The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation last week announced that it would grant the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award to Elon Musk, Martha Stewart, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.
By Maura Judkis, The Washington PostA new Forever stamp commemorating the legacy of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is unveiled by the United States Postal Service during a first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
In a seven-paragraph statement released Monday afternoon, Julie Opperman - chairperson of the foundation named after her late husband - addressed the criticism that erupted in the wake of the announcement. Opperman said the foundation will “reconsider its mission and make a judgment about how or whether to proceed in the future.” The award previously had honored only women but had been expanded to include men for this year’s ceremony, which was scheduled to take place at the Library of Congress on April 13.
Last year, the foundation announced its intentions to honor Barbra Streisand, with a news release stating that the superstar would accept the award at a Library of Congress event in April 2023. But Streisand did not ultimately travel to Washington, and instead received her prize in a “private ceremony” in July.
As criticism of the event grew last week, the Library of Congress - recipient of Opperman Foundation gifts of $425,000 in 2022 and $625,000 in 2020, according to tax records - released a statement clarifying that it would serve only as “venue” and that “the award is not otherwise affiliated with the Library.”
Don Lemon for canceling a deal on X with the former CNN star a few hours after being interviewed by him. The X owner has been accused of contributing to the rapid increase in antisemitism on his social media platform by amplifying anti-Jewish tropes. Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court when she joined in 1993.
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