Maggi and Matthew Goldstein Ido Aharoni and Raymond Kelly

Rep. Eliot Engel and Michael Miller

Veronica and Raymond Kelly with Phyllis and Michael Miller

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly (center) with Isidor Hefter (left) and Martin L. Greenberg, certified public accountants at RSSM

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The Most Important Thing
To Say In Any Speech

STORY AND PHOTOS BY TIM BOXER

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ATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, the chancellor of City University of New York, recalled a commencement where he introduced the speaker and told him, "Marvin, be brief because no one will remember what you say."

Marvin got up and delivered a message that no one will forget: "When you leave here remember one thing: make money."

At the annual Jewish Community Relations Council dinner, Goldstein was also brief as he presented the Corporate Leader Award to Stephen Siegel, chairman of Global Brokerage at CBRE.

James Lebenthal, of the successful wealth management company, presented a Continuing Legacy Award to the amazingly talented Alexandra Lebenthal. It was quite obvious how proud he was of his daughter.

"She didn’t need my help to get into Princeton," he said. "She even found her husband without me."

Alexandra is president and CEO of Lebenthal & Co. And daddy? He’s chairman emeritus.

Michael Miller, executive vice president of JCRC for 25 years, and Jacques Brand, co-head of investment banking coverage at Deutsche Bank, presented the Community Builders Award to brothers Arthur and Edward Coppola. The Coppolas own more than 70 shopping malls around the country, including the Queens Center Mall.

"We’re the economic engine of the communities we serve," Edward said.

Commissioner Raymond Kelly of the NYPD, Rep. Eliot Engel and Israeli Consul General Ido Aharoni were special guests (guest stars, I’d say) at the event in the Pierre Hotel.