Demo at NY After Dark fundraiser sponsored by Leviev, 09/23/2008

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New York socialites dismayed by protest at Leviev-sponsored fundraiser, 09/23/2008

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New York, NY – Manhattan’s elite were aghast to be greeted this evening by 25 chanting protesters when they exited their SUVs and limos to attend a glitzy fundraiser sponsored by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev for the Museum of the City of New York. Leviev has been criticized for his businesses’ human rights violations and unethical practices in Palestine, Angola, Namibia and New York City.

The Director of the Museum of the City of New York had failed to respond to phone calls and a September 16th letter from the New York rights coalition Adalah-NY, that is promoting a boycott of Leviev’s businesses. Adalah-NY’s letter informed the museum of the inconsistency of Leviev’s business practices with the museum’s mission, and with non-profit ethical standards. Alex Stern of Adalah-NY explained, “I’ve been going to the Museum of the City of New York all my life to see exhibits about New York’s diversity and about local communities battling against poverty. So it’s upsetting to me that the museum welcomed a sponsor who is impoverishing and destroying communities around the world.”

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Partygoers at this fall’s Museum of the City of New York benefit were in for quite a shock at the event’s entrance. Posted outside the upper Fifth Avenue mansion were 25 protesters from a group called Adalah-NY denouncing the alleged human rights abuses and support of West Bank settlement construction by Israeli Lev Leviev, the founder of cosponsor Leviev diamond company.

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Annual Cocktails With the Museum of the City of New York

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Guests at the Museum of the City of New York’s “New York After Dark” cocktails Tuesday night expecting the usual champagne concoctions and outdoor dancing found a surprise waiting for them. Posted outside the upper Fifth Avenue mansion was a vocal and incensed pack of 25 protestors from Adalah-NY — sans permit, according to one observer — complete with signs and a take-no-prisoners attitude.

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The Upper East Side social set had to travel a bit further north than usual to make it to the Museum of the City of New York’s "New York After Dark" gala, and when they arrived they were faced with something decidedly un-chic: a protest. Seems a group of chanting, sign-carrying protesters from Adalah-NY were not fans of sponsor Lev Leviev (of LEVIEV Extraordinary Diamonds), and wanted to make sure guests of the event knew.

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Manhattan’s elite were aghast to be greeted this evening by 25 chanting protesters when they exited their SUVs and limos to attend a glitzy fundraiser sponsored by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev for the Museum of the City of New York. Leviev has been criticized for his businesses’ human rights violations and unethical practices in Palestine, Angola, Namibia and New York City.

Event Location: 

Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue
New York , NY

Event Date: 

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

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