Friends of "Israel" Defense Forces

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Friends of “Israel” “Defense” Forces

http://www.fidf.org/

No friend of “Israel Defense Forces” is a friend of yours or mine. I only have one question: what are they are doing in this country (other than spying and complotting; plundering, debasing and destroying)?

Note: They provide NO (immediate) information other than the names. So I have/had to dig some up. ‘N other words, this is/has been a difficult page; and I hope I keep/have kept mistakes at a minimum (which is to say, it’s still a work in progress).

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“The FIDF initiates and helps support social, educational, cultural and recreational programs & facilities for the young men and women soldiers of Israel who ‘defend’ the Jewish ‘homeland’. The FIDF also supports the families of fallen soldiers.” …“Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) was established in 1981 by a group of ‘Holocaust’ survivors (uh-huh) to provide for the wellbeing of the men and women who serve in the ‘Israel’ Defense Forces (IDF) as well as the families of fallen soldiers. Headquartered in New York City, FIDF is a 501c3 ‘not-for-profit’ corporation that operates 13 regional offices in the United States and two offices in Latin America.”

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Major General (Res.) Yitzhak “Jerry” Gershon – National Director

  <Arthur Stark, FIDF national chairman, with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yitzhak (Jerry) Gershon, IDF national director, and wife Shevy Gershon.

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National Board Members

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Arthur Stark – National Chairman

<FIDF former Chairman Larry Hochberg, FIDF Treasurer Netta Korin and FIDF Chairman Arthur Stark.

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Larry J. Hochberg – Chairman Emeritus

 Chicago, I believe.

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Marvin Josephson – Chairman Emeritus

  <wife Tina. | http://www.answers.com/topic/international-creative-management-inc - …founded ICM (International Creative Management) in 1955 … The agency represents film and television actors and directors, as well as artists in theater, music, publishing, and new media. Los Angeles and/or New York City.

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Nily Falic – National President

 <Fima Faclic, Nily Falic, and Nicolas Topiol. | FL - Director, Centro-Med, Inc., Euro-Med, Inc. and Full-Med Supplies, Inc. Miami/Bal Harbour area.

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Julian Josephson – National Vice President

 <Charles Wax (left) with Julian Josephson, chairman FIDF Chapter (right) and Major General (Ret.) Danny Yatom (center), former Head of Mossad. | San Diego area.

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Maurice Sanderman – National Vice President

Highland Park, IL. area.

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Harry Gross – National Treasurer

-?>Mafia-International.com – Mob Corner - …bookmaker Harry Gross. | Wife Talia. NY/NJ/CT. “Tri-State” area.

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Stephen Wayne Rubin, “Esq.” – National Secretary

 http://www.proskauer.com/professionals/stephen-rubin/ - New York.

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Michael Adler

<My almost certain guess is that it’s this butt clown>http://www.adlergroup.com/about/executiveteam.aspx - Michael M. Adler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Adler Group, Inc. | Greater Miami Chapter.

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Daniel Altman

Wife: Liat (ADL, NY). Westchester, NY/CT area.

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Harvey Axelrod

<-I’m pretty sure. | Wife: Ida. NYC.

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Gary Balter

 http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/042607/njThreePartHarmony.html - A managing director at Credit Suisse … he worked at Goldman Sachs for seven years. Wife: Wendy. Short Hills, NJ area.

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Sammy Bar-Or

 Served in the IDF. | Fort Lee, NJ area.

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Ronny Ben-Josef

http://pipl.com/directory/name/Ben%20Josef/Ronny/ | Wife: Merav. Long Island Area.

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Scott Black

  ”A Brookline businessman, and major contributor to the FIDF.” New England region.

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Alan Brody

Central Region, based in Chicago.

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Irwin Chafetz

   <wife Roberta. | http://people.forbes.com/profile/irwin-chafetz/48614 - Director, Las Vegas Sands, Inc. …(and) a manager of The Interface Group, LLC. … | CEOs Who Went From Rags to Riches – CNBC - Sheldon Adelson’s childhood friend.

