AJWS At 30: Celebrating our Global Leaders

Please join us on Sunday, March 13, 2016 in Beverly Hills for a very special evening celebrating 30 years of fighting for a better world!

Attend our gala

 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

 

Attend our Gala

Can’t join us? Consider making a special donation to the gala.


SPONSORS

GLOBAL CHAMPIONS
Amalgamated BankBloomberg Philanthropies

GLOBAL INNOVATOR
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

GLOBAL LEADERS
Comedy CentralGeorge Smith PartnersJewish JournalLexisNexisWME