CELEBRATE
IsRAEL
your guide to the 2014 parade
Saluting
50 years of
marching
with pride
from small beginnings in
1964, the Celebrate israel
Parade has become the
largest annual pro-israel
gathering outside the
country itself.
By Erika PrafdEr
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To commemorate
its golden anniversary, this year’s Celebrate
Israel Parade is set to take
the excitement level to
soaring heights with new
floats carrying musical performers, 15 marching bands,
35,000 marchers and a
model replica of Israel’s first
moon-bound spacecraft.
Now in its milestone 50th
year, more than 200
groups comprised of
synagogues, Jewish
Sunday
day schools, com11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
munity centers
and youth movements — as well
as rollerbladers,
Fifth Avenue, starting
dance groups,
at 57th St., ending
motorcyclists and
at 74th St.
juggling clowns — are
preparing to express
the theme for this year’s
parade, appropriately
designated as 50 Reasons to
Celebrate Israel.
“The importance
of the theme for us
is that there aren’t
many events on the
calendar that ever reach
this milestone,” says
Michael Miller, executive vice president and
chief executive officer of
the Jewish Community
Relations Council of New
York (jcrcny.org). The New
York nonprofit group is a
UJa-Federation of New York
affiliate and represents the
Jewish community here to
government officials, other
ethnic and religious commu-
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“We value this parade,”
says Miller. “It’s central to
the role of the New York
Jewish community’s support
of Israel. It’s the largest public event anywhere in the
world in support of [Israel].”
In years past, “Mayors
Koch, Dinkins, Giuliani and
Bloomberg have participated,
as well as Senator Schumer,
and Governors Paterson,
Pataki, Cuomo and Spitzer.”
The event had modest
beginnings in 1964, as
90-year-old Ted Comet,
parade chairman from 1965
through 1968, remembers.
“At that time, I was the
director of the American
Zionist Youth Foundation,
which served as a major
sponsor of programs in
Israel for young people in
America,” says “Each year,
we held an Israel-themed
event in Central Park, but
I felt it was time to do
something larger and more
public to demonstrate support for Israel. I thought
it was important for an
event to bring together
different elements of New
York’s Jewish community
that normally didn’t get
together in a unifying way.
I also felt it should have
a theme for participating
youth groups and schools.”
That first Parade in
Manhattan, then called the
Salute to Israel, the paradegoers only marched several
blocks. But 1967 put the
parade on the map.
“It took place the Sunday
before the outbreak of the
Six-Day War. There was
enormous concern and the
threat that Israel may go
under. We converted the
parade into a demonstration
of solidarity. There were a
quarter of a million people
who marched. Suddenly,
people recognized the
importance of having public
expression,” says Comet.
After recently reaching
his own milestone 90th
birthday, Comet says that
being able to march in this
year’s milestone anniversary year is indescribable.
“To have an idea actualized and sustained over
such a long period of time
is not a common phenomenon. It’s a very powerful,
emotional feeling,” he says.
STEPPING OUT
Before this year’s kick-off, if you’re energized early
enough, join The New York Road Runners Club at The
Celebrate Israel Run in Central Park. Organized in
partnership with the JCRC-NY, more than 6,000 runners are slated to run through the four-mile stretch
designed as a symbolic journey through Israel from
Eilat to Tel Aviv. Israeli music, snacks and more will
be featured. Start time is 8 a.m. for adults, with kids’
races (ages 2 - 12) beginning at 9:30 a.m.
For registration and logistical information, visit: nyrr.org/
races-and-events/2014/celebrate-israel-run-4m.
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Letter from the JCRC-NY Celebrate
Israel Parade Committee
Dear Friends,
As stunning as it sounds, this year marks the 50th year that the New York Jewish community
has gathered together to celebrate Israel on the streets of Manhattan. What started as a
four-block walk up Riverside Drive has evolved into a five-hour Parade featuring 35,000
marchers, dozens of floats, marching bands, special guests from Israel and hundreds of
thousands of spectators. Thanks to the throngs of people who come out to the Parade
every year, the Celebrate Israel Parade has become the largest public event in the world in
celebration of Israel.
Mirroring the country that it honors, the Parade has grown over time. A few years ago, the
Parade made its way to television and the web so that viewers in the metropolitan area and
beyond can celebrate with us. Similarly, the Parade’s adoption of social media enabled
people around the globe to join the conversation and be #TogetherOnFifth.
This year, the Parade welcomes SpaceIL to Fifth Avenue, before taking Israel to the moon.
Then, the US-IL Flying Club will join us with a flyover of more than a dozen single-prop
airplanes. And there’ll be a delegation of members of the Knesset leading the parade,
followed by performances from Israeli recording artists Chen Aharoni, Hagit Yaso and DJ
Mr. Black. And for the first time ever, we’ll be using two Israeli mobile apps – AppMyDay
and Askem – to add even more fun.
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SpaceIL gets set to
take an Israeli craft
to the moon
I
f one Israeli nonprofit
hits its lunar mark next
year — attempting to land
the smallest spacecraft ever
on the moon — it will be one
giant hop for mankind.
The attempt is the result of
a Google competition. The
Lunar XPRIZE competition
in 2015 (googlelunarxprize.
org) has 25 participating
countries vying to be the
first to launch and land
an unmanned, private
spacecraft safely on the
moon. Israel’s SpaceIL
organization aims not only to
win the high-profile, highly
incentivized ($30 million in
prize money) international
contest, but to inspire the
next generation to think
differently about pursuing careers in the science,
technology, engineering and
math (STEM) fields.
“We’re the only nonprofit
team, and we plan to donate
our prize money to scientific
education,” says Kfir Damari,
co-founder of SpaceIL. “Kids
who saw Neil Armstrong
walking his first steps on the
moon were inspired to be
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SPACE
RACE
A prototype of SpaceIL’s tiny
moon lander will feature on
their parade float this Sunday.
scientists and engineers. We want to do
the same thing and get
kids to realize that science is
cool and exciting,” he adds.
Born in Israel, 31-year-old
Damari recalls how his own
interest in the STEM fields
took flight.
At age 6, inspired
by his LEGO-building
pastime and a passion for
understanding how things
work, Damari began learning
computer programming. He
ended up in Israel’s Intel-
ligence Corps and earned
SpaceIL.
undergraduate and graduate
“I knew I had to get
degrees in communications
involved,” he says. “It’s so
systems engineering with a
exciting and challenging. It’s
specialization in cyber secuan amazing story of Israeli
rity and computer networks.
philanthropy, as we’ve had
In 2010, Damari was
thousands of donors from
conjuring up business ideas
international business,
when he learned of Google’s
academia and privately —
XSpace challenge on
some who’ve contributed 18
facebook. He later met two
sheckels, and others who’ve
equally impassioned engidonated millions. Our budneering partners, Yariv Bash
get is $36 million and we’ve
and Yonatan Weintraub,
raised most of it.”
online.
Recently, SpaceIL
“The three of us
launched a crowdmet that weekend
funding campaign
to begin thinking
through its website,
and drawing ideas
where anyone can
up together,” says
‘Send a message to
Damari.
the moon’ on a nano
The partners met
computer chip for $18,
with the heads of the Kfir Damari, buy an official team
Israel Space Agency
co-founder T-shirt and feel a part
and Israeli Aerospace of SpaceIL. of the mission, says
facility to inform
Saat.
them of their plans. “Our
New Yorkers will get a
design then was no bigger
sneak peak of SpaceIL’s misthan a Coke bottle, but they
sion at the parade on Sunday
wanted to help. We raised
when team members,
the money in ten days,” says
including Damari, prepare to
Damari.
take-off on a float showcasWith tens of millions more ing a model prototype of
needed to develop their
their craft, which will be the
spacecraft, raising capital
smallest spaceship to land on
was no small feat. The job
the moon.
was tackled in large part
“It’s the size of a dishby Daniel Saat, director of
washer so will cost a fraction
business development for
of other space missions. We
don’t have to build our own
launch pad,” says Damari.
from an engineering
standpoint, “We needed
to think differently,” says
Damari. “Just like you can
use a smartphone to get a lot
of information, we believe
all the electronics you need
to land on the moon exist
in your pocket,” he says.
“Building our spacecraft
as simply as possible with
the smartest technology
will likely have far-reaching
impact on future economic
and scientific experiment.”
“Velcro, plastics and UV
sunglasses came out of the
Apollo program in the 70s
and 80s,” says Saat. “There’s
the solar energy industry
and astronaut ice cream.
Anything is possible here.
Investing in the space industry has amazing implications
for Earth’s economy. We
expect our network of scientists and engineers to build
amazing things in Israel.”
for the SpaceIL team, winning the competition would
be a dream realized.
“The world is made up of
impossible. The only way
to make it possible is if you
go and do what’s needed
to make it happen, ” says
Damari. — Erika Prafder
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COME TOGETHER
Once a year, our richly diverse New York Jewish
community comes together at the Celebrate Israel
Parade to express our abiding love for the State of
Israel and its people.
