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 Through his foundation Shillman is a major donor to various conservative and pro-Israel causes, most notably the [[Zionist Organization of America]] and the [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]], the US body that sends funds to the Israeli [[Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers]].
-He also funds several leading groups in the [[counterjihad movement]], including the [[[[David Horowitz Freedom Center]], on whose board he sits.
+He also funds several leading groups in the [[counterjihad movement]], including the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]], on whose board he sits.
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 ==Affiliations==
 * [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] board member <ref name ="David Horowitz Freedom Center">David Horowitz Freedom Center Website [http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About David Horowitz Freedom Center]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
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 ===Israel===
-Shillman was amongst 50 American Jewish leaders invited to join then President [[George W. Bush]]'s special delegation to Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations in May 2008. <ref> Eli Lake, '[http://www.nysun.com/foreign/bush-visit-may-boost-olmert/76303/ Bush Visit May Boost Olmert]', ''New York Sun'',13 May 2008, accessed 4 February 2015</ref>
+Shillman was amongst 50 American Jewish leaders invited to join then President [[George W. Bush]]'s special delegation to Israel's 60th-anniversary celebrations in May 2008. <ref> Eli Lake, '[http://www.nysun.com/foreign/bush-visit-may-boost-olmert/76303/ Bush Visit May Boost Olmert]', ''New York Sun'',13 May 2008, accessed 4 February 2015</ref>
 He has endowed a professorship named the Robert J. Shillman Career Advancement Chair at [[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]].<ref name ="Technion">Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute [http://rbni.technion.ac.il/?route=index.html&cmd=faculty.36&area=4&page=3&act=read&id=192 Faculty]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
-Shilman has in the past withdrawn support from organisations whose behaviour he disagrees with. In 2002, he pulled funding from [[WBUR]], a National Public Radio station in Boston, for what he perceived as anti-Israel sentiment. <ref name= shillman/>
+Shillman has in the past withdrawn support from organisations whose behaviour he disagrees with. In 2002, he pulled funding from [[WBUR]], a National Public Radio station in Boston, for what he perceived as anti-Israel sentiment. <ref name= shillman/>
 ===Foundation for Defense of Democracies===

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 ===Israel===
-Shilman was amongst 50 American Jewish leaders invited to join then President [[George W. Bush]]'s special delegation to Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations in May 2008. <ref> Eli Lake, '[http://www.nysun.com/foreign/bush-visit-may-boost-olmert/76303/ Bush Visit May Boost Olmert]', ''New York Sun'',13 May 2008, accessed 4 February 2015</ref>
+Shillman was amongst 50 American Jewish leaders invited to join then President [[George W. Bush]]'s special delegation to Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations in May 2008. <ref> Eli Lake, '[http://www.nysun.com/foreign/bush-visit-may-boost-olmert/76303/ Bush Visit May Boost Olmert]', ''New York Sun'',13 May 2008, accessed 4 February 2015</ref>
 He has endowed a professorship named the Robert J. Shillman Career Advancement Chair at [[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]].<ref name ="Technion">Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute [http://rbni.technion.ac.il/?route=index.html&cmd=faculty.36&area=4&page=3&act=read&id=192 Faculty]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>

