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Wiesenthal Center - Halt Construction Now!

[As of Dec. 4th, 300 people have taken action. Keep it up!] The Museum of Tolerance is a project organized by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (MoT), to build a world class center in Jerusalem to teach the value of well, tolerance. A controversy has been brewing for sometime around its location, which is to be on the site of a former parking lot that was also a Muslim graveyard in the past.

Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers in Jerusalem are leading a campaign to get the Wiesenthal Center to halt construction of this project. Charles Lenchner, an American-Israeli activist and peacemaker has written an article explaining why.

This page lets you send a protest via fax to the Wiesenthal Center Director and the three heads of its board of trustees. They are:

  • Larry Mizel, Chairman of the Wiesenthal Center.
  • Nelson Peltz, Co-Chairman of the Wiesenthal Center.
  • Ed Snider, Co-Chairman of the Wiesenthal Center.
  • Rabbi Marvin Hier, Founder and Director of the Wiesenthal Center.

Each of these men is a wealthy contributor to both the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Republican causes. They need to hear from you that the Museum of Tolerance project in Jerusalem is wrong, offends Palestinian and Muslim sensitivities, and will serve as a monument to intolerance. In short, it is and will remain a PR disaster that will irrepareably damage the Wiesenthal Center.

Special Instructions: 1. Please do take action no matter what country you live in. If you are writing from outside North America, choose 'other' in the 'State' field. Faxes will not be delivered without minimal address information. 2. Include personal details. 3. Write respectfully, to impress upon these Wiesenthal Center leaders that this project will be a disaster. 4. If you are Jewish or Israeli, please include that information in your letter, so that the Wiesenthal Center understands that this is not an action directed against Jews or Israel.

Larry Mizel

MDC Holdings; Cventures; Richmond American Homes
Fax:(720) 977-4307

Nelson Peltz

Wendy's Arby's Group
Fax:(678) 514-5344

Ed Snider

Comcast-Spectacor
Fax:(215) 389-9413

Rabbi Marvin Hier

Simon Wiesenthal Center
Fax:(310) 553-4521

After you click submit, please consider sending an email to your friends and lists asking them to take this action as well. Just in case you are curious about the initiator of this action - here is a link to my profile on Change.org.

Here is more information about the targets of this action:

  • Larry Mizel, Chairman. He is also head of MDC Holdings, Cventures and Richmond American Homes. He has been accused of awarding himself excessive bonuses, hiding his total compensation from stockholders, and enriching himself in the housing and mortgage crisis. Between 1989 and 2006, Mizel and his wife contributed about one million dollars to federal candidates, PACs, and political parties; 94% went to Republican candidates and party committees.
  • Nelson Peltz, Co-Chairman. He is also the CEO of Arby's and Wendy's (they merged recently.) In 2005, he donated $250,000 to the 2nd inauguration of President Bush. (The SECOND inauguration. Sheesh - talk about deadenders!).
  • Ed Snider, Co-Chairman. He is also the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Wachovia Stadium and other companies. He is one of the founders of the far right wing Ayn Rand Institute. He has donated tens of thousands of dollars in recent years to Republican candidates, and millions to support the Bush Administration's policies, including the war in Iraq and the drumbeat to war in Iran.