Leroy
Neiman presents
George Kalinsky with a picture honoring
Rabbi
Joseph Potasnik as a NY Fire
Department chaplain. |
NEW YORK BOARD OF RABBIS
George Kalinsky Honored
For
Photo Book on Rabbis
 EW
YORK Board of Rabbis honored George Kalinsky, official
photographer at Madison Square Garden, at its Sukkah in the Sky
reception.
Held
in the highest sukkah in the world, on top of the Grace Building in
midtown Manhattan, the reception provides an opportunity each year
to honor a lay person who has made a major contribution in fostering
appreciation for the role of the rabbinate within the general
community.
Kalinsky,
the 2001 PMDA International Photographer of the Year, created a
book, Rabbis: The Many Faces of Judaism, which has been
widely acclaimed. His
images captured the essence of one hundred rabbis around the world.
The
book includes portraits of Rabbi
Alvin Kass, Chief Chaplain of the New York Police Dept.;
Rabbi Eliezer Brooks of Cong. Boneh Y'rushalayim., and Rabbi Joseph
Potasnik, president of the New York Board of Rabbis and a
chaplain of the New York Fire Department.
Kalinsky
spoke about the spiritual font from which he draws inspiration, and
shared his profound respect for the important roles that rabbis
undertake.
Rabbi
Joseph Potasnik (left), Pres. of
the NY Bd. of Rabbis, presents
George Kalinsky with a special Sukkot
etrog box and lulav holder.
June Azoulay Kalinsky stands next to
her husband. |
Kalinsky
was presented with a special etrog box, in honor of the holiday of
Sukkot, since the etrog is a fruit whose beautiful traits and
captivating taste give it a central role in the religious observance
of Sukkot.
Many
associates of Madison Square Garden, Cablevision and the sports
world came to pay tribute to Kalinsky, including the New York Knicks
famed basketball star Willis Reed.
Leroy
Neiman
presented a special painting to the New York Board of Rabbis to
honor the firefighters who were the heroes of 9/11.
The
New York Board of Rabbis was founded in 1881 by six rabbis of
different religious trends who sought to transcend philosophical
differences and create an atmosphere of fellowship and harmony
between rabbis of various persuasions.
Today,
the Board consists of over 800 Conservative, Orthodox,
Reconstructionist and Reform rabbis throughout the world.
The Board furnishes chaplains for city, county and state
hospitals, and nursing care, mental health and correctional
institutions. It conducts television and radio programs and helps
maintain the International Synagogue at Kennedy Airport.
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