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Hospital honor for HAFTR senior

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Gabriel Shore, a senior at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway, will be presented with the Chesed Leadership Award at the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center Heart of Jerusalem Dinner on Nov. 18 in Manhattan.

 Gabriel lives in Lawrence with his parents Sam and Tracie Shore, and siblings Amanda and Ryan. He has been involved with Shaare Zedek since his Bar Mitzvah, when he and his friend Sammy Mandel organized a 5k run and dedicated a defibrillator for Shaare Zedek’s Wilf Children’s Hospital.

The following year, Gabriel and his family visited the Children’s Hospital when they were in Jerusalem and Gabriel distributed gifts to many young patients there.

Last year, with the assistance of Director of Student Activities Rabbi Jordan Nadelbach, Gabriel organized the inaugural (and very successful) High School Bowl-A-Thon at HAFTR. The event raised more than $9,000 for the hospital and Gabriel is now planning HAFTR’s second High School Bowl-A-Thon for 2016.

 The Heart of Jerusalem Dinner will be held at Guastavino’s, 409 E. 59 St. Couvert is $500 per person.

For more information call 212-764-8116.