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C ON T EN T S CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM ANNUAL REPORT // 2014 P. 2 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT P. 3 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR P. 4-5 BETH SHOLOM BY THE NUMBERS P. 6-7 MESSAGE FROM RABBI MICAH HYMAN P. 8-19 FACES OF BETH SHOLOM P. 20-21 EDUCATION P. 22-23 MESSAGE FROM THE NEW RABBI P. 24 YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS P. 25-IBC TODAH RABBAH ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 2 F RO M THE PRESIDENT DAV I D S O FFA F ellow congregants , 2013 was a year of B eth tasked with re - en - great challenges for all of us at Sholom. W e were ergizing our board , clarifying our financial situation and replacing key individuals in our organization . I took over as president in June 2013. Through the graciousness and patience of my predecessors Todd Strauss, Dara Nachmanoff and Adam Hertz, I was given a strong introduction to the role of president. It was a lucky thing: The congregation was soon faced with replacing our executive director, financial personnel, the director of congregational learning, and our senior rabbi. All of this would have been totally impossible without the help of many. The executive committee and board were invaluable. We welcomed a permanent executive director, Angel Alvarez-Mapp, who has done a tremendous job organizing the office, creating our new budget, and recruiting a top-notch director of education — all while leading new program offerings, from Jewish Heritage Night at the Ballpark to a goodbye Kabbalat Shabbat dinner attended by more than 200 congregants. We now have a strong Governance Committee, which has put us on track with our bylaws and recruited four new board members. Under Lael Sturm, the Education Committee has made great advances. Development, under Lu Zilber; Community Outreach, under Stacy Ban; and Finance, under Todd Strauss, have all remained strong. All along, we have been aided by a phenomenal Ritual Committee, under the leadership of Scott Horowitz. Recruiting a new rabbi is no trivial pursuit. Past presidents Sandy Edwards, Sue Rushakoff and Sandy Goldstein contributed monumental efforts, as did the many congregants on the Rabbi Search Committee. Most importantly, we were helped by all of you. Many of you participated in and hosted outreach events. You shared your opinions in surveys and rabbi evaluation weekends. Thanks to you, we were able to show the applicants our best side, and identify and attract our wonderful new leader, Rabbi Aubrey Glazer. Now, the exciting part. The structural changes we have made and the issues we have resolved have positioned us to accomplish a great deal in the year ahead. We are creating a new formalized strategic plan, including a development effort to secure endowment for our long-term future. Based on your feedback and the renewed energy from our rabbi search, watch for great new programs internally as well as increased community exposure through partner events. We have refined our membership levels, and are planning significant outreach for new members and to re-establish Beth Sholom as the conservative synagogue in San Francisco. Finally, look for a redesigned website and increased communication to our community. Fellow congregants, 2013 was a year of great challenges at Beth Sholom — and subsequently, great growth. We will continue that growth in the months ahead. I can hardly wait for next year’s annual report. P. 3 FROM TH E EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR A NG E L A LVA R E Z - M A P P G o back in our history — and I mean , all M oses , to when we were living in tents , to when M oses came down from M ount S inai . N othing happened to just one person , or to just a few people . I t happened to an entire community . E verything we do reli giously is still about being together . W e mourn together , we celebrate together , we are able to continue this thou sands - year - old tradition because we are together . W ell , I think it ’ s important to come together secularly , too . the way back — to E gypt , to This was reinforced in May, when we held our first art show as a congregation. It was one of my first big events as executive director, and I remember feeling nervous that no one would show up. Well, 110 people did. And it was a great success. It was a chance to get together, recognize the talent in our community, and really get to know each other. There were so many people