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9-15 Tammuz, 5773 June 17-23, 2013 -- THE JEWISH OBSERVER, LOS ANGELES -- 517th Web Ed.
ISRAELI PM NETANYAHU OPENS AUSCHWITZ HOLOCAUST DISPLAY
A new permanent Holocaust exhibition has been established in Block 27 of the former Auschwitz death camp. BBCi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has opened a Holocaust exhibition at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp site in southern Poland. MORE>
UJA-Federation of New York recently released the complete data set collected in connection with the UJA-Federation of New York's "Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011" onto an open access platform at the website of the North American Jewish Data Bank at the University of Connecticut. MORE>
A new permanent Holocaust exhibition has been established in Block 27 of the former Auschwitz death camp. BBCi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has opened a Holocaust exhibition at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp site in southern Poland. MORE>
NY UJA FEDERATION RELEASES JEWISH COMMUNITY STUDY
UJA-Federation of New York recently released the complete data set collected in connection with the UJA-Federation of New York's "Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011" onto an open access platform at the website of the North American Jewish Data Bank at the University of Connecticut. MORE>
LE CHAMBON: VILLAGE SAVED THOUSANDS OF WWII JEWS
A small French village which saved thousands of Jewish people and refugees from the Nazis has opened a museum dedicated to its wartime secret. MORE>CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF FALK AS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Robert G. Sugarman, chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations called on Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Human Rights Council President Remigiusz Henczel to “immediately dismiss Richard Falk as the Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on the Middle East. MORE>
TWITTER TOLD TO REVEAL DETAILS OF RACIST USERS
Twitter will have to reveal the names of France-based users posting anti-Semitic messages, after a Paris court refused to consider the firm's appeal. MORE>
NY UJA FEDERATION RELEASES JEWISH COMMUNITY STUDY
UJA-Federation of New York has released the complete data set collected in connection with the UJA-Federation of New York's "Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011" onto an open access platform at the website of the North American Jewish Data Bank at the University of Connecticut. MORE>
ADL WELCOMES FBI PROPOSAL TO
SEPARATELY REPORT HATE CRIMES
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed an FBI Advisory Policy Board (APB) recommendation today that the FBI separately collect and report hate crimes directed against Sikhs, Arabs, and Hindus as part of its annual national data collection program mandated by the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 (HCSA). The League urged FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III to promptly approve the APB recommendation and begin implementation of the new mandate. MORE>
ADL WELCOMES FBI PROPOSAL TO
SEPARATELY REPORT HATE CRIMES
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed an FBI Advisory Policy Board (APB) recommendation today that the FBI separately collect and report hate crimes directed against Sikhs, Arabs, and Hindus as part of its annual national data collection program mandated by the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 (HCSA). The League urged FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III to promptly approve the APB recommendation and begin implementation of the new mandate. MORE>
NEWSMAKERS
PRESIDENT PERES HOSTS COLUMBIAN PRESIDENT SANTOS
Colombian President Santos sign trade agreement with
Israel.BBCi
Colombian President Santos sign trade agreement with
Israel.BBCi
President Juan Manuel Santos is accompanied by a delegation of senior business leaders and government ministers seeking investment opportunities and increased coopera-
tion with Israel. MORE>
tion with Israel. MORE>
ADL HONORS PAC-12 COMMISSIONER FOR LIFETIME DEVOTION TO PROMOTING FAIR PLAY IN SPORTS
(l-r) Charles Davis, broadcaster, Fox Sports; Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend; Shahar Pe’er, top Israeli tennis player; and Larry Scott, Commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference, photo David Karp, ADL
