2024 Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon
Honoring Richard Leibman and Pastor John and Diana Hagee
Special Guest Speaker Amir Tibon
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Hilton Americas-Houston
1600 Lamar St.
Registration at 11 a.m. | Lunch/Program at Noon
Richard Leibman
Pastor John and Diana Hagee
Each year, the Museum’s annual luncheon raises essential funds supporting Holocaust and Human Rights education for students, teachers, members and the public. The recipients of this year’s Guardian of the Human Spirit Award are Richard Leibman and Pastor John and Diana Hagee.
Richard Leibman is chairman of FROSCH, a CHASE travel management company co-headquartered in New York City and Houston, with offices in more than 40 locations worldwide. Richard currently serves on the Board of Directors for Holocaust Museum Houston and is a former board member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, Anti-Defamation League, Jewish Family Services, Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services, and Congregation Beth Yeshurun. He also remains closely involved with AIPAC.
Pastor John Hagee is the founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, a non-denominational evangelical church with 22,000 active members. He is also founder of Hagee Ministries and founder and national chairman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the nation’s largest pro-Israel organization. His wife Diana Hagee is a leader in the Women’s Ministries for Cornerstone Church. She also serves as co-executive director of CUFI, host of the annual “Night to Honor Israel” event. Over the years, Hagee Ministries has donated more than $100,000 million toward humanitarian causes in Israel.
Hagee Ministries and Richard Leibman’s FROSCH host trips annually to bring groups of Jews and Christians to Israel to learn more about its history and people. Hagee Ministries also provided the initial gift for the Museum’s Henia Leibman Fellowship Fund, in honor of Richard’s late wife, a second-generation Holocaust survivor and founding member of Holocaust Museum Houston, providing support for teacher scholarships for travel to Israel each summer to learn from preeminent scholars at Yad Vashem. To date, 24 educators have benefitted from the Leibman Fellowship impacting hundreds of students each year with Holocaust education.
Amir Tibon
Special guest speaker is Amir Tibon, an award-winning correspondent and author of The Gates of Gaza, the gripping true story of how he and his family were rescued from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023, by Tibon’s own father.
Thank you for your support of Holocaust Museum Houston!
Honorary Chairs
Joan Alexander
Frieda Dow
Velva Levine
Paula & Irving Pozmantier
Luncheon Chairs
Ellen & Dan Trachtenberg
Mitzi Shure & Jerry Wische
Host Committee Chairs
Suzanne Jacobson
Lee Wunsch
