Please join us as we celebrate three decades of pursuing justice and equality worldwide.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
6:00 p.m. COCKTAIL RECEPTION & HORS D’OEUVRES
7:30 p.m. THEATER-STYLE PROGRAM
8:30 p.m. DESSERT RECEPTION & ENTERTAINMENT
Montage Beverly Hills
225 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA
Honoring
EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL, M.D., PH.D.
Global Citizen Award
UNITED STATES SENATOR BARBARA BOXER
Humanitarian Award
ALEJANDRA ANCHEITA
Founder, Proyecto de Derechos Economicos, Sociales y Culturales—Mexico
Global Leader Award
Celebrating the remarkable 18-year leadership of
RUTH W. MESSINGER
AJWS President and First Global Ambassador
Hosted by
NICK KROLL
Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer
Cocktails | Heavy Hors d’oeuvres | Dessert
Cocktail Attire | Kosher-style Pescatarian Cuisine
Gala Co-Chairs
Bill Resnick and Michael J. Stubbs
Honorary Gala Chairs
Ariel Emanuel and Norman Lear
BENEFIT COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Beth and Robert Kraft
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Neal Baer
Danielle Berrin
Frieda Rapoport Caplan
Bert Deixler
Joanne and Jeffrey Grant
Lisa and Joshua Greer
Lois and Richard Gunther
Deborah Irmas
Deborah Kanter and David Bartis
Zuzana Riemer Landres and Shawn Landres
Peachy Levy
Rebecca Metter
Patsy and Joe Ostroy
Abby Pucker
Shari and Shep Rosenman
Amy and Eric Sahn
Robyn Samuels and Bruce Shragg
Annette and Leonard Shapiro
Anita B. Siegman and Marvin E. Krakow
Hannah Taylor Skvarla
Joan and Sheldon Steier
Abigail Yasgur and Joseph Lipner
HONORARY GALA COMMITTEE
Congresswoman Karen Bass
Rabbi Sarah Bassin
Rabbi Mark Borovitz and Harriet Rossetto
Rabbi Sharon Brous and David Light
Rabbi Kenneth M. Chasen and Allison Lee
Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, Ph.D., and Andrea Hodos
Rabbi Lisa Edwards and Tracy Moore
Rob Eshman and Rabbi Naomi Levy
Rabbi Noah Zvi Farkas and Sarah Farkas
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
Rabbis Nina and Ed Feinstein
Rabbi Dara Frimmer
Controller Ron Galperin and Rabbi Zach Shapiro
Mayor Eric Garcetti and First Lady Amy Elaine Wakeland
Rabbi Laura Geller and Richard A. Siegel
Rabbi Susan Goldberg
Rabbi Adam Greenwald
Laurie Gross-Schaefer and Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer
Rabbi Yechiel Hoffman, EdD
Rabbi Rick Jacobs
Rabbi Zoë Klein
The Honorable Sheila Kuehl
Rabbi Steven Z. Leder
Rabbi Aaron Lerner and Dr. Rachel Lerner
Congressman Ted W. Lieu
Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh and Dr. Bruce Ellman
Jay Sanderson
Rabbi Laurence Scheindlin and Alison Mayersohn
Congressman Adam Schiff
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller
Rav Ahud and Alisha Sela
Naomi Sobel and Rabbi Becky Silverstein
Rabbi Ruth H. Sohn and Rabbi Reuven Firestone
Dr. Robert Wexler
Rabbi David Wolpe
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Jacqueline Hantgan
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Kathleen Levin, Chair
Jim Koshland, Treasurer
Monte Dube, Vice Chair
Bill Resnick, Secretary
Judy Stern, Vice Chair
Ruth W. Messinger, President
Marion Bergman
Jay Cohan
Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Barbara Dobkin
James Dubey
Tom Dubin
Eileen Epstein
Marty Friedman
Rabbi Elyse Frishman
Marc Greenwald
Michael Hirschhorn
Carol Joseph
Howard Kleckner
Beth Kraft
Susan Lowenberg
Joanne Moore
Russ Pratt
Marcella Kanfer Rolnick
Eric Sahn
Jolie Schwab
Bea Wilderman
DONORS
GLOBAL DEFENDERS
Marion and Stanley Bergman
Barbara and Eric Dobkin
GLOBAL VISIONARIES
Amy and Eric Sahn
GLOBAL CHAMPIONS
Cynthia and Jay Cohan
Eileen and Richard Epstein
Diane and Marc Greenwald
Pam Klem and Tom Dubin
Kathleen and Richard Levin
The Resnick Family Foundation
Bill Resnick and Michael J. Stubbs
The Taylor Family
GLOBAL INNOVATORS
Neal Baer
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Health
Bert Deixler
Lori Oleinick Dube and Monte Dube
Marty Friedman
Rabbis Elyse Frishman and Daniel Freelander
Michael Hirschhorn and Jimena Martinez
Carol M. Joseph
Wendy and Howard Kleckner
Cathy and Jim Koshland
Beth and Robert Kraft
The Lear Family Foundation
Ruth W. Messinger and Andrew Lachman
Joanne Moore
Joni and Russ Pratt
Marcella Kanfer Rolnick and Josh Rolnick
Jolie Schwab and David Hodes
Judy and Jack Stern
Bea and Sam Wilderman
GLOBAL LEADERS
Robert Bank and Alan Cohen
Nancy Berman and Alan Bloch, The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation
Steve and Julie Bram; George Smith Partners
Andrew and Ellen Hauptman
Deborah Irmas
Susan E. Lowenberg and Joyce Newstat
Annette and Leonard Shapiro
Kristine A. Stallone and Patti Preiss
GLOBAL CHANGEMAKERS
Gail Buchalter and Warren Breslow
Frieda Rapoport Caplan
John Fishel
Sanford Gage
Joanne and Jeffrey Grant
Lisa and Joshua Greer
Deborah Kanter and David Bartis
Allison M. Lee and Rabbi Kenneth M. Chasen
The Lee and Paros Families
Peachy Levy
Eileen J. Lewis
Patsy and Joe Ostroy
Shana and Donald Passman
The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Shari and Shep Rosenman
Robyn Samuels and Bruce Shragg
Anita B. Siegman and Marvin E. Krakow
Naomi Sobel and Rabbi Becky Silverstein
Joan and Sheldon Steier
Abigail Yasgur and Joseph Lipner
Ruth Ziegler
GLOBAL ADVOCATES
Diane and Jim Berliner
Danielle Berrin
Saul Brandman Foundation / Joyce Brandman
Rabbi Sharon Brous and David Light
Michael Gitlin
Vicky Goodman
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Suzy Marks
Emma Nesper Holm and Anders Holm
Zuzana Riemer Landres and Shawn Landres
Linda and James Ries
Suzanne and David Robinson
Can’t join us? Consider making a special donation to the gala.
SPONSORS
GLOBAL CHAMPIONS
GLOBAL INNOVATOR
GLOBAL LEADERS