The Team

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM

The World’s Jewish Museum is being led by Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., LL.D., Moses (Moe) Levy, Directors and volunteers of the World’s Museum of Jewish History and Culture (Private) LTD (CC), a Public Benefit Company established in Israel, architect Frank Gehry and museum planning firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates. Both Asper and Levy, of The Asper Foundation, were instrumental in creating and delivering Canada’s fifth national museum and the first one to be located outside of Ottawa, the $351 million Cdn. Canadian Museum for Human Rights (seen to the right). Opened in 2014, it has received over 30 awards and is touted by various tourist magazines as the fifth ‘coolest’ place on the planet and one of the top ten places to visit in the world.

For more information, visit The Asper Foundation or The Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Zvika Hauser, previous Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jonathan Shiff, legal counsel in Israel form the team, with additional program support in Los Angeles, California and Winnipeg, Manitoba.  The team will be expanded as needed.

GOVERNANCE

As noted above, a Public Benefit Company, the World’s Museum of Jewish History and Culture (Private) LTD (CC) has been established in Israel to oversee the creation and development of the project. It currently has three directors and seven shareholders that will be expanded as stakeholders and donors express an interest to be involved.

THE ESTEEMED LOS ANGELES COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs:

Shauna Shapiro Jackson & David Jackson – Film and Television Executives; Attorneys; Co-Founders of Curb Entertainment with former California Lt. Governor Mike Curb & Universal Pictures; and Showcase Entertainment. Jackson was also a Vice President at MCA Records.

Tamara and Amit Stavinsky – Mr. Stavinsky is CEO, Managing Director, Tamar Securities – Global Asset Investment Advisor.

Committee Members:

Jonathan H. Anschell – Executive Vice President, General Council, CBS Corporation, Los Angeles, California

Patricia L. Glaser – Partner & Chair of the Litigation Department, Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro, Los Angeles

Dr. Peyman Golshani & Lisa Golshani – Dr. Peyman Golshani, MD/Phd, Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Neurology at David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA; Board member of the UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies; Lisa Golshani, Esteemed wills and estates attorney

Roslyn Kind – American actress and singer

Dennis Prager – Nationally Syndicated Radio Host; Coveted lecturer; Scholar & Co-Founder of Prager University; Los Angeles, California

Ben Press – Renowned Hollywood manager and producer; Former co-head of Paradigm Agency.

Adam Press – Executive at Luxury Real Estate brand Hilton & Hyland.

Dr. Bijan Raphael & Tikva Nemani – Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, UCLA Extension; UCLA Academic Publishing; – Liaisons to the Beverly Hills Persian Jewish Community, Beverly Hills, California

Dr. Daryush & Elizabeth Farahmand – Beverly Hills, California

Cara Shapiro & David Goldstein – Entertainment professional

Yael Rubin – Families of Lone Soldiers

Rabbi David Wolpe – Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple, Author & Scholar, Los Angeles, California.

THE ESTEEMED ISRAEL COMMITTEE