A resounding thank you to everyone who made this sell-out evening a success!! From the pre-show event to the dessert reception, our 25th Anniversary was one to remember.
Rewarded with multiple standing ovations, our performers and Guest Artists wowed the house, while Headliner Tovah Feldshuh kept everyone laughing.
To our LAJS family and friends, thank you for a fabulous 25 years!
Honorees
- Dr. Richard Merkin, Founder
- Dr. Ian Drew, Founding President
- Dr. Noreen Green, Founding Artistic Director
- Mark Kashper, Founding Concertmaster
Our event is SOLD OUT! We are overwhelmed by the show of support from the community and look forward to celebrating with you all.
Please contact our offices to be placed on the waiting list.
admin@lajs.org or (818) 646-2844
04.07.19
Sculpture Gardens and Gindi Auditorium of the
American Jewish University
15600 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, California 90077
5:00 PM Appetizer Buffet / 7:30 PM Concert / Dessert Reception
(Dietary Laws Observed)
Master of Ceremonies
Brad Pomerance currently serves as the Host of Air Land & Sea, broadcasting weekly on the national cable network JLTV. As Host of this global travel series, Brad has traveled to Barbados, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Jamaica, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan. He also serves as the Host of JLTV’s weekly news magazine, The J Report with Brad Pomerance.
Brad is also hosting Uncovered in the Archives, a historically driven television show that Brad developed for PBS-affiliate KVCR in Southern California.
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Headliner
Legendary Broadway star and playwright Tovah Feldshuh has won four Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, the Obie, the Theatre Critics Circle Award and the Helen Hayes Award and has received six Tony nominations and six Emmy nominations. Her play Golda’s Balcony is the longest-running one-woman show in the history of Broadway. Jason Zinoman of The New York Times raved, “No one earns more laughs than the marvelous Tovah Feldshuh. Her diva-like flourishes are precisely timed, her entrances and exits designed for maximum impact.”
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Guest Artists
- Grammy Award-winning Soprano, Hila Plitmann
- 17-year-old Composer/Pianist sensation, Emily Bear
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Offering a special thanks to the America-Israel Cultural Foundation & Noralee Gold for sponsoring the appearance of Hila Plitmann on our evening's program.
Hila Plitmann
Emily Bear
Sculpture Garden Entertainment
- Netflix star and Magician extraordinaire, Ben Seidman
- Classical and Jazz Guitarist, Max Brenner
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Ben Seidman
Max Brenner
Isaac Sadigursky
Gary Gould
Honorary Co-Chairs
Dr. Michael & Lori Milken
The Honorable Zev & Barbara (z’l) Yaroslavsky
Honorary Event Committee (in formation)
Dr. Robert & Sandy Carroll
Dr. Bernard & Judy Franklin
Jean & Jerry Friedman
David & Elaine Gill
Howard & Sheila Hartman
Richard & Amy Lipeles
Guy & Jeanine Saperstein
E. Randol & Pamela Schoenberg
Hisako Terasaki
Event Co-Chairs
Dr. Ian Drew
Janet Schulman
Event Committee
Stanley Baratta
Sandy Berman
Sylvia Bernstein-Tregub
Mara Kashper
Cynthia Tivers
In celebration of this milestone, LAJS has released its second professional recording with Albany Records - "The Music of Eric Zeisl"
Generously underwritten by E. Randol and Pamela Schoenberg and masterfully engineered and produced by multiple Grammy Award-winner Frederick Vogler.
Click here for more info!