Tikvah Fund
The Tikvah Fund is a conservative[1][2][3] or neoconservative[4] nonprofit charitable foundation whose stated mission is to promote Jewish thought and ideas.[5]
Activities
In 2011 the fund gave a four-year $12.5 million grant to the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, an attempt at a United States-style liberal arts university. The fund had supported the Shalem center for the previous decade as well.[6]
The Tikvah Fund funded several publications that aimed to disseminate neoconservative ideas to the American Jewish public, including:
- Commentary magazine[4]
- Mosaic Magazine[4] (2013-)
- Jewish Review of Books[4]
- Mida[7]
- Jewish Ideas Daily, the predecessor of Mosaic
The fund organizes the Jewish Leadership Conference, a conservative Jewish conference.[8] Invitees in 2022 included Trump administration Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Ron Dermer, the former Israeli ambassador to the United States.[1] Picketers attended to oppose the speech Desantis gave at the event in June.[9]
Leadership
Robert Hertog was chairman in 2011.[6] Neal Kozodoy was senior director as of 2010.[10] As of 2022, Eric Cohen was chief executive and Elliot Abrams was the chairman.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c Barron, James (May 13, 2022). "Invitation to DeSantis Creates Clash at a Jewish Museum". The New York Times.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Waxman, Dov (2016). Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel. Princeton University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780691168999.
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (November 9, 2012). "A Patron's Passion for History on Display". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b Lidman, Melanie (May 4, 2011). "Shalem Center gets major grant for college". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ Tucker, Nati (June 11, 2013). "Some News Websites Can Forgo the Paywall--in Israel, too". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Stack, Liam (June 11, 2022). "DeSantis Event at Chelsea Piers Faces Backlash Over L.G.B.T.Q. Rights". The New York Times.
- ^ Papenfuss, Mary (June 13, 2022). "NYC Protesters Blast Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis At Conservative Event". HuffPost.
- ^ Cohen, Patricia (June 11, 2010). "Commentary Is All About Commentary These Days". The New York Times.
Further reading
- Slyomovics, Nettanel (December 23, 2020). "The Conservative U.S. Group Trying to Transform Israel's Justice System". Haaretz.
- Cohen, Marsha B. (October 19, 2016). "The Hub of the Jewish Neoconservative Echo Chamber". LobeLog.