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In February, two hundred people gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California for the Salute Hollywood Dinner sponsored by the American Society for Yad Vashem. The event, organized together with the Jewish life Foundation, saluted Hollywood and the films that they have produced about the Holocaust. Among the friends of Yad Vashem participating were David and Fela Shapell; Barry and Marilyn Rubenstein; Jan and Susanne Czuker and their son Ed with his wife Elissa; Jack Belz and son Gary with his wife Shelly; Barbara Kort; Jona Goldrich; Maria Herskovic and daughters Patricia and Suzanne; Bernie and Hanna Rubinstein; Marilyn Ziering; Beryl Grace & jonathan Rosenberg; Lou and Trudy Kestenbaum; Geoffrey Rolat; Sam Delug; Moshe and Helen Sassover; Jaro Rogovin, and many others.

Honorees included director Arthur Hiller for his film The Man in the Glass Booth; director Paul Verhoeven for his film The Black Book; violinist Miri Ben Ari for the musin in the film Freedom Writers, and others.

Actors Valerie Harper, Lainie Kazan, Millie Perkins, Mare Winningham and Jon Voight read excerpts from the Diary of Anne Frank and from the last letters of Holocaust victims compiled by Yad Vashem.


(L to R) Mirjana Lustig, Yad Vashem benefactors Fela and David Shapell and Branko Lustig, Academy Award winning producer of Schindler's List


Actress Millie Perkins (left) who portrayed Anne Frank in the film Diary of Anne Frank with Yad Vashem Benefactors Barry and Marilyn Rubenstein


Yad Vashem Benefactors Susanne and Jan Czuker at the event


Standing (L to R) Gary Belz, Jon Voight, Cheryl Simon, Yad Vashem Builder Jona Goldrich, Shelly Belz. Sitting (L to R): Yad Vashem Supporter Barbara Kort, Miri Ben-Ari and Yad Vashem Benefactor Jack Belz

ASYV Luncheon



(L to R) Dr. Rochelle Cherry recipient of the American Society for Yad Vashem Achievement Award, Eli Zborowski, Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem and Jean Gluck recipient of the American Society for Yad Vashem Achievement Award at the 2008 Annual Spring Luncheon held on May 20, 2008 at Cipriani 23 in New York City
 

Annual Tribute Dinner

The American Society for Yad Vashem held its Annual Tribute Dinner dedicated to והגדת לבנך, And you shall tell your children (Exodus 13:8) and gathered together one thousand supporters including members of the diplomatic corps, dignitaries and heads of major Jewish organizations. Held on November 18, 2007 in New York City, the dinner honored survivors Edward and Cecile Mosberg with the Yad Vashem Remembrance Award and Matthew Bronfman with the Yad Vashem Young Leadership Remembrance Award. This year's Dinner Chairpeople were past honorees Dr. Miriam Adelson and Eli Zborowski, Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem, and Ira Mitzner who was the Dinner Co-Chair. H.E. Sallai Meridor Ambassador of Israel delivered a captivating message as this year's guest speaker encouraging those in attendance to redouble their support and commitment to the State of Israel.


(L to R) Edward Mosberg, recipient of the Yad Vashem Remembrance Award, H.E. Ambassador Sallai Meridor, Matthew Bronfman, recipient of the Yad Vashem Young Leadership Remembrance Award, Avner Shalev Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, Dr. Miriam Adelson Dinner Chair and Eli Zborowski Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem and Dinner Chair.


(L to R) Stacey Bronfman, Matthew Bronfman, Avner Shalev, Dr. Miriam Adelson and Eli Zborowski.
 

(L to R) Avner Shalev, Edward & Cecile Mosberg and Eli Zborowski.
 

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