Bruce Schonbraun honored Nov. 5. (Transcripts).Bruce S. Schonbraun, managing partner of Schonbraun Safris McCann Bekritsky & Co., a leading national accounting and real estate consulting firm headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey, was recently honored at the annual gala for the Lautenberg Research Center for General and Tumor Immunology of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem Independent university in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1925. The foremost university in Israel, it attracts many Jewish students from abroad; Arab students also attend. on Nov. 5 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Former President Bill Clinton, Senator Frank Lautenberg and prominent New Jersey businessman Charles Kushner attended the event, which raised $800,000 for one of the world's leading cancer research facilities. Former President Clinton was a guest speaker at the gala event, which was co-chaired by Senator Lautenberg and Kushner. Political satirist Al Franken served as the master of ceremonies for the evening. Schonbraun was presented with the prestigious Torch of Learning Award. The award was created by American Friends of The Hebrew University (AFHU AFHU American Friends of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel) ), an organization that has provided resources to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and other institutions of higher learning for more than 75 years. "The Torch of Learning Award recognizes a leader who has contributed to the Jewish community, as well as education in the United States Education in the United States is provided mainly by government, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. School attendance is mandatory and nearly universal at the elementary and high school levels (often known outside the United States as the and Israel," commented Kushner, honorary co-chair of the event. In addition to conducting research on cancer, the Lautenberg Center's research has led to promising approaches for the treatment of leukemia, rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid arthritis Chronic, progressive autoimmune disease causing connective-tissue inflammation, mostly in synovial joints. It can occur at any age, is more common in women, and has an unpredictable course. , AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. , lupus and juvenile diabetes. The center's research has attracted the attention of Denise Quinones, Miss Universe[R] 2001, who has spent much of her year working on behalf of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome awareness and research, and who attended the event. "Cancer strikes unpredictably and without mercy or discrimination and can only be defeated with conviction, courage and sacrifice," commented Sen. Lautenberg, founding patron of the Lautenberg Center and AFHU honorary president. |
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