Sylvia Weisz Women's Philanthropy invites you to the 2024 Hillcrest Country Club Women’s Luncheon on Tuesday, September 24th. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy, a world-renowned women’s rights expert who established the “Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children.”

We are also excited to honor Wendy Moss Klein with The Sylvia Award.

For questions, please contact Lauren Shorten at LShorten@JewishLA.org or (323) 761-8306.

We look forward to seeing you on September 24th!

Warmly,

Heidi Haddad and Pam Kluft
Hillcrest Country Club Luncheon Co-Chairs

Susan Edelman, Nancy Eisenstadt, Jean Friedman, Hillary Hartman, Lynn Pollock, Corrine Sands
Hillcrest Country Club Luncheon Committee

Nancy Lushing Greenstein
Sylvia Weisz Women's Philanthropy Vice Chair

Kathi Mangel and Lauren Schiff Sylvia Weisz Women's Philanthropy Co-Chairs

A minimum gift of $365 to JFEDLA’s Annual Campaign
is required to attend the Women’s Luncheon.

Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy established the “Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children”, an independent, non-governmental collaboration of international human rights experts and women’s rights organizations created to advocate for and support the investigation of war crimes committed by Hamas against women and children during the massacre of October 7th and the continuous war crimes towards abducted women and children. The Civil Commission obtained and distributed credible information and lent its expertise to relevant bodies in Israel and internationally.

Dr. Elkayam-Levy is the Sophie Davis Fellow on Gender, Conflict Resolution, and Peace at the Hebrew University Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations. She teaches human rights law, international law, climate justice, and feminist theories at Hebrew University and at Reichman University. She is also the founding head of the Dvora Institute for Gender and Sustainability Studies, a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, a Doctor of Juridical Science and former Human Rights Scholar of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a former Perry World House Fellow, a Salzburg Global Fellow for Outstanding Scholars in International Law, Washington D.C., and a member of the Israeli President’s new Climate Forum.

 

Wendy Moss Klein spends all her time thinking about children - her own, those who watch the entertainment she creates, and the ones whose lives she helps through her charity and schoolwork.

After graduating from UCLA, she began her career in children’s entertainment, a career she maintains today with her own company, 2 Friends Entertainment.

Wendy is passionate about Jewish charities, especially Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy (SWWP), where she has held multiple roles including SWWP Co-Chair. She has been involved with Jewish Family Service LA, American Jewish Committee, and Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Nothing compares with the love and dedication Wendy has for her own children. The love of her life of 31 years, Joey, recently passed away. Together, she and Joey had their beautiful Rachel and their miraculous Josh, who are Wendy’s precious treasures. Wendy’s family is her greatest accomplishment. She is truly grateful for each one of them.

 

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