The Jewish Federation Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy invites you to our 2021 Brentwood Women’s Event

 

 

Schedule:

• 11:00 AM Registration
• 11:30 AM Program and Lunch (Outdoors)

Your club membership will be charged $75 per person. We encourage you to bring your non-member adult daughters, daughters-in-law, granddaughters, and nieces.

RSVP by Friday, August 27th.

For more information, please contact Women’s Philanthropy at WomensPhilanthropy@JewishLA.org or (323) 761-8275.

Read Our Brentwood Covid Guidelines

 

Minimum gift of $365 to The Jewish Federation’s 2021 Annual Campaign.
Club policy requires 48 hours’ notice to cancel luncheon reservations.

Lisa Bender, Priscilla Halper, Hella Hershson, Lauren Schiff, and Stacy Sharf
Brentwood Country Club Luncheon Chairs

Karen Getelman and Wendy Moss Klein
Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy Co-Chairs

Laura Ozer and Linda Schwimmer
Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy Vice Chairs

Joli Altshule
Martha Berkett
Rochelle Boren
Lynne Brookman
Stephanie Carson
Cece Feiler
Sheila Garb
Debi Graboff
Linda Kaplan
Corie Koss
Marcia Mankoff
Roslyn Millet
Heidi Monkarsh
Harriet Nichols
Amanda Paul
Judy Rosenberg
Ruth Salk
Susan Schwab
Frankie Sholem
Brentwood Committee (in formation)

 

Martha Berkett

Martha Berkett was raised with gratitude to The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles by her parents Ted and Hedy Orden^z”l, who escaped communist Romania after surviving the Holocaust. When the family immigrated to L.A. in 1959, the Federation helped them get on their feet and gave Ted his first job in this country in its headquarters’ mailroom.

The Orden Family never forgot their gratitude to the Federation, and Martha, along with her sisters, followed their parents’ lead and partnered with the Federation to support meaningful projects such as meeting the needs of Holocaust survivors both locally and in Israel and in endowing Unistream, a program that fosters entrepreneurial skills for at-risk youth in Israel.

Martha served as the Brentwood Country Club Federation Luncheon Chair for three years. She and her husband Barry have been proud sponsors of the annual Tour de Summer Camps, which supports Jewish Los Angeles-area camps. Their son Bryan and son-in-law Keith Dragoon are tied to the Federation through the Real Estate & Construction Network (REC) and Community Leadership Institute (CLI).

Martha has been married for 47 years to Barry, her college sweetheart and love of her life. Together they have three incredible children — Bryan (Raquel), Monica (Keith), and Lauren — and four spectacular grandchildren and another due in January — Jack (10); Maddie (5), Asher (3) and Lucas (6 months).

 

Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt

Deborah Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, and most recently, nominated by President Biden as State Department Special Envoy on antisemitism. If confirmed by the Senate confirmation, she will hold the rank of Ambassador. She has published and taught about the Holocaust and antisemitism for close to 40 years. Her book Antisemitism: Here and Now was published in January 2019.

She is probably most widely known for the libel lawsuit David Irving brought against her in 1996 for calling him a Holocaust denier. A 10-week trial resulted in an overwhelming victory for Professor Lipstadt. Her TED talk about the trial has received over one million views, and the BAFTA-nominated movie Denial — starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Wilkinson with a screenplay by David Hare — tells the story of the legal battle. The film is based on her book History On Trial: My Day in Court With A Holocaust Denier (recently reissued as Denial). At Emory, Lipstadt directs the website known as HDOT (Holocaust Denial on Trial — www.hdot.org), which contains a complete archive of the legal proceedings and provides answers to frequent claims made by deniers.

She has written several other books on the topic of the Holocaust, including Holocaust: An American Understanding, The Eichmann Trial, and Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust.

Professor Lipstadt is frequently quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Forward, and Tablet. She regularly appears on BBC, CNN, and PBS. Professor Lipstadt was a historical consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She has held presidential appointments to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council under Presidents Clinton and Obama and was asked by President George W. Bush to represent the White House at the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. She was part of a committee that advised Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on matters of religious freedom abroad.

 

Our COVID guidelines:

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is committed to ensuring a safe workplace and guidelines where our community gatherings may be held. We have continually cited the safety of our staff as our guiding principle in our reopening plans at 6505 Wilshire and have required proof of vaccination from our employees. For the safety of both our employees and the community, we wish to ensure all who gather for meetings and functions are fully vaccinated. By attending, you are attesting to the fact you have been fully vaccinated. Thank you for your consideration of our safety protocols.

For the safety of our guests, we will ensure this event is compliant with the CDC, local and national guidelines at the time of the event.

By signing up to attend this event, you agree to irrevocably grant to The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles — and to their employees, agents, and assigns — the right to take your photograph, record you, or use your image, silhouette, and/or other reproductions of your physical likeness, as well as your voice and/or words, for all purposes related to marketing and promotion of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, across all media. These rights are granted in perpetuity. You hereby certify and represent that you are of at least 18 years of age and have read the foregoing and fully understand the meaning and effect thereof.