Adam Horowitz writes:
Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas is on the list of names linked to the Central Fund of Israel, the nonprofit charity operating out of a fabric store in New York that is opposed to a two-state solution and sends money to settler militias in the West Bank. The Central Fund's federal filing for 2004 lists the Douglas Foundation, c/o The Bryna Company in Beverly Hills.
Here is a little profile:
In 1955, Mr. Douglas formed one of Hollywood's first independent film
companies, Bryna, named for his mother, and managed by his wife, Anne.
The Bryna Company produced many memorable films, including Paths of Glory, The Vikings, Spartacus, Lonely Are the Brave, and Seven Days in May.
Shortly after forming Bryna, Mr. Douglas also established the
Douglas Foundation in order to make more significant and meaningful
contributions to civic and charitable causes. The Douglas Foundation
has supported both large organizations (such as Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center) and small ones (such as the Access Theater for the
Handicapped). In recent years, the Douglas Foundation has targeted the
Los Angeles Mission for the Homeless, which has opened the Anne Douglas
Center for Women, and the Motion Picture Relief Home's Alzheimer's
Unit, which has been named "Harry's Haven" after Mr. Douglas's father.
The Douglas Foundation is currently restoring the playgrounds of
schools in poor neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and also building a
series of playgrounds in Israel. The Foundation has also committed $2
million to building a theater directly opposite the Wailing Wall in
Jerusalem with the goal of helping tourists of all faiths better
understand the meaning of Judaism.
The plot thickens.
