The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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A 1966 Detroit Jewish News article titled "Israel is Facing Massive Absorption Job" quotes Max Fisher heavily.
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Anti-Defamation League Honors
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Bar-Ilan Degree
Max Fisher agreed to serve as Chairman of Detroit Renaissance, a civic organization with the goal of economic growth for Detroit. The directors included dozens of the most recognizable leaders in Detroit's business community including James M. Roche, Chairman of General Motors and Joseph Hudson, Jr., President of Hudson's Department Stores.
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Max Fisher and George Shultz with Jane Sherman at the Council of Jewish Federations General Assembly in San Francisco in 1990, during which Shultz was presented the Human Rights Award by his longtime friend Fisher.
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max M. Fisher, George Klein, and Richard Fox – the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.