StandWithUs 2023-2024 campus and high school programs interns. Courtesy of StandWithUs Pro-Israel education group StandWithUs (SWU) has announced the students participating in the 2023-24 Kenneth Leventhal High School Internship and the Emerson Fellowship.
The Kenneth Leventhal High School Interns include Shira Elyaszadeh of Shalhevet High School; Eli Pournazarian of Milken Community School; Abigail Wissot of de Toledo High School and Jacob Shayefar of Beverly Hills High School. Additional interns are enrolled at schools including Granada Hills Charter School, Taft Charter High School and Brentwood School.
The StandWithUs Emerson Fellows are Ariela Moel of University of Southern California; Eliana Eisen of Cal State University, Long Beach; Eyal Wrobel of UC Santa Barbara; Jaden Penhaskashi of UCLA; Lexi Yaghoubi of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Nova Sari of UC Irvine; and Sharon Shashoua of CSUN.
Like previous years, the student leaders join hundreds of others chosen for each program from hundreds of high schools and universities throughout North America and SWU chapters worldwide.
“More students are reporting that they are made to feel isolated because of their religious or national identity,” SWU CEO Roz Rothstein said. “Our programs aim to give students the tools, education and support they need to confidently and fully participate in their schools and communities while proudly expressing core parts of their identity, including their Zionism.”
Holocaust Museum LA Vice President of Education and Exhibits Jordanna Gessler is among the Jewish leaders selected for the second cohort of the Chicago-based Spertus Institute’s Leadership Certificate in Combating Antisemitism.
Launching this month, the important program equips Jewish leaders with tools to respond to rising antisemitism. The second cohort is comprised of 18 leaders across North America.
Holocaust Museum LA Vice President of Education and Exhibits Jordanna Gessler is among the Jewish leaders selected for the second cohort of the Chicago-based Spertus Institute’s Leadership Certificate in Combating Antisemitism.
Launching this month, the important program equips Jewish leaders with tools to respond to rising antisemitism. The second cohort is comprised of 18 leaders across North America.
A mezuzah installation ceremony was held at the Friese Family Tower, a new patient building at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, ahead of the state-of-the-art facility welcoming its first patients on Oct. 1.
On Sept. 28, rabbis from around the local community gathered for the installation of the building’s first mezuzah.
Named for the Donald Friese family in recognition of their $50 million donation to the building’s construction, Friese Family Tower is the centerpiece of an extensive and ongoing hospital expansion and modernization plan at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center.
Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz has joined the advisory board of Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), a group of entertainment industry executives committed to combating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, promoting the arts as a means of peace and countering antisemitism in showbusiness.
Kreiz, an Israeli-American businessman, is currently reeling from the astronomical success from the summer blockbuster movie, “Barbie,” based on Mattel IP.
“I strongly believe in the power of storytelling, imagination and creativity to foster peace and create a better future for the next generation. CCFP understands the vital role arts play in society to bring people together and build inclusion, acceptance, and tolerance,” Kreiz said. “I look forward to supporting CCFP’s work in its important endeavors.”
CCFP also announced the appointment of Modi Wiczyk, co-founder and co-chairman of film and television studio MRC, to its advisory board.
“CCFP’s work brings that unity and peace to places that need it the most,” Wiczyk said. “It’s an honor to help in any capacity I can.”
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