On June 6, 2024, the third cohort of We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate celebrated its graduation. Throughout the course of six months, fellows explored ways to combat hate, discrimination and bias by participating in workshops, hearing from community organizers, and visiting educational sites in New York and Washington DC.
These 16 graduates represent a diverse cross-section of Brooklyn, consisting of nonprofit leaders, clergy, educators, health care providers, artists, and entrepreneurs. We look forward to seeing the fellows continue to enact radical and positive change as they work to make Brooklyn a more vibrant and equitable place.
JCRC-NY President Ben Golub (left), Center for Shared Society Executive Director Rabbi Bob Kaplan (right), and fellowship organizer, Dani Kogan (fourth from right), with WAABFAH 2024 cohort graduates
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
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)
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