I’d seen for years and years whose names I knew, but whose stories I’d never really heard until that day. Others shared the same feedback with me. We crave these moments of connection. In the year ahead, I’m looking forward to presenting many more opportunities for us to come together and really connect. We’re already planning on a film series and a music series, as well as several lecture events. This emphasis on community will be both fun and fulfilling. I also think it’s the perfect complement to what Beth Sholom already does so well. We have a history as a congregation where serious Jews come to do serious Judaism, but we’re also a place that accepts different approaches to practice. We’re the home of Jewish meditation. We’re innovative. We’re forward-thinking. I converted at Beth Sholom back in 2002 with Rabbi Lew, a leader who helped shape that progressive identity. Today, during this time of transition, we are pausing to ask ourselves what our identity will be in the years to come. Rabbi Aubrey Glazer is an exciting part of our future. So is every individual who participates in this community. All of us together are this congregation; all of us together are its future. This moment in history is happening to our entire community. And that’s why Beth Sholom will be here another five years, another 10 years, and another 107 years. Beth Sholom By the Numbers P. 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 6 F RO M T HE RABBI R A B B I M I C A H HY M A N I write this during the parsha of report of the How telling . 12 Shelach Lecha , the Israel. spies surveying the land of God asks Moses to find leaders to scout Is the land rich or dry, are the people objective qualities : large or small , does it flow with milk and honey or is it simply a continuation of the present desert ? But the scouts thought they were meant to determine if they were able to achieve this task . Y ou know the story. T en admit to the J oshua and Caleb have the same metrics but celebrate the challenge , and lead the next generation to the P romised L and . lush beauty but instill paranoia in the people . P. An annual report is not only a status of the present, it is a guide to the future. I leave Beth Sholom like a premature Moses; a bit before my prime but still with all the passion and hope as when I arrived. Our final Shabbat together crystallized all that I cherish about our community: prayer, warmth, diversity and overflowing gratitude. Erin and I will continue to value all that we shared together. As we returned to the city to spackle the final holes of our former home, I found my way to morning minyan. It was percolating with new Torah readings, young and old, a special Kiddush and friendly greetings all around. The report was most excellent. I was just number 12 that morning, a member of Israel celebrating a community of Israel. That was and is a blessing that as a qualitative feel to the metrics of a healthy shul. I am grateful for our current leadership – the board, our executive director, our staff, our teachers and especially our members who live and breathe the pages that follow. But that gratitude is to a higher purpose that far exceeds any one individual, program or even institution. When we focus on the horizon of the ineffable, all of our actions will lead to a positive report. Joshua may have fought 7 the battle of Jericho, but it was a collective faith that made the walls come tumbling down. One thing this report cannot yet extol is your future rabbi: a mensch in mind and heart. The community led a vibrant process of discernment; the community sang the virtues of Beth Sholom and San Francisco; and Rabbi Glazer has emerged to declare: Let us take our destiny! His success depends on trust, passion and vision. Let us succeed not for his or your sake, but for the children of our future, who may not know any of our names but Israel. That is what makes this report more than a brochure: It is a prayer waiting to be read, davened, meditated upon and fulfilled. Do not become the generation that must fade away in cynicism for a new generation to arrive. Be the present and future! We can, we should and we must taste the milk and honey from the Rock of the Divine. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 8 THE FACES OF BETH S H O L OM P. THE E 9 NOVICOFFS very Saturday, when Gregg Novicoff and Dawne Bear Novicoff drop off their son and daughter at Beth Sholom Shabbat School, they catch a glimpse of the past. The kids two, three, four years younger. Their son, just a toddler, on his very first day of preschool. Now Arlo is 10 and Rayna is 8. This ritual, and this building, are woven into their earliest memories. “I love being there on Saturdays and seeing our kids run up the stairs,” says Dawne. “I love seeing how connected and comfortable they are in that space, with the teachers and clergy and congregants. They are part of the community and completely at home.” For Gregg, the feeling is summed up at Shabbat services, observing the b’nai mitzvah children reading Torah, leading prayers, and delivering speeches. “I’m so proud of these kids — their poise; how smart and funny they are,” he says. “I don’t know all of them personally but they are part of our extended community. And I think of our own children, and how soon they will be standing in that space, with our community.” “It feels like our son’s bar mitzvah is just around the corner,” Dawne agrees. “We’re headed into a time of very intense connection to the synagogue. We have a Jewish home and a lot of Jewish friends, but Beth Sholom is a different piece to the puzzle of our family’s Jewish identity. It’s the structure and ritual and intergenerational piece. It’s an important part of the Jewish community that we’ve built for ourselves in San Francisco.” ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 10 P. 11 EMERSON YELLEN S he’s lived in Texas, Japan, Israel, and Canada. Emerson Yellen, 28, has never been one to sit still. And she’s never been one to sit alone. “I’m a social person,” she says. “I get in touch with who I am spiritually when I’m with a group and bouncing ideas off other people.” Emerson reconnected with her Jewish upbringing some 1,500 miles north of here while living in Calgary, but never quite found her place in a synagogue there. Then, about a year ago, she accepted a job at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco and moved to the Bay Area. Soon after, a friend asked her to lifeguard at a Beth Sholom family camp. “I walked in thinking I was there to do a job,” she recalls. “But parents came up and introduced themselves to me while I was lifeguarding. I stayed up late playing games and talking to everyone. I thought, these are people I could be friends with. This is a really positive, active community.” Emerson joined Beth Sholom and immediately sought out ways to be active in it, serving on the community involvement committee last year and currently co-chairing the young adults group. “I love meeting people who are new and trying to figure out where they fit in,” she says. “Beth Sholom has always been so welcoming to my ideas, and patient with who I am. It’s willing to welcome you into the community in whatever capacity you want.” “I thought , these are people could be friends with . T his I is a really positive , active community .” ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . THE M 12 GINSBERGS ost weekends, you can find the whole Ginsberg crew at Golden Gate Park, lounging around Stow Lake or in a ragtag parade of bicycles: 7-year-old Ava, 5-year-old Nathan, 2-year-old Ryan, and their parents, Ellen and David. “When we moved to San Francisco, we wanted to explore everything,” says Ellen. “We’ve never lost that attitude.” During those early days, Congregation Beth Sholom provided the family with an important sense of community. In the five years since, it has led Ellen and David to form lifelong friendships. It’s influenced David to build a daily meditation practice. It’s been a place for Ellen to share her leadership skills – on the development committee and education committee, and in planning the preschool’s carnival fundraiser. And it’s been formative for the three smallest Ginsbergs: Both Ava and Nathan attended the Beth Sholom preschool, and the whole family is often at synagogue events. “We like that we can bring our kids to events with people of all backgrounds and ages, across generations,” says David. “At Beth Sholom, we can go and have a religious experience, but also a community experience.” The Ginsberg family’s sense of adventure extends to the congregation’s future. “There’s this grassroots kind of energy right now,” says Ellen. “Everybody’s willing to roll up their sleeves and do what they can to help Beth Sholom thrive and succeed. There’s something special about feeling like you’re building your own community. We’re excited to be a part of it.” P. 13 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 14 NEWMAN FISHER S an Francisco is an ever-shifting landscape. For the past 86 years, Newman