Download or read book Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Dinner for Jewish National Fund, West Orange, New Jersey, January 9, 1983 written by Thomas H. Kean and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish National Fund is a non-profit organization founded in 1901 by Theodor Herzl, a Viennese journalist, witnessed virulent anti-Semitism at the Dreyfus trial. The dream of a national fund to purchase land for a Jewish State in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, to be used to build the foundations of a Jewish state--became a reality with this organization. The honoree, Joel L. Shain, specializes in governmental, administrative, appellate and banking law is President of Shain, Schaffer & Rafanello, P.C. He took his first legal position with the New Jersey State Attorney General's Office and served as Chief Counsel to the Department of Banking. While Chief Counsel, Mr. Shain assisted in the development of legislation that permitted banks to form holding companies and to establish branches state-wide. Upon entering private law practice, in which he has been engaged for over forty years. He also served as a New Jersey (1967) and U.S. District Court (1969) judge. instrumental in developing and promulgating plain language consumer legislation in New Jersey. Mr. Shain is a former two term Mayor of the City of Orange and is a founder of Suburban Cablevision, now a part of Comcast.