2008 Honorees
photo courtesy of
Emerald Isle Immigration Center
of New York

Jordan Ziegler (second from left) was one of the honorees at the 15th Annual Briscoe Awards this past January. This years' event was run by the Emerald Isle Immigration Center at the 21 Club in Manhatten. It was created to honor Jewish leaders for their work in bettering the lives of Irish immigrants and is so named after the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin, Robert Briscoe.

Past recipients of the Briscoe Award have included Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator Charles Schumer, Congressman Anthony Weiner and Governor Eliot Spitzer. For the full story go to this Press Release courtesy of the EIIC.