{"id":25019,"date":"2017-06-30T03:36:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T10:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=25019"},"modified":"2017-06-29T22:55:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T05:55:46","slug":"negev-dinner-gala-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2017\/06\/30\/negev-dinner-gala-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Negev Dinner gala in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Left to right: Shannon Gorski, Gary Averbach, JNF Pacific Region president David Goldman, Michael Averbach and JNF shaliach Ilan Pilo. <em>(photo by Robert Albanese)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The soldout Jewish National Fund of Canada, Pacific Region, Negev Dinner on June 4 at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver honoured Gary Averbach and his two children who live locally, Michael Averbach and Shannon Gorski, for their service to the community. Proceeds from the gala will fund infrastructure improvements to the Israeli Scouts (Tzofei Tzamid) facilities in Raanana and Dimona, in order to make them more accessible for children and youth with disabilities. The Israeli Scouts, which runs programming for youth aged 9-21, has more than 80,000 members, including more than 2,500 children and youth with disabilities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25020\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-2-2017Negev_222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-2-2017Negev_222.jpg\" alt=\"photo - Richmond Jewish Day School principal Abba Brodt, right, was honoured with JNF\u2019s Education Award\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-2-2017Negev_222.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-2-2017Negev_222-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-2-2017Negev_222-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richmond Jewish Day School principal Abba Brodt, right, was honoured with JNF\u2019s Education Award. <em>(photo by Robert Albanese)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25021\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-3-JNF2017Negev_225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-3-JNF2017Negev_225.jpg\" alt=\"photo - Current JNF Pacific Region president David Goldman, right, presents the president\u2019s pin to immediate past president Frank Sirlin\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-3-JNF2017Negev_225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-3-JNF2017Negev_225-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-3-JNF2017Negev_225-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current JNF Pacific Region president David Goldman, right, presents the president\u2019s pin to immediate past president Frank Sirlin. <em>(photo by Robert Albanese)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25022\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-4-JNF2017Negev_137.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-4-JNF2017Negev_137.jpg\" alt=\"photo - Elaine and Zev Shafran, honourary gala chairs, together with Shay and Mickey Keil, and Ariel and Rachael Lewinski\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-4-JNF2017Negev_137.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-4-JNF2017Negev_137-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-4-JNF2017Negev_137-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elaine and Zev Shafran, honourary gala chairs, together with Shay and Mickey Keil, and Ariel and Rachael Lewinski. <em>(photo by Robert Albanese)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25023\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-5-JNF2017Negev_240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-5-JNF2017Negev_240.jpg\" alt=\"photo - The Maccabeats got the crowd up and moving\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-5-JNF2017Negev_240.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-5-JNF2017Negev_240-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jun-30-community.30.JNF-5-JNF2017Negev_240-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Maccabeats got the crowd up and moving.<em> (photo by Robert Albanese)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left to right: Shannon Gorski, Gary Averbach, JNF Pacific Region president David Goldman, Michael Averbach and JNF shaliach Ilan Pilo. (photo by Robert Albanese) The soldout Jewish National Fund of Canada, Pacific Region, Negev Dinner on June 4 at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver honoured Gary Averbach and his two children who live locally, Michael Averbach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5122,60,61],"class_list":["post-25019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-averbach","tag-jnf","tag-negev-dinner"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}