Over $2 million for Israel’s economic development was raised at the event that honored Jay Badame, president and COO of Tishman Construction, and Lia Gartner, vice-president for design and construction at The New School.
Ambassador Aharoni told the story of the prominent German visitor who was shown the famous Mann Auditorium concert hall in Tel Aviv and was deeply impressed. In the story, the German visitor said to his hosts that it was a wonderful thing that Israel had named the magnificent building in honor of the great German humanist and anti-Nazi author Thomas Mann.
“No,” his hosts replied.”This is named after a different Mann. Frederick Mann of Philadelphia.”
“Oh, what did he write?” the German tourist asked.
“He,” said the guide, “wrote a check.”
Over the years the Israel Bonds Architects, Engineers, and Construction division—representing the leaders of New York’s architecture, engineering and construction fields— has raised many millions of dollars in bonds sales. The division is chaired by Stuart Koshner, RC Dolner, LLC; Leonard Koven, AKF Group, LLC; Douglas C. Mass, Consentini Associates.