2025 Humanitarian Awards
2025
HUMANITARIAN AWARDS
RECEPTION
March 11, 2025 | 6 pm
— HONORING —
PATRIOT REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS
RYAN TEDDER
12 TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE, THREE-TIME WINNER
NELSON BRAFF, ESQ
MARTIN SCHEINMAN, ESQ
ARBITRATOR
KEITH KANTROWITZ
MANAGING DIRECTOR
— SPECIAL HONOREES —
FDNY COMMISSIONER ROBERT TUCKER
HEATHER & DAVID SCHWARTZ, ESQ. LLM
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BETH & STEVE DORFMAN | CO-CHAIRS
THE PIERRE HOTEL | NEW YORK, NY
MARCH 11 | 6 PM
BUSINESS ATTIRE
Dessert Reception & Awards Presentation | 7:30 PM
Master of Ceremonies | David Ushery
— Evening Program —
Presentation of the Colors | FDNY Neir Tamid Society
The Star-Spangled Banner | FDNY Firefighter Brian Robertson
Hatikvah | Bishop Robert Stearns from Eagles Wings
Invocation | Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, NYBR Vice President
Prayer for the Hostages & for Peace | Rabbi Deborah Bravo
Welcome | Steve & Beth Dorfman, Event Co-Chairs
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A Brief Video
The New York Board of Rabbis:
Connecting and Enriching Our Community
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Introduction | Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, NYBR President
Words from Israel | Tsach Saar, Deputy Consul General of Israel in New York
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Presentation of 2025 NYBR Humanitarian Award
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik | NYBR Executive Vice President
Presenting to
— FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker —
Accepted by
First Deputy Commissioner Mark Guerra
& Chief of Department John Esposito
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Presentation of 2025 NYBR Humanitarian Award
Rabbi Michael White | Member of NYBR Board of Governors
Presenting to
— Patriot Real Estate Group —
Nelson Braff
Martin Scheinman, Esq
Ryan Tedder
Keith Kantrowitz
Accepted by
Nelson Braff & Keith Kantrowitz
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Salutation | Dana Humaid Al Marzooqi, Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities
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Presentation of 2025 NYBR Humanitarian Award
Rabbi Michael White | Member of NYBR Board of Governors
Presenting to
— David & Heather Schwartz —
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Greetings | The Honorable Mayor Eric Adams
Farewell | David Ushery, MC