Eli Hurvitz (Meridor)

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Eli (Eliyahu) Hurvitz
אלי "אליהו" הורביץ
Eli Hurvitz
Born
Eliyahu Hurvitz

27 November 1970
Jerusalem
CitizenshipIsraeli
Alma materTel Aviv University
OccupationPhilanthropy Executive
EmployerThe Trump Foundation
TitleExecutive Director
RelativesEliyahu Meridor (grandfather), Raanana Meridor (grandmother), Dan Meridor (uncle), Sallai Meridor (uncle), Yair Hurvitz (father), Haggit Hurvitz (mother), Shaul Meridor (cousin)
Awards1998 The Uzi Ya'iri Prize for Creative Thinking

Eli Hurvitz (Hebrew: אלי הורביץ born 27 November 1970) is the executive director of the Trump Foundation, which "aims to serve as a catalyst for improving educational achievement in Israel in Mathematics and the Sciences"[1] and former member of the Israel National Board of Education. Between 2000 and 2011 Hurvitz served as the deputy director of Yad Hanadiv, the Rothschild Family Foundation, and previously as an advisor to the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at the Knesset.

Biography

Hurvitz was born and educated in

Jewish Agency
.

Hurvitz earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees magna cum laude at the

The Marker
' daily newspaper and in a blog, labeled ‘The Fourth Generation’.

Career in Philanthropy

Between 2000 and 2011, Hurvitz served as the deputy director of Yad Hanadiv, with direct responsibility for planning, development, administration and monitoring of the foundation's programs and projects in Israel. He led a strategic and organizational change aimed to scale up activities, including the recruitment, training and mentoring of new staff. Hurvitz initiated the creation of institutions and served as director of those institutions founded by Yad Hanadiv, including: the Israel Institute for School Leadership, NPTech Technologies and Guidestar Israel, and the Hemda Science Teaching Centre. In the early 2000s, he led Yad-Hanadiv's efforts to establish a new National Library for Israel, and represented the foundation in the Committee for Changing the Status of the National Library of Israel, headed by Supreme Court Judge, Yitzhak Zamir.[4]

In 2011, Hurvitz joined as executive director to set up the Trump Foundation, a new philanthropic foundation that aims to serve as a catalyst for improving educational achievement in Israel by cultivating high-quality teaching in schools with an emphasis on Mathematics and the Sciences. The foundation concentrates on three strategies which directly influence classroom instruction focusing on the talent, expertise and practice of teachers. In 2012 Hurvitz joined the

The Marker
Magazine as #57 at "Israel's 100 Most Influential People". In 2019 Hurvitz joined the Global Advisory Board of the Center for Effective Philanthropy.

Op-Ed Articles

  1. 'In search for a new young leadership', Aug.9th, 2011.
  2. 'Social yellow pages', Jan.6th, 2011.
  3. 'Social venture funds', Jul.20th, 2010.
  4. 'Teaching as a clinical profession', Apr.1st, 2010.
  5. 'Social Intention Test', Feb. 12th, 2009.
  6. 'Four steps to upgrade the Israeli Social Sector', Nov. 23rd, 2009.
  7. 'Criteria for Social Value', Sep.9th, 2009.

References

  1. ^ "The Trump Foundation - Website and Strategic Roadmap".
  2. ^ "'Four protests and one question' – by Eli Hurvitz".
  3. ^ "Alan B. Krueger and Jitka Maleckova, 'Education, Poverty and Terrorism: Is There a Causal Connection?', Journal of Economic Perspectives, volume 17, number 4 , Fall 2003, pp.130-131" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  4. ^ "The Committee for Changing the Status of the National Library – Final Report" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Israel's 100 Most Influential People - 2012".

External links

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