Fisher has witnessed it firsthand. He was born in this city. He grew up here. He went to school here, and then he taught school here — for 40 years, no less. He remembers when Beth Sholom’s rabbi marched a Torah down Market Street to protest the Vietnam War. That rabbi, Rabbi White, was one of the figures that drew Newman and his wife, Neah, to Congregation Beth Sholom in the first place. “He was not afraid to take on tough things, and he did it with a lot of class,” says Newman. “He set a tone for the synagogue.” All these years later, it’s still evident. “For example, many religious institutions have struggled to accept gay and lesbian communities. We’ve never encountered that. Beth Sholom has been very accepting,” Newman says. “The synagogue has championed social justice and the rights of other people for a very long time, not just in word but in deed.” Newman is proud to have served three terms as president of Beth Sholom’s board of directors, 1989-1992. He remains active in the synagogue, conducting the Tuesday evening minyan service and regularly leading the Musaf service at Shabbat. “People worship in public and share life cycle events in public — bar and bat mitzvahs, somebody passing away, illness. When you go to services, it creates a support system,” Newman says. “I think that’s a very lovely thing.” P. THE G 15 CHANGS rowing up a few blocks apart in Queens, NY, Rachel and Joseph shared not only a high school but the commute to and from it every day. They met as teenagers on the F train. Now married and living on the other coast, they’re still sharing a journey. Although Joseph is not Jewish, both have decided that Beth Sholom is part of it – for the two of them and for their children, Mia and Marc. Mia, 2, starts at the Beth Sholom preschool this fall. Marc, 5, has just graduated from it. To her delight, Rachel will sometimes overhear Marc at play, contentedly singing the Four Questions to himself. “The preschool has nurtured our son, and helped turn him into a confident, independent, happy person. Watching that process has been a joy,” says Rachel. Last year she was the head of the school’s Parents Committee and she and Joseph worked on the carnival raffle. They participate in many of the synagogue’s children’s holiday services. “There’s this open, accepting atmosphere that extends to everything at Beth Sholom,” she says. “Before we moved to San Francisco, I sometimes felt uncomfortable accompanying Rachel to synagogue events. I have never felt uncomfortable at Beth Sholom,” agrees Joseph. “It’s very important that our kids grow up Jewish, but at the same time, I’ve always wondered if I would feel comfortable in all the settings that that would entail,” he adds. “Beth Sholom has allayed my fears.” ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 16 P. 17 EVA-LYNNE & OWEN LEIBMAN T hirty-five years ago, Eva-Lynne and Owen Leibman’s paths intersected here. They were each in their mid-twenties. They were each new to San Francisco. They each found Beth Sholom. And then, they found each other. “Very early on,” declares Eva-Lynne, “I set my cap for Owen. We were both very involved in the young adults group. I decided that whatever the group activity, it would include Owen and me.” Now they are in their third decade of marriage, with a daughter who is a twenty-something herself. In this new chapter, they have found new ways to connect with the synagogue. Owen is on the ritual committee, and oversees the assigning of Torah readings for Shabbat and minyans. Eva-Lynne became a bat mitzvah this past June, an experience that she describes as “a gift.” “The whole synagogue celebrating with me – it was a huge hug,” she says. They are both regulars at morning minyan – and, as of this summer, at Beth Sholom baseball games. (Owen plays second base; Eva-Lynne is, in their daughter’s words, “an official groupie.”) So, while much has changed at Beth Sholom over the years, the important things remain intact. “Back when we knew very few people in this city, Beth Sholom gave us a place to go. It gave us our first friends. Many of those people are still our friends,” says Eva-Lynne. “This is our community. This is our home.” ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 18 ELIZABETH & CHRISTOPHER E lizabeth Cedars is a resident physician. Her husband, Christopher Orev Reiger, is an artist and writer, as well as the cofounder of a nonprofit that integrates science with art. Their schedules are packed. And that’s one of the reasons they value Beth Sholom. “It’s where I connect to a deep part of myself,” says Elizabeth, “which I don’t always access with the hectic nature of our lives.” Elizabeth, 30, grew up in the Reform Jewish movement in the East Bay, but drifted away as a teenager. Christopher, 36, gravitated to Judaism as an adult. He wanted to convert in a conservative synagogue, and found Beth Sholom. “It’s very valuable to have a spiritual center to go to,” he says. “The conservative movement demands that we wrestle with contemporary Jewish identity, and that happens at Beth Sholom.” In the four years that he and Elizabeth have been members, he’s become a familiar face around the synagogue, serving on the community engagement committee and the rabbi search committee, and cochairing the young adults group. In May, he led the visual curation for the congregation’s first Annual Art Show. As for Elizabeth, “Beth Sholom really felt like a warm place to return to Judaism,” she says. “Growing up, there was a clear delineation between my Jewish life and the rest of my life. Beth Sholom has shown me that the two can be integrated – that a synagogue can be your community. That’s a really wonderful thing.” “I t ’ s where I connect to a deep part of myself ” P. 19 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 20 E D UC AT I O N F E RN E I S EN BERG R Beth abbi Maimonides said, “To have a child is to create a new world.” As I begin my 12th year as director of Congregation Sholom Family Preschool, I feel blessed to be part of the growth and development of so many new worlds. One of our goals as a school is to be a place where children know that they matter. We want to know what they think, feel and wonder. We want them to feel unconditionally loved and respected. Each child is our curriculum. They come to school as individuals and together they become a community. Our Jewish and secular curriculum connects these children and their families with the entire Congregation Beth Sholom community. We are committed to providing the highest quality Jewish and secular preschool experience. For the past five years we have been a First 5 Model School, which provides our Pre-K families with substantial financial support from the state of California. This year we were also part of the San Francisco Inclusion Network, and benefitted from its teacher workshops as well as individualized support for children and teachers. We’ll continue to work with their specialists this coming year. In addition, we welcome Ellen Brosbe from Jewish Learning Works (formerly the Bureau of Jewish Education) to assist in enriching our Jewish curriculum. Every day, we are inspired by our students and families to do more. Our teachers attended a workshop this year to learn new techniques for teaching science to young children and enhancing their experiences in nature. Under the guidance of Susan Dudley, our lead Pre-K teacher, we created a muscle development program using new state-of-the-art equipment. We treasure the traditions that we’ve built with our families and their children, and we try to fill all of them with a sense of warmth and excitement. Every Friday, Michael Lederman, director of Congregational Learning, and our new rabbi, Rabbi Aubrey Glazer, will celebrate a frielich (lively) Kabbalat Shabbat with us. All are welcome — please join! On the fourth Friday of every month, song leader extraordinaire Jonathan Bayer accompanies our pajama-clad preschoolers and their families in PJ Shabbat. These are the kinds of moments that we cherish, and that we hope our families do, too. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said, “The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. We must nurture in our children a will to wonder.” At Congregation Beth Sholom Family Preschool, it is our privilege to help nurture that will to wonder. P. M I C H A EL L EDER M A N J ewish tradition places a very high value — and so do we at Congregation Beth Sholom. Year-round, we strive to provide rich and engaging opportunities for learning and Jewish engagement. We strive to do this not only for our congregants, but for the larger Bay Area Jewish community. on lifelong learning Over my many years of teaching Hebrew and Judaic studies, I have witnessed how Jewish education builds Jewish community. I believe it ought to be fun and enjoyable, as well as intellectually stimulating and meaningful. The Talmud says, “A town without schoolchildren is doomed to destruction.” At Congregation Beth Sholom, we want to create an atmosphere of learning and