Business Partnership Program

Are you looking to promote your business to Hartford's Jewish community? The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford's Business Partnership Program gives you valuable opportunities to do just that -- and to help our community as a whole as well.

As a Business Partner, your company will be recognized and represented at key Federation events which attract a highly desirable audience -- our donors and community at large.  Most importantly, your generosity will help underwrite event costs, allowing Federation to maximize support for the Jewish community.

Your Partnership

• Partnering with the Federation links your good corporate name to a solid, 66 year-old organization that gives back to the community.
• Federation will connect you with like-minded individuals; opening doors which allow you to meet and build relationships with potential consumers, influential decision makers and business leaders
• Recognition reaches attractive demographic groups plus affluent business, financial, insurance legal and medical professionals.
• This unique partnership is an opportunity to expand your visibility to a key segment of the market and provide positive exposure and goodwill for your organization.

Partnership Opportunities

• THE MAIN EVENT:  One Night. One Jewish Community. 
  Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 6:00 p.m. | The Bushnell, Downtown Hartford
  
   

  Dan Abrams, ABC News legal analyst, will be the headliner for this entirely new event. “I am honored the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford has asked me to be a part of their new event. I look forward to being there and addressing the Jewish community in May,” Abrams said.

  Dan Abrams regularly appears on "Good Morning America" and "World News Tonight." Abrams is also a recognized writer. He has published articles in theNew York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today magazine, The American Lawyer, the Yale Law & Policy Review and is a regular columnist for Men's Health. He was the Chief Legal Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC from 2008 through 2010. From June 2006 to October 2007, Abrams served as General Manager of MSNBC, during which time ratings grew by 62% and where he branded the network "The Place for Politics."

  The event will kick off with an opening performance by comedian, Judy Gold. The evening will include Lifetime Achievement Awards presented to Eleanor Caplan and Arnold C. Greenberg.  Eleanor served on Federation’s Israel Task Force, the Domestic Task Force of the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Holocaust Committee and presently serves as a Life Community Trustee.  Arnoldhas been active for more than fifty years in various activities of the Federation, is a board member and was a recipient of the Edward Suisman Award for Inspirational Leadership.

  For many years, our signature events were VOICES and VISIONS; this event presents an opportunity for men and women to come together to celebrate our leadership and philanthropy. 

  This new format combines lifetime achievement awards with stimulating commentary by speaker, Dan Abrams. Event co-chairs are Jessica and Michael Fish, Leslie and Steven Neiditz and Joan and Paul Shapiro.
  
  Minimum gift to the 2012 Annual Campaign to attend is $250 per person. Invitations will be mailed early to mid-March.

Past Business Partners

Companies of local and national renown are represented among our past business partners.

Bank of America BlumShapiro BNY Mellon Day Pitney LLP Farmington Bank Hartford Courant Hartford Distributors, Inc. J.H. Cohn, LLP Laz Parking Max Restaurant Group Omar Coffee

People's United Bank Price Chopper's Golub Foundation Pullman & Comley LLC Saint Francis Hospital   and Medical Center Sonitrol Security   and Communications TD Bank Webster Bank

             
Business Partnership Team

Coleman B. Levy, Business Partnership Chairman

Evan Berman     Brad Mondschein
Lisa Fishman     Lee Pollock
Dean Levy          David Rosenthal
Marc Sack 

To partner with us or for more information, contact Alysa Yale, Director, Business Partnership Program at (860) 727-6118.