This year, a broad delegation of Knesset members
from across the political spectrum along with
Israel’s Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar will kick off
our march up Fifth Avenue.
Their participation in the largest annual pro-Israel
gathering outside of the Jewish state itself
reminds us that the parade is an occasion for
putting aside differences and remembering our
shared commitment to Israel.
As we have for 50 years, we will celebrate —
as one community — the country we love.
On June 1st, that’s all that matters. Join us.
For information about the Celebrate Israel Parade, visit www.celebrateisraelny.org.
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Wings
High-flying pilots from
El Al will lead their local
flying club in a parade
flyover this Sunday
OVER MANHATTAN
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or two decades, Freddy
Sivan flew F-15s for the
Israeli Air Force. Sivan,
like many of his fighter pilot
friends, went on to fly for the
commercial Israeli airline, El
Al, and today captains 747s
each week from Tel Aviv
to the States. Sivan is also
a member of a unique, allvolunteer group based out of
Long Island’s republic Airport — the US Israel Flying
Club, an informal gathering
of pilots and aviation fans
from the U.S. and Israel.
The club was organized by
Avi Cobin, flight instructor
robert Keleti and Al Pereg,
a former F-16 fighter pilot.
They did it “because we like
to fly,” says Cobin.
About once a month, Sivan
and other El Al pilots spend
time with local non-commercial pilots. This unlikely
band of brothers may decide
to fly on a whim to Atlantic
City or take a cross-country
trip, all in small planes
This Sunday, however,
their diary is full. At 11:45
a.m., 15 planes flown by the
club’s pilots will fly over the
parade to salute Israel.
US Israel Flying Club pilots Jeffrey Herskovitz, Freddy Sivan,
Avi Cobin and Mike Harbater are ready for takeoff on Sunday.
“They’re all heroes and
to fly with them is an
incredible privilege,” says
Michael Harbater, 63, of
Far rockaway. “You figuratively rub wings with these
guys. It’s a real honor.”
For the parade, the club
will fly in three V-formations
of five planes each. Just as
they practiced on a recent
Sunday, they will take off
from republic Airport in
Farmingdale, Long Island, fly
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at republic. To his right sat
Cobin, 34, an Israeli native
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about a decade ago.
Last year, the club’s
parade-day flyover grew to
its current 15 planes, but this
is the first year that parade
organizers have made it, as
Cobin says, “official.”
“It is an amazing feeling,”
he says, “and it’s a big honor
for me to fly with all these
big airline pilots. I always
say it’s worth coming from
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Jewish Community Relations
Council of New York
Ronald G. Weiner, President
Michael S. Miller, Executive Vice
President and CEO
Jewish Community Relations
Council-New York Parade
Committee
Jennifer E. Falk, Co-Chair
Judy Kaufthal, Co-Chair
Grand Marshall
Robert Benrimon
Government of Israel
Ambassador Ido Aharoni
Consul General of Israel in
New York
Ambassador Ron Prosor
Permanent Representative of Israel
to the United Nations
Minister Sofa Landver
Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
Deputy Minister Danny Danon
Ministry of Defense
Members of the Knesset :
Hon. Tzachi Hanegbi,
Hon. Yehiel Bar,
Hon. Elazar Stern,
Hon. Zvuloon Kalfa,
Hon. Dov Alan Lipman,
Hon. Itshak Cohen,
Hon. Yizhak Vaknin
BENEFACTORS
Government of Israel
UJA-Federation of New York
• Alisa Robbins Doctroff, President
• Linda Mirels, Chair of the Board
Jewish Communal Fund
• Karen. R. Adler, President
• Noel J. Spiegel, Chair, Executive
Committee
SUSTAINTERS
Felix and Miriam Glaubach
Eugen Gluck
Gloria and Harvey Kaylie
LEADERS
• Greg and Marilyn Adler
• Nicole and Raanan Agus
• David and Jane Bloomgarden
• Ludwig and Lotte Bravmann
• Carol Bravmann Berlin
• Stewart and Sandy Cahn
• Jacob and Suzanne Doft
• Michael and Florence Edelstein
• Diane Bennett Eidman
• Caryl and Israel Englander
• Elliot Gibber
• William Gottesman
• Judy and Uri Kaufthal
• Gerald Kestenbaum
• Matthew and Gladys Maryles
• Theodore Mirvis
• Pamela and George Rohr
• Helene and Robert Rothenberg
• Amy Rubenstein
• Third Point Foundation
• Judy and Morris Tuchman
• Joseph and Judith Willner
SUPPORTERS
• Neil and Sherry Cohen
• Steven Cohn
• Congregation Orach Chaim WF
• Rella Feldman
• Robert Fisher
• Jack and Carole Forgash and
Family
• Stephen and Eleanor Hammerman
• Joan Jakubovitz
• Dina and Jonathan Kaufthal
• Linda and Ilan Kaufthal
• Larry and Teena Lerner
• Julie and Jerrold Levy
• Bernice Manocherian
• Gabrielle Propp
• The Sheila and Henry Marcus
Foundation
• Corrine and Leonard Steel
• The Beker Foundation
PARTNERS
• George Arzt
• Benjamin and Lynda Brafman
• Arthur Dubroff
• Charles and Madeline Dreifus
• Corrine and Joe Franco
• Morton and Dena Frucht
• Rosalie Goldberg and Alan
Bandler
• Robert and Virginia Hirt
• Frances and Martin Irwin
• Myra Johnson
• Dr. Zvi Merans and Mrs. Nina
Kampler
• David Kanbar
• Martin Katzenstein
• Joshua Kaufthal
• Jay and Andrea Kestenbaum
• Richard and Gloria Kobrin
• Abe Kramer
• Jules and Lynn Kroll
• Donald and Yocheved Liss
• Haskel Lookstein
• Barbara and Michael Luxenberg
• Zvi Marans
• Cecelia and Rubin Margules
• Irving and Betty Markowitz
• Robert Mendelson
• Arlette and Raphael Shaya
• Joe and Michele Romano
• Geri and Martin Singerman
• Marvin and Sandra Tenzer
• Howard Wallick
• Ariel and Josh Weiner
• Marion and William Weiss
• Cynthia and Jeff Wiesenfeld
• Shimon Wolf
• Martin Wolpoff
• Karen and Howard Wydra
• Barbara Zimet
• Joan and Lenny Berkowitz
• Laura and Leonard Berner
• Kenneth Blashka
PROVIDERS
• Ethel Schwartz Bock
• Renee Albert
• Faye Breitbart
• Marc and Gilda Angel
• Carolyn Brown
• Martin Balsam
• Jesse Brown
• Lewis Bernstein
• Gary Buchwald
• Lillian and Irwin Chanales
• Lloyd Carroll
• The Chavie Kahn & Heshy Kofman • Paul and Trina Cleeman
Charitable Fund
• Linda Cohen
• Barry and Barbara Coller
• Samuel and Jerome Cohen
• Congregation Nusack Sfard
• Phyllis Cohen
• Shirley and David Ebner
• David Diness
• Lee and Bob Furman
• Linda and Barry Eichler
• Paula and Michael Gottlieb
• Herbert and Judith Ennis
• Leslie Green
• Reba Etra
• Morton Horowitz
• Steven and Lelah Fleischer
• Rhonda L Kaplan
• Faith Fogelman
• Rivka and Mark Kaplow
