Sunday, December 20, 2009

Standing Room Only - Winnick Hillel Center at Syracuse University Offers Seder to a Full House

A accommodation army of added than 300 acceptance arranged the Winnick Hillel Center for Seder services, appearance the Passover holiday. Karen and Gary Winnick, through the Winnick Family Foundation, accept donated $2.2 actor to Hillel at Syracuse University, bringing their absolute contributions to Syracuse University to $4.5 million.

Los Angeles, CA -- Syracuse University's Winnick Hillel Center hosted one of the better on-campus gatherings for a Seder account in the University's history beforehand this month. On April 8, added than 300 acceptance awash in for the Wednesday dark service, appearance the aperture of Jewish Passover. The acquisition was cogent abundant to acquire affection account advantage in the campus newspaper, The Daily Orange.

Winnick Family Foundation

Students arranged the admiral and bench dining rooms, so they angry the library into a third dining allowance … Hundreds of acceptance prayed together. They prayed as one. Wrote campus anchorman Matt Levin: "Students arranged the admiral and bench dining rooms, so they angry the library into a third dining allowance … Hundreds of acceptance prayed together. They prayed as one."

Said financier and philanthropist Gary Winnick, admiring at the aberrant turnout: "College years can be rewarding, but the absence of ancestors and anatomy during continued months on campus can aswell accomplish a university ambiance a actual abandoned place. My wife Karen, who is herself a alum of Syracuse University, and I are admiring to accept adjourned the architecture and operation of this different centermost and captivated to see that it is already alluring acceptance agog about their Jewish heritage. The purpose of the Hillel movement is to accommodate a amplitude area adolescent Jews can analyze and bless their accepted values. It looks like this centermost on the Syracuse campus is bound accomplishing that role."

Karen and Gary Winnick, through the Winnick Family Foundation, accept fabricated $2.2 actor in contributions for Hillel at Syracuse University, bringing their absolute contributions to Syracuse University to $4.5 million.

About the Winnick Family Foundation:
The Foundation encourages project-specific programs but aswell selectively supports basic campaigns and complete ability to almsman organizations. There is a alternative for projects in Los Angeles and New York - or those accepting an all-embracing component.

Foundation allotment grants include:
 

    Winnick Family Clinical Research Institute at Cedars Sinai Hospital Winnick House and Arnold S. Winnick Student Center at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University Winnick International Conference Center at the Simon Wiesenthal Center / Jerusalem Winnick Children's Zoo in Los Angeles Winnick Faculty Scholar at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University Winnick Hall at the Skirball Cultural Center Arnold & Blanche Winnick Popular Library and Karen Winnick Children's Gallery at the Los Angeles Central Library Winnick Hillel House at Syracuse University Winnick Board Room at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City Winnick Winners Mentoring Program for the Los Angeles Unified School District Winnick Fellows at UCLA School of MedicineGary and Karen Winnick and the Foundation accept able university and top academy articulacy and scholarship programs at Brown University, at Mrs. Winnick's alma academy Syracuse University, and at Mr. Winnick's alma academy Long Island University.    

    They accept aswell adjourned the transformation of the on-campus Post abode accurate centermost - renamed Winnick House - as able-bodied as the capital cafeteria which is now called in account of Mr. Winnick's backward father.

    In California, the Foundation has accurate educational programs at the California Science Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, KOREH L.A., the Los Angeles Zoo, L.A.'s Best Afterschool Program, the Wonder of Reading, the Fulfillment Fund and Noah's Ark at the Skirball Center.

    Among the abounding added Foundation grantees are the Special Olympics, The Center for Jewish History, Children's Scholarship Fund, Partnership for Better Schools, Teach for America, The Gettysburg Foundation, The National Parks Foundation, Best Friends Animal Society, The Los Angeles Police Foundation, Shoah Foundation, and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University.

    The Foundation aswell supports charities operating alfresco the United States, including the International Medical Corps, Flora and Fauna, World Wildlife Fund, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the Israel Museum, the Israel Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Zoo, Heifer International and the Bloomfield Science Museum at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. For added advice on the Foundation and its work, appointment http://www.winnickfamilyfoundation.com on the Web.

    Read added of campus anchorman Matt Levin's article on the Syracuse University seder in The Daily Orange.

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