Malcolm I. Hoenlein
Malcolm I. Hoenlein has been the Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations since June 1986.
According to Allison Hoffman, he has been described as 'one of the most powerful people, politically, in the United States' and as having 'the greatest Rolodex in the world'.[1]
He is 'seen as the gatekeeper to the extraordinary wealth and influence of the far-flung American Jewish diaspora' by Israelis and Dore Gold, former Israel ambassador to the UN has reportedly said: 'The government changes, and the administration changes, but Malcolm is always there'.[2]
Views
Hoenlein is widely seen as a Republican sympathiser though he has not stated this publically, nor does his name appear on any list of party donors.[3] But at 2009 meeting with President Obama, he was seen as one of the most hostile among a group of Jewish leaders.[4] In contrast, 'no Israeli government has had to worry about winding up on the wrong side of a public statement issued by Hoenlein or the Conference'.[5]
He has said that he was 'intellectually sympathetic' with Meir Kahane, founder of the extreme-right Jewish Defense League, 'when he started'.[6]
Attendance at Herzliya Conference
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Hoenlein has spoken several times at the Herzliya Conference, a major security conference held annually in Israel:
- At the Sixth Herzliya Conference he spoke about 'Israel’s Standing in the United States and Future Israeli-American Relations' (22 January 2006)[7]
- At the Seventh Herzliya Conference he spoke on 'Strategies for Confronting Anti-Semitism' (23 January 2007)[8]
- At the Tenth Annual Herzliya Conference he spoke on a panel with Tzipi Livni and Daniel Ayalon at a talk entitled 'Still Special? US-Israel Relations' (1 February 2010)[9]
- At the Eleventh Annual Herzliya Conference he participated in a talk called 'All the Eggs in One Basket? America's Place in Israel's Foreign Policy' (7 February 2011)[10]
- At the Twelfth Herzliya Conference he spoke on 'Facing Delegitimization and Anti-Semitism: Do Israeli Policies affect the State of Jewish Diaspora?' (1 February 2012)[11]
Affiliations
- Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
- Council on Foreign Relations
- America’s Voices in Israel
- Secure Community Network[12]
Funding
It has been reported that in 2008 Hoenlein, according to IRS documents, 'made more than $385,000 in cash and benefits from the Conference and a related nonprofit fund'.[13]
Resources
- Allison Hoffman, King Without A Crown, 10 May 2012, Tablet Magazine
Notes
- ↑ Allison Hoffman, King Without A Crown, Tablet, accessed 18 July 2012
- ↑ Allison Hoffman, King Without A Crown, Tablet, accessed 18 July 2012
- ↑ Allison Hoffman, King Without A Crown, Tablet, accessed 18 July 2012
- ↑ Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Obama Moves to Assuage Jewish Leaders, New York Times, accessed 18 July 2012
- ↑ Allison Hoffman, King Without A Crown, Tablet, accessed 18 July 2012
- ↑ Allison Hoffman, King Without A Crown, Tablet, accessed 18 July 2012
- ↑ Program, The 6th Conference, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 6 June 2012.
- ↑ The 7th Conference - 2007, herzliyaconference.org, 23 May 2012.
- ↑ The 10th Annual Herzliya Conference, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 25 February 20201.
- ↑ Herzliya2011 Preliminary Programme, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 14 October 2011.
- ↑ The Twelfth Annual Herzliya Conference, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 1 June 2012.
- ↑ Malcolm I. Hoenlein Biography, Conference of Presidents, accessed 3 July 2012
- ↑ Allison Hoffman, King Without A Crown, Tablet, accessed 18 July 2012
