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Conservative Jewish-American organization
Tikvah Fund
Established1992; 32 years ago (1992)
TypeNonprofit
Headquarters165 East 56th Street
Location
  • New York City, New York, United States
ChairmanElliott Abrams
Key peopleZalman Bernstein
Websitetikvahfund.org

The Tikvah Fund (Hebrew: קרן תקווה) is an American neoconservative nonprofit charitable foundation whose stated mission is to promote Jewish thought and ideas.

Activities

In 2011 the Fund provided a four-year $12.5 million grant to the Shalem Center to form an American-style liberal arts university in Israel, now Shalem College. The fund had supported the Shalem Center for the previous decade as well.

The Tikvah Fund has funded several publications, including Commentary, Mosaic and its predecessor Jewish Ideas Daily, the Jewish Review of Books, and Mida.

The Fund also organizes the Jewish Leadership Conference, a politically conservative Jewish conference. Invitees in 2022 included Mike Pompeo, who served as Secretary of State under Donald Trump, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, and Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis. Picketers attended to oppose DeSantis' speech.

It runs a fellowship programme named after Charles Krauthammer which is awarded to aspiring writers, journalists, scholars, and policy analysts'.

Leadership

Robert Hertog was chairman of the Tikvah Fund in 2011. Neal Kozodoy was senior director as of 2010. As of 2022, Eric Cohen was chief executive and Elliot Abrams was chairman.

References

  1. ^ Barron, James (May 13, 2022). "Invitation to DeSantis Creates Clash at a Jewish Museum". The New York Times.
  2. Fox, Mira (June 22, 2022). "This law professor argued that Reform Jews aren't devout enough to merit religious freedom". The Forward. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ^ Henry, Jacob (May 6, 2022). "Did a New York Holocaust museum ban Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis? Depends whom you ask". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. ^ Waxman, Dov (2016). Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel. Princeton University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780691168999.
  5. Pogrebin, Robin (November 9, 2012). "A Patron's Passion for History on Display". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. ^ Lidman, Melanie (May 4, 2011). "Shalem Center gets major grant for college". The Jerusalem Post.
  7. Tucker, Nati (June 11, 2013). "Some News Websites Can Forgo the Paywall--in Israel, too". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. Stack, Liam (June 11, 2022). "DeSantis Event at Chelsea Piers Faces Backlash Over L.G.B.T.Q. Rights". The New York Times.
  9. Papenfuss, Mary (June 13, 2022). "NYC Protesters Blast Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis At Conservative Event". HuffPost.
  10. Ken Silverstein, How a Hedge Fund Manager and Right-Wing Donor is Financing an Israeli Influence Op Masquerading as a Journalism Project,' CounterPunch 21 June 2024.
  11. Cohen, Patricia (June 11, 2010). "Commentary Is All About Commentary These Days". The New York Times.

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