support. We begin with our youngest, from our highly-regarded preschool program to our K-through-6 Shabbat School to our music-filled “PJ Shabbat” and Family Shabbat programs. For younger students preparing to become Bar or Bat Mitzvah, we offer a special B’nai Mitzvah program, comprised of weekly Shabbat class meetings held during the school year, along with one-on-one 21 tutoring sessions with experienced tutors and the rabbi. For every age group, we offer educational experiences rich with Jewish values, and filled with content that will help strengthen our community. Preteens and teens are encouraged to participate in a variety of special activities and programming throughout the year, including the United Synagogue Youth group. During the school year, teens are encouraged to participate in our very successful Shabbat School Madrichim program, where they have the opportunity to learn and also to assist our younger students with their learning. Avot 2:7 reads, “The more schooling, the more wisdom.” Education does not end with youth. That’s why we provide a rich selection of adult learning opportunities for our members. During the past year, this included weekly study programs in the Torah, the Talmud, and the Pirkei Avot, as well as an all-night Leil Tikkun Shavuot study and an adult B’nei Mitzvah class. We hosted a parents’ book group, a Sunday morning book group and a womens’ book group. We held three different Kevah study groups, a special Yom Kippur afternoon study session, and in conjunction with the Shalom Hartman Institute, curricula for Israel educational. Additionally, throughout the year, we hosted and learned from several different Scholars in Residence. This is an exciting time of transition for our community, and transition can bring about even more wonderful opportunities in education. Along with welcoming Rabbi Glazer and his family to our congregation, I also look forward to welcoming several new and experienced teachers and song leaders to our Shabbat School faculty. I am very glad to be at Congregation Beth Sholom, and I hope to have the opportunity to study and learn with you in the coming year. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 22 F RO M T HE T H E N EW RABBI R A B B I AUBR EY L . G L A Z E R I ’ve been having a recurring dream. I’m driving down 101 in a ’76 C orvette done up like a T esla . I’ m listening to the threefold lyrical landscape of R obert H unter ’ s “Eyes of the World unfolding” on the radio as I make this journey home – now for real – to S an F rancisco : “…The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own…” Just as in Hunter’s lyrical vision there are three places the heart journeys toward, Rav Soleveitchik teaches that in Judaism there are three distinct covenants that describe the journey we are on together: P. A covenant of fate: the Judaism that you have been born into, dwelling in “homelands of the heart”; A covenant of destiny: the Jew that you can become, searching through the “beaches of the heart”; A covenant of responsibility: the Jew that someone else can become when his or her soul is nourished by your elevated soul connection, guided by “thoughts of the heart.” Each of these covenants is captured through the dynamism of what it means to be part of the Congregation Beth Sholom community. We have benefited immensely in our covenants of fate with each of our esteemed rabbis White (z”l), Lew (z”l) and Hyman, who have shown us a path to the Promised Land through their unique approaches to Torah-learning, Tefilla-introspection, and Avodahdevotion. They have taught us what it means to be embedded in that fateful connection to tradition, genetics and culture that make us members of the Jewish people. They have inspired many of us to grow in our covenant of destiny by showing us the path toward the Promised Land as they saw it in the offing. Sometimes in life, just as Moses does not make it all the way to the Promised Land, our most beloved leaders are not able to take us all the way there — but our hearts remain imprinted with their teachings. I hope to build upon these openings and find new windows into your covenant of destiny. Who you can become is a function of how your soul, your mind and body can be nourished to grow your Judaism, both within and beyond the walls of Beth Sholom. I will dedicate time to teaching a fourfold model of doing, feeling, thinking and being Jewish, so that “the overflowing cups of our souls” begin 23 to inspire that covenant of responsibility for each other. Every