BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CNS) — Actor and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will obtain the inaugural Award of Braveness from Holocaust Museum LA Monday night in honor of his longtime advocacy in opposition to antisemitism and bigotry.
Schwarzenegger might be joined on the museum’s fifteenth annual gala on the Beverly Hills Lodge by a dozen Holocaust survivors, together with Joseph Alexander, who turns 101 Monday, in response to museum CEO Beth Kean.
Schwarzenegger will obtain the award from producer Mike Medavoy. It’s reduce from specifically cured oak wooden in honor of Schwarzenegger’s bodybuilding nickname, “The Austrian Oak,” Kean stated.
Following the presentation of the award, Schwarzenegger might be joined by the Holocaust survivors in inserting a flame right into a specifically designed miner’s lamp, which might be transported by a particular Los Angeles Police Division escort to the museum in Pan Pacific Park the place it is going to be lit in perpetuity, Kean stated.
Schwarzenegger, the son of a Nazi, “has publicly spoken out against hate on social media for many years, regularly posting videos and statements to his fans,” Kean stated. By the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, he not too long ago hosted an on-campus dialogue titled “Terminating Hate: Breaking the Cycle of Extremism.”
“The first ‘Award of Courage’ embodies all the lessons of the Holocaust — the spirit of educating and elevating humanity to fight hate in all forms,” Kean stated in an announcement.
“Arnold, by speaking out publicly, embodies our museum’s essence of inspiring humanity through truth.”
Additionally scheduled to be honored throughout the gala is Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, vp of the Annenberg Basis and founding father of GRoW@Annenberg, which financially helps tasks and teams “that address social and cultural issues, meets urgent community needs and offers inspiration and collaboration — all with the goal of improving the quality of life in communities around the world,” Kean stated.
Weingarten directed a $1 million reward to the museum’s “Building Truth” campus growth mission, in response to the Kean.
Additionally being honored is Sandra Gerson Kanengiser, board chair and president of the Jack and Goldie Nomberg Basis, which was endowed by her uncle, Holocaust survivor Jack Nomberg. Kanengiser additionally directed a $1 million grant from the inspiration to the museum to offer free excursions for college kids, Kean stated.
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