Jewish Philanthropy Podcast

Topic: The Rabbi Who Raised A Billion Dollars Guest: Rabbi Meyer H. May   Bio:    Rabbi Meyer H. May is the Executive Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museums of Tolerance, having joined the Center in the fall of 1978, its second year.
 
As Executive Director for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Rabbi May has traveled throughout the world meeting with heads of state and leading government officials, as well as some of the most prominent corporate leaders and philanthropists of our time. As the chief development officer of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Rabbi May and his team have raised well over $1 billion in support of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its multi-faceted divisions. Specifically, Rabbi May directs the Center’s capital expansion campaigns and its annual $28 million international fund-raising campaigns. He is currently guiding the $290 million capital campaign and $50 million endowment to build the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem. Rabbi May also supervises the Center’s regional offices an