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	Charles Bronfman
		Charles Bronfman says the proudest moment of his life was in 1992 at the Sky Dome in Toronto, where he threw the first pitch at the first World Series baseball game ever played outside of the United States.
		Bronfman had come with his best friend and his wife, the three of whom met with then-Deputy Assistant Minister of Defense Shimon Peres, along with a handful of other budding Israeli political leaders.
		Bronfman cast down his eyes in disappointment at the accuracy of his forecast.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Bronfman.html (1789 words)

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		Bronfman is Chairman of The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Inc., a family of charitable foundations operating in Israel, the U.S.A. and Canada, whose mission is to develop, implement and support initiatives that help to strengthen the unity of the Jewish People.
		Bronfman was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and in July of the same year, became a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
		Bronfman was also awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa from Brandeis University in 1992, a Doctorate of Laws, Honoris Causa from Concordia University in 1992, a Doctorate of Laws, Honoris Causa from the University of Waterloo in 1995, and a Doctorate of Laws, Honoris Causa from the University of Toronto in 2000.
	www.kh-uia.org.il /events_pic/June_award/18.6.03/bron.htm (701 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bronfman was buried on Friday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
		She was co-chair of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP), founded in 1998, which awards millions in grants annually to endeavours aimed at strengthening Jewish identity, especially among youth, as well as the arts and education in general.
		Bronfman was also founder and deputy chair of the Gift of New York, which donated tickets to cultural and sports events in New York to bereaved relatives of the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a gesture of solace.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=8414 (899 words)

	Charles Bronfman brings his unifying message to the Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bronfman's CRB Foundation has funded a plethora of worthwhile projects, most recently partnering with both American and Israeli groups to form Israel Experience Inc., a marketing and education organization dedicated to dramatically increasing the number of teens who visit Israel.
		Bronfman says he views his investment as "venture capital." He's working passionately to invest in projects that he sees will move the Jewish community closer to his articulated goal, the unity of the Jewish people.
		Bronfman says the enduring strength of the Jewish people is a sense of communal responsibility.
	www.jewishaz.com /jewishnews/971226/bronfman.shtml (639 words)

	Philanthropist Andrea Bronfman killed in New York City traffic accident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bronfman, 60, was hit by a car and died of her injuries, the Andrea and Charles Philanthropies organization said in a news release.
		Bronfman served as founder and deputy chairman of The Gift of New York, a non-profit initiative which provided admission to New York City's cultural, arts, entertainment and sports venues, without charge, to the bereaved families of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
		Charles Bronfman established the Andrea M. Bronfman Prize for the Arts (The Andy) to honour his wife's lifelong passion for and support of the arts, and to create a showcase for Israeli decorative artists.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060123/w0123112.html (601 words)

	The Charles Bronfman Prize Announces Call For Nominations: $100,000 Prize Seeks Young Humanitarians From All Fields (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Charles Bronfman Prize celebrates the vision and talent of an individual or team – under 50 years of age – whose humanitarian work has contributed significantly to the betterment of the world.
		Bronfman sits on the board of directors of SunOpta Inc. and the David Suzuki Foundation, among others, and is the President of the Stephen R. Bronfman Foundation.
		Charles Bronfman is Chairman of The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Inc., a family of charitable foundations operating in Israel, the USA and Canada, whose mission is to develop, implement and support initiatives that help to strengthen the unity of the Jewish people.
	www.prweb.com /releases/BronfmanPrize/Nominations/prweb420475.htm (1185 words)

	jt-060126-11
		Bronfman, a giant in the world of Jewish philanthropy, was killed Monday when a car struck her while she was walking her dog in Manhattan.
		Born in London to a Scottish father and a mother from New York, Bronfman and her husband – the billionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Bronfman – maintained residences in New York, Florida and Jerusalem.
		Bronfman was also a great patron of the arts and worked to establish a nexus between her concern for Israel and her artistic pursuits.
	www.jewishtribune.ca /tribune/jt-060126-11.html (1312 words)

	The Charles Bronfman Prize Announces Call for Nominations for $100,000 Humanitarian Award : ArriveNet Press Releases : ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bronfman sits on several boards of directors of including The Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts and The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation.
		Bronfman is involved in numerous philanthropic pursuits including The Hauptman Family Foundation and the Zoe Saidye Hauptman Memorial Fund.
		Charles Bronfman is Chairman of The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Inc., a family of charitable foundations operating in Israel, the USA and Canada, whose mission is to develop, implement and support initiatives that help to strengthen the unity of the Jewish people.
	press.arrivenet.com /business/article.php/336359.html (638 words)

	Save the Expos News
		Stephen, of course, is the only son of Charles Bronfman, who was majority Expos owner from the club's inception in 1968 until he and his partners sold in 1990.
		Charles didn't like the direction baseball economics was moving in, and baseball is in a bigger economic mess today than it was then.
		Charles Bronfman built a great thing here in Montreal, and Stephen Bronfman has again been cast in a starring role in the ongoing story of the preservation of his father's legacy.
	members.tripod.com /~Daniel_Arnold/news/7.html (1053 words)