• Marilyn and Jeffrey Freedman
• Ira Kellman
• Toby and Nissen Frishman
• Michael Kirmayer
• Florence Glazer
• Laurie and Robert Koppel
• Leslie Goldberg
• Linda and Leib Koyfman
• Gisele Goldman
• Abraham Kramer
• Zelda and Sheldon Goldsmith
• Stanley Kreinik
• Naomi and David Greenberg
• Paul and Esther Lerer
• Harriet and Irwin Gribetz
• Gilbert Louzoun
• Lois Grossman
• Roslyn Polonecki
• Leslie and Arnold Gussin
• Morton and Sandra Povman
• Kaye Habib
• Rose Romerovski
• Stefa Hasson
• Charles Rose
• Jason L. Herman
• Edith and Samuel Rosenbloom
• Lev and Lisa Herrnson
• Sharron and Philip Russ
• Howard and Shelley Hershaff
• Anita and Mark Sarna
• Paul and Giselle Hochsztein
• David Schimel
• Sylvia Hoffman
• Anna Shereff
• Jewish Lawyers Guild
• Jenny Shliozberg
• Hannah Katsenelenbogen
• Laurie Simon
• Claire and Meyer Katz
• Herbert Smilowitz
• Sadie Khodorkovsky
• Seymour Ulan
• Janet Kirchheimer
• Walter Weiner
• Michael Klein
• Ester and Howard Wolf
• Michael Kleinberg
• Elaine Kleinmann
FRIENDS
• Marcia Kotkin
• Miriam Adelsberg
• Paul and Naomi Kronish
• Milton Adesnik
• Evelyn Lapin
• Max Adler
• Annette and Arthur Leon
• Louis Appleman
• Helen and Robert Levine
• Drora and Lior Arussy
• Eeta Linden
• James Bennett
• Ruth Loebmann
• Lisa Messinger
• Midway Jewish Center
• Sylvia Miller
• Laura and Alan Moss
• Doris and Leonard Nadel
• Dana Butensky, Marilyn Olarsch
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• Allen Popper
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• Deborah Solomon
• Mindy and Mark Sotsky
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• Barbara Weinstein
• Carl Wisotsky
• Maida and Arthur Yagoda
• Josh and Gayle Yashar
• Helene and Gerald Zisholtz
• Leonard and Ellen Zuckerman
• Abbie and Larry Cohen
• Elisa and Mitch Cohen
• Cindi and Tzvi Dresdner
• Arthur and Hattie Dubroff
• Charles and Rebecca Feldman
• Debbie and Richard Finkelstein
• Anne Goldberg
• Marcia and Jay Goldfischer
• Shira and Barry Hammerman
• Doris and Jay Hartman
• Beth and Lee Hindin
• Rivka and Etan Hindin
• Judy and Daniel Israeli
• Batya and Michael Jacob
• Barrie and Simon Jacob
• Sue and Richard Kelin
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• Adam and Michelle Malek
• Rabbi and Mrs. Alvin Marcus
• Sheba and Stanley Mittelman
• Rivka and Yaakov Moradi
• Boni and Marty Moskovitz
• Cheryl and Jason Munk
• Barbara and Yosef Muskin
• Lynn and Sam Pepper
• Paula and Joseph Piekes
• Larry Rein
• Phyllis and Moshe Roth
• Randee and Ken Rubenstein
• Linda and Larry Schiffman
• Esther and William Schulder
• Mali and Steve Schwartz
• Lisa and Irv Schwarzbaum
• Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef Sharbat
• Galina and Boris Shenfeld
• Jonathan and Sharon Sherman
• Robyn and Bruce Shoulson
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• Debra and Chaim Silverman
• Linda and Robbie Sipzner
• Sandy and David Small
• Marilyn Smilowitz
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• State of Israel
• Jewish Community Relations
IN HONOR OF GRAND
Council of New York
MARSHALL ROBERT BENRIMON • American Zionist Movement
• Debra and Aaron Bassan
• Bank Leumi
• Mr. and Mrs. Jack Becker
• Ariel University
• Harvey Bell
• Space IL
• Naomi and Howard Berg
• Nefesh B’ Nefesh
• Debbie and Ed Berliner
• Zone Camps
• Andrea and Brian Bier
• American Friends of Magen David
• Cheryl and Paul Bier
Adom
• Rabbi Michael and Yael Bleicher
• El Al and Israel Ministry of Tourism
• Ora and Ira Bloom
• Iranian American Jewish
• Susan and Jeff Braverman
Federation of New York and
• Efrat Bunker
Sephardic Heritage Alliance Inc.
• Shari and David Cherna
• American Friends of Leket Israel
• IDT
• Jewish Homeland
• Avi Chai
• Carmel Car
• Dr. Felix Glaubach
• Russian American Jewish
Experience
• IDB Bank
• University Float: American
Friends of Bar-Ilan University,
American Friends of the Open
University of Israel, American
Committee for the Weizmann
Institute of Science, American
Committee for Shenkar College
in Israel, and American Technion
Society
• One Israel Fund
• Shaare Zedek
• The Hampton Synagogue
• The Hebron Fund
FLOAT ENTERTAINERS
• Hagit Yaso
• Chen Aharoni
• DJ Mr. Black
• Howard Leshaw Klezmer &
Yiddish Soul
• The Shul Band
• Donny Baitner & The BaRock
Orchester
• Hebrew Wizards
• The Ramaz Band
• DJ Alex Edge
• Sandy Shmuely
• Six Thirteen
STREET PERFORMERS
• Barynya Entertainment Dancers
• Israel Dance Institute
• Areyvut Mitzvah Clowns
• Celebrate Israel Performers Troop
• Torah Tots
MARCHING GROUPS
• A.J. Heschel School
• AJC – American JewishCommittee
• American Russian Jewish
Community Cluster
COJECO - Council of Jewish
Émigré Community Organizations
American Forum of Russian Jewry
RJeneration
Bukharian Teen Lounge
American Association of Jews
from the FSU
American Association of Jews
from the FSU, NY
Association of East-European
Jewry
Association of Bukharian
Jewish Youth of the USA
ACHDUT”
American Association of
Holocaust Survivors from the FSU
Beth HaKnesseth Ohr
Hamizrach (Caucasian Jewish
Center)
Congregation Meor Hachaim of
Luna Park
Congress of Bukharian Jews of
the USA and Canada
American Association of Invalids
and Veterans of WWII from the
FSU
Congregation of Independent
Chevra Tyfers Israel
Cultural Center of Caucasian Jews
EZRA USA
Holocaust Survivors Charity
Jewish Community of Starrett City
World Forum of Russian Jewry
Metropolitan Russian-American
Parents Association
New York Association of
Holocaust Survivors from the
Former Soviet Union
JCH of Bensonhurst
Russian American Foundation
Russian American Cultural Center
Russian American Officers
Association
Russian-American Voters
Educational League
Women’s Organization
“Esther-ha-Malka” of the
Bukharian Jewish Congress of the
USA and Canada
• AMERICAN VETERANS OF
ISRAEL LEGACY
• ARZA - Association of Reform
Zionists of America
• Ashar
• AZM -The American Zionist
Movement/WZO World
Zionist Organization
HaBonim Dror
Hashomer-HaTsair
Mercaz USA
AMIT
Ameinu
Bnai Zion
• ARZA
• Barkai Yeshivah
• Ben Porat Yosef
• Bi-Cultural Day School
• B’nai Jeshurun
• Bnei Akiva of the U.S. and Canada
• Boy/Girl Scouts of America
• The Brandeis School
• Camp HASC
• Carmel Academy
• Center for Jewish Life
• Chai Riders
• Congregation AABJ&D
• Congregation Or Zarua
• Eagles Wings East Midwood
Hebrew Day School
• Ezra Academy
• Friends of the IDF
• Friends of Israel Scouts • HaTzofim Tzabar
• Frisch School
• Golda Och Academy, West
Orange, NJ
• HAFTR – M.S/H.S.
• HALB – M.S./DRS/SKA
• HANC - Lower School, MiddleSchool, High School
• Hannah Senesh Community Day
School
• Hillel-The Foundation for Jewish
Campus Life
• Hillel Yeshiva – Middle School,
High School
• Jewish Agency for Israel
• JCRC - Long Island
Congregation Beth-El, Massapequa
Congregation B’nai Sholom/Beth
David
Congregation Sons of Israel
Dix Hills Jewish Center
East Meadow Jewish Center
East Meadow JCRC
Huntington Jewish Center
Jewish Center of the Hamptons
Kehillat Chovevei Tzion
Midway Jewish Center
North Shore Jewish Center
North Shore Synagogue
Plainview Jewish Center
Shelter Rock Jewish Center
South Huntington Jewish Center
Temple Beth El of Huntington
Temple Beth El of Patchogue
Temple Beth Sholom
Roslyn Temple Isaiah of Stony
Brook
• Temple Sinai of Massapequa
• Temple Sinai of Roslyn
• Jewish Educational Center • Yeshiva, Mesivta, Bruriah
• Jewish Federation of Greater
MetroWest, NJ
Diller Teen Fellows
Morristown Jewish Center
Beit Yisrael, Morristown, NJ
Congregation Shomrei
Emunah, Montclair, NJ
Temple Shalom, Succasunna, NJ
Congregation B’nai Israel,
Millburn, NJ
Adath Shalom Synagogue,
Morris Plains, NJ
Oheb Shalom Congregation,
South Orange, NJ
Onward Israel Negev Fellows
Mount Freedom Jewish
Center, Mount Freedom, NJ
• Jewish Federation NE PA
• Jewish Federation of NNJ
Gerrard Berman Day School
JCC of Paramus
Congregation Gesher Shalom,
Fort Lee
Temple Israel, Ridgewood
Temple Emanu-el of Closter
Glen Rock Jewish Center
Fair-Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel
Temple Avodat Shalom, River
Edge
Temple Beth El of Northern
Valley, Closter
Temple Emanuel of North
Jersey, Franklin Lakes
• Jewish Federation Rockland
County
Congregation Shaaray Israel
Nanuet Hebrew Center
JCC Rockland
New City Jewish Center
Orangetown Jewish Center
Rockland Jewish Academy
Temple Beth Sholom
• Jewish Foundation School
• Jewish on the Hudson • Jewish Federation of Greater
Orange County, NY
• Jewish War Veterans of the USA
• Joseph Kushner Academy/ Rae
Kushner Yeshiva HS
• Kids of Courage
• Kings Bay Y
• Kinneret Day School
• LGBT
A Wider Bridge
Congregation Beit Simchah Torah
Eshel
JQY
Keshet
• Lower Merion Community
Torah Academy
Kohelet HS
• Ma’ayanot Yeshiva HS for Girls
• Magen David Yeshiva Lower
School/Magen David Celia
Esses HS
• Maimonides Academy
• Manhattan Day School
• Manhattan Jewish Experience
• Marks JCH and Shorefront Y
• Marlboro Jewish Center
• Merrick Bellmore Jewish
• Community Council
• Mitchabrim NY
• Monmouth County Cluster
Temple Beth Ahm
Temple Shaarei Emeth
• The Moriah School
• National Conference of Shomrim
Societies
• Northeast Queens Jewish
Community Council
Babylonian Jewish Center
Bay Terrace Jewish Center
Bellerose Jewish Center
Congregation L’Dor V’Dor
Hillcrest Jewish Center
Hollis Hills Jewish Center
Israel Center of Conservative
Judaism
Marathon Jewish Community
Center
Parker Rehabilitation
Temple Tikvah
Whitestone Hebrew Centre
Northshore Hebrew Academy
Middle School and High School
• OHEL Children’s Home &
• Family Services & Camp Kaylie
• One Family Fund
• OU/Yachad/ NCSY
• Palm Beach Synagogue
• Park Avenue Synagogue
• Progressive Cluster
Americans for Peace Now
New Israel Fund
Partners for Progressive Israel
T’ruah
West End Synagogue
• Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East
Day School
• Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva
• RAJE
• Ramaz -Middle School and Upper
School
• Rambam Mesivta
• Shalhevet
• Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North
Jersey
• SAR Academy/SAR HS
• SHAI
• Shulamith School for Girls - Long
Island
• Shulamith School for Girls of
Brooklyn
• Skaters and Bladers in Memory of
JJ Greenberg
• Solomon Schechter Day School of
Bergen County
• Schechter School of Long Island/
Solomon Schechter Day School
of Queens
• Shalom Torah Schools and Shuls
of Central NJ
• Solomon Schechter School of
Manhattan
• Solomon Schechter School of
Westchester
• Stand With Us
• Talmud Torah Congregation
Machane Chodosh
• Team Lifeline (Chai Lifeline)
• Temple Beth Abraham
• Temple Israel of Great Neck
• Torah Academy of Bergen County
(TABC)
• United Jewish Appeal of Greater
Toronto
• United Mashadi Jewish
Community of America (UMJCA)
Youth
• United Synagogue of Conservative
Judaism
• Volunteers for Israel
• Westchester Day School
• Westchester Hebrew HS
• Westchester Jewish Council
American Friends of Soroka
Community Synagogue of Rye
Conservative Synagogue
Adath Israel of Riverdale
Greenburgh Hebrew Center
Lincoln Park Jewish Center
New Rochelle Jewish Coalition
Beth El Synagogue Center
Congregation Anshe Shalom
Temple Israel of New Rochelle
NOW Israel of Northern
Westchester
Bet Torah of Mount Kisco
Congregation Sons of Israel
First Hebrew Congregation
Mount Kisco Hebrew
Congregation
Pleasantville Community
Synagogue
Temple Beth Am of Yorktown
Temple Beth El of Northern
Westchester
Temple Beth Shalom of Mahopac
Temple Israel of Northern Westchester
Temple Shaaray Tefila
Yorktown Jewish Center
Temple Israel Center of White
Plains
Westchester Klezmer Program
Westchester Reform Temple
• Yavneh Academy
• Yeshiva of Central Queens
• YBH of Passaic -Hillel
• Yeshiva Derech HaTorah
• Yeshiva Har Torah
• Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore
Community
Congregation Brothers of Israel
in Long Branch Yeshiva at the
Jersey Shore
• Yeshiva University
• Yeshivah of Flatbush -MiddleSchool/ HS
• Yeshivat Bitahon (formerly
Yeshiva of Belle Harbor)
• Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
• Yeshivat Noam
• Young Judaea/Hadassah
• ZOA-Zionist Organization of
America
MARCHING BANDS:
• NYC Police Department Band
• Cadets 2
• Fusion Core
• Saint Brigades Drum & Bugle
Corps
• Connecticut Hurricanes
• Bushwhackers Drum & Bugle
Corps
• Windsor Regiment Drum & Bugle
Corps
• Long Island Sunrisers Drum &
Bugle Corps
• Upper Schuylkill Marching Band
• Raiders Drum & Bugle Corps
• Excelsior Drum & Bugle Corps
SPECIAL GUESTS
• Space Il
• Joint Services Honor Guard
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer
• Grover from Sholom Sesame
• Ernie Anastos, Anchor, FOX
Television
• Robert Moses, Reporter.
FOX Television
• Becky Griffin, Sports
Commentator and former MTV
Europe VJ
• SOULFARM
• Hajit Yasso
• Chen Aharoni
• DJ Mr. Black
JCRC-NY STAFF
Michael Mittelman,
Director, Celebrate Israel Intiative
Hindy Poupko,
Managing Director, Director,
Israel and International Affairs
Don Cohen,
Israel Program Coordinator
PARADE STAFF
Peter Kohlmann,
Executive Producer
Gianna Bergman,
Director of Sponsorship
Karen Ostrove,
Creative Director
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Eventage Event Production, Inc.,
Matt Glass, Jen Glass.
TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Bard Entertainment
David Stern
Annette Jolles
TELEVISION BROADCAST
PARTNER
My9 WWOR-TV, Lew Leone, VP
& General Manager, Audrey Pass,
Sr. Director, Communications and
Public Affairs
PRESS REPRESENTATIVES
Rubenstein Communications, Inc.
Suzanne Halpin
Alexandra Sturm
Mike Stouber
ADVERTISING
Hofstetter & Partners/Agency 212
Bill Hofstetter
Denise Ganjou
Erin McFarland
MERCHANDISING
Cadett Marketing,
Daniel Metzger
DECORATIONS, FLAGS,
BANNERS provided by Five Boro
Flag, Banner & Sign, Inc.
STORAGE AND TRUCKING
provided by Avi Moving and
Storage.
SECURITY
provided by T & M Protection
Resources, Sims Security.
THE EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING –
OFFICIAL LIGHTING PARTNER.
Water provided by
Israel Bonds and Manhattan Beer
Distributors, LLC.
Special Thanks: New York City
Police Department,
New York City Department of
Parks & Recreation,
New York City Department of
Transportation.
Celebrate Israel logo designed
by Milton Glaser
The parade will be rebroadcast
as an on demand webcast.
Go to www.CelebrateIsraelNY.org
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Jewish Community Relations
Council of New York
Ronald G. Weiner, President
Michael S. Miller, Executive Vice
President and CEO
Jewish Community Relations
Council-New York Parade
Committee
Jennifer E. Falk, Co-Chair
Judy Kaufthal, Co-Chair
Grand Marshall
Robert Benrimon
Government of Israel
Ambassador Ido Aharoni
Consul General of Israel in
New York
Ambassador Ron Prosor
Permanent Representative of Israel
to the United Nations
Minister Sofa Landver
Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
Deputy Minister Danny Danon
Ministry of Defense
Members of the Knesset :
Hon. Tzachi Hanegbi,
Hon. Yehiel Bar,
Hon. Elazar Stern,
Hon. Zvuloon Kalfa,
Hon. Dov Alan Lipman,
Hon. Itshak Cohen,
Hon. Yizhak Vaknin
BENEFACTORS
Government of Israel
UJA-Federation of New York
• Alisa Robbins Doctroff, President
• Linda Mirels, Chair of the Board
Jewish Communal Fund
• Karen. R. Adler, President
• Noel J. Spiegel, Chair, Executive
Committee
SUSTAINTERS
Felix and Miriam Glaubach
Eugen Gluck
Gloria and Harvey Kaylie
LEADERS
• Greg and Marilyn Adler
• Nicole and Raanan Agus
• David and Jane Bloomgarden
• Ludwig and Lotte Bravmann
• Carol Bravmann Berlin
• Stewart and Sandy Cahn
• Jacob and Suzanne Doft
• Michael and Florence Edelstein
• Diane Bennett Eidman
• Caryl and Israel Englander
• Elliot Gibber
• William Gottesman
• Judy and Uri Kaufthal
• Gerald Kestenbaum
• Matthew and Gladys Maryles
• Theodore Mirvis
• Pamela and George Rohr
• Helene and Robert Rothenberg
• Amy Rubenstein
• Third Point Foundation
• Judy and Morris Tuchman
• Joseph and Judith Willner
SUPPORTERS
• Neil and Sherry Cohen
• Steven Cohn
• Congregation Orach Chaim WF
• Rella Feldman
• Robert Fisher
• Jack and Carole Forgash and
Family
• Stephen and Eleanor Hammerman
• Joan Jakubovitz
• Dina and Jonathan Kaufthal
• Linda and Ilan Kaufthal
• Larry and Teena Lerner
• Julie and Jerrold Levy
• Bernice Manocherian
• Gabrielle Propp
• The Sheila and Henry Marcus
Foundation
• Corrine and Leonard Steel
• The Beker Foundation
PARTNERS
• George Arzt
• Benjamin and Lynda Brafman
• Arthur Dubroff
• Charles and Madeline Dreifus
• Corrine and Joe Franco
• Morton and Dena Frucht
• Rosalie Goldberg and Alan
Bandler
• Robert and Virginia Hirt
• Frances and Martin Irwin
• Myra Johnson
• Dr. Zvi Merans and Mrs. Nina
Kampler
• David Kanbar
• Martin Katzenstein
• Joshua Kaufthal
• Jay and Andrea Kestenbaum
• Richard and Gloria Kobrin
• Abe Kramer
• Jules and Lynn Kroll
• Donald and Yocheved Liss
• Haskel Lookstein
• Barbara and Michael Luxenberg
• Zvi Marans
• Cecelia and Rubin Margules
• Irving and Betty Markowitz
• Robert Mendelson
• Arlette and Raphael Shaya
• Joe and Michele Romano
• Geri and Martin Singerman
• Marvin and Sandra Tenzer
• Howard Wallick
• Ariel and Josh Weiner
• Marion and William Weiss
• Cynthia and Jeff Wiesenfeld
• Shimon Wolf
• Martin Wolpoff
• Karen and Howard Wydra
• Barbara Zimet
• Joan and Lenny Berkowitz
• Laura and Leonard Berner
• Kenneth Blashka
PROVIDERS
• Ethel Schwartz Bock
• Renee Albert
• Faye Breitbart
• Marc and Gilda Angel
• Carolyn Brown
• Martin Balsam
• Jesse Brown
• Lewis Bernstein
• Gary Buchwald
• Lillian and Irwin Chanales
• Lloyd Carroll
• The Chavie Kahn & Heshy Kofman • Paul and Trina Cleeman
Charitable Fund
• Linda Cohen
• Barry and Barbara Coller
• Samuel and Jerome Cohen
• Congregation Nusack Sfard
• Phyllis Cohen
• Shirley and David Ebner
• David Diness
• Lee and Bob Furman
• Linda and Barry Eichler
• Paula and Michael Gottlieb
• Herbert and Judith Ennis
• Leslie Green
• Reba Etra
• Morton Horowitz
• Steven and Lelah Fleischer
• Rhonda L Kaplan
• Faith Fogelman
• Rivka and Mark Kaplow
• Marilyn and Jeffrey Freedman
• Ira Kellman
• Toby and Nissen Frishman
• Michael Kirmayer
• Florence Glazer
• Laurie and Robert Koppel
• Leslie Goldberg
• Linda and Leib Koyfman
• Gisele Goldman
• Abraham Kramer
• Zelda and Sheldon Goldsmith
• Stanley Kreinik
• Naomi and David Greenberg
• Paul and Esther Lerer
• Harriet and Irwin Gribetz
• Gilbert Louzoun
• Lois Grossman
• Roslyn Polonecki
• Leslie and Arnold Gussin
• Morton and Sandra Povman
• Kaye Habib
• Rose Romerovski
• Stefa Hasson
• Charles Rose
• Jason L. Herman
• Edith and Samuel Rosenbloom
• Lev and Lisa Herrnson
• Sharron and Philip Russ
• Howard and Shelley Hershaff
• Anita and Mark Sarna
• Paul and Giselle Hochsztein
• David Schimel
• Sylvia Hoffman
• Anna Shereff
• Jewish Lawyers Guild
• Jenny Shliozberg
• Hannah Katsenelenbogen
• Laurie Simon
• Claire and Meyer Katz
• Herbert Smilowitz
• Sadie Khodorkovsky
• Seymour Ulan
• Janet Kirchheimer
• Walter Weiner
• Michael Klein
• Ester and Howard Wolf
• Michael Kleinberg
• Elaine Kleinmann
FRIENDS
• Marcia Kotkin
• Miriam Adelsberg
• Paul and Naomi Kronish
• Milton Adesnik
• Evelyn Lapin
• Max Adler
• Annette and Arthur Leon
• Louis Appleman
• Helen and Robert Levine
• Drora and Lior Arussy
• Eeta Linden
• James Bennett
• Ruth Loebmann
• Lisa Messinger
• Midway Jewish Center
• Sylvia Miller
• Laura and Alan Moss
• Doris and Leonard Nadel
• Dana Butensky, Marilyn Olarsch
and Lauren Goodman
• Eleanor and Sidney Packer
• Judith V. Padolf
• Allen and Karen Perl
• Allen Popper
• Stephen Rosenkranz
• Rita Rothfleisch
• S & H Equities (NY) INC.
• Shoshana and Solomon Rybak
• Ariela and Israel Schiller
• Frieda Schimel
• Sheila Schreiber
• Maxine Shirman
• Joy Silber
• Sharon and Edward Silberfarb
• Paul and Sara Silverstein
• Belle and Arthur Simon
• Stanley Slater
• Deborah Solomon
• Mindy and Mark Sotsky
• Charlotte and Jack Steinberg
• Deborah Tolchin
• Myra and Herman Treitel
• Herb and Irene Wald
• Barbara Weinstein
• Carl Wisotsky
• Maida and Arthur Yagoda
• Josh and Gayle Yashar
• Helene and Gerald Zisholtz
• Leonard and Ellen Zuckerman
• Abbie and Larry Cohen
• Elisa and Mitch Cohen
• Cindi and Tzvi Dresdner
• Arthur and Hattie Dubroff
• Charles and Rebecca Feldman
• Debbie and Richard Finkelstein
• Anne Goldberg
• Marcia and Jay Goldfischer
• Shira and Barry Hammerman
• Doris and Jay Hartman
• Beth and Lee Hindin
• Rivka and Etan Hindin
• Judy and Daniel Israeli
• Batya and Michael Jacob
• Barrie and Simon Jacob
• Sue and Richard Kelin
• Debra and Dov Lando
• Eta and Mark Levenson
• Judy and Ari Levitan
• Libby and Larry Levitt
• Linda and David Lewinter
• Yaffa and Larry Liebman
• Roslyn and Marvin Lipsky
• Bobbi and Michael Luxenberg
• Adam and Michelle Malek
• Rabbi and Mrs. Alvin Marcus
• Sheba and Stanley Mittelman
• Rivka and Yaakov Moradi
• Boni and Marty Moskovitz
• Cheryl and Jason Munk
• Barbara and Yosef Muskin
• Lynn and Sam Pepper
• Paula and Joseph Piekes
• Larry Rein
• Phyllis and Moshe Roth
• Randee and Ken Rubenstein
• Linda and Larry Schiffman
• Esther and William Schulder
• Mali and Steve Schwartz
• Lisa and Irv Schwarzbaum
• Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef Sharbat
• Galina and Boris Shenfeld
• Jonathan and Sharon Sherman
• Robyn and Bruce Shoulson
• Shoshana and Brad Shulman
• Debra and Chaim Silverman
• Linda and Robbie Sipzner
• Sandy and David Small
• Marilyn Smilowitz
• Cookie and Marty Solomon
• Roberta and Yitzchak Stracuhler
• Andrea and Ronald Sultan
• Sharon and Jerry Volk
• Debbie and Marvin Weintraub
• Tova and Howard Weiser
• Sharon and Ed Zughaft
• Rabbi and Mrs. Eliezer Zwickler
FLOAT SPONSORS
• Orthodox Union
• Jewish National Fund
• Jordache
• Hillel Yeshiva
• Israel Bonds Float and Israel
Bonds sponsored Water Truck
• UJA-Federation of NY
• America-Israel Friendship League
• State of Israel
• Jewish Community Relations
IN HONOR OF GRAND
Council of New York
MARSHALL ROBERT BENRIMON • American Zionist Movement
• Debra and Aaron Bassan
• Bank Leumi
• Mr. and Mrs. Jack Becker
• Ariel University
• Harvey Bell
• Space IL
• Naomi and Howard Berg
• Nefesh B’ Nefesh
• Debbie and Ed Berliner
• Zone Camps
• Andrea and Brian Bier
• American Friends of Magen David
• Cheryl and Paul Bier
Adom
• Rabbi Michael and Yael Bleicher
• El Al and Israel Ministry of Tourism
• Ora and Ira Bloom
• Iranian American Jewish
• Susan and Jeff Braverman
Federation of New York and
• Efrat Bunker
Sephardic Heritage Alliance Inc.
• Shari and David Cherna
• American Friends of Leket Israel
• IDT
• Jewish Homeland
• Avi Chai
• Carmel Car
• Dr. Felix Glaubach
• Russian American Jewish
Experience
• IDB Bank
• University Float: American
Friends of Bar-Ilan University,
American Friends of the Open
University of Israel, American
Committee for the Weizmann
Institute of Science, American
Committee for Shenkar College
in Israel, and American Technion
Society
• One Israel Fund
• Shaare Zedek
• The Hampton Synagogue
• The Hebron Fund
FLOAT ENTERTAINERS
• Hagit Yaso
• Chen Aharoni
• DJ Mr. Black
• Howard Leshaw Klezmer &
Yiddish Soul
• The Shul Band
• Donny Baitner & The BaRock
Orchester
• Hebrew Wizards
• The Ramaz Band
• DJ Alex Edge
• Sandy Shmuely
• Six Thirteen
STREET PERFORMERS
• Barynya Entertainment Dancers
• Israel Dance Institute
• Areyvut Mitzvah Clowns
• Celebrate Israel Performers Troop
• Torah Tots
MARCHING GROUPS
• A.J. Heschel School
• AJC – American JewishCommittee
• American Russian Jewish
Community Cluster
COJECO - Council of Jewish
Émigré Community Organizations
American Forum of Russian Jewry
RJeneration
Bukharian Teen Lounge
American Association of Jews
from the FSU
American Association of Jews
from the FSU, NY
Association of East-European
Jewry
Association of Bukharian
Jewish Youth of the USA
ACHDUT”
American Association of
Holocaust Survivors from the FSU
Beth HaKnesseth Ohr
Hamizrach (Caucasian Jewish
Center)
Congregation Meor Hachaim of
Luna Park
Congress of Bukharian Jews of
the USA and Canada
American Association of Invalids
and Veterans of WWII from the
FSU
Congregation of Independent
Chevra Tyfers Israel
Cultural Center of Caucasian Jews
EZRA USA
Holocaust Survivors Charity
Jewish Community of Starrett City
World Forum of Russian Jewry
Metropolitan Russian-American
Parents Association
New York Association of
Holocaust Survivors from the
Former Soviet Union
JCH of Bensonhurst
Russian American Foundation
Russian American Cultural Center
Russian American Officers
Association
Russian-American Voters
Educational League
Women’s Organization
“Esther-ha-Malka” of the
Bukharian Jewish Congress of the
USA and Canada
• AMERICAN VETERANS OF
ISRAEL LEGACY
• ARZA - Association of Reform
Zionists of America
• Ashar
• AZM -The American Zionist
Movement/WZO World
Zionist Organization
HaBonim Dror
Hashomer-HaTsair
Mercaz USA
AMIT
Ameinu
Bnai Zion
• ARZA
• Barkai Yeshivah
• Ben Porat Yosef
• Bi-Cultural Day School
• B’nai Jeshurun
• Bnei Akiva of the U.S. and Canada
• Boy/Girl Scouts of America
• The Brandeis School
• Camp HASC
• Carmel Academy
• Center for Jewish Life
• Chai Riders
• Congregation AABJ&D
• Congregation Or Zarua
• Eagles Wings East Midwood
Hebrew Day School
• Ezra Academy
• Friends of the IDF
• Friends of Israel Scouts • HaTzofim Tzabar
• Frisch School
• Golda Och Academy, West
Orange, NJ
• HAFTR – M.S/H.S.
• HALB – M.S./DRS/SKA
• HANC - Lower School, MiddleSchool, High School
• Hannah Senesh Community Day
School
• Hillel-The Foundation for Jewish
Campus Life
• Hillel Yeshiva – Middle School,
High School
• Jewish Agency for Israel
• JCRC - Long Island
Congregation Beth-El, Massapequa
Congregation B’nai Sholom/Beth
David
Congregation Sons of Israel
Dix Hills Jewish Center
East Meadow Jewish Center
East Meadow JCRC
Huntington Jewish Center
Jewish Center of the Hamptons
Kehillat Chovevei Tzion
Midway Jewish Center
North Shore Jewish Center
North Shore Synagogue
Plainview Jewish Center
Shelter Rock Jewish Center
South Huntington Jewish Center
Temple Beth El of Huntington
Temple Beth El of Patchogue
Temple Beth Sholom
Roslyn Temple Isaiah of Stony
Brook
• Temple Sinai of Massapequa
• Temple Sinai of Roslyn
• Jewish Educational Center • Yeshiva, Mesivta, Bruriah
• Jewish Federation of Greater
MetroWest, NJ
Diller Teen Fellows
Morristown Jewish Center
Beit Yisrael, Morristown, NJ
Congregation Shomrei
Emunah, Montclair, NJ
Temple Shalom, Succasunna, NJ
Congregation B’nai Israel,
Millburn, NJ
Adath Shalom Synagogue,
Morris Plains, NJ
Oheb Shalom Congregation,
South Orange, NJ
Onward Israel Negev Fellows
Mount Freedom Jewish
Center, Mount Freedom, NJ
• Jewish Federation NE PA
• Jewish Federation of NNJ
Gerrard Berman Day School
JCC of Paramus
Congregation Gesher Shalom,
Fort Lee
Temple Israel, Ridgewood
Temple Emanu-el of Closter
Glen Rock Jewish Center
Fair-Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel
Temple Avodat Shalom, River
Edge
Temple Beth El of Northern
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CELEBRATE IsRAEL
Bread
Cheese Burekas
of heaven
Hungry parade-goers can indulge at these
authentic Israeli bakeries
By INNA DESILVA
“Every major
city in Europe has
s 30,000 New
a bakery on each
Yorkers gather to
corner where you
watch sunday’s 50th
eat the product right
annual Celebrate Israel
there and then. In
Parade on Fifth Avenue,
New York we could
chances are they will be
not find that because
looking for a fun snack
most bakeries move
or lunch with friends and
production outside of
family.
the city,” says Peleg.
These two NYC spots
Peleg searched
are owned by Israelifor a couple of years
Americans with a deep
before settling on
love of freshly baked
the Union square
goods and a desire to
location.
share their culinary tradi“The green martions from the Land of
ket attracts people
Milk and Honey.
who care about
food and freshness.
Breads Bakery
We envisioned that
18 E. 16th St.
people would stop
(212) 633-2253; breadsbakery.
by our bakery for
com
bread after buying
This airy, modern space
their fruits and vegis filled with too many
etables,” he says.
delicious breads and
Breads offers a
sweets to list, and master
variety of treats,
baker Uri scheft, whose
including cinnamon
Lehamim Bakery in Tel
croissants (which
Vered Abeles of Breads Bakery displays mouthAviv has a huge following,
taste a bit like
is at the helm.
babka), chocolate
watering varieties of bureka bread. Top: Try the
scheft, whose parents
rugalach, and a
hearty babka from Zucker Bakery.
immigrated to Israel from
more unusual
Denmark, manages to combine
tuna topped with crème brulee.
marzipan rugalach — naturally,
healthy Danish sensibility with
scheft was lured to NYC in
they are all divine.
other influences, produc2010 by his partner Gadi Peleg,
The bakery also offers
ing items like smorrbrod — a
a successful Israeli-American
burekas, a Middle Eastern pasdecadent Danish open-faced
businessman, who saw a need
try filled with feta, potatoes or
sandwich featuring salmon and
in the Big Apple.
hard-boiled eggs.
ZuCker Bakery
433 E. Ninth St.
(646) 559-8425; zuckerbakery.com
This charming and cozy café/
bakery is owned by Zohar Zohar,
a culinary master who toiled for
many years in the kitchens of
Daniel Boulud and David Bouley.
Raised on a kibbutz in Israel,
Zohar gave up her cooking
career many years ago to raise
a family. In 2012, with her
husband’s encouragement, she
decided to open a small place
near their home to share her
passion for baking both the
traditional (chocolate babka,
anyone?) and the very adventurous (turkey-stuffed doughnuts,
which are served in the month
of November).
Family is at the heart of owning a bakery, says Zohar, who
loves “watching my kids grow
up in a traditional family business where they can help out
on weekends and get to know
our regular customers.”
For those of you looking for
a little bite of Israel, try the
alfajhores: a light-as-air cookie
brought from Argentina that
has become a staple in bakeries
throughout Israel. There are
also “roses,” or buns stuffed
with different fillings.
For those looking for heartier
fare, there are daily lunch spe-
Michael Sofronski(2)
A
cials. This weekend, Zucker
Bakery will also feature a light
cheesecake (pictured above,
with the recipe, right) typically
baked at home in Israel.
1 lb. puff pastry
9.5 ounces cream cheese
3/4 cup feta cheese
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
4 tablespoons flour
Nigella and white sesame seeds
Thaw dough in the refrigerator two
hours before use. Preheat the oven to
350 degrees Fahrenheit
Cheese filling:
Beat together the cream cheese and
feta until smooth. Mix in the sour
cream. Add in one egg and combine.
Add the flour and beat until combined.
Preparation:
On a clean, smooth, floured surface,
unfold one puff pastry sheet. Using a
rolling pin, roll out the sheets to 12x12inch squares. Cut each sheet into nine
equal squares (about 4x4 inches each).
In a small bowl, whisk an egg. Using
a pastry brush, brush the egg wash
onto the squares. Place one spoonful
of filling into the center of each square.
Fold the dough squares over to the
opposite corner to make a triangle.
Using a pastry brush, brush the egg
wash onto the surface of each bureka.
Sprinkle with mixed nigella and white
sesame seeds. Bake the burekas for
25-30 minutes, or until golden brown.
Courtesy of Breads Bakery
Light Yogurt
Cheesecake
Crust:
7 ounces unsalted butter, room
temperature
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Filling:
1 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 cups heavy whipping cream
3 egg whites
9 tablespoons sugar
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Fahrenheit.
In a mixer bowl, beat butter and
sugar until light. Add the yolks one at
a time until mixed, then add the dry
ingredients until combined. Divide the
dough into ⅔ and ⅓, cover with plastic
wrap and refrigerate for two hours.
In a buttered springform pan, spread
⅔ of dough to cover the pan’s
bottom.
In another buttered pan,
spread the remaining dough to
cover the pan’s bottom. Bake just
until the crusts are a light golden
brown. Chill.
In a mixing bowl, whip 3
room-temperature egg whites
with 3 tbsp. sugar to stiff peaks;
transfer to a bowl.
Whip the heavy cream with 3
tbsp. sugar, and fold into the egg
whites. Whip the Greek yogurt
with 3 tbs. sugar, then fold into
the cream and egg mixture. Pour the
filling onto the crust. Crumble remaining crust and sprinkle on the yogurt
mixture. Refrigerate overnight.
Courtesy of Zucker Bakery
new
By LINDA LAB
EinAtAdmony
Two months ago, Einat
Admony opened her third
Manhattan restaurant, Bar
Bolonat; now, she’s heading
to Los Angeles to man a
pop-up joint, testing the
culinary waters there.
Clearly, the gregarious
43-year-old embodies
that fabled New York
City maxim: “If you can
make it here, you’ll make
it anywhere.” Yet in 2010,
when she and her husband
and business partner stefan
Nafziger opened their first
restaurant, Balaboosta,
prospects weren’t so
bright.
“The first year, we nearly
closed,” says Admony. “I
got pregnant with my first
son, too. But I kept on
working at it. I really think
that if you do something
good here, and believe and
believe, people see something that stands out they
like, and they appreciate
it. Hype and trends irritate
me a lot,” she adds, “but
when people find something that’s genuine, they
appreciate it. I have great
customers who just keep
coming back.”
Admony, who lives in
Fort Greene, first came to
New York in 1998 for three
months to intern in “some
nice restaurants.” as she
puts it. she returned to her
native Israel, but within
a year she was drawn
back: “stefan was in New
York, so I came back to be
with him. It’s the perfect
reason.”
Not surprisingly, given
that she has translated
Israeli cuisine here, she
misses Israel’s food scene.
“The food thing over
there is something to
celebrate,” she enthuses.
“There’s so much talent.
The fresh fruit and vegetables, everything is grown
there. There is no paying
triple money for something
that’s farm-to-table. Everything is farm-to-table.”
nili
lotAn
New
Yorkbased
fashion
designer
Nili Lotan has lived in
Manhattan longer than she
CELEBRATE IsRAEL
wave of talent
Gabi Porter
“We don’t
live our lives
at parties; we
live our lives
at work and
picking up
children and
grocery shopping. I design
for women
who have real
lives and need
clothes for
that, but who
also want to
look pretty
when they
go out for an
evening.”
One strong
influence from
her homeland
remains
though: color.
“It’s interesting, and you
can see it in my collections,
but I use a lot of army
green and that’s because
I grew up with the army
on the street. You see it
every day in Israel and it
becomes part of your color
scheme.”
The biggest thing Lotan
holds dear about Israel is
the Israelis: “The people,
their amazing spirit. That
to me is the biggest thing to
celebrate about Israel.”
lived in her native Israel.
So long, in fact, that the
56-year-old has to think
hard to recall moving here
in 1980.
“I went to school in
Israel and studied fashion
design. I was in the army
when I was 20, so I must
have moved here when I
was about 23,” she ponders,
astounded. Time has flown
by for the mother of three,
who lives in Tribeca with
Israeli singer David Broza.
But even after all this time,
the city still amazes her.
“The energy and creativity are what inspire me. I
moved to a new studio a
year ago and already five
art galleries have appeared.
Change happens so quickly
here and that continual
movement is energizing.
What kept me here really
was work,” she adds. “Even
from the beginning, my
work was very rewarding
and successful.”
Lotan worked for Liz
Claiborne, Ralph Lauren,
and Nautica before launching her own collection
under the Nili Lotan label
in 2003. Her designs are
easy to wear, elegant, and
functional.
When she first arrived,
fanciful European fashion
was a great influence, but
once she started working
for the likes of Claiborne
and Lauren, and saw what
Calvin Klein was doing
with discreet clean lines,
she grew to appreciate the
sporty ease of American
designers.
“For one thing, I don’t
think in terms of fashion,
more of style,” she says.
Sharon
alouf
When
she was
19 years
old, Sharon Alouf
moved
from Israel to Manhattan
to pursue a career as a photographer. It was 1984 and
the fabled downtown arts
scene was still buzzing.
“Alphabet City, Area,
and Madame Rosa’s,”
she recalls. “It was the
Jean-Michel Basquiat era.
It was very exciting; it
was grungy, a lot of things
happening. That was my
period of exploring. I doubt
that this element of excitement ever dies in this city.
Now it’s in Brooklyn or
somewhere else.”
New York turned out to
be exactly what Alouf was
seeking.
“I felt that Israel was
too small and it wasn’t as
open to new talent as New
York is. This city doesn’t
prejudge you. If you’re
talented and you deliver,
the sky’s the limit.”
After working for the
likes of documentary
filmmakers the Maysles
Brothers and avant-garde
artist-musician Laurie
Anderson, she eventually
turned to jewelry design
and built an A-list clientele
all over the world.
Alouf’s bespoke commissions can cost from ten to
hundreds of thousands of
These three Israeli women are
making their creative mark on NYC
dollars, but she also sells
“more accessible” pieces at
Dover Street Market NYC
and London.
“As much as I’m urban
and refined in my New
York aesthetics, I’m a world
traveler. I need different
cultures,” she says.
Her greatest hope, she
says, is that Israelis and
Palestinians can also find
peace.
“Peace often happens
one-on-one by changing
people’s perception and
letting them know that,
for some of us, the biggest
hope is to live peacefully.
That’s my prayer.”
Still, she finds something
to celebrate her homeland
for, and it connects to her
Buddhist studies of being
in the moment.
“In Israel, we strip
a moment down to its
essence. We’re a country
under war and we’re living in the moment. We’re
direct; we go straight to the
heart. I would always raise
a glass to that.”
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A11
CELEBRATE IsRAEL
EVERYTHING OLD IS
➊ Chef Meir Adoni
Thanks to a booming economy and new crop of cultural attractions,
Israel continues to be the Middle East’s most dynamic destination.
From Tel Aviv’s creative culinary scene to Jerusalem’s new hotel
wonders, the Jewish nation has never been more compelling.
From its snow-capped north to stark desert south,
here are 10 top ways to experience Israel’s eclectic best.
Ten years after launching his flagship
restaurant Catit (catit.co.il), baby-faced
chef Meir Adoni continues to go from
strength to strength. Along with a lucrative television career, Adoni now oversees
a mini-empire of four Tel Aviv must-eats.
On buzzy Nahalat Binyamin Street,
there’s his casual Mizlala (mizlala.co.il)
which serves upscale takes on traditional
Levantine dishes along with posh Catit’s
new incarnation.
At the sea-facing Carlton
Hotel, Blue Sky (blueskybyma.
co.il) is an indoor/outdoor
roof-top spot with an inventive
fish-focused menu, while downstairs is Adoni’s latest invention,
Lumina, a meat-lovers delight,
raising kosher cuisine to tasty
and inventive new levels.
Next up for Adoni: a restaurant in New York.
➋ BinyAMinA Winery
From Biblical times onward, winemaking has been a staple of life in the
Middle East, and today Israel is home to
increasingly sophisticated wineries.
Among the best-located is Binyamina
Winery, founded back in 1952. It has been
cultivating quality vintages ever since.
Located barely 45 mins from Tel Aviv, a
visit to Binyamina Winery offers an easyaccess look at wine cultivation both old
and new. Head for the winery’s visitors
center, which is housed in a 90-year-old
former perfume factory first established
by Zionist pioneer Baron Benjamin
Edmond de Rothschild, from which the
town of Binyamina (Hebrew for “Benjamin”) takes its name.
The roughly hour-long guided tour
includes strolls through the winery’s
vineyards, details about the wine-making
process, info on the region’s wine history
and — of course — samples of the winery’s tastiest pours. binyaminawines.co.il
By DAVID KAUFMAN
Dan Peretz(2); Gabriel Baharlia (left)
A12
The food from Chef Meir
Adoni (inset above) is as
good as this yacht-filled view
from his roof-top restaurant
Blue Sky in Tel Aviv.
➌ efendi hotel
Set in the ancient northern Israeli town
of Akko and crafted from a pair of Ottoman
Empire-era palaces, the Efendi is among the most
complex private restoration projects ever overseen by Israel’s ultra-strict Antiquities Authority.
The 12-room property reflects the centuries of
conflict that have defined this sacred land almost
since Biblical times. At the hotel’s base are 1,500
year-old Byzantine support walls, that lead to a
Crusader-era wine cellar capped by early Ottoman Empire-era dining chambers, themselves
topped by original late-Ottoman bedrooms now
housing the guest chambers.
Ornate and oversized, the suites are fit for
a Pasha and feature grandly arched windows,
Turkish marble floors, contemporary Italian
furniture and a range of meticulously sourced
regional antiques. Prices run from about $500
with breakfast.
Louis IX Street; Acre, Israel (011 972 74 7299799;
hotel-efendi.com)
CELEBRATE IsRAEL
Itay Sikolski
NEW AGAIN
➑ CraMiM rESort & Spa
Assaf Pinchuk
➍ BErESHEEt
Israel’s 200-million-year-old
Ramon Crater starkly proves that
what’s very old can truly be new
again.
Located 2.5 hours south of Tel
Aviv, the Crater’s barren edge is
now home to the nation’s most
luxe resort, complete with ultra
contemporary design.
The Isrotel Beresheet is spread
over 12.5 crater-front acres.
Beresheet (Hebrew for “Genesis”)
has a straight-from-the-Bible
aesthetic that elegantly evokes the
surrounding landscape.
The resort’s 112 rooms are spread
among 40 low-slung local stone
The 156-room Cramim Resort & Spa is set in the rugged hills
of Kiryat Anavim, a tranquil hamlet filled with boutique wineries just 10 minutes from Jerusalem. Mixing modern design with
elegant, earthy materials, Cramim is envisioned as a place where
tourists can delight in the region’s cultural and sybaritic wonders
while locals enjoy a good night out.
The resort’s key feature is its spa, with 24 treatment rooms, elegant hammam and destination bar and restaurant. Cramim’s rooms
are anchored by panoramic windows which pour directly onto the
countryside, all elegantly designed by NYC-based firm Studio Gaia.
isrotel.com
and Ipe wood structures — all
facing the 1,500 foot-deep crater,
which runs for 25 miles through
the silent Negev desert. Each features outdoor space -— including
a series of suites with Israel’s first
infinity-edge plunge pools.
isrotelexclusivecollection.com/
beresheet
➎ MitzpEH
HayaMiM
Perched 1,500 feet
above sea level, the
100-room Mitzpe
Hayamim was Israel’s
first full-service spa
resort. Founded by a
German homeopath, it’s
a collection of rustic,
stone-clad structures,
23 spa treatment rooms,
jacuzzis and pools, many
with views straight to the Sea of Galilee. The vegetarian menu
is based on extensive onsite organic gardens and dairies. The
37-acre retreat also includes artists’ galleries, hiking trails and a
small gift shop. Opt for one of the resort’s newer deluxe suites
with panoramic views straight onto the Golan Heights.
mitzpe-hayamim.com
➒ Waldorf aStoria JEruSalEM
Eyal Marilus
Just completed, the
Sarona (saronatlv.co.il)
complex is an ingenious
example of Tel Aviv old
and new. Set close to the
city’s cultural quarter, the
47-acre site features 33 historic homes first built some
140 years ago by the German Templar missionaries.
Now renovated, it’s a
first-class mix of retail, restaurants, cafes and farmer’s markets,
all set among beautifully landscaped gardens and courtyards
towered over by luxury residential buildings. The space has
free WiFi, while its central location finally links Tel Aviv’s
up-and-coming east side with its western, sea-facing core.
Best bets include Claro (clarotlv.com) — a massive modMediterranean restaurant.
➐ ritz-Carlton HErzliya
Although it’s barely 30 minutes north of Tel
Aviv, the town of Herzliya is a world away from
Israel’s party capital.
Directly fronting the sea and hosting some
of Israel’s best beaches, Herzliya is home to
both the nation’s high-tech industry as well
as its surfing and yachting culture. It’s here
that Ritz-Carlton chose to open its first Israeli
property — a sleek, thoroughly modern
hideaway with prime beach access, indulgent
roof-top pool and sybaritic Shiseido Spa.
Some 175 rooms fill the 12-story new-build
property, which offers among the best Mediterranean views in the nation. There’s also an outpost of uber-chef Haim Cohen’s neo-Levantine
restaurant Herbert Samuel — fully kosher, of
course — the first kosher kitchen in the entire
history of the Ritz-Carlton. ritzcarlton.com
 dEliCiouS iSraEl
Israel’s increasingly sophisticated
culinary scene is now luring curious
foodies from across the globe. Tel
Aviv culinary expert Inbal Baum is
taking this trend to the next level
via Delicious Israel — personalized
culinary-themed walking tours.
Crafted with each traveler’s interests
in mind, Baum offers everything
from intense hummus crawls to day-long winery tours to culinary
safaris where guests experience everything from small-scale goat
cheese farms to tiny olive oil orchards. For those seeking a dose of
zen, Baum also organizes restorative yoga sessions.
deliciousisrael.com
Paloma Aelyon
Sivan Askayo
➏ Sarona
With iconic properties like The King David and American
Colony, Jerusalem has never lacked for elegant hotels. But its
newest, The Waldorf-Astoria, raises the bar even further. Set
within walking distance of The Old City, the Waldorf pairs a
historic shell with luxe, modern interiors.
The property inhabits the preserved and intricately restored
facade of the 1930s-era Palace Hotel, whose myriad columns
and arches are an eye-catching example of traditional Levantine
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Yaniv Biton lives for the kind
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in Tokyo, Bangkok, London or
at home in Tel Aviv, under his
stage name Mr. Black, he always
pushes himself to entertain.
“I like to mix live because each crowd is different.
If you choose something and see people are not much
into it, you have to reach in and try to bring something
everyone knows [to] try to connect people with the
beat,” he says.
When Black, 33, composes, he starts with a hook. “I
take some melody, the main part, then I build the atmosphere behind it, and only then do I build the beat.”
Speaking from Tel Aviv, Black says he is very excited to
get the chance to play Israeli pop in New York City at the
parade. “It’s my first time, so I will be supporting Hebrew
acts like Balkan Beat Box and Infected Mushroom.”
Mr. Black just finished a video called “Boombox”
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“These days the music is more aggressive, more
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Seven years ago, I’d play 20 tracks per hour. These
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For his first time in New York City, Black is going
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show him the best clubs.
— Joseph Gallivan
Fresh Israeli acts
light up the
Parade this year
HAGITYASO
From the tiny war-torn
town of Sderot in
southern Israel near
the border with Gaza,
Hagit Yaso has made
it to Fifth
Avenue.
Often
packaged as a sultry
soul singer, her
crystal-clear tone and perfect diction make her
a mesmerizing performer.
In 2011, the then-22-year-old won the ninth
season of “Kokhav Nolad (A Star Is Born),”
with a bold blend of musical styles and
languages: she sings in Hebrew, Amharic,
English and Moroccan. In New York she will
be singing “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav” (Jerusalem of Gold). “It’s a song for Israel, you learn it when
you’re little; I grew up on it,” she says. “This will be my
first time singing on a truck. It’s going to be hard!”
Her band, composed of three students at The New
School, will be her guide while she’s in New York. As she
says, “We were all in the army, so we know each other
well.”
Yaso’s ambition is to break into the American market.
“I want to connect with the audience here, the Jewish and
Israeli and American audience,” she says. To that end,
Yaso is working on her first album, from which the single,
“Anything that Mentions,” features a duet with her father.
— Joseph Gallivan. Translator: Carene Shaaltiel
CHEN AHARONI
The last time up-and-coming singer Chen Aharoni was in New York, his timing was a little off.
“Superstorm Sandy hit the day before I arrived,”
he remembers. “I didn’t really see much.”
This time, he’s excited to sing for the first time on
the back of a float at the Parade.
“I’ll probably sing songs I feel the crowd can
connect with,” he says, including “Neshima,” his
first number one on the Israeli charts, and “Nosea
Rahok.”
Aharoni sings mostly in Hebrew but speaks fluent
English. “I do pop music, but I bring something
from Israel,” he says from his home in Ramat Gan.
His family hails from Yemen, and he is
proud of that influence. “I got my voice
thanks to my genes,” he says.
At 17, Aharoni came in fourth in the
talent show “Kokhav Nolad (A Star
is Born).” This led to two seasons
presenting a show called “Ra’ash
(Noise)” on the Music 24 channel.
Aharoni, who turned 24 in
April, also did three years in the
Israeli army. He worked as an
injuries coordinator and instructor at a medical complex in Tel
HaShomer. “You can do something
good for other people, to give
back,” he says. “We went to a lot
of places where families and children [were] in need, gave them
food and help,” he says.
Aharoni hopes to do some
acoustic gigs in New York. “I like
that I can see the audience and their
transformation as they understand what I
want from them,” he says.
— Joseph Gallivan
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