Elan Carr, CEO of the Israeli-American Council, presented the Charlie Kirk Freedom Award to the Alevy family, which he said consists of “investors in the very spiritual DNA of the United States,” at the Republican Jewish Coalition summit in Las Vegas last weekend.
The Republican Jewish group told JNS that it is “incredibly grateful to the Alevy family for all of their visionary work and generosity in support of the Jewish community, and our young people in particular.”
“Nobody deserves the Charlie Kirk Freedom Award more than this inspiring family,” the RJC said. “We thank the Alevys for everything they’ve done, and continue to do, for the next generation of trailblazing Jewish leaders.”
Allen Alevy, a philanthropist and founder of Westland Real Estate Group, accepted the award alongside his wife Deanna, son Steven and grandson Shimon from Norm Coleman and Matt Brooks, national chairman and CEO, respectively, of the RJC.
“It has been our special privilege to sponsor thousands of college students at pro-Israel, pro-America events,” Allen Alevy said at the event. “At Turning Point and CPAC, my son sponsors Friday night dinners and Saturday lunches for young Jewish students.”
“To me, everything is a matchmaking program,” he said, adding that he hopes students at those meals would “find their spouses.”
Alevy addressed anti-Israel encampments at colleges and universities. “On campus, hatred of Jews, the hatred of Israel, is not just tolerated. They’re celebrated,” he said. “Now the tents are gone, but the hatred of our people persists. It has now moved into the classrooms.”
“Family, faith, God and our great nation. These are the values that Charlie Kirk has inspired in hundreds of thousands of students, young people,” he said, pointing to the audience. “There’s 250 of them right over there. They are our only future.”
Alevy advised parents to send their children “to study in Israel for at least one year,” which he said is “the only way they will really understand the real story of Israel and the Jewish people.”
“You want to make a name for yourself? Have Jewish children,” he said. “Help build the Jewish community in your part of the world. If not us, who? If not now, when? If not here, where?”
“I will guarantee you, if we don’t, tomorrow will be too late for all of us,” he said.
