I am indebted to my wife Rivka for the advice, encouragement, and help she provided to me during the work on this book.

Special thanks are due to Ben H. Frankel and the Board of P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc., the Jaffe Education and Welfare Projects Fund, and to an outstanding American foundation that has insisted on complete anonymity. This foundation has enabled the preparation and publication of the book and the Giving Wisely Internet website.

I would like to acknowledge Perry Zamek, Menachem Kuchar, Eddie Ritsner and Ronit Yitzchak for their expert assistance and advice in preparing the books and website.

Thanks are also due to Orna Alshech of the Forum of Foundations in Israel, to members of the Forum for their welcome help, and to colleagues and friends at The Hebrew University who encouraged and advised me in this work. And, finally, my special thanks to Avraham Kaplan, Attorney and Registrar of Hekdeshot at the Ministry of Justice; to Amiram Bogot, Attorney and Registrar of Amutot at the Ministry of Interior; to Aaron Mor at the Ministry of Finance; and to all those amutot, foundations and hekdeshot directors who participated in this important project.

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Eliezer D. Jaffe