Adam Bronfman

Adam Rodgers Bronfman (born 1963) is an American philanthropist and scion of the Bronfman family. He currently serves as president of the Samuel Bronfman Foundation, named in honor of his grandfather, Samuel Bronfman. He is involved in Jewish outreach and advocates "a pluralistic and open Judaism."

Early life Born in 1963, Adam is the son of Edgar Miles Bronfman and the grandson of Samuel Bronfman, patriarch of the Bronfman family, a Jewish family that gained its fortunes through the Seagram Company, an alcohol distilling company. Adam is the youngest of five children of Ann (Loeb) and Edgar Miles Bronfman. His mother was also from a Jewish family, the daughter of John Langeloth Loeb Sr. (a Wall Street investment banker whose company was a predecessor of Shearson Lehman/American Express) and Frances Lehman (a scion of the Lehman Brothers banking firm). She was also the great-granddaughter of Adolph Lewisohn. His parents divorced in 1973. His brother, Samuel Bronfman II was abducted for ransom in 1975. He also has two half-sisters, Sara and Clare Bronfman from his father's second marriage. He was more committed to Jewish traditions than his siblings and was the only one of his mother's five children to have a bar mitzvah. He also criticized a proposed Jewish conversion bill in Israel that would favour Orthodox Judaism over the Reform and Conservative branches.

In 2004, he joined the board of Hillel International Through the Samuel Bronfman Foundation he has also worked to make the synagogue a destination for Jewish groups.

In 2023, he was among 15 major donors and foundations, including his uncle Charles Bronfman and the Samuel Bronfman Foundation, to publish an open letter urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reconsider the 2023 Israeli judicial reform

Personal life Bronfman is married to Cindy, with whom he has four children. They raised their children in Adam's Jewish faith and Cindy has since converted to Judaism. They have homes in Phoenix, Arizona, Park City, Utah and Manhattan. They are members of Temple Har Shalom, a Reform synagogue in Park City. He previously taught at the synagogue's Hebrew school when his children were younger and he continues to study Jewish texts regularly.