Ryan Kavanaugh, the 39-year-old CEO and founder of Relativity Media, is, to borrow the cliché, putting his money where his mouth is.
On the heels of an Aug. 13 op-ed in the “Hollywood Reporter“, in which he expressed support for the Jewish state while Israel was waging war with Hamas in Gaza, Kavanaugh’s company, Relatively, announced on Sept. 3, that Kavanaugh has made personal contributions of $25,000 to each of four major Jewish pro-Israel organizations.
The recipient organizations are Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, America’s Voices in Israel and Hadassah and the Women's Zionist Organization.
“Ryan Kavanaugh is a courageous, outspoken champion of what is good and right for Israel in its fight against evil,” Abraham Foxman, national director of the ADL, said in a statement expressing gratitude to Kavanaugh.
“On behalf of America’s Voices in Israel, we want to thank Ryan Kavanaugh for his most generous support at this critical time for Israel,” Irwin Katsof, director of America’s Voices in Israel, said in prepared remarks.
Kavanaugh was not immediately available for an interview.
“In short, Israel is one of the most creative nations on the planet, in every dimension of life — invention, research, technology and yes, the arts,” the grandson of Holocaust survivors and a member of Wilshire Boulevard Temple wrote in the Hollywood Reporter.
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