Taking your business further...

UJIA hosted 30 key business people at BDO Stoy Hayward, in conjunction with Israel Discount Bank, for the Taking your business further, Business Lunch with Guest Speaker, Matthew Bronfman.

Mathew Bronfman is Chairman of BHB Holdings, a New York based investment company. He is also a controlling shareholder of Israel Discount Bank (IDB) one of Israel's largest banks and of Supersal, Israel's largest supermarket chain. Mr. Bronfman also serves as a mangaging director at ACI Capital, a New York based private investment bank.

Mr. Bronfman is a strong advocate, and friend of Jewish causes, in both America and Israel, and noted that the work of UJIA fits in perfectly with the work of his charitable foundations.

He spoke passionatly about investing in Israel and how 'special' it is doing business in Israel as it is where he 'feels at home'.

Next he spoke about the current economic climate and how it is affecting the financial world as a whole, but he made sure there was time to talk about the his own philanthropic background and the importance of investing in the Jewish Youth, urging, "We need to focus on the future or there won't be a future." He continued by saying, "We need now to opt back into being Jewish. We need to give our youth Jewish values."

He finished with the simple point, "It's all of our challenge to make sure our grandchildren are Jewish."

You can see photos from the Taking your business further event in our photo gallery. Please click here.

To find out more about UJIA's Business Division please contact Zac Gazit on 020 8369 5054 or email zac.gazit@ujia.org