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Arizona Jewish Historical Society Announces Capital Campaign to Create Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

PHOENIX, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Arizona Jewish Historical Society (AZJHS) is pleased to announce the launch of a $30 million dollar Capital Campaign to create the Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center in the heart of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. This new project is spearheaded by major gift from the Steven J. Hilton Foundation. Additional funds have been received from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, the City of Phoenix, the Conference on Material Claims Against Germany, and other private donors.

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  • PHOENIX, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Arizona Jewish Historical Society (AZJHS) is pleased to announce the launch of a $30 million dollar Capital Campaign to create the Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center in the heart of downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
  • "Our goal is to bring in as many Arizona students through The Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center as possible to educate them about the Horrors of the Holocaust and the impact of Hate in our society" said Steve Hilton.
  • Phoenix is currently the largest U.S. metropolitan area without a permanent Holocaust Education center or museum.
  • The Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center will consist of a 27,000 square foot new building on the current campus of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society.

New Book 'My Name is B-1259 - I Survived 9 Nazi Concentration Camps' by Michael Brown Now Available

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amidst current events, a just-published book about a young man that survived 9 Nazi concentration camps reminds readers of the hardships Jewish people had to overcome throughout history. "My Name is B-1259 – I Survived 9 Nazi Concentration Camps" by Michael Brown is the story of Elias Feinzilberg, whose goal in the later years of his life was the same as this book: to remind the living of the tragedies of the Holocaust and the dangers of hatred and antisemitism so history will never be repeated. 

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  • As I delved into the story what I learned was truly amazing and compelled me to pursue and tell the story in this book," said writer Michael Brown.
  • Rounded up and shipped to a concentration camp, his life expectancy was at best a few months.
  • In the final analysis, this book is a story that had to be told about the human spirit, love, and triumph.
  • Michael Brown is a retired Hollywood film editor and the winner of three Emmy Awards.

Statement - Federal Ministers of Justice and Public Safety meet with Provincial and Territorial counterparts to address rising tensions from recent world events

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Friday, November 17, 2023

During our call today with our provincial and territorial counterparts, we discussed what is being done across different jurisdictions to address this issue.

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  • During our call today with our provincial and territorial counterparts, we discussed what is being done across different jurisdictions to address this issue.
  • We shared best practices to ensure the safety of legal protests, as well as potential additional measures to address hate crimes.
  • As we move forward, our government will continue to work collaboratively with our provincial and territorial partners to combat hate crime and keep Canadians safe.
  • Federal, provincial and territorial Ministers of Justice and Public Safety met in Bromont, Quebec, last month and spoke out unanimously to condemn the heinous actions of the terrorist organization Hamas.

Kareem Rush & Alumni Basketball League Speak Out Against Antisemitism, Racism, & Intolerance at 2023 Mayors Summit

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kareem Rush, former NBA player, R&B artist and founding partner of the Alumni Basketball League (ABL) is speaking out against antisemitism, racism, and intolerance at the 2023 North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, November 15-16 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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  • – Kareem Rush, former NBA player, R&B artist and founding partner of the Alumni Basketball League (ABL) is speaking out against antisemitism, racism, and intolerance at the 2023 North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, November 15-16 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  • NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kareem Rush, former NBA player, R&B artist and founding partner of the Alumni Basketball League (ABL) is speaking out against antisemitism, racism, and intolerance at the 2023 North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, November 15-16 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  • The 2023 Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism is chaired by Fort Lauderdale Mayor, Dean Trantalis, in partnership with the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), under the banner of "Cities Unite Against Hate."
  • Kareem also serves as an Ambassador for Project Max which fights racism, antisemitism, and intolerance in sports.

Girls Inc. Welcomes Distinguished New National Board Members

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Preeminent girls' leadership organization Girls Inc. has appointed six new members to its National Board of Directors. These accomplished leaders are passionate advocates for the advancement of girls and women. They bring diverse insights stemming from their expertise in law, finance, corporate management, marketing, workforce development, and nonprofit leadership.