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Ruth & Leo David

CA - President, Xcvi, Inc.; Mobile Video Systems, Inc.; Sl Holdings, L.P. and The Ruth and Leo David Foundation. | 2010 Gala Dinner – Western Region / Los Angeles – FIDF Chapters … - Dec 9, 2010 – About FIDF · Media … Les Moonves and the CBS Corporation, Megan & Peter Chernin, Lissa & Adam Chesnoff, Ruth & Leo David, Avi Lerner, … 

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Al & Pat Frank

Chicago area, I believe.

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Martin E. Franklin

 < This is him (see http://quotes.wsj.com/JAH/company-people)> Martin E. Franklin: Executive Profile & Biography, BusinessWeek -Executive Chairman, Jarden Corp. Age 47. Other affilliations: The Coleman Company, Inc.; Corporate Express, Inc.; Guideline, Inc.; Bolle, Inc.; Marlin Partners, L.P.; Benson Eyecare Corp.; Kenneth Cole Productions Inc.; Lumen Technologies, Inc.; Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp.; Specialty Catalog Corp.; OptiCare Health Systems, Inc.; Grupo Prisa SA; University of Pennsylvania; Sunbeam Products, Inc.; Buckingham Capital Partners; Marlin Holdings Ltd.; Bally Franchising Holdings, Inc.; GLG Partners, Inc.; Marlin Capital LP; Apollo Investment Corporation; Global Ship Lease, Inc.; Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc.; Bally Franchise RSC, Inc.; Bally Total Fitness Of The Mid-Atlantic Inc.; Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp.; Phoenix Group Holdings Plc; TZP Group. | Multimillionaire; associated with Lester Crown, etc. Wife Julie. New York / Tri-State Chapter.

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Paula Friedland

<Debra Braman Wechsler, Irma Braman, Paula Friedland and Helen Stephan. http://www.socialmiami.com/go/Destination-Fashion.asp?p=20 | Authority Investments Corporation - Imports “ARTS & CRAFTS” from Beijing with her husband Joel. Bal Harbour/Miami area.

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Michael Fux

  <?-Michael Fux, Beyonce Knowles, Gloria Fux.-?>FL - Fantabulous Cars, LLC. and Innovatech Properties, LLC, etc.  The very rich in America: “The kind of money you cannot comprehend” - …Fux, whose Sleep Innovations manufactures Memory Foam products. Fux has collected some 50 luxury cars. He recently took possession of a $2 million Ferrari FXX, one of only 20 in the world. … | Miami , Florida area, if so (as I suspect).

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Erika J. Glazer

 CA - Emerik Properties Corp., Ggwh, LLC and Jaded Partners, Lp. | http://www.ajclosangeles.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=mlI0IfN1JyE&b=2028963&ct=2893765 - Beverly Hills.

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Paul Guerin

  President - Guerin, Johnstone, Gage, Inc. (“a talent and artist’s management business”).  | Hollywood Jew | December 2010 | Jewish Journal -”Apr 13, 2010 – Next, Paul Guerin, the president of the west coast FIDF chapter, pledged $1 million and after that, the floodgates opened…” Wife: Vera.

-1014 N. Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills · 90210

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Sion Harari

  Executive VP & director, Credicorp Bank in Panama.

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Gary Heiman

    President and CEO , Standard Textile Co. Heiman is chairman of the board of The Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati, a member of the Executive Committee and Board of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Board of Directors of Medpace, Inc., an officer and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati, a vice-president of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) and an officer of the Israel Policy Forum, etc. Cincinnati, OH. area.

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Daniel J. Hyman

  <FIDF “Real Estate Battalion” co-chairmen Daniel J. Hyman and David Israel. | ”Real Estate expert.” President: Millennium Properties Inc: 20 S Clark St Ste 630: Chicago, IL 60603-1831 USA: (312) 338-3003. Turnaround Management Association. Trustee - Window to The World Communications, Inc., etc. dhyman@mpirealestate.com | Ph: (312) 338-3003. Chicago area.

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Marc Jason

Wife: Dana. Westchester/CT region, it appears.

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Rabbi Isaac Jeret

  Spiritual Leader of Congregation Ner Tamid of South Bay, in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

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Dr. Michael Kalisman

 <Gayle and Michael Kalisman. | http://www.lookuppage.com/users/dr.michaelkalismanmd/ - A plastic and hand surgeon, Kalisman earned his medical degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. … Kalisman volunteers his services for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) as a National Board Member and acts as the National and International Chairman of the FIDF IMPACT! Scholarship Program, etc. Palm Beach, Florida area.

