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2024 Inductees

Chief Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot

He enthralls audiences the world over with his passion and unbounded joy in bringing sacred Jewish music and opera classics to life. Holding his first concert for the first time at age 23, Helfgot immediately took the world of cantorial song by storm with his powerful renditions of three renowned classics—Zibert's "Mimkomcha," Kwartin's "Tiher Rabbi […]
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Juju Chang

Juju Chang is a multiple Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC News’ “Nightline.” She also reports regularly for “Good Morning America” and “20/20.” Chang’s decades of reporting converged in two hour-long prime time specials in 2021. She co-anchored an ABC News Live special “Stop The Hate: The Rise In Violence Against Asian Americans.” And after the […]
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Russell F. Robinson

Russell F. Robinson serves as Chief Executive Officer of Jewish National Fund-USA. For 26 years, he has worked tirelessly to fulfill the Zionist organization’s philanthropic vision for the land and people of Israel, creating a new generation of changemakers, represented through its JNFuture donor society for young professionals and its Alexander Muss High School in […]
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Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie, M.D.

Rabbi Elie Abadie, M.D. hails from a long and distinguished rabbinical lineage dating back to 15th Century Spain and Provence. Following the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, and later Provence, his family migrated throughout the ages through Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. Rabbi Dr. Abadie was born in Beirut, Lebanon, […]
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Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenfeld is a producer, writer, actor, agent, and radio host who has been a part of New York's Yiddish cultural world since his arrival from his native Montreal in 1969. He runs Golden Land Concerts, an agency representing leading performers of Israeli, Sephardic, and Yiddish music. He has conceived and produced hundreds of concerts […]
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Marcy Syms

Marcy’s 35 year career in retailing culminated with the successful combination of Syms and Filene’s Basement. Marcy and her father, founder Sy Syms, were spokespersons for the company and made the line, “An educated consumer is our best customer.” a household logo. Since 2013 Marcy has been a founding Organizer of the ERA Coalition and […]
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Dina and Jonathan Leader

Dina and Jonathan Leader are dedicated to making a positive impact on the Jewish world, guided by their belief in Klal Yisroel, the unity of all Jews. Dina actively supports various Jewish organizations, ranging from supporting Russian-Jewish families affected by 9/11 to collaborating with young Israeli-Americans. Jonathan, with a financial background, now focuses his philanthropy […]
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Judy Gold

Judy has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central and LOGO and appeared on Netflix's Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration. She is the author of Yes I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians, We Are All In Trouble, a critically acclaimed book about free speech and cancel-culture which debuted as the number […]
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Josh Einiger

Josh Einiger joined WABC-TV as a reporter in September 2009. Every night, he covers the big story on the station's top-rated Eyewitness News at 11. While at WABC, Josh has reported from the scene of the world's biggest news events. When he traveled to Israel in the aftermath of October 7, he showed the world […]
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Ethel Sheffer

Ethel Sheffer is an urban planner, civic and community leader, and educator. She served as President of the NY Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association for three terms and was named an APA National Fellow in 2012, recognized for her “outstanding contributions” to the field. More recently, she served for six years as the Mayor's Representative […]
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Abraham H. Foxman

Abraham Foxman is world-renowned as a leader in the fight against anti-Semitism, bigotry and discrimination and regularly speaks out on issues of global anti-Semitism, the war on terrorism, church/state issues, and issues relating to the Holocaust, which he survived as a hidden child.  He is a passionate supporter of the State of Israel and a […]
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