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7 . (L-R) Abigail Ophir, Zachary Reizes and Jacob Browner, 8th grade students from the Agnon
1. (L-R) Donald Zimelis; Scott Gendell, national board member; and Harold Kaplan enjoyed the Chicago Region Annual Breakfast at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
School in Cleveland, raised money to replace and plant trees lost in the Carmel forest.
2. ( L-R) Morrie Zimring, keynote speaker Hilary Krieger, and Miki Zimring at the St. Louis
8 Z achary Reizes did his part to perform an act of tzedakah and replace the trees lost in the
Annual Breakfast.
Carmel Forest on the Agnon School’s 8th grade trip to Israel.
3. (L-R) JNF Lawyers for Israel chair Steven Stender, Chicago board member Tracy Treger,
9 Talia Stewart showed her commitment to Israel by planting trees in the Carmel Forest on the Agnon School’s 8th grade trip.
Congressman Mike Quigley, and Chicago Regional Director Rick Kruger at a JNF Lawyers for Israel event at the Much Shelist law firm.
10. (L-R) St. Louis Breakfast Committee members Morrie Zimring, Ellen Stein, Miki Zimring,
4. The 6th grade class of Kehila School (Northern Hills Synagogue and Ohav Shalom) raised
the most money in a JNF pilot education program. (L-R) Lauren Kurtzer; Tracy Weisberger, Educational Director; Samantha Segerman; Hannah Baum; Sam Krimins; Cindy Kravitz; Jessica Silver; Josh Strauss; Sasha Cohn; Marvin Weisberger; Angelina Amedeo; Melissa Ann Fabian, Southern Ohio Regional Director; Eva Fischer; Alex Roth; Israela Ginsburg; and Jared Sandow.
5. Cincinnati held its 2nd annual breakfast with keynote speaker Dr. Jonathan Adelman, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. (L-R) Hirsch Wise, JNF Past President and National Conference Cincinnati Recruitment Co-Chair, and Betsy and David Schneider.
6. (L-R) Todd Bailey, JNF VP of Judge Carl B. Rubin Legal Society; Jan Cobb; and Kurt Grossman, JNF board member at the JNF Cincinnati annual breakfast.
Celeste Wieselman, Dr. Harvey Cantor, Fran Cantor, Keynote Speaker Hilary Krieger, Kim Miller, Norm Pressman, Bill Miller, Annette Heller, Dan Kweskin, and Jack Heller.
11. At a recent B’nai B’rith Bread Breakers Luncheon in Omaha, JNF Regional Director Yaron
Iram shared a presentation, “JNF – Beyond the Blue Box,” which discussed JNF’s action areas and the efforts of Operation Carmel Renewal. (L-R) Rabbi Jonathan Gross, Beth Israel Synagogue; Yaron Iram, JNF Regional Director; and Gary Javitch, B’nai B’rith Omaha President.
12. (L-R) Art Fishman of the Temple Shir Shalom Brotherhood was presented with a plaque by
Yaron Iram, JNF Regional Director, in honor of his tireless efforts to raise funds for JNF. The Brotherhood has raised funds to purchase a parkland in honor of its members.
13. ( L-R) Gush Etzion Foundation Director Shani Abrams-Simkovits, Chicago board member Bernard Hasten and his wife Laurie, and Gush Etzion Mayor Shaul Goldstein at the Chicago parlor meeting held at the Hastens’ home.
14. Drs. Ellen and Loren Roth at the dedication of Hatikvah Park in Israel, built with funds raised by a community-wide JNF dinner in Pittsburgh.
15. (L-R) Lou Weiss; Ellen Reisel, director of Red Mountain Therapeutic Riding Center; and Amy Weiss at a reception for Red Mountain held at the Weiss home in Pittsburgh.
16 Members of the Diller Teen Fellowship made calls for the JNF 31 Days in May campaign on the lawn of the Agency for Jewish Learning in Pittsburgh.
17 (L-R) Wisconsin Regional Director Sidney Rivkin, Green Sunday volunteer Judy Kristal, Wisconsin Regional Green Sunday Co-Chair Rusti Moffic, and Green Sunday volunteer Bernard Kristal displayed the scorecard results of their Green Sunday calling session.
18 Students of the Milwaukee Jewish Day School planted trees in the Aminadav Forest near Jerusalem on their 8th grade trip to Israel. The trees were purchased by board members Gail and Martin Komisar, major donors to the JNF Sderot Indoor Recreation Center.
19 (L-R) On JNF’s Day Tour of the Negev, Wisconsin Regional Director Sidney Rivkin, Phyllis Herz of New York and Gwen Rivkin visited JNF’s Sderot Indoor Recreation Center, the Sderot Reservoir, the Be’er Sheva River Park, Aleh Negev and new communities in the Negev.