Originally published in VIN with title “Byron Donalds Attends Bagels With Byron Event in Surfside”
SURFSIDE (VINnews) — Republican gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds joined local elected officials, community leaders and residents Monday for a “Bagels with Byron” event at Café Vert.
Bryan Leib hosted the informal gathering, which drew five mayors, three police chiefs, four rabbis and other activists. Leib said the meeting highlighted collective community efforts rather than any single individual.
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Among those attending were Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger, Bal Harbour Mayor Seth Salver, Bay Harbor Islands Mayor Isaac Salver, Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner and Sunny Isles Beach Mayor Larisa Svechin. Aventura Commissioners Gustavo Blachman and Paul Kruss also participated, as did Commissioner David Weingot.
Rabbis Lipskar, Matz, Parnes and Rosenfeld were present, along with community figures including Tila Falic Levi, Gabe Groisman, Jared Firestone, Ilan Sinelnikov, Robert Rosenfeld, Nadav Alkoby, Adam Thompson, Gila Brand Stern, Jonathan Greenwald, Martin Karp, Andre Roitman and Dovid Teles.
The stop was part of Donalds’ ongoing Bagels with Byron series. Leib and others framed the event as a show of local unity under the slogan “Keep Florida Free.”
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