Tikvah Fund
{{Short description|Conservative Jewish-American organization}}
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| established = {{start date and age|1992}}
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| type = Nonprofit
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| headquarters = 165 East 56th Street
| location_city = New York City, New York
| location_country = United States
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Elliott Abrams
| key_people = Zalman Bernstein
| website = {{URL|tikvahfund.org}}
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The Tikvah Fund ({{Langx|he|קרן תקווה}}) is an American conservative{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Mira |title=This law professor argued that Reform Jews aren't devout enough to merit religious freedom |url=https://forward.com/culture/507161/reform-jews-abortion-freedom-of-religion/ |access-date=26 June 2022 |work= The Forward |date=June 22, 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Henry |first1=Jacob |title=Did a New York Holocaust museum ban Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis? Depends whom you ask. |url=https://www.jta.org/2022/05/06/politics/did-a-new-york-holocaust-museum-ban-florida-gov-ron-desantis-depends-whom-you-ask |access-date=9 November 2022 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=May 6, 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Waxman |first1=Dov |author-link1=Dov Waxman |title=Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel |date=2016 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9780691168999 |page=100}} nonprofit charitable foundation whose stated mission is to promote Jewish thought and ideas.{{cite news |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin |author-link1=Robin Pogrebin |title=A Patron's Passion for History on Display |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/giving/roger-hertog-reviver-of-the-new-york-historical-society.html |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 9, 2012}}
Activities
In 2011 the Fund provided a four-year $12.5 million grant to the Shalem Center to form an American-style liberal arts university in Israel, now Shalem College. The fund had supported the Shalem Center for the previous decade as well.
The Tikvah Fund has funded several publications, including Commentary, Mosaic and its predecessor Jewish Ideas Daily, the Jewish Review of Books, and Mida.{{cite news|first=Nati|last=Tucker|title=Some News Websites Can Forgo the Paywall--in Israel, too|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-1.529154|accessdate=4 March 2017|newspaper=Haaretz|date=June 11, 2013}}
The Fund also organizes the Jewish Leadership Conference, a politically conservative Jewish conference.{{cite news |last1=Stack |first1=Liam |title=DeSantis Event at Chelsea Piers Faces Backlash Over L.G.B.T.Q. Rights |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/11/nyregion/desantis-gay-nyc.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 11, 2022}} Invitees in 2022 included Mike Pompeo, who served as Secretary of State under Donald Trump, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, and Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis. Picketers attended to oppose DeSantis' speech.{{cite news |last1=Papenfuss |first1=Mary |title=NYC Protesters Blast Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis At Conservative Event |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-chelsea-piers-protests_n_62a6a65ce4b0c77098a28b09 |work=HuffPost |date=June 13, 2022 |language=en}}
It runs a fellowship programme named after Charles Krauthammer which is awarded to aspiring writers, journalists, scholars, and policy analysts'.Ken Silverstein, [https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/21/how-a-hedge-fund-manager-and-right-wing-donor-is-financing-an-israeli-influence-op-masquerading-as-a-journalism-project/ How a Hedge Fund Manager and Right-Wing Donor is Financing an Israeli Influence Op Masquerading as a Journalism Project,'] CounterPunch 21 June 2024.
Leadership
Robert Hertog was chairman of the Tikvah Fund in 2011.{{cite news |last1=Lidman |first1=Melanie |title=Shalem Center gets major grant for college |url=https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Shalem-Center-gets-major-grant-for-college |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=May 4, 2011}} Neal Kozodoy was senior director as of 2010.{{cite news|first=Patricia |last=Cohen|title=Commentary Is All About Commentary These Days |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/books/12commentary.html|work=The New York Times |date=June 11, 2010}} As of 2022, Eric Cohen was chief executive and Elliot Abrams was chairman.{{cite news |last1=Barron |first1=James |author-link1=James Barron (journalist) |title=Invitation to DeSantis Creates Clash at a Jewish Museum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/nyregion/desantis-jewish-museum.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 13, 2022}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite news |last1=Slyomovics |first1=Nettanel |title=The Conservative U.S. Group Trying to Transform Israel's Justice System |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2020-12-23/ty-article-magazine/the-conservative-u-s-group-trying-to-transform-israels-justice-system/0000017f-e79f-d62c-a1ff-ffffc4320000 |work=Haaretz |date=December 23, 2020 |language=en}}
- {{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Marsha B. |title=The Hub of the Jewish Neoconservative Echo Chamber |url=https://lobelog.com/the-hub-of-the-jewish-neoconservative-echo-chamber/ |publisher=LobeLog |date=October 19, 2016}}
Category:Conservatism in Israel
Category:Conservative organizations in the United States
Category:Jewish organizations based in the United States