2025-08-21 8:31 PM <br/> Tags: #people #AmericanJewry #RedPill ![[image-95.png|868x583]] *Fisher and Bush 1990* # Max Fisher (1908-2005) #### Early Life and Oil - Max M. Fisher was born in Pennsylvania, grew up in Ohio, and spent his career in Detroit. - Fisher was born to Jewish immigrants. - Fisher joined his father's Detroit oil reclamation business in 1933. - In 1933 Fisher co-founded Aurora Gasoline. - Aurora Gasoline became a large Midwest oil company operating ~700 "Speedway 79" gas stations. - Fisher sold Aurora Gasoline to Marathon Oil in 1959 and retired shortly after from business activities. - Fisher made a large fortune ($700+ million), and spent the next 45 years using it to influence people and government. #### Activity in Organized Jewry - Immediately after selling Aurora Gasoline Fisher became involved in the Jewish political world. - From 1959-64 he was president of the Detroit Jewish Welfare Foundation. - From 1965-67 he was chairman of [[United Jewish Appeal (UJA)]]. - Fisher was UJA president during the [[1967 Six Day War]], making him a crucial figure in American funding for Israel. - In 1969 Fisher became president of the Council of Jewish Federations. - The CJF later merged with UJA to form [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)]]. - Around this time Fisher was also president of [[United Israel Appeal]]. - Fisher was also involved in leadership positions at: - [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]] - [[B'nai B'rith]] - Fisher introduced Nixon and Reagan to organized Jewry first via B'nai B'rith. - [[Jewish Agency]] - Fisher was chairman of the Jewish Agency's board from 1971-1983. - [[Conference of Presidents]] #### Political Activity - Fisher became an effective advisor on behalf of Jewry in every Republican admin from Eisenhower to [[George H.W Bush]] - Fisher managed the fundraising for [[George Romney]]'s successful 1962 Michigan Gubernatorial campaign. - Fisher also supported Romney's 1968 unsuccessful presidential bid. - George Romney is the father of [[Mitt Romney]]. ![[image-94.png|313x412]] *Fisher and Nixon 1968* >[!info] Fisher and Nixon - Fisher ended up backing Nixon in the 1968 election becoming very influential within Nixon's admin. - In 1969 Nixon informally appointed Fisher to liaison to American Jewry. - Fisher helped to arrange the first meeting between Nixon and Israeli PM [[Golda Meir]] in 1969. - Fisher was included in Nixon's delegation to Israeli PM [[Levi Eshkol]]'s funeral in 1969. - Fisher worked with [[George Romney]] at the Dept of Housing and Urban Development early in the Nixon admin. - After an April 1969 incident where Detroit blacks shot at the police and killed one, Fisher took the initiative in calming tensions. - Fisher, a Jew, was the chairman of a Detroit urban coalition called "New Detroit." - New Detroit was an organization oriented towards 'racial equity,' and the prosperity of black Detroiters. - During the [[1973 Yom Kippur War]] the Israelis were losing to Egypt and Syria. - When Israel was up against the wall, Nixon bailed them out with the largest airlift of weapons in human history. - Fisher was the lynchpin liaising with the [[Conference of Presidents]], demanding Nixon save Israel. - "I've worked hard for you... Please send the Israelis what they need. You can't let them be destroyed." - Fisher to Nixon 1973. *(Stein 2005)* - Fisher was very close with Jewish-American diplomat, NSA, and Secretary of State, [[Henry Kissinger]]. - Kissinger used Fisher to mend relations with Israel in 1975 during a diplomatic strain. - Fisher at times acted as an unofficial Israeli Ambassador. <br/> - In 1985 Fisher founded the National Jewish Coalition, which was later transformed into the [[Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC)]]. - Fisher ran in the same circles as the nascent [[Neoconservatism|neoconservative]] intellectuals from the 70s onward. - Fisher was an early 'institutional anchor' for the Jewish phenomenon of neo-conservativism. #### Mega Group - Fisher was a founding member of the [[Mega Group]] with [[Les Wexner]] and [[Charles Bronfman]] in 1991. - Fisher was particularly close with Wexner, the former serving as a mentor to the latter. - Both Fisher and Wexner were from Ohio; both were very influential within the state. - The Mega Group was