A TASTE OF ISRAEL
Tribute Event 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | 6:00pm
527 Lombard Street, Philadelphia
We look forward to welcoming you, to express our gratitude to G-d, and to celebrate the gift of community and connection that we are blessed to enjoy.
Tuesday Evening, July 30, 2024
24 Tammuz, 5784
6:00pm: Outdoor Cocktail Reception & BBQ Buffet Dinner
7:30pm: Program featuring Interview with Menachem Kalmanson
9:30pm: Dessert Reception
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Proceeds will support the historic preservation of B’nai Abraham Chabad and its educational programs that benefit the Philadelphia Jewish community. We are grateful for your generous support!
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Tribute Event 2024
Proceeds will support the historic preservation of B’nai Abraham Chabad and its educational programs that benefit the Philadelphia Jewish community. We are grateful for your generous support!
All Sponsors will receive:
– Recognition through PR and media coverage before, during, and after the event
– Prominent Display recognition at the event itself
– Name and/or Company Logo on the event website and social media pages and all print and online marketing materials
Please visit the Sponsor and Ads page to view the full list of sponsorship opportunities.
Meet Our Special Guest:
Menachem Kalmanson
October 7, 2023. A day of unspeakable infamy and evil. And a day of almost incomprehensible bravery and selflessness.
As Kibbutz Be’eri was overrun by a savage onslaught coming from just over the Gaza border, word of the village’s desperation and devastation crackled over radios and telephones. It wasn’t just the valiant soldiers of the I.D.F. who responded to the horror; intrepid civilians and volunteers from across the land drove heedlessly to the site of the slaughter to do whatever they could to help their countrymen. Among them were brothers Elchanan and Menachem Kalmanson and their nephew Itiel Zohar.
Team Elchanan, driving an armored truck a soldier had given them, drove from house to house, where they encountered unimaginable challenges inside:
Neutralizing attackers still hiding within. Rescuing children who had witnessed the brutal murder or kidnapping of their parents. Breaking into “safe rooms” to rescue the inhabitants from homes already in flames. They filled their vehicle with survivors, taking them to security, and then returned again and again, to new houses and new horrors.
In one such house, Team Elchanan met fierce armed resistance, and Elchanan was mortally wounded.
In March, 2024, the special Israel Prize for “Civilian Heroism” was awarded to Menachem Kalmanson and Itiel Zohar for their valor in the Battle of Kibbutz Be’eri.
Please join us on Tuesday, July 30th to meet this Hero of Israel and to thank him for his selfless courage and bravery. And may the memory of his brother, Elchanan Kalmanson, be for a blessing.
Am Yisrael Chai!