The Dinner will be held on Sunday,  December 11, 2005; reception is at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30 PM at the Marriott Marquis Hotel New York City. Please call the ZOA Office 212-481-1500 to make  reservations or for more information.

    Eli Hertz, a  pioneer in the personal computer industry will receive ZOA?s highest  award, the Louis Brandeis Award. Mr. Hertz is a member of the US-Israel Science  & Technology Commission, Israel-America Chamber of Commerce, AIPAC, CAMERA,  Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He has published a number of books,  most recently Reply. He is a child of Holocaust survivors and served seven  years in the IDF as a paratrooper and was discharged with the rank of captain.  He lives with his wife and 3 children in New York City.

    Jeff Wiesenfeld, who will receive ZOA?s  Distinguished Leadership Award, is a principal with Bernstein Investment Research & Management. He has worked for the FBI, for Congressman Thomas  Martin, Queens Borough President Claire Shulman, Mayor Ed Koch, U.S. Senator  Alfonse D”Amato and as Executive Assistant to New York Governor George  Pataki. He served as New York City Director of the New York State Economic  Development Agency, and is a member of the Boards of CUNY, and the UN  Development Corp. He is a child of Holocaust survivors and is on the Board of  the Queensborough College Holocaust Center, Folkbiene Yiddish Theatre, North  Shore Hebrew Academy, and the JCRC of New York City. He is married with one  daughter.

    Amb. Bolton previously served as Under  Secretary for Arms Control and International Security as well as Assistant Secretary for International Organizational Affairs at the U.S. State  Department, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice and General  Counsel for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was the key  player in repealing the U.N. Resolution stating that “Zionism is  racism.” He is a graduate of Yale and Yale Law School.

    Caroline Glick was an officer in the IDF, a  Coordinator of Negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, was Assistant Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Her writings have  appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun  Times, Washington Times, Ma’ariv and many more. She has appeared on MSNBC,  Fox and all of Israel’s major networks. She was the first Israeli  journalist reporting from the front lines in Iraq. She is a senior researcher  at IDF Operational Theory Research Institute and a lecturer in tactical warfare  at IDF?s Command and Staff College and is a senior fellow at the Center  for Security Policy in Washington, DC. She made aliyah in 1991 after graduating  from Columbia and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In 2003,  Ma’ariv named her the most prominent woman in Israel.

    Ben Brafman, the distinguished criminal defense  attorney will be the Master of Ceremonies. New York Magazine called him  “the best criminal defense lawyer in New York.” He was also the  recipient of the “Outstanding Private Criminal Defense Practitioner  Award? for 2005 from the New York State Bar Association. He has  represented a wide range of high-profile celebrities, business leaders and  professionals in major criminal cases throughout the country. Mr. Brafman is  active in a wide variety of charitable and religious organizations both in the  U.S. and Israel including the Kulanu Torah Academy, and the Israel Cancer  Research Foundation.

    Bob Guzzardi and Irwin  Hochberg, both members of the ZOA National Board, are the Dinner Co-Chairs. Mr. Hochberg is a past National Chairman of Israel Bonds, Chair of the New York  City Jewish Federation and a member of the AIPAC Executive Committee. Mr.  Guzzardi is a prominent businessman and attorney who is a member of the Executive Committee of AIPAC and is on the Board of the Middle East Forum in  Philadelphia.

    Recently, the ZOA was described by The  Wall Street Journal as "the most credible advocate for Israel on the American  Jewish scene." The Jerusalem Post said, "The ZOA is one of the most important  and influential Jewish groups in the U.S."

    The ZOA’s  Capitol Hill Office works closely with Congress on issues of import to  U.S.-Israel relations. The ZOA Center for Law and Justice works through the  U.S. judicial system in defense of Israel and Jewish rights, and has recently  filed a complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Laws concerning  discrimination against Jewish students at universities. The ZOA Campus Action  Network helps Jewish students fight pro-Arab propaganda on campus through  bringing speakers, showing films, distributing educational materials, and  holding workshops. ZOA has recently launched a new pro-Israel magazine called  The College Zionist and distributed it at over 100 campuses throughout the  country. The ZOA also stages rallies, holds press conferences, publishes  full-page newspaper "issue ads," and creates publications, to defend Israel’s  good name and expose the Palestinian Authority’s pro-terrorist behavior. The  ZOA is widely credited with leading the charge to expose and publicize the  Palestinian Authority’s violations of the Oslo accords and President Bush’s  "Road Map" plan.

    ZOA speakers appear regularly on  the TV and radio programs of the three major networks as well as of the cable  TV leaders Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN.

    Earlier this  year, the ZOA brought more than 300 pro-Israel activists from around the  country on its 2005 D.C. Mission to Washington. They met with Members of  Congress and staff members to seek support for the Saudi Arabia Accountability  Act and the Palestinian Arab Compliance Act, as well as resolutions against  Hamas and other terrorist groups. They also spoke to lawmakers about the  dangers of creating a Palestinian Arab state, as proposed by the Bush Road Map  plan.
 
*
*
*
     The Zionist  Organization of America, founded in 1897, is the oldest pro-Israel organization  in the United States. The ZOA works to strengthen U.S.-Israel relations,  educates the American public and Congress about the dangers that Israel faces,  and combats anti-Israel bias in the media and on college campuses. Its past  presidents have included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and Rabbi Dr.  Abba Hillel Silver.
 
   The Zionist Organization  of America is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal  Revenue Code ("IRC") and all contributions to it are deductible as charitable contributions as provided in IRC section 170.