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Crawford and Mandel collaborated earlier
this year when they posed for “Borrowed
Spotlight,” a widely recognized
awareness campaign exemplifying the
strength of intergenerational advocacy.
Crawford uses her platform to raise
awareness about antisemitism, and Mandel
shares her powerful testimony and
messages of hope with students and
museum visitors.
“I want to be a voice for light, love
and acceptance — for seeing the humanity
in one another,” Crawford said in
accepting the award. “This museum, and
survivors like Ella, remind us where
hatred leads when we stop seeing each
other as part of the same human story.”
Mandel, who lost her mother, father and
two sisters in the Holocaust, said,
“‘Never again’ is not just my promise —
it must be yours, too. Together, we can
make sure that the world remembers, and
that the future is safer than the past.
Jonah Platt, a podcaster, writer,
producer and celebrated star of the
Broadway classic, “Wicked,” received the
first-ever Roz and Abner Goldstine
Advocacy Award for his groundbreaking
podcast, “Being Jewish with Jonah
Platt.”
“The work that the Holocaust Museum LA
does is telling our story, which is so
vital in a world that has a very short
memory,” Platt has said.
Marissa Lepor, granddaughter of
Holocaust survivors and president of the
3G@HMLA board, received the Jona
Goldrich Visionary Award. Lepor is a
managing director at The Sage Group, an
investment bank specializing in consumer
brands.
“If we aren’t the stewards of survivors’
stories, who will be?” Lepor said in
accepting the award. “If the second,
third and fourth generations don’t
persistently tell them, who will? The
truth is, the burden doesn’t rest solely
on descendants — it’s on all of us.”
The gala raised $1.3 million to support
the museum’s education programs.
Currently under construction, the
museum’s expanded campus — opening in
June 2026 — will double its existing
footprint and increase visitor capacity
to 500,000 visitors annually, including
150,000 students.
Permanent exhibits will utilize
cutting-edge technology to preserve
Holocaust survivor testimonies.
For more information on the gala and to
purchase tickets or sponsorships, visit
https://holocaustmuseumla.org/gala
About Holocaust Museum LA
Holocaust Museum LA is the first
survivor-founded and oldest Holocaust
Museum in the United States and houses
the West Coast’s largest collection of
Holocaust-era artifacts. Since 1961, the
museum has carried on the mission of the
founding survivors to teach the critical
lessons of the Holocaust and their
continued relevance today. An essential
space for the community that builds
empathy, the Museum empowers visitors
and students to stand up and speak out
against all forms of hate. When open,
museum admission is free for all
teachers, students and children under 17
and is also free for visitors all day
Sunday. A mobile guide to the museum
that can be used both on-site and
off-site and can be accessed through the
Bloomberg Connects app or downloaded on
Google Play or the App Store.
https://holocaustmuseumLA.org/
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