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When: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 6:30pm VIP Reception; 8:00pm Concert.
Where: Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67 Street, New York City
What: OR Movement Annual Gala, in partnership with the Jewish National Fund (JNF), will presentA Night of Broadway Hits. Theevening will feature acclaimed Israeli cantor and singer Dudu Fisher, and Broadway star Liz Callaway. Last month OR Movement co-founder Roni Flamer was awarded with the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for his work in developing the Negev and Galilee.
Join Guest Speaker Acting Consul General of Israel Hon. Ido Aharoni, and Master of Ceremonies Noa Tishby, well-known Israeli actress, singer, model, who is also co-executive producer of the HBO’s In Treatment, and supporters and friends.
The evening will feature songs from Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Oklahoma, and many more.
“The ORMovememt and JNF share a synergy in ideology, which makes our partnership a natural and vital one,” said Roni Flamer, founder and CEO of The Or Movement. “JNF has a profoundunderstanding of what Israel’s future is in the Negev and Galilee. Together the two organizations are helping to develop Israel for the next generation of Israel’s residents.”
RSVP: Tickets are $75 per person. VIP tickets are $500 per person. VIP ticketholders are invited to a VIP reception and silent auction at 6:30pm. For more information and tickets please visit www.ormovement.org/gala.
About OR Movement and Jewish National Fund:
OR Movement has joined with the JNF Negev Blueprint campaign to carry out its mission of developing and populating the Negev and Galilee, building new communities and expanding existing communities. OR’s Information and Relocation Center offers information regarding communities, regional and municipal authorities, employment, culture, and education while it delineates the benefits of moving to the Negev and Galilee regions. More than 25,000 families have already made the first step to make the periphery their home.
Jewish National Fund (JNF) began in 1901 collecting coins in blue boxes to purchase land and return the Jewish people to their homeland. In over 108 years, JNF has evolved into a global environmental leader and become the central address for partnering with the land and people of Israel. JNF has planted 240 million trees; built over 1,000 parks and recreational areas; constructed security roads; educated students around the world about Israel; created new communities so that Jews from around the world would have a place to call home; discovered new means of growing plants under arid conditions, bringing green to the desert; and built over 205 reservoirs and water recycling centers, increasing Israels water supply by 12%. Today, JNF is supporting Israels newest generation of pioneers by bringing life to the Negev Desert, Israels last frontier.
A United Nations NGO, JNF sponsors international conferences on desertification, shares afforestation techniques, and funds research on arid land management. JNF is a registered 501(c)(3) organization and continuously earns top ratings from charity overseers. For more information on JNF, call 888-JNF-0099 or visit www.jnf.org.