an elite quasi secret organized group of influential Jewish businessmen/philanthropists. - The group numbered 20-50 people whom met a few times a year to coordinate their objectives on behalf of Israel and world Jewry. - The Mega Group was the source of many high level connections for [[Jeffrey Epstein]]. >[!Info] Codename Mega - Speculative connections - In the 90s US intel discovered the existence of a Israeli spy under the codename MEGA. - This spy or group of spies had access to the top levels of the National Security Council (NSC). - The identity of 'MEGA' has never been discovered (at least publicly), however the Mega Group is among the small list of possible culprits. They had the access, the connections to Israel and Israeli intel, and the shared moniker "Mega." (Thomas 2015, [100-104]) #### Israeli Activity - Fisher first visited Israel in 1954. The trip strengthened Fisher's loyalty to Israel. - Fisher met an elderly [[David Ben-Gurion]] on a 1972 trip to Israel. ![[image-98.png|497x363]] *Fisher and David Ben-Gurion 1972* - Fisher was an informal 'ambassador to Israel' from the 70s-90s. - Fisher was on a first name basis with every Israeli Prime Minister from Meir to Netanyahu which were: - [[Golda Meir]] - [[Yitzhak Rabin]] - [[Menachem Begin]] - [[Yitzhak Shamir]] - [[Shimon Peres]] - [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] - After Fisher's death in 2005, he was eulogized by Israeli PM [[Ariel Sharon]]. - Fisher was close with American Jewish businessman [[A. Alfred Taubman]]. - The two worked to promote US-Israel trade in the 70s and 80s. - When Fisher would arrive in Israel beginning in the 70s, he would receive an intel-like debriefing on Israel's military needs. - Fisher was expected to be able to use this information to lobby the US president on Israel's behalf. - Fisher chaired the [[Jewish Agency]]'s finance committee, a position at which he coordinated funding for Israeli infrastructure and social projects. - Fisher spent much of his time in Israel with his close associate [[Teddy Kollek]]. - Kollek was Jerusalem's long time mayor. - Kollek was the operator of arms smuggling networks in the US on behalf of Israel in the 40s. - Kollek was among the founders of [[Mossad]]. - Fisher and Jacob Stein (Conference of Presidents chairman and well connected Jew) flew to Israel in 1988 to oppose PM [[Yitzhak Shamir]]'s legislation defining "who is a Jew" in regards to Israel's law of return. - The legislation, which restricted who counts as a Jew, was a handout to Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel. - American Jews mostly opposed the legislation, not wishing to be excluded from a new stringent definition of "who is a Jew." #RedPill *Why would an American ethnic group be so concerned about their ability to become citizens of a foreign country? The Jewish diaspora is inclined to strong group loyalty. Of course this means loyalty to Israel is inherent in much of the Jewish diaspora.* #### Ties to Israeli Intel - Fisher successfully lobbied for covert [[Mossad]] operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). - These operations evacuated Ethiopian Jews out of Sudan and Ethiopia. - The operations were bankrolled by American Jewry ([[Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)]], [[United Jewish Appeal (UJA)]]). - Fisher convinced [[George H.W Bush]] to support the evacuation of Ethiopian Jews in 1991. - In 1991 the regime in Ethiopia demanded $35 million in ransom for the ~20,000 remaining Jews. - Fisher secured the money within days. *Fisher's activity lobbying presidents and liaising with Israel points to him being a high level [[Sayanim|Sayan]].* #### Refences - Stein, Jacob. 2005. “GOP’s Max Fisher, Tireless Advocate For World Jewry.” _The Forward_, March 11, 2005. Accessed August 23, 2025. [https://forward.com/news/3062/gop-e2-80-99s-max-fisher-tireless-advocate-for-world-je/](https://forward.com/news/3062/gop-e2-80-99s-max-fisher-tireless-advocate-for-world-je/) - Max & Marjorie Fisher Foundation, _Grant Partners,_ accessed August 21, 2025, [https://mmfisher.org/grant-partners/](https://mmfisher.org/grant-partners/). - Thomas, Gordon. _Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad._ Revised and updated edition. