The Jews of Mother Jones' top 100 Democratic and Republican campaign contributors
(there are probably more):
1). S. Daniel Abraham. Founder of Slim-Fast
2) Bernard Schwartz -- CEO of Loral Space and Communications
3) David Gilo -- an immigrant from Israel
5) Chaim Saban -- and immigrant from Israel; Hollywood mogul
9) Constance Milstein -- real estate heiress
14) David Shimmon -- semiconductor manufacturing
18) Walter Shorenstein -- San Francisco real estate mogul
19) Steven Kirsch -- founded Infoseek, the Internet search system
20) David Steiner -- former president of AIPAC, the American-Israel lobbying
organization
23) Sam Fox -- Chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition
37) Philip Levine -- president of Onboard Media
38) Lawrence Kadish -- Chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition
39) Jeffrey Levy-Hite -- independent filmmake
41) Alfred Lerner -- Chairman and CEO of MNBA, the giant credit card lending
company
42) David Saperstein -- "biggest stockholder at Westwood one, the
nations' largest radio network"
43) David Shaw -- investor, founder of Juno Internet service provider
48) Thomas Siebel -- vice president of Oracle Corporation (headed by Jewish
mogul Lawrence Ellison)
50) S. Donald Sussman -- on the board of an Israeli technology university,
the Weizmann Institute
51) David Koch -- heads Koch Industries (gas, oil)
54) Marc Nathanson -- appointed by President Clinton to be the chairman
of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
56) Meyer Berman -- investor
57) John Price -- real estate, Utah
58) Jeffrey Katzenberg -- one of the the three heads of the Dreamworks
film company
59) Jonathan Tisch -- CEO of Loews Hotel chain
60) Harold Snyder -- founder of Biocraft Laboratories (bought out by an
Israeli firm)
61) Michael King -- heads King World Productions, "one of the most
powerful firms in television syndication"
63) Marvin Davis -- Billioniare, from oil/gas/real estate
65) Louis Weisbach -- founded Halo Branded Solutions
66) Alan Solomont -- former finance chair of the Democratic National Committee;
heads a nursing home conglommerate
68) Leonard Lauder -- heir to cosmetics fortune
70) Max Fisher -- Marathon Oil company, among other holdings
71) Bernard Bergreen -- an attorney
75) Brad and Melvin Simon -- real estate, Indianapolis-based
79) Samuel Heyman -- heads manufacturing giant GAF
84) Gary Winnick -- heads Global Crossing (telecommunications)
86) Norman Pattiz -- heads radio giant Westwood One
87) Eve Weinstein -- vice president of Elegant Films
88) Bernard Marcus -- co-founded Home Depot
89) Lew Wasserman -- "the Godfather of Hollywood"
93) Frederic Mack -- real estate mogul
97) Ira Lipman -- "the owner of one of nation's largest security firms"
100) Irwin Jacobs -- founded Qualcomm, Inc (telecommunications; the company
is worth $3.3 billion)
Beyond these 42 individuals, Michael Perik and Vance Opperman may
also be Jewish. These are recognizable Jewish surnames. Other surnames on the
Mother Jones list -- like those of Ian Cumming and Stephen Bing,
Robert Green -- are often also Jewish.