Thank you registering for the 2023 Chai/Emerald/Zahav Ruby & Lion of Judah Luncheon! Together we will celebrate the strength of women and the collective power of Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy.  

This year, we are honored to welcome guest speaker Juju Chang, the Emmy® Award-winning co-anchor of ABC’s Nightline, and regular contributor to Good Morning America and 20/20. See Juju’s full bio below.

We will also be honoring two Lions with richly-deserved recognition for their dedicated service to our community. Deedy Oberman* will receive the Lea Rabin Award and Arlene Bloom* will receive the Ruby Award. Please help us congratulate these women for their exceptional level of commitment to ensuring the Jewish future. 

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For more information, please contact either Marcia Berman at (323) 761-8048 or MBerman@JewishLA.org, or Lauren Shorten at (323) 761-8306 or LShorten@JewishLA.org.

We look forward to seeing you on February 22nd! 

Warmly,  

Stephanie Carson, Carin Freeman, Allison Gingold, Heidi Haddad, Jodi Kirkbride, Janine Kolodny, Deanne Lebowitz, Bettina O'Mara, Leslie Robinson, Elisa Rubin*  

Lion of Judah Luncheon Co-Chairs  

Laura Ozer and Linda Schwimmer  

Sylvia Weisz Women's Philanthropy Co-Chairs 

* Forever Lion

A donation to the Federation’s 2023 Annual Campaign is required to attend. 

$5,000 minimum gift for Lion of Judah 

$10,000 minimum gift for Ruby 

$18,000/$25,000/$50,000 minimum gift for Chai/Emerald/Zahav

Forever Lions are those generous women who endow their Lion of Judah gift in perpetuity, most typically in their estate planning documents.

One of the most prominent Asian Americans in broadcast news, Juju Chang is the Emmy® Award-winning co-anchor of ABC News Nightline and a regular contributor to Good Morning America and 20/20. With the rise of hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, Chang leveraged her platform to become a much-admired champion of social change. She made U.S. broadcast history co-anchoring the 2021 ABC News Live special, Stop The Hate: The Rise In Violence Against Asian Americans alongside fellow Korean American co-anchor Eva Pilgrim and a cast of AAPI journalists, thought leaders, lawmakers and celebrities. Chang also reported from the scene at the mass shootings at three Asian-themed spas in Atlanta, co-anchoring the ABC News 20/20 breaking news special, Murder In Atlanta.

Chang’s highly visible reporting on Asian Hate is the culmination of decades of covering everything from natural disasters to terrorism, mass shootings, immigration, violence against the LGBTQIA+ community and, most recently, the inequities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Known for her in-depth personal narratives and long-form storytelling, Chang has won acclaim for stories with underlying themes of civil and women’s rights and social justice. These include her critical examination of the controversial “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy, which she told through the eyes of one pregnant woman and her family living among the 60,000 asylum seekers camped for months along the Rio Grande. Her award-winning report, “Trans and Targeted” on violence against transgender women of color was the latest of a series of stories on the targeting of LGBTQIA+ Americans, including a GLAAD award-winning report on Matthew Shepard’s murder. Internationally, Chang has been a powerful voice on gender-based violence, including a trip through Central Africa on the front lines against Boko Haram and #bringbackourgirls. She also traveled to Honduras for “Femicide: the Untold War,” an eye-opening look at rampant violence against women.

In addition to reporting, Chang has profiled newsmakers like Joe Biden, Oprah Winfrey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg; entertainers such as Tom Hanks, Chris Pratt and Nicki Minaj; and social media moguls Kendall Jenner and Dude Perfect.

An ABC News veteran, Chang joined the network as an entry-level desk assistant in 1987 after graduating with honors from Stanford University. Prior to her current roles at ABC, she was a producer for World News Tonight, a co-anchor on the overnight show World News Now and news anchor for Good Morning America. Chang’s work has been recognized with numerous awards, including multiple Emmys®, Gracies, a DuPont, a Murrow and Peabody Awards.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Northern California, Chang is member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a founding board member of the Korean American Community Foundation.

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