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On Friday, November
18 Jerusalem Capital
Studios (JCS) International, the
media company owned by philanthropist and Jewish leader,the
Honorable Ronald S.
Lauder, partnered with UN
Women for Peace Association (UNWFPA)
to host the opening cocktail party for the International
Emmy World Television Festival for the International Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences.
The guest list
included Edgar
Baptista, Sharon
Bush, Robin
Cofer, Dominick D'Alleva, Ambassador
Rosemary DeCarlo, Wendy Diamond, Olivia Flatto, Montgomery
Frazier and Ben Mindich, Susan
Gutfreund, Lucia
Hwong Gordon, Jana
Jaffe, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcukva(Head
of UN Women), Ms.
Ban Soon-taek (Patron
of UN Women Peace Association),
Dame Gillian Sackler, Leesa Rowland, Stephanie
Stokes, Barbara Tober, Ambassador &Mrs.
Peter Wilson, Larry Wohl, and Barbara
& Bruce Winston. The evening also
featured a performance by America’s Got Talent finalist Jayna
Brown.
The evening
speakers included: Michal
Grayevsky (President
of JCS Group and JCS International),
Hon. Ronald S. Lauder (Owner
of Jerusalem Capital Studios International), Barbara
Winston (President
of UNWFPA), Fred
Cohen (Chairman
of the International Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences), and Camille
Bidermann.
UN
Women For Peace Association's board members were also there
to celebrate the evening: Rema
DuPont, Valbona Neritani, Sharon Bush, and Nassrin
Iromloo Zahehi.
At the event, JCS
and the International Emmys announced a 10 year, $1.5
million commitment and the launch of the JCS International
Young Creatives Award.
The event
celebrated women and peace, recognizing that the arts
have long unified communities and catalyzed
conversation. In a year that has seen a particular focus
on women and their global contributions, JCS
International teamed up with the UNWFPA to honor women
at the United Nations, an iconic symbol of peace and
prosperity around the world.
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