Tom Cruise honored by Simon Wiesenthal Center

<a href="http://www.wiesenthal.com/atf/cf/%7B54D385E6-F1B9-4E9F-8E94-890C3E6DD277%7D/tom-cruise-dinner_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.wiesenthal.com/atf/cf/%7B54D385E6-F1B9-4E9F-8E94-890C3E6DD277%7D/tom-cruise-dinner_2.jpg" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 275px; height: 183px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><div>On Thursday, May 5th, Tom Cruise was awarded the Simon Wiesenthal Center's highest honor, the Humanitarian Award, for his longtime, consistent and substantial support.<br /><br />In his acceptance speech Tom said,<blockquote>Our challenge, ladies and gentlemen, is to make sure that we do all in our power to see to it that there will be no more Auschwitz/Birkenaus, no more Rwandas, no more Darfurs on our planet. That our children and their children may be free to live in a world where men and women are judged by their accomplishments and deeds rather then by their race or religion. That is why I support the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance. As Albert Einstein reminded us, "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don’t do anything about it." And as he wrote in a letter that is one of the prized possessions of the Center, "Without an atmosphere of intellectual freedom and tolerance none of us can imagine a life which would be worth living." </blockquote>- <a href="http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=6765195">Tom Cruise’s Remarks on Receiving the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Humanitarian Award</a><br />- <a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=206775199&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=LatestVideosUS&videoChannel=3&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FUSVideoLatest+%28Video+%2F+US+%2F+Latest+Video%29">Video: Tom Cruise honored by Simon Wiesenthal Center</a><br />- <a href="http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=9379943">Wiesenthal Center Honors Tom Cruise and 3 Medal of Valor Honorees at its 2011 National Tribute Dinner</a><br />- <a href="http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/07/wiesenthal-center-honors-tom-cruise-chilean-miner.html">Wiesenthal center honors Tom Cruise</a><br />- <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=8115970">Tom Cruise honored by Simon Wiesenthal Center</a><br />- <a href="http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Tom-Cruise-honored-by-Jewish-human-rights-group--the-Simon-Wiesenthal-Center/8114072&rss=rss-kabc-ent_story-8114072">Tom Cruise honored by Jewish human rights group, the Simon Wiesenthal Center</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Wiesenthal.html">Simon Wiesenthal</a> was a holocaust surviver who later became a famous Nazi hunter. Between the end of World War II and his death in 2005, Wiesenthal is credited with bringing 1,100 Nazi war criminals to justice.<br /><br /><a href="www.wiesenthal.com">The Simon Wiesenthal Center</a> is a global Jewish human rights organization that confronts anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promotes human rights and dignity, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. The Center's educational arm is the world famous <a href="http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.4865925/k.83A7/Whats_Happening_at_the_MOT.htm">Museum of Tolerance</a>. Founded in 1993 the museum challenges visitors to confront bigotry and racism, and to understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists. — <a href="http://www.scientologyreligion.org">Scientology</a> founder <a href="http://www.lronhubbard.org">L. Ron Hubbard</a></i></div>

Tom Cruise honored by Simon Wiesenthal Center

On Thursday, May 5th, Tom Cruise was awarded the Simon Wiesenthal Center's highest honor, the Humanitarian Award, for his longtime, cons...

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