STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: March 4, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Magdalena Davis Jones, Community Outreach Manager Subject: Recognition: Shining in Beverly Hills – Asher Ahdoot Attachments: None
INTRODUCTION
The City will recognize local student Asher Ahdoot, founder of the Jewish Club at Beverly Hills High School, and the Medical Ethics and Dilemmas Society at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) for his advocacy and community leadership, with a Shining in Beverly Hills honor.
DISCUSSION
Mayor Nazarian has an initiative called “Shining in Beverly Hills” that recognizes individuals or businesses for their outstanding contributions to the community. The City Council will present a recognition to Asher Ahdoor, Beverly Hills High School alum, for his advocacy and community leadership work. Council will recognize his work as the founder of the Jewish Club at Beverly Hills High School in 2021, hosting educational and unity-focused programming. And, his current founding of the Medical Ethics and Dilemmas Society, an organization dedicated to examining moral responsibility in medicine and public policy, with a goal to strengthen unity, confront antisemitism through education, and build lasting bridges between students, institutions, and the broader community.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
RECOMMENDATION
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Keith Sterling,
Deputy City Manager
Approved By