An all-star roster of Hollywood celebrities is slated to appear next month at California’s Shrine Auditorium to celebrate Israel’s jubilee. Among the stars that will be performing April 14 are singers Natalie Cole, Jessye Norman, Stevie Wonder and Harry Connick Jr., and actors Richard Dreyfuss, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Noah Wyle. The event will be broadcast the following evening in the United States and Canada, and will air later in Israel and some 50 other countries. “To Life!” will be viewed by an estimated 500 million people around the world.
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