Algemeiner Newspaper to Unveil ‘J100’ List at Red Carpet Gala
Annual Event to Include Milos Zeman, President of Czech Republic, Famed Artist Yaacov Agam, Stuart and Robbi Force, TV Personality S.E. Cupp, Philanthropists David and Mona Sterling.
The famed Algemeiner newspaper will pay tribute to the “top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life” at its 4th annual ‘J100’ Gala in New York City on Monday, September 18th at 6:00 PM at Cipriani, located at 25 Broadway.
Billed as the Jewish answer to the TIME 100 gala, the event unveils for the first time this year’s list of the “top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life,” many of whom will be present on the night. The evening has become a major gathering point for community leaders as well as celebrities and cultural icons. Past honorees and participants at the high-profile affair have included Elie Wiesel, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Bernard-Henri Levy and Joan Rivers among others.
This year, the paper’s illustrious ‘Warrior for Truth’ award will be presented to Milos Zeman, President of the Czech Republic, and famed Israeli artist Yaacov Agam. Participants and guests this year will include Israel’s Consul General in New York Dani Dayan, Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek, artist Ron Agam, former US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Schapiro, Wall Street Journal editor James Taranto, and social media personality Meir Kay among others.
Other speakers at the event will include Stuart and Robbi Force, the parents of West Point Graduate and US Army veteran Taylor Force who was killed in a Palestinian attack last year. He is the namesake of the Taylor Force Act now making its way through Congress.
The evening’s Master of Ceremonies will be HLN’s S.E. Cupp. The venue is Cipriani at 25 Broadway.