Young leaders raise $500,000

More than 1,550 prominent young professionals and supporters of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces from across New York raised more than $500,000 for the IDF’s Iron Trails Brigade during the New York Young Leadership Division’s 12th annual gala last Saturday night at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan.

The event, dubbed “the Jewish Oscars” by the New York Observer, raised funds to benefit the Iron Trails Brigade Program that allows supporters to go beyond their donation and become one with the soldiers they are supporting.