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Jerry Kaplan

 The Long Island Chapter of Friends of the IDF was founded in 1986 by Jerry Kaplan.

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Dr. Shmuel E. Katz

 http://www.healthgrades.com/surgery-general-directory/fl-florida/north-miami-beach | Owner, Shmuel E. Katz MD PA. Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area.

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Shari & Alon Kaufman

  <This 40000 square foot behemoth of a home [in West Bloomfield, MI] belongs to Alon Kaufman, the founder of HoMedics, the leading global manufacturer of home massage, relaxation, and wellness products. http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/alon-kaufmans-house/ | http://www.joanboyce.com/red_carpet.html?p=1 .

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Ilan Kaufthal

    Age 63. Irving Place Capital – senior adviser; Jewish Funders Network – director; Russell Berrie Foundation – trustee. Past: Bear Stearns Companies Inc. – vice chairman of investment banking. Wife: Linda. NYC area.

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Netta Korin

 <Netta Korin and Netali Nissim. | http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/walking-away-from-it-1.360179 - Jun 5, 2011 – Netta Korin gave up a high-paying, high-pressure life in the financial markets and relocated from New York to Tel Aviv, where she opened a cafe-restaurant … Korin’s first job out of school was at the investment bank Lehman Brothers, which collapsed with the start of the financial crisis in 2008. She worked in the “Israel” group, and her first boss was Ron Lubash, a founder of the Markstone Capital Group and the man who opened Lehman Brothers’ Tel Aviv branch. … [She then] market[ed] funds to Israeli investors at the hedge fund GLG Partners, among whose founders is Noam Gottesman, etc.

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Richard Kwal

<far left. | Partner at Kwal + Oliva CPAs. West Palm Beach, Florida Area. Palm Beach – FIDF Chapters – Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

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Avi Lerner

   <Charlie Sheen.<Actor Donald Sutherland. | Wiki: B. 1947. “An Israeli-born film producer, primarily of American action movies.” | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503592/ - Founder and co-owner of Nu Image and Millenium Pictures. Has produced over 60 motion pictures after starting as a concession stand worker at a drive-in in Tel Aviv. (See the latter link to peruse the list of his awesome movies.)

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Israel Levy

   Israel Levy Diamond Cutters – The Loop – Chicago, IL. | IL - Levy Creations, Inc. and Levy, Israel Diamond Cutters Inc.

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Nathan Lewinger

   Owner at FNS HOLDINGS LLC. FL - Dtj Investments, LLC, and FNS3, LLC; IMD Global, Inc.; a Director of Hahn Automotive Warehouse Inc., etc. Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area.

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John Lowenstein

 Sportmart, Inc.; Member, PairTrader, LLC; Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. …

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Jeffrey Markowitz

? Time Warner Cable | On Demand – My On Demand - “Produced by Jeff Markowitz, who created the now ongoing program, in cooperation with the Friends of the IDF. A Shalom TV television exclusive. Starring: Jeff …” | Westchester, NY area.

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Gerald Mizel

FL - President, Vice President and Director - Floranada Property Owners Association, Inc. Broward / Palm Beach Chapter. Delray Beach, FL.

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Michael Nachman

<Must be (only 2 Michael Nachman listings in US, both in NY – and our FIDF predator is NY). LED PRODUCT MANAGER at Bulbtronics Inc. New York, NY.

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Jorde Nathan

Greater Chicago Area - Managing Director at Barclays Capital.

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Soraya and Younes Nazarian

  UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies | Donor Spotlight: Younes and Soraya Nazarian | RAND - Sep 15, 2010 – Soraya and Younes Nazarian. “Our family is proud to sponsor recent RAND work in Israel to explore energy alternatives and to aid the Israeli …

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Shelley Roth

  FIDF Ohio chapter president. Cleveland area. 

