2024 Gala Recap - Jewish Community Relations Council

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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 PROGRAM
(Sponsors as of May 13th)

More than 400 guests attended the Gala.

Credit for all photographs below: Michael Priest Photography

CEO Mark Treyger (far left) and President Ben Golub (far right) with 2024 Gala honorees (left to right) Morton Sloan, Karen Spar Kasner, Anna Propp Riesenberg, and Avi Kaner

Rabbi Menachem Creditor presented the Communal Leadership Award to Karen Spar Kasner.

Elizabeth Kaner presented the Corporate Leader Award to her father, Morton Sloan, President, Morton Williams Supermarkets.

Julia Kaner Meisel presented the Corporate Leader Award to her father, Avi Kaner, Vice President, Morton Williams Supermarkets.

Ben Blumberg and Tom Blumberg presented the Blumberg Family Young Leadership Award to Anna Propp Riesenberg.

Cantor Chaim Dovid Berson performed the national anthems of the State of Israel and the United States of America.

President Ben Golub opened the program.

Chair of the Board Cheryl Fishbein introduced the Mayor’s Chief of Staff and members of his staff.

Mayor Eric Adams’ Chief of Staff, Camille Joseph Varlack, surrounded by other members of his staff, offered greetings.

UJA-Federation of NY CEO Eric Goldstein offered greetings.

CEO Mark Treyger delivered powerful and inspirational remarks.

Chief Development Officer Marc Wolf delivered an emotional L’Chaim of Hope in tribute to Israeli hostages in Gaza and in memory of innocent victims of the War against Hamas.

JCRC-NY staff, including CEO Emeritus Michael Miller (top row, far left), and President Ben Golub and Chair of the Board Cheryl Fishbein (front row, center)

PRE-RECORDED GREETINGS FROM DIGNITARIES

Ambassador Ofir Akunis, Israel’s new Consul General of Israel in NY

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

NYS Governor Kathy Hochul

U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries

UJA-Federation of NY President Linda Mirels