April 18, 2001
Rabbi
Abraham Cooper to be Honored at
OU National Anniversary Dinner
Rabbi
Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los
Angeles, will be honored by the Orthodox Union with its International
Communal Service Award for his long-standing commitment to community
service and his contributions to Jewish life, at the OU’s 103nd
Anniversary National Dinner on Sunday, May 20, 2001, at the Grand Hyatt
Hotel in New York.
Rabbi Cooper helped
to found The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish human rights
organization, with Rabbi Marvin Hier in 1977. A New York native, Rabbi Cooper has been a longtime activist
for Jewish and human rights causes on five continents. His extensive involvement with Soviet Jewry included visiting
refuseniks, helping to open the first Jewish Cultural Center in Moscow and
lecturing at the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the Sakharov Foundation.
Rabbi Cooper received
a B.A. and M.S. from Yeshiva University and a Ph.D. from the Jewish
University of America. For
nearly a quarter of a century, Rabbi Cooper has overseen the Wiesenthal
Center’s international social agenda.
He has supervised the Center’s annual CD-ROM reports on digital
hate and also oversees the Center’s Task Force Against Hate, as a result
of which he is widely recognized as a pioneer and international authority
on issues related to digital hate and the Internet.
As associate dean, he
supervised the research and production of the Interactive Learning Center
on the Holocaust and World War II for the Center’s renowned Museum of
Tolerance and has supervised the Center’s entry into
the digital age through its website, www.wiesenthal.com.
He has also written the World Book Encyclopedia’s entry on Raoul
Wallenberg and edited two major works on this Holocaust hero.
In addition, Rabbi Cooper is the editor-in-chief of Response
magazine and his editorials appear in the nation’s top newspapers.
“Throughout
his life, Rabbi Cooper has personified the ideals of tikkun
olam (repairing the
world),” said OU President Harvey Blitz.
“We are proud to honor his selfless devotion to the greater
community and to klal Yisrael.”
Other
honorees at the Union’s Anniversary Dinner include: Rabbi Kenneth
Hain;
Rosalyn and Franklyn Snitow; and Naomi and Harvey
Wolinetz.
For dinner
reservations, please call Malka Laks at 212.613.8144.
The Orthodox Union,
now in its second century of service to the Jewish community of America
and beyond, is a world leader in youth
work, advocacy for persons with
disabilities, synagogue services,
adult education and political
action. Its kosher
supervision label, the
OU, is the world’s most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on
over 250,000 products in 68 countries around the globe.
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