	"Andrea Bronfman, 60, Philanthropist - Forward.com"
		Bronfman was born in London in 1945, the daughter of leading Zionist philanthropists Doris and Hyam “Scotty” Morrison.
		Charles and his brother Edgar are sons of Canadian liquor magnate Samuel Bronfman.
		Charles and Andrea’s foundation, created in 1986, launches and operates initiatives in Jewish education, Israel and the arts.
	www.forward.com /articles/andrea-bronfman-60-philanthropist (268 words)

	The man who let Bronfman down
		Charles Bronfman placed a substantial cut of his wealth in this man's hands.
		This column is about Koor CEO Jonathan Kolber, the man who lost nearly half a billion dollars, for himself and for Charles Bronfman, on a huge, bad bet on ECI Telecom.
		Kolber can take heart in that no call arose in the Koor board of directors for his ouster and Charles Bronfman keeps supporting him, as it was Bronfman's representative on the Vivendi board who suggested toppling Messier.
	www.thestreet.com /tech/themarker/10026646.html (918 words)

	Association of Israel's Decorative Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Charles Bronfman had created the arts prize to mark his wife's 60th birthday in May 2005, eight months before she was struck by a car mere steps from her Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan.
		The day she was killed, there was a voicemail on the Bronfmans' machine from Rivka Saker of Sotheby's in Israel, Charles Bronfman's collaborator in organizing the prize, informing the family that the judges had picked a winner.
		Andrea Bronfman, a diminutive woman, standing barely five feet tall, was passionate about Israeli causes and is said to have had a certain whimsy in her own artistic tastes.
	www.aidaarts.org /artsaward.html (520 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Andrea Bronfman, a Jewish philanthropist and the wife of a former co-chairman of the Seagram Co., was struck by a car and killed near her Manhattan home on Monday, police said.
		Bronfman was married to billionaire Charles Bronfman, who was born heir to the Canadian Seagram's liquor empire and rose to be its co-chairman
		The World Jewish Congress, whose president is Edgar Bronfman Sr., called Andrea Bronfman a pillar of her family and of the Jewish community.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3205475,00.html (344 words)

	JWA - In Memoriam - Andrea Bronfman, 1945-2006
		Andrea (Andy) Bronfman was born in London in 1945.
		Charles and I were focussed on contributions and organizations.
		In May of 2000, Andrea was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, from Tel Aviv University and in 2003 she and her husband, Charles, were named honorary citizens of Jerusalem, the first North American Jews and the first couple to receive this historic honor.
	www.jwa.org /discover/inmemoriam/bronfman (1409 words)

	The Charles Bronfman Prize Awards $100,000 to Dr. Alon Tal, Israeli Environmentalist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Charles Bronfman Prize, a $100,000 humanitarian award, named Dr. Alon Tal, Founder and Director of Research for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and the Israel Union for Environmental Defense, the 2005 recipient at a ceremony in Jerusalem, announced on January 10, 2006.
		Jerusalem, Israel (PRWEB) January 11, 2006 -- The Charles Bronfman Prize, a $100,000 humanitarian award, named Dr. Alon Tal, Founder and Director of Research for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and the Israel Union for Environmental Defense, the 2005 recipient at a ceremony in Jerusalem, on January 10, 2006.
		Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and Andrew Hauptman and Claudine Blondin Bronfman and Stephen Bronfman, founded the Prize in honor of their father’s 70th birthday.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/1/emw331643.htm (907 words)

	Philanthropy - Charles Bronfman
		The Honourable Charles Rosner Bronfman, P.C., O.C. (born June 27, 1931 in Montreal) is a Canada business man and philanthropist.
		He was the majority owner of the Montreal Expos franchise in Major League Baseball from the teams formation in 1968 in sports until its sale in 1990 in sports.
		He is the son of Samuel Bronfman and Saidye Bronfman, his siblings are Minda, architecture maven Phyllis Bronfman, and Edgar Bronfman, Sr..
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Adachi4101/charles-bronfman-philanthropy.html (177 words)

	israelinsider: Culture: Andrea Bronfman, leading Jewish philanthropist, dies in car accident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Andrea Bronfman, a philanthropist and the wife of a former co-chairman of the Seagram Co., was struck by a livery cab and killed near her Manhattan home early Monday, police said.
		The vehicle struck Bronfman as she was out walking her dog and crossing the street, authorities said.
		Bronfman was married to billionaire Charles Bronfman, who was born heir to the Canadian Seagram's liquor empire and rose to be its co-chairman with his brother Edgar Bronfman Sr.
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Culture/7633.htm (672 words)

