Friends of the Israel Defense Forces

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Founded in the United States in 1981, Friends of the Israel Defence forces (FIDF), is an American non-profit organisation devoted to providing various forms of support to Israeli soldiers. Its headquarters is based in New York. The organisation provides the following description of its activities on its webpage: [1]

FIDF initiates and helps support educational, social, cultural and r:ecreational programs and facilities for the young men and women soldiers of Israel who defend the Jewish homeland. FIDF also supports the families of fallen soldiers.


People

National Director and CEO - Maj. Gen (Res.) Yitzhak (Jerry) Gershon

Chief Executive Officer - Mr. Alan E. Scholnick

Chief Financial Officer - Ron Aloni

Director of Operations and Special Events - Michael Sever


National Board Members:

Nily Falic - Chairman *
Arthur Stark - Chairman Emeritus *
Larry J. Hochberg - Chairman Emeritus *
Marvin Josephson - Chairman Emeritus
Marc Jason - Vice Presidents *
Dr. Michael Kalisman - Vice Presidents *
Morris Silverman - Secretary *
Stephen Wayne Rubin, Esq - Legal Counsel *
Ricki Alon
Harvey Axelrod
Gary Balter
Sammy Bar-Or
Ronny Ben-Josef
Scott Black
Alan Brody
Robert Cohen
Ruth & Leo David
Oscar Feldenkreis
Tony Felzen
William Fox
Al Frank
Pat Frank
Martin E. Franklin
Erika Glazer
Fred Gluckman *
Harry Gross *
Daniel J. Hyman
Jerry Kaplan
Dr. Shmuel Katz
Shari Kaufman
Alon Kaufman
Jared Kushner
Richard Kwal
Avi Lerner
Israel Levy
Nathan Lewinger
Dr. Herbert London
Nicole Lowenstein
Gerald Mizel
Sam Moshe
Michael Nachman
Jorde Nathan
Soraya Nazarian
Younes Nazarian
Ann Newman
Melinda Lowell Paltrow
Marc Perlman
Robert Polak
Peter Reisman
Israel Roizman
Tony Rubin
Haim Saban *
Monica Sasson
Steve Schultz
Robin Selati
Benny Shabtai
Fela Shapell
David Shapell
Gary Shiffman
Dr. Robert Shillman
Joseph Sieber
Ron Simms
Norman Smith
Garry Sobel
Lloyd Sokoloff
Rabbi Peter Weintraub
Zev Weiss
Michael Werner
Dr. Phillip Werthman
David Wiener
Shahram Yaghoubzadeh
Ofer Yardeni
Robert Zarnegin
Arie Zweig
  • National Executive Committee Member[2]

Funding and finances

In 2012 the total assets of the organisation amounted to $126,649,916[3]

Notes

  1. 'About FIDF', "Friends of the Israel Defence Forces Website", accessed 17 September 2014
  2. 'Our Board', "Friends of the Israel Defence Forces Website", accessed 17 September 2014
  3. Friends of the Israel Defence Forces Financial Statements and Auditor's Report December 31 2012, accessed 17 September 2014