{"id":13876,"date":"2014-05-02T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T16:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=13876"},"modified":"2014-05-02T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T16:23:12","slug":"leno-will-make-first-visit-to-israel-to-emcee-genesis-prize-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/leno-will-make-first-visit-to-israel-to-emcee-genesis-prize-ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Leno will make first visit to Israel to emcee Genesis Prize ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM (JTA) &#8212; Former &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; host Jay Leno will visit Israel to host the presentation of the inaugural Genesis Prize.<\/p>\n<p>The May 22 ceremony in Jerusalem will honor former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with the $1 million award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJay Leno is a comedic icon who has entertained millions of people around the world for over 20 years,\u201d said Stan Polovets, board chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation. \u201cWhat many don\u2019t know, however, is that he is also a great friend to Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It will be Leno&#8217;s first visit to Israel, according to the Genesis Prize Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Major philanthropists, Nobel laureates and global business leaders are expected to attend the ceremony for Bloomberg, who said he will use the award to promote economic ties between Israelis and Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>In his third and final term as mayor, Bloomberg was chosen from among more than 200 nominees worldwide because of his \u201ctrack record of outstanding public service and his role as one of the world\u2019s greatest philanthropists,\u201d according to the prize committee.<\/p>\n<p>The prize, which will be given out annually, is awarded to an accomplished, internationally renowned professional who is a role model in his or her community and can inspire the younger generation of Jews worldwide, according to the Genesis Prize Foundation website.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Leno%20will%20make%20first%20visit%20to%20Israel%20to%20emcee%20Genesis%20Prize%20ceremonies%20\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,27],"tags":[4059,8781,5357,378,8790,8795,4058,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13878,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13876\/revisions\/13878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}