Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York Howard S. and Deborah Jonas Foundation Robert Korda Leo and Beatriz Kryss B.L. Manger Foundation Picciotto Family Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Family of Milan and Blanca Roven z"l Estate of Edward Shade Avi Stern The Dyna and Fala Weinstock Charitable Trust

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