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GALA PROGRAM & VIDEOS – FULL PLAYLIST
PRESS RELEASE
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
Cantor Chaim Dovid Berson
OPENING VIDEO
WELCOME
JCRC-NY President Bennett W. Golub
PRE-RECORDED GREETINGS FROM DIGNITARIES
Israeli Consul General, Ambassador Ofir Akunis; U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer; U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand; NYS Governor Kathy Hochul; U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries; UJA-Federation of NY President Linda Mirels
GREETINGS
NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Chief of Staff Camille Joseph Varlack and
Acknowledgement of Mayor’s Staff by JCRC-NY Chair of the Board Cheryl Fishbein
Introduction of UJA-Federation of New York’s
CEO Eric Goldstein by Cheryl Fishbein
UJA-Federation of New York’s CEO Eric Goldstein
REMARKS
JCRC-NY CEO Mark Treyger
L’CHAIM OF HOPE
JCRC-NY Chief Development Officer Marc E. Wolf
HONOREES’ TRIBUTE VIDEOS
Karen Spar Kasner: Communal Leadership Award
Morton Sloan, President, and Avi Kaner, Vice President, on behalf of Morton Williams Supermarkets: Corporate Leader Award
Anna Propp Riesenberg: Blumberg Family Young Leadership Award
PRESENTATIONS OF AWARDS
Rabbi Menachem Creditor to Karen Spar Kasner
Elizabeth Kaner and Julia Kaner Meisel to Morton Sloan and Avi Kaner
Thomas A. Blumberg and Ben Blumberg to Anna Propp Riesenberg
CLOSING
JCRC-NY CEO Mark Treyger
CURRENT LIST OF SPONSORS
SCROLL OF SPONSORS
(as of May 15th)
PRINTED ROGRAM
(Sponsors as of May 13th)
Credit for all photographs below: Michael Priest Photography
PRE-RECORDED GREETINGS FROM DIGNITARIES