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AMIT 2007 PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE EVENING SCHEDULED AT NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
New York City, March 19, 2007...... AMIT has scheduled its 2007 President’s Circle Evening for Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, in New York City, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The evening will include an elegant buffet dinner and docent-led tours of the museum’s exhibitions.
Amy and Todd Kesselman of Scarsdale and Sheri and Stanley Raskas of New Rochelle are co-chairing the event. President’s Circle, AMIT’s foremost donor group, is chaired by Suzanne Doft, who resides in Manhattan, and Barbara Nordlicht, a resident of Long Beach. All proceeds will benefit AMIT’s network of schools and almost 17,000 students in Israel.
Home to New York City’s oldest museum, the New-York Historical Society was founded in 1804. Its holdings cover four centuries of American history and include one of the world’s greatest collections of historical artifacts, American art and other materials documenting the history of the United States as seen through the prism of New York City and State.
During the President’s Circle Evening, docent-led tours will be offered of the exhibitions, “New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War,” and “A New Light on Tiffany,” as well as of the Henry Luce II Center for the Study of American Culture.
Reservations for the President’s Circle Evening, an annual AMIT event, begin at $500 per person, with additional donor opportunities available. Valet parking is included with all reservations. Please call 212-477-4720 for further information.
AMIT enables Israel's youth to realize their potential and strengthens Israeli society by educating and nurturing children from diverse backgrounds within a framework of academic excellence, religious values and Zionist ideals.
AMIT educates and cares for Israel’s youth, including the most vulnerable. Some 70 per cent of AMIT students cope with educational, psychological, economic and/or social risk factors. AMIT approaches each child as an individual, maximizing his or her potential, and enabling our students to become vital, productive members of Israeli society. The AMIT schools promote religious tolerance, service to the state and the recognition that every child is blessed with unique talents and abilities. Founded in 1925, AMIT operates almost 65 schools, youth villages, surrogate family residences and other programs, constituting Israel’s only government-recognized network of religious Jewish education incorporating academic and technological studies.
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Media Contact:
Barbara Goldberg
Director of Communications
212-477-4720, ext. 127
barbarag@amitchildren.org
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