Jewish Event of the Century on USC’s Doorstep

I just got mail from USC's Shoah Foundation Institute (which is amazing just FYI) and it's probably the most exciting, celebrity juicy invite I’ve ever seen.

Here’s the low down:

The event called “Ambassadors for Humanity Gala Dinner” is presented by Steven Spielberg, the founder of the Shoah foundation to benefit the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and is to honor actor Kirk Douglas with an Ambassadors for Humanity Award for his support of the organization.

From the press release: “Kirk Douglas has been a lifelong leader in promoting the well being of others. He has fought prejudice and stereotypes, and raised public awareness of social problems. He has never been afraid to stand up for those causes even if he was one of the few - sometimes the only one - who recognized the need and could do something about it,” said Steven Spielberg, Shoah Foundation Founder and Honorary Chair of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute. “His determination to change the world makes him an ally of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute as it enters a new stage of activity. The Ambassadors for Humanity event will be an opportunity for friends of the Institute to join us in looking towards the future and honoring a man who exemplifies everything the Institute stands for.”

Billy Crystal will host the grand Gala extravaganza, which is set for October 22nd at the California Science Center, with special performance by Bette Midler. The invitation also has a long list of Dinner Chairs, which is basically just celebrity name-dropping and includes, Catherine-Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas, Calista Flockhart, Harrison Ford…and that not even the list of guests!

Now, the reason why I won’t be attending this Creme del la Crème of Jewish events and  doing my Jewish Journalistic duty should be fairly obvious. The tickets range from $100,000 to $1,500 at the minimal (reservation for dinner and attendance at general reception for one).

Now, if Spielberg, Douglas or anyone else out there is reading this- CAN I COME TOO??

About the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
Established in 1994 to collect and preserve the testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute maintains one of the largest video digital libraries in the world: nearly 52,000 video testimonies in 32 languages and from 56 countries. The Institute is part of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences at the University of Southern California; its mission is to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry—and the suffering they cause—through the educational use of the Institute’s visual history testimonies.

The Institute works within the University and with partners around the world to advance scholarship and research, to provide resources and online tools for educators, and to disseminate the testimonies in its archive for educational purposes. In addition to preserving the testimonies, the Institute helps document the stories of survivors and other witnesses of other genocides.