Israelite, every Jew, every seeking soul, is responsible for the soul of each other! This annual report celebrates all three covenants for Congregation Beth Sholom as we look ahead to forging a new covenant of destiny. My wife, Elyssa, my daughter, Thalia, and I are so proud to be part of that covenant with you, and I am honored to serve as your spiritual leader. I hope to expand upon the three covenants, and bring them more fully into our awareness as we seek inspiration for our intellectual, ethical and spiritual lives. As a community committed to its covenants, we can make a difference for this new chapter in our unfolding journey. That is how each of us “wakes up to find out we are the eyes of the world”! May we be so blessed — Amen! ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 24 T O DA H R A B BA H M embers in 2013 – 420 families N ew H ouseholds – 38 P arnas H ouseholds – 93 ( as of J une 30, 2014) N adiv Mr. and Mrs. Roger Barnett Joe and Julie Ratner Dr. Garry Rayant & Dr. Kathy Fields-Rayant N e ’ eman Mr. Robert Feyer & Ms. Marsha Cohen Mr. Mark Gunther & Dr. Anne Krantz Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sollod A mit Michael Bien & Jane Kahn Myra Block Drs. Richard & Sandra Cohen Mr. & Mrs. James Frost Sandy Goldstein and Cathy Rabin Mr. & Mrs. David W. Gronowski Mr. Scott Horwitz & Ms. Missy Sue Mastel Horwitz Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kahn Mrs. Lenore Levinson Mrs. Shirley Levy Mrs. Anne Meyer Holly & Max Perr Mr. & Mrs. Robert Poynter Dr. Gerald Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Robert Rushakoff Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Schall The Spitz Family K oach Gary Angel and Sharman Spector-Angel Marsha & Stanton Glantz Dr. Thomas Huot and Ms. Stacy Feld Drs. Kolotkin & Miller David Malman & Ellen Shireman Mr. & Mrs. Burton Meyer Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Miller Josh M. Peckler Roger and Louisa Philipp Laura Shenkar Ms. Christine Smith Dr. & Mrs. David Soffa Mr. Harris Weinberg & Ms. Dana Corvin Mr. & Mrs. Richard Springwater Sandy Zweifach & Nina Kjellson C haver Anonymous Jim Abrams Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Ban Mr. Alex Bernstein & Ms. Sonia Daccarett Mark & Jenny Bernstein Mr. Kurt Billick & Ms. Melissa Raphaely Mr. Daniel Briskin Dr. Glenn Chertow & Dr. Dara Nachmanoff Mr. Benjamin Chinn & Ms. Wendy Cown Andy Coblentz & Shari Libicki Mr. Bruce Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Randall Dick Mr. & Mrs. Larry Edelman Dr. Sandra Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Steven Foreman Mr. & Mrs. Gary Frank Morton and Amy Friedkin Mr. Brian Geller Dr. Deborah Gold and Mr. Michael Goldstein Dr. Herbert & Mrs. Tanya Goodman Mrs. Barbara Gronowski Milton & Sheila Hyman Mr. Ovid Jacob & Ms. Gitta Salomon Mr. David Kaplan Stephen Kellerman Ms. Carla Kozak Ms. Randy Berkowitz Lavinghouse Mr. & Mrs. David Leash Mr. Gary Levin Ira Levy Dr. & Mrs. Martin Liberman Mr. David Madfes Ms. Abigail Levinson Marks Mr. Don Marks & Ms. Gabrielle Marks Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard Neuhaus Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Newbrun Mrs. Betty Newman Dr. Daniel Raybin Mrs. Hilda Richards Barbara and Saul Rockman Irving & Rosemary Rothstein Sherry Sachar Mr. Sol Silver Gary Sokol & Paul Blanc Dr. Janet Sollod Ms. Susan Spiwak Todd Strauss & Tracey Thomas Willy Waks and Dr. Nancy Wiese Mrs. Carol Weitz Len & Ruth Yaffe Mr. Andrew Zacks & Ms. Denise Leadbetter Ms. Bobbie Zemansky Mr. & Mrs. Norman Zilber Mrs. Norma Zimmerman Mr. Murray Zisholz ANNUAL REPORT 2014 // P . 26 AARON A. RAMSEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Lucie Ramsey In memory of Annette Klemow Max Schleicher In memory of Charles Ramsey and Aaron A. Ramsey on the anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah BIMAH FLOWER FUND Angel Alvarez-Mapp and Daniel Ewald Mr. Daniel Briskin In honor of Jonah Briskin’s Bar Mitzvah Mrs. Marci Briskin In honor of Jonah Briskin’s Bar Mitzvah Mr. Scott Horwitz & Ms. Missy Sue Mastel Horwitz In honor of Sara Horwitz’s Bat Mitzvah Mrs. Julie Jeremy In honor of Ben Jeremy’s Bar Mitzvah Drs. Marvin Kolotkin & Betty Miller In celebration of her and Marvin Pheffer’s birthday In honor of the 19th anniversary of the Adult B’not Mitzvah of Lisa Malik’s Torah Trope class of 1994 Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Pheffer In celebration of his and Betty Miller’s birthday Nestor & Lorena Ramos In honor of Rabbi Elana