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015, [100-104]. - Cummings, D. Peter. _Detroit News,_ “Remembering Max & Al,” _Detroit News,_ April 30, 2015, accessed August 23, 2025, [https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2015/04/30/remembering-max-al/26595489/](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2015/04/30/remembering-max-al/26595489/) - United States Department of State, Office of the Historian. “Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, November 8, 1973,” in _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXVI, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1974–1976_, Doc. 138. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v26/d138 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “Max M. Fisher Asked by President Nixon to Serve as Adviser, Liaison with U.S. Jewry,” _Daily Bulletin_, March 12, 1969. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://www.jta.org/archive/max-m-fisher-asked-by-president-nixon-to-serve-as-adviser-liaison-with-u-s-jewry - Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “Max Fisher Tells Jews to Join Republican Party,” August 16, 1988. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://www.jta.org/archive/max-fisher-tells-jews-to-join-republican-party - Golden, Peter. _Quiet Diplomat: A Biography of Max M. Fisher_. Cornwall, NY: Cornwall Books/Associated University Presses, 1992. Accessed (publisher’s PDF) August 23, 2025[260, 483] https://mmfisher.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/QuietDiplomat_FixedLayout-compressed.pdf - Max M. Fisher Online Archives. “A Letter Welcoming Max Fisher to the President’s Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives,” November 24, 1981. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://maxmfisher.org/resource-center/letter/letter-welcoming-max-fisher-presidents-task-force-private-sector-initiatives - Associated Press. “Philanthropist, GOP Adviser Max Fisher.” _The Washington Post_, March 5, 2005. Accessed August 23, 2025. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/03/05/philanthropist-gop-adviser-max-fisher/6c146cbb-f453-4af4-8364-8eb9b0624a11/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/03/05/philanthropist-gop-adviser-max-fisher/6c146cbb-f453-4af4-8364-8eb9b0624a11/) - _J. The Jewish News of Northern California_. “Max Fisher, Adviser to Presidents and Dean of Jewish Life, Dies at 96,” March 11, 2005. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://jweekly.com/2005/03/11/max-fisher-adviser-to-presidents-and-dean-of-jewish-life-dies-at-96/ - Stein, Jacob. _Forward_. “GOP’s Max Fisher, Tireless Advocate for World Jewry,” March 11, 2005. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://forward.com/news/3062/gop-e2-80-99s-max-fisher-tireless-advocate-for-world-je/ - Zirulnick, Ariel. _Jerusalem Post_. “Former Jewish Agency Leader Max Fisher Honored in Jerusalem,” June 23, 2009. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://www.jpost.com/israel/former-jewish-agency-leader-max-fisher-honored-in-jlem - Miller, Lisa. “Titans of Industry Join Forces to Work for Jewish Philanthropy.” _The Wall Street Journal_, May 4, 1998. Accessed August 23, 2025 (paywalled). https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB894240270899870000 - Sherman, Gabriel. _Vanity Fair_. “The Mogul and the Monster: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Decades-Long Relationship With His Biggest Client,” July/August 2021. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2021/7/the-mogul-and-the-monster - Wikipedia. “Study Group” [a.k.a. “Mega Group”]. Last updated August 2025. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_Group_%28Jewish_group%29 - MintPress News. Whitney Webb, “Mega Group, Maxwells and Mossad: The Spy Story at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal,” August 7, 2019. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://mintpressnews.cn/mega-group-maxwells-mossad-spy-story-jeffrey-epstein-scandal/261172/ - LittleSis. “The Mega Group” (Oligrapher map). Accessed August 23, 2025. https://littlesis.org/oligrapher/7921-the-mega-group - Drucker, David. *Republican Jewish Coalition.* “The Dispatch: The Republican Jewish Coalition: David Becomes Goliath”. July 23, 2025. Accessed August 23, 2025. https://www.rjchq.org/the_dispatch_the_republican_jewish_coalition_david_becomes_goliath