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 :Blaming Pamela Geller for inciting violence is like blaming a victim of rape for wearing high heels,” he said. <ref name= shillman/>
-==Affiliations===
+==Affiliations==
 * [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] board member <ref name ="David Horowitz Freedom Center">David Horowitz Freedom Center Website [http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About David Horowitz Freedom Center]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
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 ==Views==
 ===On Islam===
-In a 2015 Reuters interview, Shilman declared himself a big supporter of the Prophet Mohammad cartoon contest in Texas that was attacked by two gunmen. Although he does not claim to be anti-Muslim, he said the shooting 'was a terrorist attack on the American way of life'.
+In a 2015 Reuters interview, Shilman declared himself a 'big supporter' of the Prophet Mohammad cartoon contest in Texas that was attacked by two gunmen. Although he does not claim to be anti-Muslim, he said the shooting 'was a terrorist attack on the American way of life', threatening America’s free speech.  Such attacks, he said, were making people fearful and prone to self-censorship.<ref name= shillman/>
-America’s free speech, he said, is under threat. He added that such attacks are making people fearful and prone to self-censorship.<ref name= shillman/>
+Shillman refused to disclose whether he had helped pay for the event, which was jointly organised by the Horowitz Center’s Jihad website and Pamela Geller’s [[American Freedom Defense Initiative]]. <ref name= shillman/>  He has expressed admiration for Geller and dismissed that she was fuelling anti-Muslim sentiment:
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-* Founder, chairman and chief culture officer of the [[Cognex Corporation]] (market value of $4 billion) <ref name= shillman> Tim McLaughlin and Mark Hosenball, [http://forward.com/news/307903/the-tech-mogul-who-funds-pamela-gellers-anti-islam-push/ Meet Robert Shillman, the Tech Mogul Who Funds Pamela Geller's Anti-Islam Push], ''Forward'', May 9, 2015. Accessed 12 October 2016. </ref> which describes itself as:
+Shillman is founder, chairman and 'chief culture officer' of the [[Cognex Corporation]]<ref name= shillman> Tim McLaughlin and Mark Hosenball, [http://forward.com/news/307903/the-tech-mogul-who-funds-pamela-gellers-anti-islam-push/ Meet Robert Shillman, the Tech Mogul Who Funds Pamela Geller's Anti-Islam Push], ''Forward'', May 9, 2015. Accessed 12 October 2016. </ref> which describes itself as:
 :'the world’s leading provider of vision systems, vision software, vision sensors and surface inspection systems used in manufacturing automation.  Cognex is also a leader in industrial ID readers.' <ref name ="Cognex">Cognex Website [http://www.cognex.com/corporate-overview.aspx Cognex Corporate Overview]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
-* Trustee of Northeastern University (to which he gave $3 million for the construction of a building named after him) <ref name ="Northeastern University">Northeastern University Website [http://www.northeastern.edu/neuhome/about/trustees.html#Board of Trustees  Northeastern Board of Trustees]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
-*Previously served on the board of the [[Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston]]. <ref> Macarena Munoz, '[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2006/12/cognex-ceo-leads-community-giving-by-example.html Cognex CEO leads community giving by example]', ''Boston Business Journal'',1 December 2006, accessed 4 February 2015</ref>
+He is an emeritus trustee at the [[Northeastern University]] in Boston and has given it substantial sums, including USD$3 million for a classroom building that was then named after him. <ref name ="Northeastern University">Northeastern University Website [http://www.northeastern.edu/neuhome/about/trustees.html#Board of Trustees  Northeastern Board of Trustees]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
 ===Israel===
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 He has endowed a professorship named the Robert J. Shillman Career Advancement Chair at [[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]].<ref name ="Technion">Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute [http://rbni.technion.ac.il/?route=index.html&cmd=faculty.36&area=4&page=3&act=read&id=192 Faculty]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
 ===Foundation for Defense of Democracies===
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 Shillman was again a member of the [[Host Committee]] in 2011 and 2012.<ref name ="FDD 2011 Forum">FDD Website [http://www.fddwashingtonforum.org/wf_2011.php Washington Forum 2011]. Accessed 4 March 2015.</ref> <ref name ="FDD 2012 Forum">FDD Website [http://www.fddwashingtonforum.org/wf_2012.php Washington Forum 2012]. Accessed 4 March 2015.</ref>
-==Funding==
+===Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston===
-Shillman has funded four fellowships for journalists who worked on [[FrontPage]],  the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]]’s 'online journal for news and political commentary'.
+*Shillman previously served on the board of the [[Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston]]. <ref> Macarena Munoz, '[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2006/12/cognex-ceo-leads-community-giving-by-example.html Cognex CEO leads community giving by example]', ''Boston Business Journal'',1 December 2006, accessed 4 February 2015</ref>
-He has in the past withdrawn support from organisations whose behaviour he disagrees with. In 2002, he pulled funding from [[WBUR]], a National Public Radio station in Boston, for what he perceived as anti-Israel sentiment. <ref name= shillman/>
+===Board member of David Horowitz Freedom Center ===
-==Board member of David Horowitz Freedom Center ==
+Shilman sits on the board of the anti-Muslim think tank the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]]. <ref name ="David Horowitz Freedom Center">David Horowitz Freedom Center Website [http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About David Horowitz Freedom Center]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
-Shilman sits on the board of the anti-Muslim think tank the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]]. <ref name ="David Horowitz Freedom Center">David Horowitz Freedom Center Website [http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About David Horowitz Freedom Center]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref> On the website of [[FrontPage Magazine]] (a DHFC publication) Shillman is thanked for 'underwriting' the work of arious '[[Shillman Fellows in Journalism]]':
+Shillman has funded four fellowships for journalists who worked on [[FrontPage]],  the centre's 'online journal for news and political commentary'. On  its website he is thanked for 'underwriting' the work of various '[[Shillman Fellows in Journalism]]':
 :'[[FrontPage Magazine]], the Center’s online journal of news and political commentary has 1.5 million visitors and over 870,000 unique visitors a month (65 million hits) and is linked to over 2000 other websites. The magazine’s coverage of and commentary about events has been greatly augmented over the last two years by the presence of four Shillman Fellows in Journalism underwritten by board member Dr Robert Shillman. FrontPage has recently added a blog called “The Point,” run by Shillman Fellow Daniel Greenfield, which has tripled web traffic.' <ref name ="FrontPage Magazine">FrontPage Magazine Website [http://www.frontpagemag.com/about/about-fpm/ About David Horowitz Freedom Center]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>
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 Shillman refused to comment on whether he had helped pay for the event, which was jointly organized by the Horowitz Center’s Jihad website and Pamela Geller’s American Freedom Defense Initiative. <ref name= shillman/>
 ==Affiliations===
 * [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] board member <ref name ="David Horowitz Freedom Center">David Horowitz Freedom Center Website [http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About David Horowitz Freedom Center]. Accessed 17 February 2015.</ref>

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