Celebrate Israel Parade

The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) once again coordinated top musical performers who entertained hundreds of thousands of spectators for the largest celebration of Israel in the world, the Celebrate Israel Parade on Sunday, June 2.

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AJC Organizes Lower NYC East Side Diplomatic Walking Tour

The diplomatic corps in NYC joins the American Jewish Committee in discovering the Jewish Lower East Side. Photo: Henry J. Levy

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To Live is to Think: $2 Million Raised for Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Three guiding lights of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation raise $2 million for scientific drug research - (from left) Paula Zahn, Leonard Lauder and Nancy Lynn. Photo: Patrick McMullan

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Bringing Together Turkish and Israeli Diplomats

(from left) Israeli Consul General to New York City, Ido Aharoni, and Turkish Consul General, Levent Bilgen. Photo by Mark Meirowitz

An extraordinary and memorable event took place at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Sunday evening, The occasion was a program about Turkish diplomats who saved Jews during the Holocaust.

Dr. Yehuda Lancry: "The Dynamics of French Jewry”

Former Director of the Jewish Agency, Nathan Sharansky (center, in dark shirt) welcomes a recently arrived group of Jewish French Olim (’New Immigrants’) showing their new ID’s at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.

"The French Jews, most of them rooted in North Africa, are very pro-Israeli Jewry. Israel is their love. It exists inside their heart and soul. Politically, they have moved to the Israeli right. They love the Israeli government.