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  • Girls Inc. is thrilled to announce the appointment of six new accomplished leaders and passionate advocates for the advancement of girls and women to its national board.
  • NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Preeminent girls' leadership organization Girls Inc. has appointed six new members to its National Board of Directors.
  • New members of the National Board of Directors include the following:
    Tiffany Collie-Bailey is a nonprofit management leader with over two decades working with faith-based healthcare and human services organizations.
  • These new members join an outstanding group of 23 professionals who comprise the Girls Inc. Board of Directors .

ON THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF KRISTALLNACHT CLAIMS CONFERENCE, THE USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, META, UNESCO AND WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS ANNOUNCE FIRST-EVER IMMERSIVE VR PROJECT BRINGING VIEWERS INTO A MILESTONE EVENT OF THE HOLOCAUST

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims (Claims Conference) announced the development of a new virtual reality experience that will tell the story of Kristallnacht through the lens of Holocaust survivor, Dr. Charlotte Knobloch. This immersive experience from the Claims Conference about the pogroms, announced today on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht – the "night of broken glass" – is being produced in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation, Meta, UNESCO and World Jewish Congress (WJC). The mixed reality project will feature Knobloch as she shares her memories of the moments before, during and after this pivotal event in history when 30,000 Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps; the first mass arrest of Jews based solely on their religion. 

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  • This immersive experience from the Claims Conference about the pogroms, announced today on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht – the "night of broken glass" – is being produced in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation, Meta, UNESCO and World Jewish Congress (WJC).
  • This Kristallnacht VR project combines cutting-edge technology with much-needed Holocaust education.
  • Users will be able to engage in a Q&A, asking questions about Kristallnacht, Knobloch's family and the Holocaust in general.
  • As we mark the 85th anniversary of the gruesome events of November 9th, 1938, we congratulate Claims Conference on realizing the Kristallnacht VR project.

Campus tensions and the Mideast crisis: Will Ontario and Alberta's ‘Chicago Principles’ on university free expression stand?

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Nonetheless, if there’s a place in society where the high ground on free expression should be consistently held, surely it’s on university campuses.

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  • Nonetheless, if there’s a place in society where the high ground on free expression should be consistently held, surely it’s on university campuses.
  • Read more:
    Defending space for free discussion, empathy and tolerance on campus is a challenge during Israel-Hamas war

Conservative campaign promises

  • When majority Conservative governments came to power in Ontario in 2018 and Alberta in 2019, they quickly implemented campaign promises to compel post-secondary institutions to create or update their free expression policies.
  • These policy shifts arose in response to the perception of a “crisis” of free expression at universities that has gained momentum over the past decade.

‘Chicago Principles’ and free expression


Alberta instructed post-secondary institutions to endorse “the Chicago Principles,” a policy template with origins at the University of Chicago, and Ontario told post-secondary institutions to consult the Chicago Principles in creating or updating now-required policies. Key pillars of the Chicago Principles are:
It’s up to the university community — not the administration — to make judgments about the merits of campus expression.
The proper response to problematic expression is argument rather than censorship. In the words of the report that spawned these principles: “The university’s fundamental commitment is to the principle that debate or deliberation may not be suppressed because the ideas put forth are thought by some or even by most members of the university community to be offensive, unwise, immoral or wrong-headed.”
Universities ought not “shield individuals from ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable or even deeply offensive.”

Widest possible latitude for expression

  • Yes, but you should still call them out

    The principles envision the widest latitude possible for campus expression, subject only to narrow time, place and manner restrictions (to ensure the proper functioning of the university) and any applicable legal prohibitions (that is, criminal hate speech and anti-discrimination legislation).

  • The Chicago Principles are relatively uncontroversial for an academic environment, even if they reflect American laws that are much more tolerant of harmful expression.
  • Furthermore, most expression that sparks campus controversy exists in a grey area between the controversial and the potentially discriminatory.

Challenges responding at universities

  • Following Hamas’s attack on Israeli civilians and Israel’s siege of Gaza, university administrations have issued statements condemning discriminatory forms of expression and intimidation.
  • In response, some faculty and students have questioned administrations and are accusing them of bias and silencing dissent.

Disagreement on expressive harms

  • Within academic communities, there is intense disagreement about which forms of expressive harms ought to result in expressive restrictions.
  • To complicate matters further, universities have significant discretion in their decision-making in the context of expressive restrictions.

