Our Annual (well, from now on) Top Jew of the Year list features Jews who embody the best in Jewish values. And you don\’t have to be Jewish to win: see our \”Honorary Jew of the Year.\”
This fall, we again put out our call for nominations for our annual list of mensches, and you responded with your usual outpouring of suggestions of amazing people. We face this enormous response only to wonder, once more, how do you choose between a 13-year-old who rallied his entire school to help victims in the Congo and a Holocaust survivor who spends 800 hours a year volunteering at the Simon Wiesenthal Center? (And those are just two who made the cut.)
Actress Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, former NFL star Rodney Peete, were honored during the American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro West Coast gala at Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel on Nov. 3. Through their HollyRod Foundation, and as a result of their family’s personal experience, the Peetes have become leaders in the ongoing effort to better understand and find a solution for autism.
These organizations are working to help fight the Carmel fires in Israel:
There’s so many Christmas songs out there, I wanted to give the Jewish kids something to be proud of.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored NBC Universal Chair Jeff Gaspin with its Humanitarian Award during the Entertainment Industry Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Oct. 7.
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