The Jewish Community Council of Pelham Parkway honored several local leaders at its 42nd annual breakfast gala on Sunday, March 31 at Bronx House.
Gjonaj (l) received congratulations from state committeeman Thomas Messina (r).
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This year’s honorees included Senator Alessandra Biaggi; Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez; Councilman Mark Gjonaj; Laura Guerriero, Bronx Times Reporter publisher and Young Leadership Award recipient Rabbi Yitzchak Gross, Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Jewish Center Board of Directors member.
(l-r) Michael Miller; Brad Silver, Bronx Jewish Community Council executive vice president; Charles Landberg, Jewish Community Council of Pelham Parkway president; David Edelstein, Jewish Council of Pelham Parkway executive vice president; honoree Gjonaj; Ambassador Teuta Sahatqija, general consulate of the Republic of Kosova in NY; Ingrit Prizreni, first secretary Permanent Mission of Albania to the UN and Ines Demiri, first secretary general consulate of the Republic of Kosova in NY.
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(back, l-r) Honoree Rabbi Yitchak Gross; Brad Silver; Charles Landberg; Joseph McManus; Odis Guerrera; (front, l-r) Jevonni Brooks, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s chief of staff; District Attorney Darcel Clark; honoree Laura Guerriero, honoree Gjonaj; Christian Amato, Senator Biaggi’s chief of staff and David Edelstein.
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(l-r) Charles Landberg, Michael Miller and David Edelstein welcomed everyone to the celebration.
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District Attorney Clark (l) presented Laura Guerriero her award plaque.
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