Major International Jewish Event Launched

Major International Jewish Event Launched

Jewish celebrities and leaders gear up for Gala Event to be held at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on March 1, 2005

Jewish celebrities and leaders gear up for Gala Event to be held at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on March 1, 2005

Jewish organizations and leaders announced the kick off of Jewish Unity Live 2005, a large-scale worldwide effort to promote Jewish unity at events scheduled for March 1, 2005. Media Executive and leading Jewish personality Mort Zuckerman joined Aaron Wolfson (New York), Morris Kaplan (New Jersey), and David Krischer (Georgia) in leadership positions for the event, which was officially launched on Tuesday November 30 at 10:30 am at Zuckerman’s Manhattan offices.

Jewish Unity Live will be a Jewish event unlike any other, celebrating the ongoing commitment to a shared Jewish heritage through Jewish learning and exploration.

Jewish Unity Live’s creators explain their vision of the event, “March 1, 2005 marks the worldwide celebration of the Torah, with events being held on the culmination of the seven and a half year cycle of daily Talmud study. As not every Jew studies or appreciates the Talmud, Jewish Unity Live was created to enable every Jew around the world to participate in a celebration of the pursuit of Jewish knowledge and the common bond we share, the Torah.”

Event coordinators are gearing up for a gala evening of entertainment and inspiration, to be hosted by local leading Jewish personalities. The New Jersey event, which will be held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center will attract some 3,000 people and will be attended by Jewish celebrity Josh Malina, who will serve as the Master of Ceremonies and international singing star Dudu Fisher. The events will also include the premiere of a groundbreaking film on the contemporary Jewish experience produced and directed by veteran filmmaker Ricky Magder.

Event organizers are promoting Jewish Unity Live as “one of the most promising events to occur in recent years,” stressing that “By becoming involved with Jewish Unity, Jews the world over will demonstrate their commitment to a new Jewish understanding ….by rediscovering that which has always brought Jews together – the quest for knowledge.”

Major events in North America are scheduled to be hosted in: New Jersey; Los Angeles, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Houston, Texas; Long Island, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Norfolk, Virginia; Seattle, Washington; Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Phoenix, Arizona; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Furthermore, it has been confirmed that Jewish Unity Live events will be held at various military bases of the U.S. Armed Forces around the world, as well as on college campuses across the United States.