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=== Philanthropy ===
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In 1986, Crystal started hosting ''[[Comic Relief USA|Comic Relief]]'' on [[Home Box Office|HBO]] with [[Robin Williams]] and [[Whoopi Goldberg]].<ref name="actors" /> Founded by [[Bob Zmuda]], Comic Relief raises money for [[homeless people in the United States]].

On September 6, 2005, on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', Crystal and [[Jay Leno]] were the first celebrities to sign a [[Harley-Davidson]] motorcycle to be auctioned off for Gulf Coast relief.<ref>{{cite news | agency=Associated Press |title=Leno's autographed bike raises $500,000 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-09-30-leno-bike_x.htm | work= USA Today | date=September 30, 2005}}</ref>

Crystal has participated in the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] [[Museum of Tolerance]] in Los Angeles. His personal history is featured in the "Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves" exhibit in the genealogy wing of the museum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves|url=http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.4865963/k.161D/Finding_Our_Families_Finding_Ourselves.htm|website=[[Museum of Tolerance]]|publisher=[[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] |access-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235558/http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.4865963/k.161D/Finding_Our_Families_Finding_Ourselves.htm |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>