1. Marvin Hier has been a Track II diplomacy contributor to the genesis of the Abraham Accords.
14 Facts About Marvin Hier
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Marvin Hier received smicha in 1962 from Rabbi Mendel Kravitz, rosh yeshiva of the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School.
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In 1977, following a visit to Holocaust sites in Europe, Marvin Hier came to Los Angeles to create the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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In 1990, he wrote and co-produced the award-winning Echoes That Remain, a documentary on pre-World War II European Jewish life, and in 1994, Marvin Hier produced and co-wrote, Liberation, the first production of Moriah Films.
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Marvin Hier is the recipient of an honorary degree and, in 1993 was made a Chevalier in the Ordre National du Merite by French President Francois Mitterrand.
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Marvin Hier is the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Museum of Tolerance and Moriah Films.
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Marvin Hier helped to propagate the 2006 Iranian sumptuary law hoax, declaring the fictitious law to be "absolutely true" when contacted by Canadian journalist Douglas Kelly to verify the story.
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President George W Bush appointed Hier to serve on the honorary delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008.
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Marvin Hier's family received nearly $1.3 million in 2012 from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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In 2017 Marvin Hier welcomed the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles together with Rabbi Abraham Cooper paving the way for the Abraham Accords.
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Marvin Hier gave an invocation at the 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump.
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Marvin Hier has participated in fundraising events for Trump's 2020 reelection.
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Marvin Hier was "the first Orthodox rabbi ever to give a benediction at an American president's inauguration".
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In 2019 Marvin Hier attended the Peace to Prosperity conference in Bahrain.