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Shalem is funded by bold, forward-thinking philanthropists who share our Zionist commitments, who see Israel as a project still in the making, and who believe that the same intellectual tradition that gave rise to the West can find fertile ground in the Jewish state.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Pioneer  $10 Million+<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Averil and Louis Israel Frenkel<\/p>

David and Judith Lobel<\/p>

The Messer Family<\/p>

The Tikvah Fund<\/p>

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Builder  $5 Million+<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Koret Foundation<\/p>

The Koum Family Foundation<\/p>

Elisa and Gil Palter<\/p>

The Paul E. Singer Foundation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Visionary  $2.5 Million+<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Maimonides Fund<\/p>

Barbara R. Newman<\/p>

Anonymous, Boston<\/p>

Anonymous, New Hampshire<\/p>

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Founder  $1 Million+<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Asper Foundation<\/p>

The Beker Foundation<\/p>

Toby and Ron Hersh<\/p>

Shelly and Michael Kassen<\/p>

Debbie and Warren Kimel<\/p>

Bruce and Suzie Kovner<\/p>

Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman<\/p>

Johanna and Lief Rosenblatt<\/p>

Peter and Marcia Silverman<\/p>

Judith and Lawrence Tanenbaum<\/p>

The Viterbi Family<\/p>

The Ziegler Family Trust<\/p>

The Ziering Family<\/p>

Anonymous, Boston<\/p>

Anonymous, Jerusalem<\/p>

Anonymous, New York<\/p>

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Benefactor  $500,000+<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hilda and Yitz Applbaum<\/p>

Kimby and Lawrence Berger<\/p>

The Fooksman Family Foundation<\/p>

The Gale Foundation<\/p>

Stacey and Amir Goldman<\/p>

The Gracefield Foundation<\/p>

The David and Fela Shapell Family Foundation<\/p>

The Nathan and Lily Silver Family\u00a0Foundation<\/p>

The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation<\/p>

Judy z”l and Josh Weston<\/p>

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Partner  $250,000+<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation<\/p>

The Crown Family<\/p>

The Joe and Rosa Frenkel Charitable Trust<\/p>

The Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation<\/p>

The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation<\/p>

Saskia and Stephen Siderow<\/p>

Anonymous, Boston<\/p>

Anonymous, Boston<\/p>

Anonymous, Jerusalem<\/p>

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Patron  $100,000+<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Paula and Sanford Colb<\/p>

The Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation<\/p>

Ann and Robert Fromer<\/p>

The Geller Family Foundation<\/p>

Tamar and Eric Goldstein<\/p>

Daniel Gressel<\/p>

Richard and Martha Handler<\/p>

Julia and Henry Koschitzky<\/p>

Sarena and David Koschitzky<\/p>

Lewis Lazarus<\/p>

Barbara and Ed Shapiro<\/p>

The Shoresh Foundation<\/p>

Rachel Ringler and Yossi Siegel<\/p>

Lisa and Neil Wallack<\/p>

Nina and Gary Wexler<\/p>

Nancy and Tim Williams<\/p>

Nancy Zimmerman and Andrei Shleifer<\/p>

Anonymous, Israel<\/p>

Anonymous, New York<\/p>

Anonymous, United Kingdom<\/p>

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Sponsor  $50,000+<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Barbara and Morris Benun<\/p>

Suzan and Fred Ehrman<\/p>

Karen Lehmann and David Eisner<\/p>

Ronne and Donald Hess<\/p>

Bryna and Josh Landes<\/p>

The Price Family Foundation<\/p>

Harriet and David Schimel<\/p>

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Dedicating a Space for Intellectual Discussion and Debate<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Palter Family of Toronto Makes a $2.5 Million Gift to Create a Smart Classroom for Shalem<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Long-time Shalem board members Gilbert and Elisa Palter and their children have enabled the renovation and naming of a state-of-the-art smart classroom at the heart of Shalem’s academic building, intended “to enable students to think bigger and achieve more than even they imagined they could.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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