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Haim Saban

   <Cheryl Saban.<Shimon Peres, Ted Koppel, Bill Rockefeller Clinton and Hymie Saban. | http://fedupusa.wordpress.com/saban-center-for-middle-east-policy-at-the-brookings-institution/ | The Fraudulent War on Terror: Afghanistan - War for Israel - http://www.bollyn.com/afghanistan-obamas-war-for-israel | B. 1944. Billionaire. Saban Capital Group Chairman & CEO; Fox Family Worldwide Chairman & CEO (past); Member of the Board of DirecTV (2004-10); Member of the Board of Univision; Brookings Institution Board of Trustees (2003-); Bush-Cheney ’04; Dean for America; Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; Effective Government Committee; Friends of Hillary; Friends of Joe Lieberman; Gephardt for President; Gore 2000; Hillary Clinton for President; Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee; Hollywood Women’s Political Committee; Joe Lieberman for President; John Kerry for President; McCain 2000; National Cable & Telecommunications Association. Wife: Cheryl Saban; Daughter: Ness (b. 1989); Daughter: Tanya (b. 1991).

-Haim L Saban 61 Beverly Park; Beverly Hills, CA 90210-1569 [65+ / Cheryl Saban]

–B V S Entertainment, Chief Executive Officer Haim Saban 20650 De La Guerra St; Woodland Hills, CA 91364-2301 (818) 487-5160

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Sharam Sasson

  Chairman of the Board and Founder Extensity, Inc.; General Partner at Primera Capital; CEO for Jitterbit. … San Francisco Bay Area.

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Mark Schneider

 <Michelle and Mark Schneider with IDF Lieutenant Royi Avital. | http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/mark-e-schneider - Schneider has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago since 2004 and currently serves as a Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Special Prosecutions Section and heads the office’s Healthcare Fraud Strike Force. Mr. Schneider also served for approximately one year at U.S. Embassy Baghdad and later was a member of the Joint Campaign Plan Advisory Team responsible for reviewing U.S. strategic planning in Iraq. He is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Lecturer in Law, U of Chicago.

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Edward Schwartz

Central Region, Chicago area.

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Benny Shabtai

  <Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon.<FIDF National Director Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yehiel Gozal, Major Avinoam Stolovitch, Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of transportation and Road Safety Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz and Dinner Chairman Mr. Benny Shabtai. | Israeli “businessman”. President of Raymond Weil USA. | date?>”is selling his Upper East Side townhouse located on Park Avenue for $23 million. … Shabtai, who was born in Tel Aviv, keeps a fairly low profile, but he is ‘rumored’ to have dabbled or funded a wide variety of businesses. According to one report, he controls Aryt Industries, an Israeli holding company of various high-tech industrial and defense businesses, and he is also said to have once worked as a casino croupier. He has high-profile friends, too: A few years ago, he entertained Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Michael Jackson at a reception at his home in New York.”

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Fela and David Shapell

“David Shapell is a prominent leader of the ‘American’ Jewish community.” David & Fela Shapell Foundation at 9401 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

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Gary Shiffman

    http://fedupusa.wordpress.com/chertoff-group-2/ -”Shiffman brings to the Chertoff Group a deep terrorism/counter-terrorism expertise married with successful P&L experience at a Fortune 200 corporation. A prominent economist, he is well known for his perceptive application of economic insights to business leadership, and national and homeland security.” | Professor, Security Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (2002 – present); Sr. Vice President, General Manager, L-3 Services Group and L-3 Risk Management Solutions, GS&ES (2006-2009); Chief of Staff, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2004 – 2006); National Security Advisor, U.S. Senate (1996-2000); U.S. Navy, Gulf War veteran.

-Gary M Shiffman 78736 Palm Tree Ave; Palm Desert, CA 92211-1848 (760) 345-0391 [Scott L Shiffman, Sara A Shiffman, Jeanne W Shiffman]

-Gary M Shiffman 3412 21st Ave N; Arlington, VA 22207-3823 (703) 522-6936 [40-44 / Jeanne W Shiffman]

-16>http://www.whitepages.com/dir/a-z/shiffman/gary

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Dr. Robert J. Shillman

 http://www.cognex.com/CognexInfo/Leadership/default.aspx?id=210 - Founder and Chairman of Cognex (identification applications and more). | Cognex Corporation, One Vision Drive, Natick, MA 01760-2059.

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Joe Sieber

<Joe Washam with Joseph Sieber (R.). | -?>The Evil Joe Sieber - “This Web Site is dedicated to Joe Sieber, the worst boss anyone could ever have. May you hope that you live a long life before you ever work for him. ..Click on the links below [links are none] to find out more about this monster of a man. But remember, he’s much scarier and hideous in person than on the internet.” | New England region. 