Legal remedies, questions of university mission

  • Universities can exercise their additional discretion and restrict expression if they believe it compromises their mission (facilitating an inhospitable environment) or rely solely upon the reasonable limits established by Canadian jurisprudence.
  • Given redoubled efforts to protect expression in Ontario and Alberta, universities arguably bear the burden of showing that any expression they restrict at least appears to cross a legal threshold.

Conservatives embracing restrictions?

  • However, the dilemma for some conservative politicians, parties and pundits who have insisted before now that free expression is imperilled on campus is more daunting.
  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government recently took the extraordinary step of barring Sarah Jama, an NDP member of the Ontario legislature, from speaking in the legislature in response to her criticisms of Israel.

Will calls for censorship grow?


With no sign of campus unrest relenting, calls for censorship may grow. In theory, compelling universities to conform to the Chicago Principles means they bear a greater obligation to protect expression that is within the bounds of law. But given the backlash and legitimate concern about discrimination and hate, how universities will navigate this fraught time is far from certain.
Dax D'Orazio receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is affiliated with the Centre for Constitutional Studies and Centre for Free Expression.

European Policy Dialogue Forum (EPDF) Unites Seven Religions, Young People and Policymakers in Rotterdam to Foster Social Inclusion

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Organized by the International Dialogue Centre - KAICIID, the EPDF recognizes the pressing challenges faced by young people, including conflicts, climate crises, as well as economic instability.

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  • Organized by the International Dialogue Centre - KAICIID, the EPDF recognizes the pressing challenges faced by young people, including conflicts, climate crises, as well as economic instability.
  • This year's EPDF aims to emphasize the critical role of cities and their planning in actively engaging community members to provide balanced solutions.
  • It will highlight the contributions of young refugees and migrants to strengthen the relationship between different communities.
  • The Forum is a collaboration with European Council of Religious Leaders/Religions for Peace Europe (ECRL/RfP) and the KAICIID-supported Network for Dialogue as well as Multicoloured Religions Rotterdam as a local partner.

With Antisemitism Rising Throughout U.S., Holocaust Museum LA Honors Icon Arnold Schwarzenegger With Inaugural ‘Award of Courage’ at Beverly Hills Hotel Gala

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Holocaust Museum LA honored icon Arnold Schwarzenegger with the first ever “Award of Courage” at the 15th annual gala Monday, Nov. 6, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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  • Holocaust Museum LA honored icon Arnold Schwarzenegger with the first ever “Award of Courage” at the 15th annual gala Monday, Nov. 6, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231107239322/en/
    MAN OF COURAGE – 101-year-old Holocaust survivor Joe Alexander joined former California Governor, actor and businessman Arnold Schwarzenegger last night, who received the Holocaust Museum LA’s inaugural Award of Courage for his advocacy against antisemitism and bigotry at the museum's 15th annual gala held at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
  • (Al Seib / Al Seib Holocaust Museum LA)
    Schwarzenegger, recognized as both a cinematic and real-life hero, has been a longtime advocate against antisemitism and bigotry.
  • Kean said, “Holocaust Museum LA’s mission of education to fight antisemitism and stop hate is more critical than ever.

Attorney Avana Epperson-Temple Honored with Anti-Defamation League's 2023 Krupp Leadership Award

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Monday, November 6, 2023

BOSTON, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Attorney Avana Epperson-Temple was recently honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of New England with the distinguished 2023 Krupp Leadership Award. She was honored for her incredible dedication to ADL's mission and embodiment of the organization's core principles and goals, including combatting antisemitism, racism and other forms of hate, and securing equal treatment for all people.

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  • Attorney Avana Epperson-Temple was recently honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of New England with the distinguished 2023 Krupp Leadership Award.
  • BOSTON, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Attorney Avana Epperson-Temple was recently honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of New England with the distinguished 2023 Krupp Leadership Award.
  • I am profoundly grateful to be a recipient of the Anti-Defamation League's 2023 Krupp Leadership Award.
  • Upon receiving the prestigious award, Epperson-Temple expressed her gratitude, stating, "I am profoundly grateful to be a recipient of the Anti-Defamation League's 2023 Krupp Leadership Award.