Zelony Mr. and Mrs. Resnik In honor of Margo Resnik’s Bat Mitzvah Dr. & Mrs. Robert Rushakoff In honor of the Hyman Family Jean Segal & Ruth Tepper In memory of Melvin Segal on his birthday In memory of Charles Tepper’s birthday Linda & Vera Winkler In memory of Miklos & Piroska Winkler BUILDING FUND Jim Abrams Mrs. Patricia Ackerman Angel Alvarez-Mapp and Daniel Ewald Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Ban Mr. and Mrs. Roger Barnett Mr. Russell Berman Mrs. Linda Bernstein Mark & Tanya Bernstein Michael Bien & Jane Kahn Mr. Kurt Billick & Ms. Melissa Raphaely Ms. Pat Blackburn Mr. & Mrs. David Blatteis Myra Block Dr. Meryl Botkin Mr. & Mrs. Neal Bram Mr. Daniel Briskin Larry Burgheimer & Eileen Auerbach Samet-Canter Family Mr. Howard Chabner Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chang Dr. Glenn Chertow & Dr. Dara Nachmanoff Mr. Benjamin Chinn & Ms. Wendy Cown Mr. Bruce Cohen Drs. Richard & Sandra Cohen Mr. Adam M. Cole Lee and Brenda Derin Betsy Eckstein and David Heller Kerry Weiner & Andrew Elkind M. Frank & Nicole Emanuel Becky Engelberg Kate Fast and Stuart Smith Mr. Robert Feyer & Ms. Marsha Cohen Richard Fiedotin Norman Fischer Dr. & Mrs. Newman Fisher Durand & Ariel Ford Dr. & Mrs. Steve Foreman The Fox Family Mr. & Mrs. Gary Frank Mr. & Mrs. George Frankenstein Mr. & Mrs. Michael Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Friedland Mr. & Mrs. James Frost Mr. Jerome & Ms. Leah Garchik Ms. Jerilyn Gelt Dr. Shulamit Glaubach Lisa Wolf and Yehuda Golani Mr. & Mrs. Robert Goldberg Mr. David Goldenberg Drs. Goldman & Weisberg Dr. Deborah Gold and Mr. Michael Goldstein Sandy Goldstein and Cathy Rabin Mr. & Mrs. Steven Goode Mr. & Mrs. Martin Goodman Mr. Howard Gordon Mrs. Barbara Gronowski Mr. & Mrs. David W. Gronowski Elliott and Elayne Grossbard Mr. Mark Gunther & Dr. Anne Krantz Isac & Minette Gutfreund Howard Haberman & Martha Lybarger Paul & Corinne Hartman Mr. Randall H. Heilbrunn Robert Herman & Susie Coliver Mr. Adam Hertz & Ms. Joan Gelfand Dr. Mel & Mrs. Jody Heyman Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hoffman Mr. Scott Horwitz & Ms. Missy Sue Mastel Horwitz Dr. Thomas Huot and Ms. Stacy Feld Andrea Jacoby & Robert Brody Mr. Ovid Jacob & Ms. Gitta Salomon Mr. Ben Janofsky & Ms. Ann Lu Mrs. Rosalind Jarvis Jason Jungreis & Robyn Lipsky Mr. David Kahn Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kalbrosky Stephen Kellerman Mr. Jesse Kempf Gina and Mike Khavul Mr. & Ms. Cary Klafter Scott Kogan and Elijah Selby Drs. 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Morton and Amy Friedkin In memory of Peter Bernstein Michele Friedman In memory of Renee Neuhaus Stanley & Ilona Galant In memory of Peter Bernstein Mrs. Bernice Garcia In memory of Jack and Anne Posman Laurence & Carolyn Garter In memory of Donald Kalbrosky Donald & Judith Gilson In memory of David Leash Ellen and David Ginsberg In honor of Dawne Bear-Novicoff In honor of Sonia Daccarett In honor of Gabi Marks In honor of Nili Poynter In honor of Jacqueline Shelton-Miller In honor of Lael Sturm Aryeh Goldberg Mr. David Goldenberg In memory of Peter Bernstein Arnold & Marjorie Goldman In memory of David Leash Steven & Diane Goldman In honor of Congregation Beth Sholom Sandy Goldstein and Cathy Rabin In memory of Renee Neuhaus In memory of Henry Rabin In memory of Carl Goldstein Judd Goodman In memory of Peter Bernstein Natan & Karen Goore Israel Gordan & Eli Gordan-Uhrman In memory of Peter Bernstein Mr. & Mrs. Vadim Gorodetskiy In memory of Sigmund Roytburg In memory of Samuil Gorodetskiy In memory of Emilia Glusman Mrs. Hanne L. 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Kare & Susan Kare Rabbi Glenn Karonsky In memory of Sammy Karonsky In memory of Marie Karonsky 29 Mr. Bernard Katzmann In memory of Esther Katzmann In memory of Ernst Katzmann Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Katznelson In honor of Rabbi Hyman In honor of Joe Sox’s Bar Mitzvah In memory of Helen Quint In memory of Necha Katznelson Dana & David Kelman In memory of David Leash Alina Kerson In memory of Renee Neuhaus Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kesselman In memory of Peter Bernstein Harry Kiefer In honor of Anne Meyer’s 90th birthday Elliot & Hinda Kimmel In honor of Eva-Lynn Leibman’s Bat Mitzvah Philip Kivitz & Susan Marx In honor of David Soffa Mr. & Ms. Cary Klafter In honor of Congregation Beth Sholom Mosh & Evelyn Koch In memory of Peter Bernstein Drs. 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