	Gift of Life - Gift of Life Founder Receives Humanitarian Award
		The Prize is a Humanitarian Award that pays tribute to an individual whose endeavors are emblematic of the values for excellence in the Jewish world and who inspires the emerging generation of Jewish people through their accomplishments and achievements.
		The cocktail reception was followed by a private dinner hosted by the Bronfman family in honor of Mr.
		Bronfman's children, Stephen Bronfman, Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and Andrew Hauptman, in honor of his 70th birthday.
	www.giftoflife.org /news/96.html (554 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Charles Bronfman
		Charles Rosner Bronfman, PC, CC, LL.D (born June 27, 1931 in Montreal) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
		From November 1997 until July 2002, Bronfman was the Chairman of the Board of Koor Industries Ltd., one of Israel's largest investment holding companies.
		Bronfman, along with his wife, were awarded Honorary Citizenship of Jerusalem
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Charles_Bronfman (438 words)

	"Philanthropy: Charles Bronfman & Roger Bennett, Jennie Rosenn, Alice Rosenwald, Lynn Schusterman, Carol Smokler, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Charles Bronfman, 75, has for decades championed innovative Jewish giving.
		Five years ago, Bronfman teamed up with Liverpool-born Roger Bennett, 36, and together they have built a charity oozing with creative juice, with a swath of cultural projects aimed at the next generation.
		Add in the work of her Tulsa, Okla.-based charity, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, which funds Jewish day-school education, synagogue renewal, as well as Hillel programs and Birthright Israel (which she helped found), to name just a few, and Schusterman’s giving this year alone will total a cool $18 million.
	www.forward.com /articles/philanthropy-1 (1059 words)

	Jewish Review: Untimely death of major philanthropist shocks and saddens Jewish community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		NEW YORK (JTA)—Andrea Bronfman kept the book-lined study in her Jerusalem home exactly as it had been when the house belonged to her parents years before.
		Bronfman, a giant in the world of Jewish philanthropy, was killed Jan. 23 after a car struck her while she was walking her dog Yoffi (Hebrew for beautiful) near her Fifth Avenue home in Manhattan.
		Born in London to a Scottish father and a mother from New York, Bronfman and her husband—the billionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Bronfman—maintained residences in New York, Florida and Jerusalem.
	www.jewishreview.org /Archives/Article.php?Article=2006-02-01-1993 (1284 words)

	Main
		The Charles Bronfman Prize is an humanitarian award of $100,000.
		Nominators and References grant to The Charles Bronfman Prize Foundation the right to copy, reprint, quote or publish from nomination materials as part of its awards program or other public communication.
		Charles Bronfman and The Charles Bronfman Prize Foundation do not engage in lobbying and endorsement on behalf of Prize candidates or recipients.
	www.thecharlesbronfmanprize.com /nomination.html (479 words)

	Andrea Bronfman, z"l
		Hillel joins the Bronfman family in mourning the loss of beloved Andrea Bronfman, the wife of Hillel International Board of Governors member Charles Bronfman, who died tragically this morning when she was hit by a car.
		Andy Bronfman was a devoted supporter of Israel and Jewish education, promoting a host of innovative initiatives to engage more and more Jews in the beauty of their heritage.
		Messages of condolence may be sent to the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, 110 East 59th Street, Floor 26, New York, NY 10022.
	www.hillel.org /about/news/2006/jan/20060123_andrea.htm (271 words)

	International Philanthropist, 60, Killed by Passing Car \| The Jewish Exponent
		Andrea Bronfman kept the book-lined study in her Jerusalem home exactly as it had been when the house belonged to her parents years before.
		Bronfman - a giant in the world of Jewish philanthropy - was killed on Monday when a car struck her while she was walking her dog in Manhattan.
		The Bronfmans were also major supporters of United Jewish Communities, the umbrella of the North American federation system, where Charles served as its first chairman and Andrea sat on its Prime Minister's Council.
	www.jewishexponent.com /article/2229 (1046 words)

	Charles Bronfman's Journey
		Bronfman and the rest of the UJC establishment are bent on telling (and
		Charles' challenges were different, but no less daunting.
		It is left to Charles to impart the passion, the vision.
	www.atljewishtimes.com /archives/1999/111299cs.htm (2181 words)

	Where is Koor's Jean-Marie Messier?
		Representatives of the extended Bronfman family fill three of the 16 chairs around the table at a Vivendi board meeting.
		The Bronfmans became the biggest shareholder in Vivendi after agreeing in June 2000 to merge its holding company, Seagram, with Vivendi in a deal that closed in December of that year.
		The initiative to curtail Messier's freedom of movement was handled by Charles Bronfman's lawyer.
	www.thestreet.com /tech/themarker/10025268.html (514 words)

	Charles Bronfman, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The younger Bronfman brother is no longer showing the sharp elbows he used in 2002 to push Jean-Marie Messier out of Vivendi (in which his family had acquired a stake after selling family's crown jewel Seagram's in 2002).
		Last year Bronfman became the first non-Israeli to light the torch at Mount Herzl during the opening of Israeli Independence Day.
		In January his wife, Andrea, was tragically killed; a taxi hit her while she was walking the Bronfman's dog near their New York City apartment.
	www.forbes.com /lists/2006/10/P8Z1.html (188 words)

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