FEBRUARY 2017 • Vol. 99, No. 7 SHEVAT ~ ADAR 5777 WWW.BETHELNR.ORG
DONNA AND ABE BARTELL TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT’S NE’EMANIM SERVICE AWARD AT 63rd ANNUAL GALA – SUNDAY, MARCH 19th – 5:00 pm After being introduced on a blind date in 1993, Donna and Abe Bartell married in 1995. Having lived in Rhode Island and Bayside, Queens, Donna and Abe settled in New Rochelle in 2001 with their two-yearold daughter Hannah. That same year, their Donna and Abe Bartell twin sons Stephen and Jesse were born. When choosing a synagogue, Donna gave Abe no choices. They would join a Conservative shul, and since they lived in New Rochelle, they were zoned to attend a New Rochelle synagogue. The obvious and only choice was Beth El Synagogue Center. Beth El quickly became the family’s second home, a home which shared and celebrated Jesse’s and Stephen’s bris and the children’s B’nei mitzvah. Hannah, Stephen, and Jesse all attended the Beth El Nursery School, the amazing Day Camp, and, after spending Kindergarten
through fifth grade at Schechter Westchester, they moved on to the Beth El Religious School and became active in Beth El’s USY chapter. Donna grew up on Long Island, where she attended Commack Jewish Center. She graduated from SUNY Binghamton and received her Law Degree at Emory University. After spending time working as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, Donna happily retired from the practice of law and moved to Rhode Island, where Abe was completing his medical training. Donna currently works for the Westchester Jewish Council, a job she considers an extension of both her life at Beth El and her connection to the Jewish community. Abe is a Brooklyn native and graduate of the Yeshivah of Flatbush elementary and high schools. He completed his undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and his medical degree at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. After completing a combined residency in general pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry at Brown University, he and Donna returned to New York and Abe began his career in academic medicine, spending several years at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Abe spent twelve years as a child and adolescent psychiatrist and head of the pediatric psychosocial care program at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and as an associate continued, page 23 professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics at
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Beth El Synagogue Center
Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Honoring
Tris & Sam Berger For Distinguished Leadership and Devoted Service and Donna & Abe Bartell President’s Ne’emanim Service Award Recipients 5 - 7 pm Smörgåsbord
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7 - 8 pm Meaningful Program
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8 - 10 pm Dessert and Dancing
“We Make a Living by What We Get, but We Make a Life by What We Give.” — Winston Churchill Purim Carnival................................. page 2. Mishpacha Mid-Winter Shabbat....... page 7 Kulanu Shabbat................................. page 3 Israel Trip......................................... page 8
Bagels & Books/Hadassah............... page 11 Gala Ad Packages............................ page 24