On November 2, 375 people joined the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Regional Office for its 75th Anniversary Diamond Dinner at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The celebration began with a cocktail reception, including live music from local band Franny and the Jets. Shereen and Michael Pollak, owners of Hyde Park Jewelers, received ADL’s Community Impact Award in the company of several family members including their children, Jordan Pollak and Jennifer Norotsky, and Michael’s father, Len Pollak.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, delivered a keynote address. Among other things, he reminded the audience of the environment in which the ADL Mountain States Region was founded 75 years ago and why the work to fight anti- Semitism and to secure justice and fair treatment to all is still so relevant and vitally important today. Ending the evening on a high note, ADL Mountain States Region Board Member Cheri Rubin won a game of Heads or Tails and received a $10,000 gift certificate generously donated by Hyde Park Jewelers.
Proceeds from the dinner support the Anti-Defamation League’s regional programming and the work of ADL, including fighting bigotry, racism and anti-Semitism; combating bias, bullying and hate through the No Place for Hate® Initiative; advocating for civil rights and religious freedom; training members of the law enforcement community; countering hate crimes; and responding to complaints of discrimination.
ADL thanks the following dedicated members of the 75th Anniversary Event Committee for their tireless work on this extraordinary event: Doug Antonoff, Mark Arlen, Patty Arlen, Lauren Carboni, Beverly Breakstone, Hyla Feder, Craig Fleischman, Alan Frosh, Jim Kurtz-Phelan, Anat Moskowitz, Robin Pack, Stuart Pack, Melinda Quiat, Michelle Reiff, Cheri Rubin, Ean Seeb, Sharon Schonhaut, Will Steinberg and Leorah Young.
ADL also thanks the generous sponsors of the Diamond Anniversary Dinner:
Marquise Sponsors
The Len Pollak Family
MDC Richmond American Foundation
Michael and Iris Smith
Heart Sponsors
The Curtiss-Lusher Family
Dale and Nancy Pollak
Joyce and Kal Zeff Foundation
Pear Sponsors
David and Laura Merage Foundation
Hyde Park Jewelers
Emerald Sponsors
The Bain Family Foundation
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Greenberg Traurig
Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund LLLP
Rose Medical Center
Anna and John J. Sie Foundation
Oval Sponsors
Debbie & Lee Alpert and Ricki & David Rest
Berenbaum Weinshienk P.C.
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Denver Health Foundation
Dependable Cleaners
Peggy Goldman
JEWISHcolorado
Sidney T. and Bertha Katzson Charitable Foundation
Gary and Connie Levine
Fleishman & Shapiro P.C.
Hedy and Norman Silverman
Hogan Lovells LLP
MassMutual Colorado
Morse Family Foundation
The Quiat Companies
Michele and Richard Right and Katzson Brothers, Inc.
LJ West Diamonds
Radiant Sponsors
Colorado Republican Party
Dentons US LLP
Marcia & Dick Robinson and Susan & Eddie Robinson