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The Justice Ball is an annual fundraiser for the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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based charity

Charitable organization

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, Bet Tzedek Legal Services - The House of Justice

Bet Tzedek Legal Services - The House of Justice

Bet Tzedek is an American non-profit human and poverty rights organization, internationally recognized for its work in providing unique advocacy and support for people living in poverty, and for communities victimized by discrimination and civil rights abuses....

. All net proceeds from the event directly benefit Bet Tzedek.

Since its inception in 1996, The Justice Ball has become a fundraiser that supports the causes of legal aid and social justice while bringing young professionals together for a phenomenal evening of music, dance, and great networking. Over the last 13 years, the event has raised over $4 million of the organization’s annual operating budget.

The 14th Annual Justice Ball was on June 26, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium

Hollywood Palladium

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. The event featured a live mashup

Mashup (music)

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by headliners, Dave Navarro

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and DJ Skribble

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History

Timeline of past Justice Ball performers:

2009: DJ AM
2008: The Psychedelic Furs
2007: Violent Femmes
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2006: The Go-Go's
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2005: Ozomatli
Ozomatli
Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles - including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others.In a 2007 NPR interview, band...
2004: Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray
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, Stephan Jenkins
Stephan Jenkins
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of Third Eye Blind
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2003: Macy Gray
Macy Gray
Macy Gray is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her distinctive raspy voice, and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis.Gray has released five studio albums, with her fifth studio album, The Sellout,...
2002: Jason Bentley
Jason Bentley
Jason Bentley is a radio disc jockey of electronic music in Los Angeles, California. On December 1, 2008, Bentley replaced Nic Harcourt as the host of Morning Becomes Eclectic and as Music Director for KCRW...

, Elan, Smitten
2001: The B-52's
The B-52's
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2000: Billy Idol
Billy Idol
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1999: Berlin
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Berlin is an American New Wave/Synthpop band. The group was formed in Los Angeles in 1978 by John Crawford . The band contained Crawford, Terri Nunn , David Diamond , Ric Olsen , Matt Reid and Rod Learned . Learned left during the first EU tour and was replaced by Rob Brill...
1998: The M-80's and Boogie Knights
1997: The M-80's and Boogie Knights

Criticism

For the 2011 Bet Tzedek Justice Ball, Human Rights Alert issued a video presentation, documenting racketeering in the Los Angeles Courts by current and former leaders of Bet Tzedek. The content and the evidence were repeatedly forwarded to Anti Defamation League (ADL) National Director Abraham Foxman with request for his comments. ADL refused to respond.

The video presented evidence that Bet Tzedek's President Sandor Samuels, former Chief Legal Officer of Countrywide and former Associate General Counsel of Bank of America, is one of the central figures in financial institution and foreclosure fraud, perpetrated on many thousands of Americans from coast to coast.

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