The Jewish Community Council of Pelham Parkway honored several local leaders at its 42nd annual breakfast gala on Sunday, March 31 at Bronx House.
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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.
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(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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