On June 1st, 201l the downtown NYC community commemorated Yom Yerushalayim with a Benefit concert for ATZUM at the 14th St. Y. Five extraordinary Hazzanim from the downtown Manhattan area all participated to make this event a great success. It was an evening of sacred and secular music sung by Cantors: Shira Ginsburg (East End Temple), Bat-Ami Moses (The Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue), Shayna Postman (Town and Village Synagogue), Marina Shemesh (The Brotherhood Synagogue) and Faith Steinsnyder (The Village Temple) accompanied by Dan Rosengard on piano and Norbert Goldberg on percussion. Ellen Singer spoke at the conclusion of the concert about ATZUM’s current projects. There were over 100 people in attendance, and raised $5000.00 for the Roberta Bernstein’s Survivors of Terror Project.
Yom Yerushalayim Concert
July 22, 2011 by
Rabbi Levi Lauer Awarded 2011 Roger E. Joseph Prize
May 29, 2011 by
On May 8th, Rabbi Levi Lauer and ATZUM were awarded the 2011 Roger E. Joseph Prize. The Prize recognizes an individual or organization that, by virtue of religious and moral commitment, has made a distinctive contribution to humankind. Some former recipients of this prize are Victor Kugel (the man who gave refuge to Anne Frank), Raoul Wallenberg, Rosa Parks, Teddy Kollek, Father Mychal Judge (posthumously) and the City of New York Fire Department. ATZUM is deeply honored and humbled to receive this award. The Roger E. Joseph Prize, for $10,000, will support ATZUM’s work in Israel to help victims of terror rebuild their lives, to express gratitude to the Righteous Among the Nations by helping them live with dignity, and to prevent the crime of human sex trafficking. There is no better way to express our appreciation to the Joseph family than by pledging to continue ATZUM’s work to make Israel a more just and caring nation.
