Anti-genocide organization Jewish World Watch (JWW) has named Diana Buckhantz as its new board chair, according to a Jan. 3 announcement by the organization.
The Los Angeles Clippers’ Jewish Heritage Night on Dec. 26 at Staples Center drew local Jewish leaders, students from the Marlton School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and others.
The pro-Israel organization StandWithUs (SWU) celebrated its 15th anniversary at its annual “Festival of Lights” gala on Dec. 11 at The Beverly Hilton.
Legendary actor Kirk Douglas celebrated his 100th birthday with family, friends and a shot of vodka during a party in the Sunset Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Dec. 9.
For those eager to rub shoulders with Hollywood royalty, a great place to be was the annual Ambassadors for Humanity gala, benefiting the USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education.
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles’ fifth annual “Laughing Matters” event on Nov. 1 at the Laugh Factory on the Sunset Strip raised nearly $70,000 for the agency’s efforts to assist homeless families as well as battered women and their children.
The Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles is famously well connected in the political circles of Southern California, but even by its standards, the Nov. 20 annual Fiesta Shalom event in East L.A. featured a notable cast of congressmen, state legislators and other officials.
Choking back tears, Israel Film Festival (IFF) founder and director Meir Fenigstein thanked the 500 guests who attended a gala event Nov. 9 at the Beverly Wilshire hotel marking the 30th anniversary of the annual festival in the Los Angeles area.
About 600 supporters of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH) attended its annual fundraiser Nov. 6 at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, which honored deceased Holocaust survivor Jona Goldrich and film producer Gary Foster for his film “Denial.”
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Western Region Gala on Nov. 4 raised a record $38 million from supporters such as GUESS founders Maurice and Paul Marciano, who donated $5 million, and Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, who donated $6 million.
