Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive

the steven spielberg jewish film archive was founded in the late 1960s by professor moshe davis and other historians of the hebrew university of jerusalem. the first director was the late dr. geoffrey wigoder and the archive originally bore the name of its first donor, iranian businessman abraham f. rad, who gave his support for a number of years. in 1987 a generous donation was received from steven spielberg and the archive was named after the american filmmaker, whose continuing interest in our activities is a source of pride. at the scopus dinner held in los angeles in december 2000, the american friends of the hebrew university honored the late jack valenti, former chairman of the motion picture association of america. at the dinner it was announced that the premises housing the steven spielberg jewish film archive would be named the jack valenti pavilion