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LORI AND STEVEN SCHWARTZ TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT’S NE’EMANIM SERVICE AWARD AT 64th ANNUAL GALA • SUNDAY, MARCH 18 • 5:00 pm Lori and Steve Schwartz met in the held leadership positions for several Catskills at the Stephensville Hotel in 1987, decades. Steve graduated from Fordham and were married in Queens, NY, in 1991. University in 1986 and received his MBA They began their lives together in Yonkers, from Pace University. After twenty-five where their sons, Joseph and David, were years as a Managing Director at Goldman born. In 1997 they moved to New Rochelle Sachs, Steve recently began working as a and soon joined Beth El Synagogue Center. Managing Director at Bank of America. Lori grew up in Massapequa, New York. Steve is currently the co-chair of She celebrated her bat mitzvah at Suburban the Human Resources Committee. He Temple, graduated from SUNY Albany co-chaired the Assistant Rabbi Search in 1984, received her MBA from Adelphi Committee that recommended Rabbi Sitkin University, and worked for British Airways to Beth El, is a member of the Technology until she retired from her accounting career Committee, and is honored to be a member Steven and Lori Schwartz after Joseph’s birth. After the children started of the Journey Planning Team. attending nursery school, Lori became a substitute teacher at Beth Joseph and David attended Beth El Nursery School and Day El. She is currently a substitute teacher at Westchester Day School Camp, were regulars at Torah for Tots, and each celebrated their and a camp counselor at Westchester Summer Day. bar mitzvah at Beth El. Both Joseph and David attended Schechter Lori co-chaired and co-founded the Nursery School Ladies Westchester and graduated from New Rochelle High School, with Night Out and co-chaired the December 25th Family Day. She David as valedictorian of his graduating class. Joseph graduated served on the Nursery School Board, the Nominating Committee from New York University and lives and works in New York City. (which she also co-chaired), on the Sisterhood Board, and on the David is currently a junior at Yale University. Board of Trustees. Lori has chaired the Gala’s silent auction at the Steve and Lori feel blessed to be a part of this wonderful Beth El past few Galas, and currently co-chairs the College Age Committee, community. They are fortunate to have found a place with wonderful serves on the High Holiday Honors Committee, and is co-chair of friends who are there for them in good times and in bad. They are the Catering Committee. Lori has been an active volunteer at Kids’ greatly honored to be the recipients of the President’s Ne’emanim Kloset for the past six years. Service Award, and are thrilled to share this evening with Donald Steve grew up in the Bronx, where he celebrated his bar Fleishaker and Robyn and Daniel Yairi. mitzvah at Young Israel of Pelham Parkway. His family moved Please visit www.bethelnr.org/gala2018 to place your ad, buy a to Yonkers, where he attended high school. The Schwartz family raffle ticket (just $100 each), and make your reservation to join us belonged to Lincoln Park Jewish Center, where Steve’s parents on Sunday, March 18th, at 5:00 pm.
Celebrate Purim at Beth El! Megillah Reading by Teens Wednesday, February 28th 7:00 pm Bring a box of pasta to use as your gragger, then donate it to HOPE and BJCC
More about Purim on pages 2 & 3!
Trivia Night....................................... page 2 Lapid Award Recipients.................... page 5 Niggun Halev..................................... page 4 Scholar-in-Residence........................ page 6
Keruv “Let’s Talk About It” ............. page 9 Journey Listening Forums.............. page 18