{"id":48144,"date":"2016-11-15T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=48144"},"modified":"2016-11-14T08:31:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T06:31:09","slug":"15-05-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=48144","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Douglas gets early 100th birthday gift from Jewish group"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Kirk Douglas gets early 100th birthday gift from Jewish group<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

EDITH M. LEDERER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Award from World Jewish Congress marks iconic actor\u2019s Jewish roots, ties to Israel<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"In In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, Michael Douglas, left, and Kirk Douglas arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, California. (AP Photo\/Evan Agostini, File)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

NeW YORK (AP) \u2014 Legendary actor and producer Kirk Douglas has received an early 100th birthday present \u2014 an award from the World Jewish Congress for his strong support for Israel, including starring in the first Hollywood feature film shot in the newly established nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ronald Lauder, the organization\u2019s president, said Douglas, who was born Issur Danielovitch on Dec. 9, 1916, was \u201calways proud of his Jewish roots.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He pointed to Douglas\u2019s starring roles as a Holocaust survivor in the 1953 movie \u201cJuggler,\u201d which was filmed in Israel, and as Jewish US Army Col. David \u201cMickey\u201d Marcus, who helped save the Jewish state in 1948, in the 1966 movie \u201cCast A Giant Shadow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Oscar-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas accepted the award, telling more than 400 guests at a dinner at the Pierre Hotel that his father would be \u201cso proud and so humbled,\u201d especially since the award is the first honoring the late Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, his longtime friend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Douglas said his father\u2019s connection to Israel goes back to his childhood, and his dream is to see the country \u201cpeaceful and successful,\u201d a place where Arabs and Jews can live together.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the dinner, US Vice President Joe Biden received an award named for Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism who came to champion the quest for a Jewish homeland.<\/span><\/p>\n

The award was presented by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who said Biden \u201cstands for the principles that will ensure survival of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Biden said he was certain US support for Israel would not diminish under President-elect Donald Trump. Even if the new administration tried to reduce support, \u201cCongress would never let it happen, the American people would never let it happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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