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A Decade As Israel’s Media Strategist

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi.
02/07/2012
Doug Chandler
Special To The Jewish Week

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, president of The Israel Project, announced last week that she plans to leave the organization she and two other women founded 10 years ago. During that decade, the Washington-based Israel Project has grown from an organization with no staff, based originally at Mizrahi’s former public relations firm, to one that now has 75 employees, including former journalists, and an office in Jerusalem. Its mission is to garner fairer and more positive coverage of Israel through outreach to the press, policymakers and members of the public.

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Selling Day Schools In A Tough Climate

Amy Katz: “Day schools are stewards of the Jewish future.”
01/31/2012
Julie Wiener
Associate Editor

When mega-philanthropist Michael Steinhardt founded the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education in 1996, it was a heady time for day schools. Today, the recession seems endless, enrollment of non-Orthodox Jews is declining and even some Orthodox Jews are questioning the affordability, if not the importance, of day schools.

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Not Your Grandfather’s Israel Bonds

Israel Tapoohi: The key to Israel Bonds’ success is keeping in touch with potential buyers “continuously.”
01/24/2012
Stewart Ain
Staff Writer

Israel (Izzy) Tapoohi became president and CEO of State of Israel Bonds
Oct. 31 after many years as a top executive of several of Israel’s major companies.
Tapoohi, 65, was born in Israel and raised in Melbourne, Australia, where he served as chairman of the local aliyah organization. He moved back to Israel with his family in 1979. Among the Israeli companies he spearheaded were Africa-Israel Investments and Bezeq, Israel’s telecommunications provider and largest corporation. He and his wife have four children and five grandchildren.

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