david gerlach ~ writer and journalist





Ronald Lauder \| Philanthropy Redefined June/July 2006 ItÕs one thing to talk about building pulsing communities in a desert from scratch. Everyone can dream. ItÕs quite another to actually start doing it and help inspire thousands of families to begin a life in the Negev desert-an arid, largely underutilized mass of land in the southern part of Israel. But thatÕs exactly what JNF, its president-Ronald Lauder-and its partners are doing through Blueprint Negev. Lauder is calling upon Jews in North America to follow him in a $500 million push to develop IsraelÕs grand frontier, just as their parents and grandparents did. Read

Hubert Leven \| Sacta-Rashi October/November 2005 “How many people know that there are at least 300,000 youth and children in Israel at risk, with growing numbers in danger of using drugs or dropping out of school,” Hubert Leven, Sacta-Rashi’s president, asks Lifestyles one spring morning while seated in the bustling lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Leven—debonair, with soft, white hair, an open face, and a firm commitment to proactive philanthropy in Israel—visits the U.S. from Paris several times a year to pose this question in hopes of increasing awareness amongst American and Canadian Jews of Israel’s growing health, social, and education problems. Sacta-Rashi also seeks to leverage its investments in Israel by partnering with donors and philanthropic organizations that share its vision. Read

Noreena Hertz \| Kicking Sand June/July 2005 If Noreena Hertz had wanted to play in her nursery school’s sandbox like the other 3-year-olds, everything might have been different. She may have never become a star of the academic world, traveling the globe to sway political and financial leaders to cancel the growing international debt of developing nations or have been able to telephone her friend Bono—the front man of the rock group U2 and one-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee—for support in championing such a cause on the world stage. Read


© 2008 david gerlach \| davidgerlach at yahoo dot com





Ronald Lauder \| Philanthropy Redefined June/July 2006 ItÕs one thing to talk about building pulsing communities in a desert from scratch. Everyone can dream. ItÕs quite another to actually start doing it and help inspire thousands of families to begin a life in the Negev desert-an arid, largely underutilized mass of land in the southern part of Israel. But thatÕs exactly what JNF, its president-Ronald Lauder-and its partners are doing through Blueprint Negev. Lauder is calling upon Jews in North America to follow him in a $500 million push to develop IsraelÕs grand frontier, just as their parents and grandparents did. Read

Hubert Leven \| Sacta-Rashi October/November 2005 “How many people know that there are at least 300,000 youth and children in Israel at risk, with growing numbers in danger of using drugs or dropping out of school,” Hubert Leven, Sacta-Rashi’s president, asks Lifestyles one spring morning while seated in the bustling lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Leven—debonair, with soft, white hair, an open face, and a firm commitment to proactive philanthropy in Israel—visits the U.S. from Paris several times a year to pose this question in hopes of increasing awareness amongst American and Canadian Jews of Israel’s growing health, social, and education problems. Sacta-Rashi also seeks to leverage its investments in Israel by partnering with donors and philanthropic organizations that share its vision. Read

Noreena Hertz \| Kicking Sand June/July 2005 If Noreena Hertz had wanted to play in her nursery school’s sandbox like the other 3-year-olds, everything might have been different. She may have never become a star of the academic world, traveling the globe to sway political and financial leaders to cancel the growing international debt of developing nations or have been able to telephone her friend Bono—the front man of the rock group U2 and one-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee—for support in championing such a cause on the world stage. Read


© 2008 david gerlach \| davidgerlach at yahoo dot com