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BETH EL WELCOMES TWO NEW VICE PRESIDENTS DAN BURTON Ten years ago, Dan Burton and his family moved to New Rochelle, where they fell in love with the Beth El community and quickly made Beth El Synagogue Center their home away from home. Dan has been a trustee of the synagogue for several years and has served on the Families Initiative, Youth Services, Hazzan Search, Religious School and Youth Activities Director Search, Kallah, Focus, and Havurah Service Committees. He has served for many years on Beth El’s Religious School Board and has been its chair for the past four years. Dan has also led many ruach-infused youth and family Shabbat and holiday services. He also served for several years as the chair of UJA-Federation’s New Rochelle General Campaign and as a member of its Executive Committee. Dan’s wife, Jody, was a trustee of the synagogue for four years. She co-chaired Beth El’s Couples Club and (continued, page 7)
MARK SEIDENFELD Mark grew up in Kew Gardens, New York, attending the Solomon Schechter School of Queens and spending summers at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires. His parents, survivors of the Holocaust who married and immigrated to America after the war, infused their home with strong Zionist ties and a deep sense of pride in their Jewish heritage. Mark attended the University of Pennsylvania and spent his junior year abroad at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. While in law school at Boston University, he met his “basherte,” which is no exaggeration, since Marjorie and Mark met by chance at a concert in Central Park in 1986 and married in 1989. After graduation, Mark and Marjorie moved to Westchester and eventually settled in New Rochelle in 1992. With the arrival of twins Michael and Talia, they joined Beth El Synagogue Center in 1996. The family welcomed son Jonah in 2002. Through Torah for Tots, Junior Congregation, the weekly Shabbat (continued, page 7)
Catering Corner................................ page 3 Men’s Club Goes to Ballgame........... page 7 Nursery School News...................... page 15 Schedule of Tisha B’Av Services....... page 3 Rabbi Search Committee News........page 11 Religious School Registration.......... page 16