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Ron Simms

 Los Angeles – FIDF Chapters – Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. “Two additional $500000 pledges were made by Victoria & Ron Simms and Erika Glazer.” | Owner Sells Stake in Turf Paradise | BloodHorse.com - “Feb 20, 2002 – Simms sold his majority stake in the track’s managing general partnership to his brother, Ronald Simms, a Los Angeles real estate investor.” | Ronald Simms Real Estate company profile in Beverly Hills, CA.

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Norman Smith

<Norman Smith, Vice Chairman, San Diego FIDF (left) with IDF officer  and Yehudi Gaffen (right).

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Adam Tantleff

<Tantleff and Tali Arbusman.<Tantleff, Jane Oster, Brig. Gen. Yehial Gozal, and Jeremy Shure. | Managing Principal, Madison Realty Capital. New York, NY and/or Roslyn, NY.

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Zev Weiss

  B. 1966. American Greetings CEO (2003-); American Greetings President AG Ventures and Enterprise Management (2001-03); American Greetings (1992-2001); Goldman Sachs Financial Analyst (1988-92); Member of the Board of American Greetings (2003-); Joe Lieberman for President. Father: Morry Weiss (Chairman of American Greetings); Mother: Judith Stone; Brother: Jeffrey Weiss (COO of American Greetings). Cleveland.

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Michael Werner

Greater Miami – FIDF Chapters – Friends of the Israel Defense Forces

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Dr. Phillip Werthman

 <actress Brenda Strong. | CMRM – Dr. Phillip Werthman – No Scalpel Vasectomy Phillip Werthman - “…vasclip [and teeth and tounge, no doubt], in Los Angeles, California and Thousand Oaks, California by Dr. Phillip Werthman and Dr. Cappy Rothman, backup …” | WhitePages - “There is 1 person in the US/Canada named Phillip Werthman.”

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David Wiener

“Wiener is a ‘Holocaust’ survivor [sure he is - aren't they all?] and is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of FIDF.” [As Norman Finkelstein's mother told him (to poorly paraphrase, from ancient memory) "with so many survivors, how could there be so many victims?" With the exception of two or three hundred-thousand [?] (and they weren’t gassed, but treated very well), they swarmed to Palestine, changed their names, and raped and killed, pillaged and stole, etc.] <I will emend that later – I don’ have time right now.

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Shahram Yaghoubzadeh

<Joseph Gil, Prof. David Menashri, Shahram Yaghoubzadeh and Fred Ohebshalom. <”Can Iran Be Stopped?” Conference. http://www.aftau.org/site/PageServer?pagename=recentevents_iran_roundtable (“American” Friends of Tel Aviv University.) NY, NY.

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Ofer Yardeni

  <Yardeni, Brooke Shields, Julie Chang & Michael Presser. | Owner/Operator of Manhattan real estate> Stonehenge Partners, Managing Director. Global Real Estate Institute. NYC.

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Robert Zarnegin

 <Adrianne and Robert Zarnegin. | President & CEO, Probity International Corporation (real estate). Beverly Hills, CA.

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Arie Zweig

 <Arie & Bozena Zweig. | http://www.zweig-cnc.com/home.html | Arie Zweig, President, R. A. Zweig, Inc. … Winnetka, IL.

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FIDF National Staff

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Major General (Res.) Yitzhak (Jerry) Gershon – National Director – BIOGRAPHY

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Nathan Baruch – Managing Director

 <Baruch (IDT Ventures), Dr. Zvi Zahavi & Elroi Marom. | Greater New York City Area - President at Natbar, Business Consulting and Investment.

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Jonathan Bernstein – Chief Financial Officer

NYC area.

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Ifat Bechor – Director of Marketing

<Ifat Bechor (FIDF Director of Marketing), Lt. Michael Grinker, Neomi Levy, Miri Nash (FIDF Western Region Executive Director),
Sgt. Shavit Wiesel, Lt. Itai Apeloig. NY.

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Barbara Harris – Director of Operations

<”IDF to track foreign anti-Israel groups.” Come and get it you limp-wristed pansies.<-?

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Ran Itzik – Director of Development

R&D Manager at Amdocs. (Can you say “9-1-1″?) NJ.

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