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has presented Larry Scott, Commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference, with the ADL Americanism Award in honor of his lifetime commitment to promoting fair play in sports. MORE>(l-r) Charles Davis, broadcaster, Fox Sports; Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend; Shahar Pe’er, top Israeli tennis player; and Larry Scott, Commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference, photo David Karp, ADL
HADASSAH FOUNDATION GIVES FIFTH ANNUAL BERNICE S. TANNENBAUM AWARD TO RABBA SARA HURWITZ
The Hadassah Foundation recently honored Rabba Sara Hurwitz, dean of Yeshivat Maharat, the first Orthodox institution to train women for religious leadership, with its Bernice S. Tannenbaum Award, at a ceremony in New York. The prize honored an outstanding young female leader who advances the status of women and girls in Israel or the United States. MORE>
LEGAL/BUSINESS
LASC ELIMINATES JOBS; HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
LOS ANGELES -- On last week Los Angeles Superior Court made drastic reductions in state financial support for the California judicial branch force the Court by eliminating 511 budgeted positions. As a result, 539 Los Angeles Superior Court employees were be affected, including 177 employees who will be laid off. MORE>
OC BUSINESS OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL TAX AND STRUCTURING VIOLATIONS
LOS ANGELES - The owner and president of a general contracting business in Orange County pleaded guilty this afternoon to cashing customer checks totaling approximately $2 million and failing to report the receipt of these payments on his income tax returns.MORE>
NY ACCOUNTANT CHARGED WITH STEALING MORE THAN $1.2M FROM 95-YEAR-OLD HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
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COMMUNITY NEWS
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER TO HOST CARL HIAASEN
Experience what sponsors call a hilarious social satire of Carl Hiaasen, who will discuss his book and spins a wickedly funny tale in which the greedy and corrupt get their comeuppance in an ingenious fashion. MORE>
6 LA INNOVATORS TO PARTICIPATE
IN GLOBAL SUMMIT
(l-r) Evan Bregman, Sarah Passe, Heather
Wolfson, Michelle Collins, Judith Prays &
Josh Burstein
IN GLOBAL SUMMIT
(l-r) Evan Bregman, Sarah Passe, Heather
Wolfson, Michelle Collins, Judith Prays &
Josh Burstein
Six young innovators from the Los Angeles Jewish community are currently participating in the 2013 ROI Summit, taking place this week in Jerusalem. MORE>
CHAIR & CEO OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM HONORED WITH SWC HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Rabbi Meyer H. May, SWC executive director; Rabbi Marvin Hier; Jim Gianopulos; Jeffrey Katzenberg & Larry A. Mizel, SWC Board of Trustees Chairman, photo: Ruth Andal
Rabbi Meyer H. May, SWC executive director; Rabbi Marvin Hier; Jim Gianopulos; Jeffrey Katzenberg & Larry A. Mizel, SWC Board of Trustees Chairman, photo: Ruth Andal
The Simon Wiesenthal Center recently bestowed its highest honor, the Humanitarian Award, upon Jim Gianopulos, chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox Film, for his support of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance. MORE>
SKIRBALL'S GARY BASEMAN: THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN ON VIEW THRU 8/18
LOS ANGELES—With Gary Baseman: The Door Is Always Open, the Skirball Cultural Center invites visitors into the fantastic world of artist, illustrator, animator, and toy designer Gary Baseman (b. 1960, Los Angeles). On view until Aug. 18, this first major museum survey of the artist’s life and work features paintings, photographs, toys, sketchbooks, and videos. These are presented in a novel gallery setting that evokes Baseman’s childhood home, replete with family snapshots and furnishings. MORE>
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LOCAL NEWS
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS PRESENTS
CONCERTS ON THE CANON
BEVERLY HILLS -- Live music under the stars in the heart of Beverly Hills… The free Cañon Summer Concert Series will feature all kinds of upbeat music from Jazz and classic Standards to Big Band and popular local bands. MORE>
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTS
SUNSET CONCERTS
LOS ANGELES -- On Thursdays, July 25–Aug.29 the Skirball Cultural Center will host Summer Concerts each Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. (doors at 7:00 p.m.), with free admission; no reservations. MORE>