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On Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Madison Square Garden, Words of Bonds will pay tribute to several Holocaust survivors, senior descendents of slavery, and educators for their good work in teaching, influencing, and empowering our American youth to help ensure that atrocities such as slavery and the Holocaust never happen again. The honorees have been working on the Words of Bonds project since its inception, and truly deserve such a tribute.  These honorees give selflessly of their time to visit many schools and cultural institutions to share their stories and to educate our nation’s youth that they must work to prevent history from barbarically repeating itself.

The Honorees will be:

To learn more about the honoress, please click the respective name.

• Louvinia Pointer, Educator (in memoriam)
• Miriam P. Groner, 103 years old, Holocaust Survivor
• Rev. Charles Leonard, 107 years old, slave descendant
• Letitia James, New York City Councilwoman
• Sidney Schwimmer, Holocaust Survivor & Historian
• Dr. Martin Spett, Holocaust Survivor, Historian & Author Manhattan College
• Sally Frishberg, Holocaust Survivor & Educator
• Eleanor Holmes Norton, U.S. Congresswoman
• Rabbi Alyssa Stanton, First African American Female Rabbi
• Rabbi Jacob Jungreis, Principal & Educator
• Dr. Fredrick Schweitzer, Historian & Author Manhattan College
• Tal Brody, Former prof. basketball player
• Lusia Knoll, Holocaust Survivor & Educator
• Dr. Jay Sommers, Holocaust Survivor
• Anthony Brooks, Educator, Yonkers School District

TICKETS

•    $250 for an individual seat
•    $500 for two seats
•    $750 for three seats
•    $900 for four seats
•    $1,100 for five seats
•    $1,200 for a table of six

Kosher meal will be provided upon request. Please indicate in the special message field if you have any special seating requests, and we will do our best to accommodate you.

To reserve your seats for this special event by credit or debit card, safely and securely via our partner First Giving, please click the button below:

To purchase tickets by mail, make check payable to:
School News Nationwide 1072 Fulton St :: Brooklyn, New York 11238

To learn more about partnering with us for this special event, please download our Partners Package in PDF format here.

All donations are tax deductible.  Should you have any questions, please email us at: CONTACT@WORDSOFBONDS.COM

Photo of where the Ceremony will be held MSG Theater Lobby.

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Prior to the dinner, there will be a New York Knicks vs. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv basketball game at Madison Square Garden at 1:00 pm. As a special gift to dinner attendees, all attendees of the tribute can also attend the basketball game. Please see the flyer below for more details.