UNDEFEATED WORLD CHAMPION YURI
FOREMAN TO SERVE AS A GRAND MARSHALL
AT “SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE”
Press Release: May 19, 2010 -
Picture by HBO
Undefeated
World Boxing Association (WBA) super
welterweight champion and future
rabbi YURI FOREMAN will serve as a
Grand Marshall of the 2010 annual
Salute to Israel Parade, the world’s
largest public gathering in
celebration of Israel, celebrating
the 62nd anniversary of Israel with
a spectacular parade featuring song,
dance, floats and props.
The Parade is scheduled to take
place This Sunday! May 23rd; from 11
AM to 4 PM; starting at 57th Street
on Manhattan ’s Fifth Avenue ; rain
or shine; with close to 1,000,000
spectators expected to attend.
Foreman is expected to start riding
up the Fifth Avenue parade route at
1 PM.
Foreman (28-0, 8 KOs), Israel's
first world boxing champion, defends
his title against three-time world
champion and the pride of Puerto
Rico, Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs),
Saturday, June 5, in the main event
of "Stadium Slugfest" -- the
inaugural brawl at Yankee Stadium.
Foreman vs. Cotto will be televised
live on HBO World Championship
Boxing, beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/
7:15 p.m. PT
This year’s Parade will highlight
the many and varied dimensions of
Israel ’s ongoing heritage through
its creative theme: “Lights… Camera…
Action… ISRAEL !”
With shofar blowers opening the
festivities, spectators will delight
in the more than 30 beautifully
designed floats, 20 high-stepping
marching bands and scores of
motorcycle riders bearing Israeli
flags. You’ll think you’re at the
movies as banners made to look like
movie reels pass by and classic
movie titles like “Independence Day”
morph into Israel-themed versions,
like “Israel Independence Day.”
American and Israeli dignitaries,
community leaders, celebrities,
artists and special guests from
Israel will also join the throngs of
marchers. The Parade will also
feature a variety of Israeli
celebrities, including Foreman, NBA
basketball player Omri Casspi, and
model Adi Neumann.
From its beginning in 1964, the
Salute to Israel Parade has been a
public affirmation of solidarity
with and support of Israel , as well
as an expression of unity within the
American Jewish community,
transcending religious and political
affiliations. The Salute to Israel
Parade is a project of the Jewish
Community Relations Council of New
York Inc., a non-profit
organization.
For further information about the
Salute to Israel Parade, the public
should go to www.salutetoisrael.com,
email: parade@salutetoisrael.com or
call 646-467-8030.
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