Major Donors to Archives and Virtual Museum

Producers of the Virtual Museum would like to thank the following major donors, whose gifts made possible the ongoing research of the Aliyah Bet and Machal Archives of the University of Florida Libraries and the construction of the Museum of American and Canadian Volunteers in Israel’s War of Independence Museum at the University of Florida Hillel, on which much of this Virtual Museum is based:

Pacemakers $20,000+

Shepard Broad Foundation, Miami Braman Family Foundation, Miami Marion B. Brechner, Orlando

Sponsors $2,500+

American Veterans of Israel, Dick Cohen, Jack Chester Foundation, Phil and Barbara Emmer, June Baumgardner Gelbart Foundation, Gary and Niety Gerson, B. Milfred Gerson Trust, Jonathan and Paula Gold, Stewart and Estelle Kohn, Fred Levinson, Morton and Barbara Levinson, Marvin Libow, Harold Livingston, Ralph and Bronia Lowenstein, Vidal Sassoon Foundation, Norman and Helen Schutzman, Marvin Slott, Simon and Celina Spiegelman.

Volunteers $500+

Aaron Baranan, Arthur and Evelyn Bernstein, Stanley and Jodi Cullen, Henri Cynamon, Ira Feinberg, Jack Fine, Nathan Freedman, Bill Gelberg, Arthur Jaffe, Paul Kaye, August (Duke) Labaczewski, George Lichter, Joan Lowenstein, Jerry McDonald, Bailey Nieder, Sherry Orringer, David Panar, Adrian Phillips, Ben Rottenstein, Arnold Schutzberg, Doris Sprung, Philip Strauss, Marcia Wolman, Saul Wosk, Brien Wygle.

Contributions to the Aliyah Bet & Machal Archives are completely tax deductible; all donations will be acknowledged by the University of Florida Foundation.


Checks should be made out to "Machal Fund" and mailed to:


Dr. Ralph Lowenstein, Director
Aliyah Bet & Machal Archives
PO Box 11840
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-8400
USA