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Simon Wiesenthal Center
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, with headquarters in Los Angeles, California, was established in 1977 and named for Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. According to its mission statement, it is "an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to repairing the world one step at a time. The Center’s multifaceted mission generates changes through the Snider Social Action Institute and education by confronting antisemitism, hate and terrorism, promoting human rights and dignity, standing with Israel, defending the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaching the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations."
The Center is accredited as a non-governmental organization (NGO) at the United Nations, the UNESCO, and the Council of Europe.
The organization aims to foster tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. The Center closely interacts on an ongoing basis with a variety of public and private agencies, meeting with elected officials, the United States and foreign governments, diplomats and heads of state. Other issues that the Center deals with include: the prosecution of Nazi war criminals, fighting against ODESSA networks; Holocaust and tolerance education; Middle East Affairs; and extremist groups, neo-Nazism, and hate on the Internet.
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Jewish Journal
April 18, 2018
Those were the opening remarks by Museum of Tolerance Director Liebe Geft, emcee at the annual Yom HaShoah commemoration event on April 12 at the museum, part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The event's standing-room-only crowd included dignitaries and guests from more than 15 countries,Ãâà...
LA Daily News
April 18, 2018
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar speaks after receiving the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Humanitarian Award during a ceremony at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Monday, April 16, 2018. Seated on the stage are. l-r, Alfred Balitzer, Sol Teichman and Rabbi Abraham Cooper. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, LosÃâà...
KABC
April 17, 2018
Two-thirds of American millennials surveyed in a recent poll cannot identify what Auschwitz is, according to a study released on Holocaust Remembrance Day – the day commemorating the Warsaw Uprising. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center says part of it is becauseÃâà...
MyNewsLA.com
March 22, 2018
Canadian human rights activist Raheel Raza will be among the recipients of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Medal of Valor at its annual National Tribute Dinner Thursday evening at The Beverly Hilton. Raza is president of Toronto-based Council for Muslims Facing Friday whose goals are “to reclaim IslamÃâà...
Variety
March 20, 2018
George Clooney has come on board to narrate Moriah Films' documentary “Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres,” Variety has learned. It's the 16th film produced by Moriah, the film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. The production company generatesÃâà...
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