New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. with honorees and co-sponsors at his Jewish Heritage celebration at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on December 2, 2008.

New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. with honorees and co-sponsors at his Jewish Heritage celebration at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on December 2, 2008. Pictured (back, l to r) are: Rabbi Yaakov Lehrfield, Young Israel of Staten Island; Thompson; Tovah Feldshuh, Award-winning Actress and Playwright; Gary Rosenblatt, Editor & Publisher, The Jewish Week of New York; Professor Aaron D. Twerski, Irwin & Jill Cohen Professor of Law, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; (front, l to r) Ilana Ruskay-Kidd, Director, Saul and Carole Zabar Nursery School, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan; Michael S. Miller, Executive Vice President, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York; and, Peter A. Joseph, Managing Director, Palladium Equity Partners, and President, Israel Policy Forum. Photo Credit: Marla Maritzer.