February 4, 1998, New York, NY: Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun of Teaneck, N.J., will be honored at the Orthodox Union's (OU) Rabbinic Centennial Medallion Awards Dinner on Wednesday, February 24, 1998, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in New York.

In celebration of its Centennial, the OU will honor Rabbi Pruzansky as well as six other outstanding rabbis and their congregations who have made unique contributions to Orthodox Jewish life in America. Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, President of Touro College, who will also be
honored, will be the keynote speaker.

"Rabbi Pruzansky is an impressive community and spiritual leader whose has made an enormous contribution to Jewish life, " said Mandell I. Ganchrow, M.D., President of the OU.

Rabbi Pruzansky, who received a Juris Doctor degree from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, practiced law for 13 years before assuming the pulpit. 

A widely acclaimed lecturer and writer, Rabbi Pruzansky received his smicha from Yeshiva Bnei Torah of Far Rockaway. He serves as the Vice President of the Rabbinical Board of Bergen County and is the American co-spokesman for the International Rabbinic Coalition for Israel, an international umbrella group of more than 2,000 rabbis who support the Jewish right of settlement in the Land of Israel.

Rabbi Pruzansky served on the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem Reclamation Project, and received its Rabbinic Leadership Award.

"As we celebrate our 100th year, we cannot overemphasize the importance of rabbis, synagogues and communal institutions working in tandem to insure a thriving Orthodoxy," said Rabbi Raphael B. Butler, Executive Vice President of the OU. "The Orthodox Union acknowledges the synagogue as the focus of Jewish communal life. Each community is built around a vibrant synagogue led by a dynamic rabbi. It is that leadership that we are proud to honor," continued Rabbi Butler.

The honorees include: Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander (Touro College); Rabbi Steven Dworken (Congregation Anshe Chesed, NJ); Rabbi Tzvi Flaum (Congregation Kneseth Israel, NY); Rabbi Barry Freundel (Kesher Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C.); Rabbi Steven Pruzansky (Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, NJ); Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth (Fifth Avenue Synagogue, NY); Rabbi Dr. Moshe Tendler (Community Synagogue of Monsey, NY) and Rabbi Dr. Chaim Wakslak (Young Israel of Long Beach, NY).

For dinner reservations, please contact Steven Karp at (212) 613-8134.

The Orthodox Union, celebrating 100 years of service to the Jewish community of the United States and other countries, is a foremost leader in youth work, advocacy for the disabled, synagogue services, adult education and political action. Its kosher supervision label, the OU, is the world's most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over 200,000 products in 59 countries around the globe.

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