Marvin here
Rabbi Marvin Hier (* 1939 in New York ) is the director and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center , the affiliated Museum of Tolerance and Moriah Films, the organization's film company.
Life
His parents are from Poland ; his father worked as a lamp polisher after immigrating to the United States and settling in New York in 1917. In 1977, after visiting Holocaust memorials in Europe, Hier came to Los Angeles to found the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Under his leadership, the center became one of the largest and leading Jewish human rights organizations in the world. The center has offices in the US, Canada , Europe , Israel and Argentina .
On the occasion of Donald Trump's assumption of office on January 20, 2017, the 45th President of the United States of America, he was invited as the official representative of the Jewish religion and gave a short address after the President took the oath of office. Rabbi Here was the first Orthodox rabbi who ever gave his blessing at the swearing-in of a US president (“the first Orthodox rabbi ever to give a benediction at an American president's inauguration”). He recalled Jerusalem and Zionism and quoted Psalm 137 :
“By the rivers of Babylon , we sat and wept when we thought of Zion. If I ever forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither. [Original: By the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion. If I forget thee, Oh Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.] "
film producer
Marvin Hier was the co-producer of Ins Gelobte Land ("The Long Way Home") and the co-producer and screenwriter of Genocide , a Holocaust documentary. In 1990 he wrote and co-produced Echoes That Remain , a documentary about the life of Jews in Europe before World War II . In 1994 he produced Liberation , which was also Moriah Films' first production.
Honors
- Oscar 1997 as co-producer of Ins Gelobte Land ("The Long Way Home")
- Oscar 1981 co-produced and screenwriter for Genocide
- He also received an honorary title and in 1993 was knighted by the French President François Mitterrand to the Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite .
Web links
- Marvin Hier at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Simon Wiesenthal Center
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ariane Mandell: Zion remembered in Rabbi Heirs-benediction for President Trump . jerusalem post.com, January 20, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Here, Marvin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |