tel aviv centennial celebration
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More than 350 guests joined Honorees Harvey Krueger and Josh Weston on November 16 to celebrate the Tel Aviv Centennial at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

The evening started with a special visit by Mayor Bloomberg who spoke to the crowd at the general reception – referring to the special spirit that Tel Aviv and New York City share.

Master of Ceremonies Mike Burstyn guided the crowd through an evening of festivities, which included the showing of the multimedia installation "Tel Aviv: A Journey to a Vision" and speeches by Mayor of Tel Aviv Ron Huldai and Admiral (res.) Abraham Ben Shoshan, Director General of the Tel Aviv Foundation.

Singers Elinor Sohn and Inbar Goldman accompanied by pianist David Rosenmeyer, from the Israel Vocal Arts Institute, performed lovely Israeli songs and renowned tenor, Yevgeni Shapovalov, pleased the crowd with a whimsical yet incredible performance.

The formal program concluded with a keynote address by Ambassador Alon Pinkas.

Yet the highlight of the event were our Honorees who, that evening, received the Tel Aviv Benefactor Award - the highest honor the city of Tel Aviv awards to an individual for their outstanding contributions to the quality of life in Tel Aviv.

The proceeds from the event were designated to establish a new library and resource center at the Gretz school and support more classes at the Hemda Center for Science Education. More information on these projects is located at the bottom of this page.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mayor Ron Huldai

Honorees Harvey Krueger and Josh Weston with Mayor Huldai and Abraham Ben Shoshan

Centennial Chair Ron Lauder, Ambassador Alon Pinkas and Malcolm Hoenlein

The Tel Aviv 100 Multimedia Exhibit

Josh Weston, Ron Huldai, Michael Bloomberg, Harvey Krueger and Abraham Ben Shoshan

Tenor Yevgeni Shapovalov

Mike Burstyn, Master of Ceremonies

Harvey Krueger and Josh Weston receiving their Tel Aviv Benefactor Awards

Ron Huldai, Harvey Krueger, Michael Bloomberg, Mike Burstyn and Josh Weston

new library and modern internet and software resource center at the gretz elementary school

430 talented students from underprivileged families study at this old facility setting with outdated resources. The new library will feature the latest tools for these students to succeed.

Click here to download the full proposal.

The Hemda Center for Science Education – "Adopt a Class"

Hemda provides advanced physics and chemistry studies to high school students. 70% of Hemda graduates join the most elite R&D units of the IDF. "Adopt a Class" provides three year sponsorship to two Computational Science classes.

Click here to download the full proposal.