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Hertz Family Foundation Completes $1 Million Grant to Wiesenthal Center’S Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hertz Family Foundation Completes $1 Million Grant to Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem The Center for Human Dignity – Museum of Tolerance complex is currently under construction in Israel’s capital. The site’s plans call for a conference center, a theater, and interactive exhibits for adults and children celebrating Jewish history and reviewing Israel’s relations with the Arab people. Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) November 23, 2009 -- The Hertz Family Foundation of Santa Monica has announced completion of a $1 million grant pledged to the construction of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. The $200-million Center for Human Dignity – Museum of Tolerance complex is currently under construction in Israel’s capital. The site’s plans call for a conference center, a theater, and interactive exhibits for adults and children celebrating Jewish history and reviewing Israel’s relations with the Arab people. This state-of-the-art complex will quickly become a major international forum – a welcoming and global beacon of justice strengthening the efforts of all those working for enduring peace and coexistence between Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Said Judah Hertz, founder and CEO of Hertz Investment Group: “This state-of-the-art complex will quickly become a major international forum – a welcoming and global beacon of justice strengthening the efforts of all those working for enduring peace and coexistence between Islam, Christianity and Judaism. It is a joy for me and for my family to be among the first to provide monetary support in making this dream become real.” The Simon Wiesenthal Center ( www.wiesenthal.com ), which is building the new Jerusalem complex, is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to repairing the world one step at a time. The Museum of Tolerance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Tolerance ) is the Center’s educational arm, founded in 1993, with its dual mission to help visitors to confront bigotry and racism, and to also understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts. The Center’s Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles today hosts 350,000 visitors annually, a number which includes 130,000 students. Added Hertz: “Rabbi Marvin Hier, who founded and heads the Simon Wiesenthal Center, has done wonders in challenging anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism around the world, while energetically promoting the rights and dignity of all humankind. Because of his fine efforts, the Center is now accredited as a world-class, respected NGO at international organizations including the United Nations, UNESCO, and the Council of Europe. Expanding the Center’s presence is Jerusalem is a natural extension of Rabbi Heir’s brave and unflagging support of Israel and the defense of Jews worldwide – ensuring that the harsh and brutal lessons of the Holocaust live on as a irrefutable warning for generations to come.” About the Hertz Family Foundation The Judah Hertz family makes project-specific grants and supports capital campaigns and unrestricted gifts to a select group of grantee organizations. There is a preference for projects promoting medical research, Jewish education and Jewish culture in Los Angeles, New York, and Israel. In 2009, Judah Hertz and his family have met pledges of more than $2 million made to programs in Israel including: • Aleh – Israel’s largest network of residential facilities for children with severe physical and rehabilitative care. • Ohr Somayach – a yeshiva based in Jerusalem, catering mostly to Jewish college-age men, who excel in their secular studies and are interested in returning to and learning more intensively about Judaism. • Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem – a new complex under construction, which is dedicated to promoting coexistence in Jerusalem, to include a conference center, theater, and two museums. Judah Hertz has also led successful efforts to raise more than $2 million for the Ahmanson / UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, the first and one of the largest facilities dedicated to providing care to the growing number of patients with congenital heart disease who reach adulthood. The Hertz family is an enthusiastic supporter of several additional organizations focused on teaching Jewish scripture and the family provided support in 2009 to a group of Jewish institutions of secondary and higher education. Significant educational grants in 2009 were made by the Hertz family toYeshiva Gedolah, the Bais Yaakov School for Girls, Merkaz Hatorah Community Kollel , and Etta Israel Center in Los Angeles; Gerer Yeshiva Mesifta in New York City; Yeshiva Mir Jerusalem; the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore; Ichud Mosdos Gur in Brooklyn; and the Rabbinical Council of California. The family also regularly funds selected medical programs, including significant 2009 grants to UCLA / Ahmanson, Maayanei Hayeshua’ Hospital in Israel, AmfAR Foundation for Aids Research, and the Leukemia & Lymphona Society. For more information, visit us at www.hertzgroup.com on the Web. Press contact: Thomas Goff 310-584-8000 [email protected].
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