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The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to repairing the world one step at a time.  The Center’s multifaceted mission generates changes through the Snider Social Action Institute and education by confronting antisemitism, hate and terrorism, promoting human rights and dignity, standing with Israel, defending the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaching the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations.  With a constituency of over 400,000 households in the United States, it is accredited as an NGO at international organizations including the United Nations, UNESCO, and the Council of Europe.  Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Simon Wiesenthal Center maintains offices in New York, Toronto, Palm Beach, Paris Buenos Aires and Jerusalem.

The Museum of Tolerance, the Center’s educational arm, founded in 1993 challenges visitors to confront bigotry and racism, and to understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts.  It hosts 350,000 visitors annually including 130,000 students.  Some of the programs sponsored by the Museum include: 

•Tools for Tolerance – an all-day program that utilizes the Museum’s unique educational environment to explore issues of diversity and tolerance, as well as cooperation in the workplace and in the community.  To date, the Museum has trained over 100,000 professionals, including educators and, in partnership with the State of California, individuals in law enforcement.  Additionally, the program accommodates firefighters, social workers, health care professionals, attorneys, probation officers, and others.
•Teaching Steps to Tolerance – the Museum’s national program is designed for 5^th and 6^th grade educators and library media specialists to integrate the teaching of tolerance into their school’s curriculum.
•Task Force Against Hate – confronts extremism by developing strategies to combat Holocaust denial and to educate students about antisemitism and bigotry through conferences and training sessions held throughout the country.
•National Institute Against Hate Crimes – The Center, with support from the US Department of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, trains criminal justice professionals.
•Tools for Tolerance for Teens – reaches thousands of middle and high school students while Steps to Tolerance engages over 6,000 fifth and sixth graders each year.  For those who are not able to experience the Museum directly, Bridging the Gap reaches young people across the country through videoconferencing.

The New York Tolerance Center- in the heart of Manhattan, is a professional development multi-media training facility targeting educators, law enforcement officials, and state/local government practitioners. Modeled after the successful Tools for Tolerance Program at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, the Tolerance Center provides participants with an intense educational and experiential daylong training program. Through interactive workshops, exhibits, and videos, individuals explore issues of prejudice, diversity, tolerance, and cooperation in the workplace and in the community.

Moriah Films, the film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, was created to produce theatrical documentaries to educate both national and international audiences.  It focuses on the 3,500-year old Jewish experience as well as contemporary human rights and ethics issues.  Moriah has produced nine films to date, two of which have received the Academy Award for best feature documentary, The Long Way Home (1997) and Genocide (1981).

Rabbi Marvin Hier -- Dean and Founder

Simon Wiesenthal Center Board of Trustees

Over the last year, the programs and services provided by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, including it's Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles and the New York Tolerance Center, have impacted greatly on people the world over.

Ever Again, the newest documentary from the Center's two-time Academy Award^TM-winning Moriah Films, has been seen by close to 25,000 people worldwide. The film examines the resurgence of violent antisemitism and terrorism and exposes the dangerous Islamic extremism and culture of death being preached from the mosques of Europe’s major cities.

Digital Terrorism and Hate 2006, the annual interactive report produced by the Center, focuses on over 6,000 websites and details how the Internet has become a virtual university for terrorism and has emerged as the nerve center for training, recruitment, and terrorist activities in the Middle East. This year, for the first time, Digital Terrorism is available in English, French and Spanish and has been distributed to government agencies, community activists, educators, and members of the media.

Response Magazine, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's publication, is sent to Center members, government officials, and members of the media and details the Center's vast social action agenda and its programs throughout the world.

The Center's educational arm, the Museum of Tolerance, has had nearly 350,000 visitors this past year including 130,000 youth. As part of it's Tools for Tolerance program, 7,000 members of Law Enforcement have participated in cutting-edge training for frontline providers. Landmark exhibitions displayed in the Museum have included: Simon Wiesenthal: The Conscience of the Holocaust; Liberation; Lawyers Without Rights; and Witness to Truth - A Tribute To Our Holocaust Survivors. Through the Museum's Arts and Lectures programs, films on varying subject matters have been screened and lectures by distinguished authors have been attended by the public.

The New York Tolerance Center, in the heart of Manhattan, is the only training facility of its kind for professional training and youth education with over 5,000 people particpating in the programs provided.

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