Government ministers, Zionist leaders, dignitaries, businesspeople, and philanthropists gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in Manhattan Sunday for the second Arutz Sheva Jerusalem Conference in New York City.
The day-long event, which follows the Celebrate Israel Parade, is set to feature addresses by Israeli ministers included Nir Barkat (Likud), the minister of Economy, Ofir Sofer (Religious Zionist Party), the minister of Aliyah and Integration, Amichai Chikli (Likud), Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Minister of Jerusalem and Jewish Tradition Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism), Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel (Likud), Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit), Ofir Akunis (Likud), the minister of science and technology, and Information Minister Galit Distel-Atbaryan (Likud.
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is also set to address the gathering, along with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Vice Chair. of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Malcolm Hoenlein, Gush Etzion Regional Council, and Chairman, the Yesha Council Shlomo Ne'eman, World Zionist Organization Chairman Yaakov Hagoel, and Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party).