First Annual Social Justice and Human Rights Award Dinner (Honoring Sonia Weitz)

Abstract

The video shows the First Annual Social Justice and Human Rights Award Dinner (Honoring Sonia Weitz: Holocaust survivor, and Co-Founder and Education Director of the Holocaust Center) held at the Hyatt Harborside, Boston. It includes a survey of the cocktail reception preceding the dinner (showing check-in, various people in attendance, refreshments, piano player, the view from the hotel, etc.), survey of the dining room (with attendees entering for dinner), and the program: Welcome by Marcia Glassman-Jaffe (Co-Chair of the Event), Greetings by Dr. Robert McAndrews (President of the Holocaust Center), Short Video on Sonia Weitz, Remarks by Elaine Hazlett (Co-Chair of the Event), Keynote Presentation by R. D. Sahl (news anchor), Interfaith Service by Rabbi David Klatzker and Dr. Padraic O'Hare, Remarks by Dr. Marvin Wilson (Board Member, Holocaust Center), Remarks by Deborah M. Ponn (President, Jewish Federation of the North Shore), Reamrks by Marcia Glassman-Jaffe in lieu of Congressman John Tierney, Remarks by Sonia Weitz's children (Don Weitz, Andi Vilnai, and Sandy Weitz), Remarks by Michael Bonfanti (Mayor of Peabody), Remarks and Award Presentation by Harriet Tarnor Wacks (Co-Founder and Director of the Holocaust Center), Remarks by Sonia Weitz, and Closing Remarks by Anna Bertini (Office Manager, Holocaust Center). Produced by R. Vargas.